Anno Lucis
Anno Lucis Anno Lucis et al. By Bro. Harry Mendoza (13 November 1980) YOU ARE ALL familiar with the term ‘Anno Lucls’. But where did it come from? When…
18th century
The Poetry of James Orr – Ulster’s Rabbie Burns.
Some of Orr’s Published Works. Brethren, Some 200 years ago, on the 24th April 1816 James Orr was buried in the old graveyard at Templecorran,…
Royal Arch – Beginnings in Cornwall
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.
John Pine – A remarkable 17th century engraver and Freemason
In 1748, the celebrated English artist and Francophobe, William Hogarth, surprisingly decided to take a holiday in France. His behaviour in France was appalling. He was ‘clamorously rude’ to everyone he met. Whenever anybody admired a view, Hogarth sourly remarked: ‘What then? It is but French! Their houses are all gilt and bullshit!’ Waiting in Calais for the boat home, Hogarth made sketches of some old fortifications, and was arrested as a spy.
Masonic memorabilia of Albert Nice up for auction by Roseberys
Unsurpassed collection of Freemasonry memorabilia to go under the hammer in London Update: 6th March The catalogue is now online for viewing! Click here…