Cyprus Freemasons donate €15,000 to help those affected by Greece wildfires
District Grand Lodge of Cyprus donates €15,000 to help those affected by Greece wildfires
Somerset Freemasons award £168,000 to local charities celebrating its 250th year!
Over £168,000 awarded to local charities in PGL Somerset’s 250th celebration year!
Yorkshire Freemasons start the Year with grants to Good causes
A total of 19 organisations, from North, West and South Yorkshire have received donations ranging from £500 and £5,000 via the Province of Yorkshire West Riding’s Provincial Grand Master’s (PGM) Fund.
Freemasons support Women’s Shelter Society
Freemasons Francis Latter and Eric Erickson, Revelstoke Women’s Shelter executive director Lynn Loeppky and Freemason Cyrille Marcil. (Bill Gill)
Masonic Bikers Meet Veterans
A group of motorcycling Santa’s helpers paid a Christmas visit to ex-servicemen and their partners who are integrating into the community after serving in the armed forces.
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.