The Letter G
This paper is based on an article written by Harry Carr, P.A.G.D.C., P.M., Secretary of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge, 1963, in Volume 76 of the Transaction…
charges
Some thoughts on the history of the Tracing Boards
Some thoughts on the history of the Tracing Boards Presented at the Vancouver Grand Masonic Day, October 16, 1999 by Bro. Mark S. Dwor, Centennial-King…
The Moderns & The Antients
BY BRO. ARTHUR HEIRON Bro. Heiron is the author of Ancient Freemasonry and the Old Dundee Lodge, No. 18 [1722-1920], a most interesting account of lodge…
A Lecture on Various Rituals of Freemasonry by Rev George Oliver D.D
Delivered in the Witham Lodge, LincoIn, 1863, by THE REV. G. OLIVER, D.D. PAST D.P.G.M. FOR LINCOLNSHIRE;Honorary Member of numerous Lodges and Literary…
Belief in the Great Architect of the Universe
A Historical Tenet of Freemasonry By BRO. GILBERT W. DAYNES, England TODAY, Freemasons, in almost every Grand Lodge, recognize that an abiding belief in…
THE OLD CHARGES OF FREEMASONRY
by Bro. H.L. HAYWOOD, Editor THE BUILDER The Builder Magazine, June 1924 – Volume X – Number 6 THE OLD CHARGES OF FREEMASONRY I. WHAT THE OLD…
What is Freemasonry
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here this evening to afford you some information upon Freemasonry; a matter which is not generally understood by the outside…
Origins of Masonic Ritual
The origins of masonic ceremonies are fully discussed by Knoop and Jones in Chapter X of The Genesis of Freemasonry. The authors deduce the origins of eighteenth-century Masonic ceremonies from two main sources. Firstly, the Invocation; the legend or “history” of the Craft; and the Masons’ regulations, as commonly contained in the Ms. Constitutions of Masonry, these being the respective prototypes of the Opening Prayer, the Traditional History, and the Charges of later Masonic ritual
The Philosophy of Masonry: William Preston
PHILOSOPHERS are by no means agreed with respect to the scope and subject matter of philosophy. Nor are Masonic scholars at one with respect to the scope and purpose of Freemasonry. Hence one may not expect to define and delimit Masonic philosophy according to the easy method of Dickens’ editor who wrote upon Chinese metaphysics by reading in the Encyclopedia upon China and upon metaphysics and combining his information.
Masonic fire
Notes on Masonic ‘Fire’ by Bro. Yoshio Washizu Masonic ‘fire’ is an old custom which may be derived from that of firing after toasts. The…