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Freemasonry and its Role in Civil Society

17th August 2017

Shakespeare, Library,Curator, Julian Harrison, British Library

We would offer as a starting point a commonly held view that the arrangements with major impact on human existence are those of the state, family and market with a fourth “civil society” being the totality of other institutions. These groupings are not fixed. Rather, they should be understood as tectonic plates vitalised by human energy, continuously shaping and forming themselves, and similarly reshaping and re-forming each other.It is to “civil society” that we must turn to find Freemasonry

WHAT IS FREEMASONRY? | A paper addressed to non-masons

15th November 20174th August 2017

What did George Washington, Winston Churchill and Benjamin Franklin have in common with Goethe, Mozart, and Voltaire? And with Motilal Nehru and Swami Vivekanand?

Shedding light on modern masonry in Sheffield

18th July 2017

Freemasons are keen to dispel the secrecy associated with the movement, and held a series of We’re Open events this week to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the United Grand Lodge of England, the governing body of Freemasonry in England and Wales.

Atheism and Freemasonry by Bro. Joshua L. Rubin

5th August 2016

There is a universal Masonic requirement of belief in Deity, which is followed by all regular Grand Lodges of the world. As Entered Apprentices, receiving Light for the first time, Masons are cautioned that no Atheist may be made a Mason

Freemasons Connect with Civil War – Pennsylvania Masons

27th July 2016

On April 10, 2015 to commemorate the Sesquicentennial (150 years) of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. These notable Civil War reenactors, calling from north to south, each share one thing in common – they are all brother Masons – with many of them hailing from Pennsylvania Lodges.

The Warwickshire Provincial Church Service – Sunday 12th June

17th July 2016

As is tradition the annual church service began with lunch followed by a procession of the Provincial Grand Master, visiting dignitaries and Grand Officers escorted by Acting Provincial Grand Officers from Alderson House through Warwick to the church. Whilst the British weather threatened the procession, the worst of the rain held off and failed to dampen spirits. Visitors to Warwick had their cameras at the ready to capture the spectacle of Freemasons processing in full Regalia.