Anno Lucis
Anno Lucis Anno Lucis et al. By Bro. Harry Mendoza (13 November 1980) YOU ARE ALL familiar with the term ‘Anno Lucls’. But where did it come from? When…
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Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
Conceptions and Misconceptions In so far as surviving records can prove, the earliest known traceable date of a Lodge of the Royal Antediluvian Order of…
Acacia, and its Symbolism in Freemasonry
The Acacia tree is found in the area known as Palestine during ancient times, today it is found all over Africa. Acacia looks like the mulberry tree, can…
John Pagella on how best to sell a masonic hall
Just like moving home? Can personal experience of selling a house equip people to deal with what selling a masonic centre involves? Grand…
The origins of Freemasons’ Hall as a memorial to the fallen
Perpetual memorial As Commonwealth nations mark the armistice signed to end the First World War, Diane Clements, Director of the Library and Museum of…
John Hamill details the history of Metropolitan and Provincial Grand Lodges and Masters
Process of evolution The rules that define Freemasonry are not set in stone, but rather adapt with changing times, as John Hamill, Director of Special…
Freemasonry – Own Free Will and Accord
In the initiation ceremony Masons hear the phrase: … a poor candidate… … who has been well and worthily recommended, regularly proposed and approved…
Music and Freemasonry
Music has always been integral to English Freemasonry from the early years of the 18th century and the inclusion of songs set to music in James…
Royal Arch – Beginnings in Cornwall
For speculative Freemasons, times have always been a-changin’, and the erection of the Premier Grand Lodge by ‘Four Old Lodges’ in 1717 was itself a novelty. When, in 1722 the Grand Master, the Duke of Wharton, laid down the procedure for constituting a new Lodge, this was almost revolutionary.
How did Various Masonic ritual books come about?
Peter Gilkes – a prominent teacher of Emulation With the exception of the Craft and Royal Arch, the governing bodies of all recognised Masonic Orders…