THE FIRST SPECULATIVE FREEMASON
The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland2 January at 07:00 ·
Knowledge
Reflections on the Second Degree
That purely material gains can never represent the final goal in the progress and development of mankind must have been recognised as fundamental truth ever since primitive man first began to turn his thoughts from such considerations as food, shelter and physical comfort generally to that limitless and fruitful field of speculative thought which Freemasonry names the hidden mysteries of nature and science.
The Wind Beneath Your Wings
We are going to venture into the realm of the eagle ‑ one of the most magnificent and awesome creatures of God’s creation.
The Origin Of The Four Tassels
These are seen in the four corners of the indented border of the lodge carpet. We are told they represent the four cardinal virtues, but this is a late gloss, probably invented towards the close of the 18th century, and there seems no particular reason why they should represent the four cardinal virtues any more than the four elements or any other particular four.
Who was Thomas Dunkerley
No one, among the Masons of England occupied a more distinguished position or played a more important part in the labours of the Craft during the latter part of the 18th. century than Thomas Dunkerley, whose private life was as romantic as his Masonic was honourable.
