Unveiling the Layers: William Hogarth a Master of Metaphor and Masonic Imagery

Hogarth's engraving unfolds as a vivid tableau, signaling the dawn of a transformative era through the lens of a satirical nativity parade and a coronation procession.

William Hogarth, an artist deeply entrenched in the Masonic tradition, utilized his art to create a secret tapestry of Freemasonry’s rituals, symbols, and internal dynamics. Hogarth’s engravings are not mere art; they are cryptic archives, requiring an astute key to unveil the clandestine messages hidden within. His work subtly satirizes Masonic rituals, political undertones, and … Read more

WAS ANDERSON RIGHT? WHO WAS HE?

A Review of James Anderson’s Report on the First Six Years of Organised Freemasonry by RW OSSIAN LANG, Grand Historian, 1932

Royal Arch – Beginnings in Cornwall

The Duke of Wharton

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.