Gormogons
Gormogons
A Jacobite society, perhaps related to the lodges of Harodim. They employed pseudonyms like the Harodim and had an ambassador at Rome. The duke of Wharton and the chevalier Ramsay, who were well-known Jacobites, were members of the order. Gormogons had a cipher and secret reception of their own and used a jargon in which the names of places and individuals were transposed. An extant engraving by William Hogarth lampoons the order under the title "The Mystery of Masonry brought to light by ye Gormogons." The intention of the Gormogons, apparently, was to establish a countertradition to Freemasonry.
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