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Incommunication, which lies at the foundation of Masonic culture, is connected with the internal dissent within Freemasonry; with practices of secrecy imposed by the institution (where members are forbidden from communicating about their activities, which leads to a lack of understanding among the public); and with Masonic initiation rites (an incommunicable experience in which one rubs shoulders with a form of the sacred).This article explores the issues involved, both internally and externally, in these different types of incommunication, along with their paradoxical effects: incommunication can foster corrective communicative actions, yet the willingness to communicate sometimes itself produces incommunication.