A Special Visit of Lewis Lodge to Sun Square & Compasses Lodge

Cathedral Builders

On Monday 6th June 2016 several Lewis Lodge members, namely W Bros Vic McQuire, John Stalker, John Cleghorn Snr, Syd Bushby and Bros David O’Connell and Scott Ferguson made a visit to Sun Square & Compasses Lodge 119 at Cleator Moor Civic Hall and Masonic Centre for a very special reason.

Did Sir Robert Moray, distinguished Freemason and first president of the Royal Society betray his King?

Sir Robert Moray

In order to learn more about this very complex man and the exciting times in which he lived, we will attempt to examine his motives and actions during the war years. The problem with looking back 400 years is separating fact from fiction which in Robert Moray’s case is no easy task. Look what happens when writers feel a need to flesh out details.

FREEMASONRY AND THE MEN’S HOUSE

FREEMASONRY AND THE MEN'S HOUSE 2

EVER SINCE Heinrich Schurtz published his Altersklassen und Maennerbunde in 1902, anthropologists have become more and more interested in the part played by secret societies among primitive peoples