Francis Columbine Lodge hit 75 Years
Francis Columbine Lodge celebrated their 75th Anniversary in style with a review of Francis Columbines work in Cheshire by APGM WBro. George Mann, a…
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Burton’s Pirelli Stadium hosts prostate screening event for members of the Derbyshire Freemasons
Burton’s Pirelli Stadium hosts prostate screening event for members of the Derbyshire Freemasons
A Stroll Through The Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences
Throughout our lives, we have heard of the liberal arts and sciences. But until we were presented with them in The Winding Stair lecture, most of us had only a vague notion of what they consisted. The Fellowcraft Degree commends Freemasons to study the Liberal Arts and Sciences, which are grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. When we study the historical background for this list, we will uncover layers of Masonic meanings for us in each of the seven areas of knowledge.
The Different Types of Freemasons By Mason Pratt
I would like to make something absolutely clear at the onset of this presentation. I do not wish to or infer from any of the following definitions that I…
Esoteric Freemasonry A Growing Trend
The body of Freemasonry is comprised of many types of individuals whose Masonic pursuits vary according to that individual’s personality and interests. Freemasonry has been very aptly been compared to a complex tapestry composed of many colourful overlapping individual threads which taken as a whole form a larger picture.
Historical Origins of the Mark Degree
The Mark is a ceremony or degree [sometimes called the ‘friendly’ degree], conferrable today only to Master Masons and forms part of a hierarchical organization. In Craft Masonry it was quite a late innovation making its appearance during the mid-1700s. However we do know that Operative Masons, without any kind of ceremony, were taking marks 150 years before the Mark came into use as part of that particular ceremony.
The Influence of Kings on Craft Freemasonry
‘From time immemorial’ we have been very fortunate in that our Craft has had the support of Royalty. Without that support I doubt that we would be in…
Alain Bernheim: My Approach to Masonic History
As a French citizen who was successively a member of the Grand Orient of France – ‘that irregular body’ –, then of the Grande Loge Nationale Française – a regular one –, then of the United Grand Lodges of Germany and, for the past ten years, of the Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina, Alan presents his approach to Masonic history
Freemasons from Around the Globe Celebrate Tercentenary at Royal Albert Hall
300 years of Freemasonry celebrated at Royal Albert Hall. This global event is seen as the Pinnacle of the celebrations that have taken part all over the world.
Freemasons of Arenal Deportiva Lodge hold Barbecue and Raise €450 Euros for Charity
This event was held in the garden of the Worshipful Master of the Lodge WBro Ian Brown and his lovely wife Eileen who spared no effort to make the afternoon a great success. Music was supplied by popular local entertainer Ian Henry, who played and sang for the entire afternoon and into the early evening.