# The Oculists watched Freemasonry from inside, as rivals or informants, which the cat-and-mouse insignia hints…

> Still possible: The Oculists watched Freemasonry from inside, as rivals or informants, which the cat-and-mouse insignia hints at.

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# The Oculists watched Freemasonry from inside, as rivals or informants, which the cat-and-mouse insignia hints…

The Oculists watched Freemasonry from inside, as rivals or informants, which the cat-and-mouse insignia hints at.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The archive shows reports on lodges rather than lodge practice.

## What would rule it out

- The archive shows ordinary lodge practice only.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Önnerfors read the insignia of cats watching mice as a joke or a sign of surveillance.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/evidence/EVD0CYVFQGG4CDN/onnerfors-read-the-insignia-of-cats-watching-mice-as-a-joke)

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## The questions it answers

[What were the Oculists?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFJ4M6TJP/what-were-the-oculists)

Part of [Is the 2011 decipherment of the Copiale cipher correct?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/questions/QST0CYVFHD600F6/is-the-2011-decipherment-of-the-copiale-cipher-correct)

Most likelyThe Oculists were a Masonic or para-Masonic order at Wolfenbüttel that recorded and practised high-degree…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Oculists watched Freemasonry from inside, as rivals or informants, which the cat-and-mouse insignia hints… [Answer ANS0CYVFQ8P1559]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CYVFQ8P1559
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