GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS:

From their website...
“The signs and symbols used by Odd Fellowship over the past 200 plus years have been found in Egyptian tombs and in Roman temples...in the same arrangements we use with them today.”

Egyptian and Roman ties.

This is funny.

The Odd Fellows of Texas were among the pioneers in the building of Orphanages in the United States.

Children.
In and around children!!

“Consider what may have happened to those 2,000 souls if not for help from their father’s and mother’s fraternal brothers and sisters.”

☝️2,000 SOULS? Think about that statement.

Remember...there are 10 cemeteries in and around Ennis!!
I wonder if this tied into the orphanages?

The ODD FELLOW order was first established among the Jewish legion of the Roman Army.

List of famous ODD FELLOWS.
Includes
FDR
Winston Churchill
Rutherford B Hayes
Ulysses Grant
William McKinley

Just like the Scottish and York Rites, the Odd Fellows have degrees in their Masonic order.

Chain of command for the Odd Fellow.

There
is so
much to
unpack
here!

What do you see??

This picture is beyond creepy.
Those hands? Who do they represent?

This is a picture of their ritual as shown in the book, “The Odd Fellows Primer.”
Look closely.
Always the skull and skeleton themes.

This is the Odd Fellow banner. Lots of symbology.

The primer has a section for carnivals. Reminds me of the Shriners.
In and around children!

And they make a big deal about Halloween. It’s when they dress up in masks and host haunted houses. Very pagan, not very Christian.

If you want to learn more about this you can go to Scribd to get the Odd Fellows primer.