From the linked site …
The Grand Lodge of All England is responsible for initiating candidates using the **secret **ancient Outer and Inner Orders of Free Masonrie.
These rituals trace their origins back to pre-Davidic times. The Holy Order dates back over 3,000 years. Once qualified, a Free Mason may visit lodges at home and overseas, meeting within a word-wide and unique fraternity, taking part in Masonic initiation ceremonies that prepare those who are called to The Holy Order.
It’s very difficult to assess ceremonies that are conducted in secrecy.
Quite so.
This should explain it to you:
"This church and the civilization introduced by the Romans were swept away by the Picts and Saxons, and the members, called
Culdees, were compelled to hide in the wilderness of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the small islands between Great Britain and Ireland; chiefly in Anglesey and Iona, where
they preserved their Apostolic institutions, which were modeled after the **most ancient **Christian church, which, it is well known, was the
secret or
Masonic form. *(SOURCE: The Mysteries of Britain: Secret Rites and Traditions of Ancient Britain Restored: 1905) *
“From a Masonic document now in my possession, I can prove that no very long time ago the
Culdees of York were Freemasons, that they constituted the Grand Lodge of England, and that they held their meetings in the Crypt under the great Cathedral of that city. The circular chapter-house did very well for ordinary business, but the Secret Mysteries were carried on in the crypts.
The Lodge, which was the
Grand Lodge of All England, had been held under the Cathedral in the Crypt at York.”
(SOURCE: p.718, Anacalypsis Vol. 1, Godfrey Higgins: 1833-1836)
Rituals - ceremonies of birth, death, marriage,
initiation, healing, harvest, or
religious observance - are found in
all known cultures, and appear to have been performed for tens of thousands of years. They speak to people’s core emotions and reveal values that a society holds dearest. Because their expression is conventional and obligatory, they join the individual in solidarity with the group. As such, they are part of a society’s “essential constitution”.
(SOURCE: The Legal Function of Ritual, by Geoffrey P. Miller, Comfort Professor of Law at New York University)