Fellow Craft
An ‘entertaining’ ceremony at Pilling Lodge
Members of Pilling Lodge No 7879 and their guests saw Ian Parkinson installed as master for the ensuing year in a ceremony held at Garstang Masonic Hall,…
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…
Masonic Funeral Service
The Masonic Funeral Service Originally published in The Missouri Freemason “Nuggets From The Quarry” column by RWB Phil Elam, MMBBFMN #408 Regarding…
THE FOURTH PART OF A CIRCLE
THE DORMER MASONIC STUDY CIRCLE, TRANSACTION NO. 94 “THE FOURTH PART OF A CIRCLE” by W.Bro.J. D. BLAKELEY, M.Sc., F.R.I.C., Prov. A.G.D.C., Essex,…
THE INITIATIC SYMBOLISM OF FREEMASONRY
Freemasonry continues an initiatic tradition whose beginnings are lost in antiquity. This statement cannot be proven historically.Yet the more you study Masonic rites and its symbols, the more you become convinced that you are dealing with something ancient, maybe even primordial. It becomes clear that this tradition is much older than Masonrys institutional beginnings in 1717, older than the cathedral builders and medieval guilds, older even than King Solomons Temple or the Egyptian Pyramids.
Mathew Farnell is master of Lever Park
The brethren and guests of Lever Park Lodge No 8144 gathered to celebrate the installation of Mathew Farnell into the chair of King Solomon and were…
THE MASTER MASON
The Masonic Monthly 1864 AT the summit of Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry stands the third, or Master Mason’s Degree. There is no higher degree,…
Sir Walter Scott as a freemason
An account of his connection with the fraternity. by Bro. Adam Muir Mackay, PM., Lodge St. David No. 36, Edinburgh. Chapter I. Erection of Lodge…
No compass required
When Assistant Provincial Grand Master Derek Parkinson attended the installation meeting of Compass Lodge No 7052, he did not require a compass to find…