Swedenborgian Rite
By Bro. R. A. Gilbert [14 September 1995] SWEDENBORG: THE MAN AND HIS WORK One thing is certain: Swedenborg himself had nothing to do with it — neither…
Talks
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…
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…
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…
For Serious Master Masons – Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076
The fruits of Masonic research should be available to everyone, Masons and nonmasons alike – and so it is with the work of Quatuor Coronati Lodge (QC). For almost 120 years members of the Lodge, together with the thousands who have joined the Correspondence Circle, have sought to advance Masonic knowledge and their findings have been published for all in the Transactions of the Lodge, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum
Henry Sadler: the first Grand Librarian
Masonic historians are familiar with the name of Henry Sadler, but many brethren of today are unaware of the debt of gratitude that all Freemasons owe…
Masons at War
On 19 July 1939, some 12,000 Freemasons were present at an Especial Grand Lodge at Olympia to witness the installation of the new Grand Master, the Duke…
Freemason is termed a Fellowcraft after having passed to the Second Degree.
When the ‘Operative Mason’ came to the end of his Apprenticeship, and his record was good and had proved his proficiency under test, he was formally…