‘The Force’ awakens Fellowship
I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but it’s rum how keen movie-goers seem to have an unquenchable thirst for action, drama, suspense,…
Entered Apprentice
A first for Ben is a first for Harry
An initiation ceremony is a singularly special occasion; not only for the candidate but also for those in attendance. There is always a buzz in the air, a…
A mere side issue for experienced Tony
One is bound to say that, as a general rule, a Mason’s idea of a rewarding evening is to attend a sensitive installation ceremony in which a cheery,…
Jim celebrates 50 years in the Craft
At a meeting of Starkie Lodge No 1070 held in Southport over 50 brethren including Phil Stock the Southport Group Vice Chairman witnessed the golden…
THE MASON’S MALLET
The Freemason is taught in the course of the First Degree that the Mallet is an important instrument of labour without which no work of manual skill can…
Edinburgh Register House MS 1696 masonic
Edinburgh Register House MS 1696.txt Knoop, D; Jones, G P; Hamer, D;The Early Masonic Catechisms,Manchester University Press (1963)Second Edition, pp…
Why Join the Royal Arch?
The Royal Arch is the culmination of “pure ancient masonry”. The Craft gives its members eminently practical rules by which they can live their lives in…
So what is the meaning, and the purpose behind the hoodwink?
Despite the ritual, only a very ill-informed man can imagine that the hoodwink is for the purpose of concealing the Lodge room and the Brethren from the…
The Entered Apprentice Freemason
As an Entered Apprentice Freemason (EA) the brother on the very first step of the ladder is the most valuable asset the fraternity possesses. The future…
Living Symbols of Freemasonry – A peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory
We are told on the very highest authority, that of the Ritual itself, that Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and…