Chapter idiosyncrasies within Liverpool
A celebratory meeting was hosted by Chapter of Friendship No 241 to mark the progress of the Liverpool Group of Royal Arch Chapter’s over the last…
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The Masonic Altar
Photo by Bill Bradford Excerpted from the Short Talk Bulletin Vol. 2, No. 2, “The Altar,” published in 1924 (author unknown): As far back as we can go the…
The importance of Almoners
The Freemasons are a family to us When she lost her husband and home, Paula Kilshawe-Fall faced emotional and financial chaos. Glyn Brown meets the…
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…
The origins of Freemasons’ Hall as a memorial to the fallen
Perpetual memorial As Commonwealth nations mark the armistice signed to end the First World War, Diane Clements, Director of the Library and Museum of…
Sharing the ritual: Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes on being proud of masonic values
Pride and confidence Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes explains why members should be proud to share aspects of masonic ritual with friends and family…
John Pine – A remarkable 17th century engraver and Freemason
In 1748, the celebrated English artist and Francophobe, William Hogarth, surprisingly decided to take a holiday in France. His behaviour in France was appalling. He was ‘clamorously rude’ to everyone he met. Whenever anybody admired a view, Hogarth sourly remarked: ‘What then? It is but French! Their houses are all gilt and bullshit!’ Waiting in Calais for the boat home, Hogarth made sketches of some old fortifications, and was arrested as a spy.
The Official History of Freemasonry – Part 2
The Three Stages Theory of Origin Until a few years ago, most Masons accepted the direct descend theory from Medieval Masonry to the modern Craft through…
Allied Masonic Degrees – Degrees of Significance
Of the many ‘extra-Craft’ degrees, those five controlled by the Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees are probably the least known: one has to be a Mark Master and a Royal Arch Mason to be eligible and this double qualification will exclude many. There are also fewer private Allied Councils than there are lodges, or equivalent bodies, for the much larger orders of Mark and Royal Ark Mariners and even of smaller orders, such as the Royal and Select Masters.