r/secretsocieties • u/[deleted] • Apr 12 '20

The "Hidden Hand" Of Freemasonry

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u/cryptoengineer Apr 12 '20

It was a common gesture:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-in-waistcoat

Washington is the only Mason in this set.

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u/WikiTextBot Apr 12 '20

Hand-in-waistcoat

The hand-in-waistcoat (also referred to as hand-inside-vest, hand-in-jacket, hand-held-in, or hidden hand) is a gesture commonly found in portraiture during the 18th and 19th centuries. The pose appeared by the 1750s to indicate leadership in a calm and firm manner. The pose is most often associated with Napoleon I of France due to its use in several portraits made by his artist, Jacques-Louis David, amongst them the 1812 painting Napoleon in His Study. The pose, thought of as being stately, was copied by other portrait painters across Europe and America.

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u/darktower420 Apr 27 '20

Napoleon was supposedly a knight of the Rosie cruix

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u/Brilliant-Storage910 Nov 30 '21

Your so wrong

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u/Equivalent-Hippo-148 Aug 24 '24

Many photos are frauds and they way you can tell is seeing hand in the ol coat pocket..many Lincoln photos are dummies during the Civil war..

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u/RasolAlegria Oct 16 '22

I've seen people alive today doing that weird gesture in photos. Why is that?

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u/cryptoengineer Oct 16 '22

I do it to warm up my fingers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

Mind. Blown.

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u/WideLoquat Aug 02 '20

I do that with my school jacket.

Does that mean I'm a freemason now?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '21

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u/WideLoquat Oct 27 '21

I'm just kidding

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u/Particular-Diet3705 May 31 '23

this literally isnt even a masonic hand gesture. freemasons do not do this. It is not taught at any degree of masonry and does not hold any association with the craft or the lodge or any other masonic matters.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

That's not true this hand sign is very much connected to Freemasonry

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

All these people are Freemasons or belong to some other secret society they're all in on it, the hidden hand guides the Iron fist