FUNDAMENTALS OF MASONIC FUNERAL RITES

by W.Bro. Chris Aniche Okorafor Past Deputy District Grand Master, Hon. Grand Almoner Founder Member and Past Master of Lodge Aro #1772,Arochukwu Lodge Meridian #1742, Umuahia District Grand Lodge of Nigeria – Grand Lodge of Scotland Why a Masonic Burial: In Nigeria, one of the questions we often have to deal with as Freemasons, relates to … Read more

Antiquities Within the Lodge – Volume of The Sacred Law

Of all the antiquities within the Lodge, the Volume of The Sacred Law is the most important. The Great Light in Masonry, and The Rule and Guide for Masonic Faith and Practice is placed on the Master’s pedestal when the Lodge is opened, where the meetings are conducted in peace and harmony. Most often, the … Read more

The Charge after Initiation – A further Explanation

All will have heard the words of the Charge after Initiation which I am invited to comment on this evening. There then came the day when we had to learn them as Junior Warden of a lodge and, from that moment, we begin to wonder what exactly it was that we, and others, were saying … Read more