Golden Ratio
Golden Ratio The golden section Although not naming it the Golden Ratio, around 300 BCE Euclid of Alexandria defined the proportion: “A straight line is…
Geometry
Sir Robert Moray – The first recorded initiation in England
At Neucastell the 20 day off May, 1641. The quilk day ane serten nomber off Mester and others being lafule conveined, doeth admit Mr the Right Honerabell…
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…
FREEMASONRY IN RELATION TO THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES.
Every Mason is naturally desirous to know something of the origin and history of the Craft. The available literature on the subject is diffuse and…
THE 47TH PROBLEM
Containing more real food for thought, and impressing on the receptive mind a greater truth than any other of the emblems in the lecture of the Sublime Degree, the 47th problem of Euclid generally gets less attention, and certainly less than all the rest. Just why this grand exception should receive so little explanation in our lecture; just how it has happened, that, although the Fellowcrafts degree makes so much of Geometry, Geometrys right hand should be so cavalierly treated, is not for the present inquiry to settle
The Essence of Scottish Freemasonry
The Essence of Scottish Freemasonry Recently there has been some discussion as the ‘meaning’ of Scottish Masonic Ritual, Regalia and Symbolism. On…
Matthew Cooke Manuscript in Contemporary English
Matthew Cooke Manuscript in Contemporary English Matthew Cooke Manuscript Translated by Bro. George William Speth (1847/04/30-1901/04/19) THANKED be God,…
Regius Manuscript – A Poem of Moral Duties – 1390
The Halliwell Manuscript, also known as the Regius Poem, is the earliest of the Old Charges. It consists of 64 vellum pages of Middle English written in…
A Gentleman’s Introduction To The Seven Liberal Arts
The purpose of learning the arts is to train the mind how to think (as opposed to what to think). By combining the seven liberal arts with the five senses, one can distinguish between reality and fiction. This can be visually represented with a Pythagorean triangle.