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Freebutchery is a paramasonic, esoteric, initiatory, fraternal secret society whose roots lie in the trade of butchers. It is composed of an outer, an inner, and a secret order.

Origins
According to traditional text of The Zehrmark, Freebutchery is said to have originated as a revival of earlier spiritual practices which date back to the High Priests of Israel and the Temple of Solomon. Current Freebutchers (mostly of the inner and secret orders) claim to be the modern "torchbearers" of Melchizedek.

Mythology
The symbolic myth of Freebutchery claims that there was a primordial butcher, epitomized by the High Priests of Israel slaughtering a heifer to Yahweh, in which the nation's souls are purified. This mythology is reenacted through various ritual dramas, which are to climax to a "Most High Secret" in the later degrees. Some speculate that this is the knowledge of a higher deity that is greater than those of mainstream religious systems.

Current activities
Though elusive, Freebutchery operates under the guise of several front organizations, such as Ordos Sanctus Cibus, Meatpoultry.com, the Temple Institute, and the Odinic Rite. Several conspiracy theorists claim that the goal of Freebutchery is to sacrifice the red heifer at the building of the Third Temple, thus instigating global war. This war is theorized to result in a global theocracy with the Freebutchers as the world's spiritual and political leaders.

Prominent Freebutchers

 * Jacob Frank
 * Karl Maria Wiligut
 * Leonard Mayzel
 * Trevor Ravenscroft
 * Li Hongzhi
 * Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook
 * Jorg Lanz