Duke of Sussex’s crucial role in the formation of modern Freemasonry
Independent thinker Embracing tolerance and approaching life with an open mind, it’s no coincidence that the Duke of Sussex played such a…
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Lights Out in remembrance of World War I at Freemasons’ Hall
Letters to the editor – No. 26 Summer 2014 Men of honour Sir, My grandfather was initiated on 9 November 1908 into Royal Rose Lodge, No. 2565, a…
Allied Masonic Degrees – Degrees of Significance
Of the many ‘extra-Craft’ degrees, those five controlled by the Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees are probably the least known: one has to be a Mark Master and a Royal Arch Mason to be eligible and this double qualification will exclude many. There are also fewer private Allied Councils than there are lodges, or equivalent bodies, for the much larger orders of Mark and Royal Ark Mariners and even of smaller orders, such as the Royal and Select Masters.
Following in Noah’s Footsteps – Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariner
To many Masons who do not know much about it, even to many Mark Master Masons who have not gone on to become Ark Mariners, the Royal Ark Mariner can seem to be just a quaint, short little degree about Noah’s Flood whose members wear rainbow coloured aprons. It may be attached to the Mark degree, but it is often dismissed as being of very little ritual significance.
What’s Your Answer?
A Mason is sometimes asked by a friend, a neighbour, or a business associate, “What do the Masons do?” The question may be worded more generally, “What…
Report of the Board of General Purposes – 11 June 2014
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge 11 June 2014 Report of the Board of General Purposes Minutes The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 12…
Whom Have You There? Biographies of the men behind the Portraits Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire
The biographies reflect the changing socio-economic status of these men from wealthy land owning members of the nobility to middle class business men and professionals. It is set in a period of immense change in Freemasonry with the expansion of Lodges and growth in membership.
The Official History of Freemasonry – Part 5
In the later part of the eighteenth century the two main Grand lodges of England, the “Moderns” and the “Antients” Grand lodges, began to collaborate and…
The Allied Masonic Degrees – Red Cross of Babylon and the Holy Order of the Grand High Priest
A reprint of an article published in Freemasonry Today Issue 25, Summer 2003 © Grand Lodge Publications Ltd 1997-2014 The Allied Masonic Degrees Keith…
Pro Grand Master’s address – March 2014
Quarterly Communication 12 March 2014 An address by the MW the Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes Brethren, it has been a pleasure to install…