Eastern Star (OES)

I have a family member who recently joined the Eastern Star. They are saying that their purpose is charitable and educational. They already are in a fraternity and now this has been introduced. What are your thoughts of this organization?🤔

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SomeMichGuy · M

The Order of the Eastern Star isn't a fraternity, but a sister org for women which is part of Freemasonry, which has its own lore about one of the Temples in Jerusalem.

The Freemasons were a sort of secret society for the middle class, a way of meeting ppl and getting ahead, with the backdrop of "mystic knowledge" from the time of one of the Temples.

I'm sure there's a wikipedia article.