Masonic influences in operas by Gilbert and Sullivan
On 30th November 2015, the Leicestershire and Rutland Lodge of Installed Masters No. 7896, which meets at Freemasons’s Hall, Leicester, received a…
English Freemasonry
The History and Meaning of the Apron
The Apron is not a modern invention; in fact it is the most ancient of all garments. In the 3rd Chapter of genesis these words are written: “and the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”
The Freemasons’ Sword of State
THE memorial presented by the St. Paul’s Head Lodge gives occasion for a description of the Sword which Bro. George Moody was empowered to bear before…
Secret Societies and Subversive Movements
Early masonic tradition traces Freemasonry partly to Pythagoras, who is said to have travelled in England
Keith Gilbert gives a flavour of the Tercentenary celebrations planned so far
Community spirit When considering a major celebration, we often focus on the nationwide events. Keith Gilbert, Coordinator of Tercentenary…
Recognising London: Sir Alfred Robbins (1856 – 1931) – The Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Sir Alfred Robbins perceived influence in the governing of freemasonry in the early years of the twentieth century led to him being described as “the prime Minister of English freemasonry”. Born in 1856 in Launceston, Cornwall, he became a well-respected journalist as London Correspondent for the Birmingham Daily Post from 1888. Robbins joined freemasonry in Gallery Lodge No.1928, the lodge for members of the Press Gallery of the House of Commons,
Absolutes and Imperialism: Exclusion and Isolation?
Not long ago, and on behalf of the United Grand Lodge of England, a speech was made that stated that the basic principles of Freemasonry were refined over 150 years and codified in 1929 and 1938. This codification, it is claimed, defines regularity; the speech advises that regularity is an “absolute” and that these basic principles are above and beyond change and reinterpretation. The same statement proscribes masons in masonry from being explicitly involved in matters such as the social progress of the new Europe and it stipulates that “Freemasonry has no role outside of Freemasonry”.
THE MASONIC CAREER OF A E WAITE
THE MASONIC CAREER OF A. E. WAITE – BY BRO. R.A. GILBERT – ARS QUATUOR CORONATORUM – VOLUME 99 FOR THE YEAR 1986 INTRODUCTION In English Freemasonry the…
Millennial masonry: How those in their twenties and thirties are changing the Craft
Crucially, and blessedly, Millennials are becoming masons Those under thirty constitute at present only two per cent of British masons. This may seem…
Laura Chapman’s address at the Grand Charity’s AGM – September 2015
Annual General Meeting of The Freemasons’ Grand Charity 9 September 2015 An address by Laura Chapman, Chief Executive of The Freemasons’…