For someone who studies Giordano Bruno, in any case, being a heretic is a primary virtue. And therefore: “The true reasons for my expulsion lay precisely within myself, in being a ‘heretic,’” he insists today with evident satisfaction. What does that mean? “I was expelled for ‘crimes of opinion,’ for having dared to criticize the acting Grand Master. Medieval Inquisition style. Nothing to do with Masonic free thought.” It is not relevant here to analyze the details of a dispute that lasted for years, considering the pace of Italian justice. Let us just say that the Court of Rome, after many exhausting hearings, ordered the Palazzo Giustiniani to lift the suspension of the dissident; but he could not re-enter the office with the other brethren because, in the meantime, Raffi’s followers had expelled him yet again. At that point, he was no longer interested in continuing to fight to be readmitted. Not only had Grand Master Raffi, upon concluding his third term, retired to private life, but this adventure had also led Brother Gioele to gradually make contact with other Masonic circles, this time international ones. Just as international is the reach of Freemasons. All their secrets revealed.