Burns night fun at Cleveleys
Haggis neeps and tatties Normoss Round Table No 8741 recently held a Burns supper at Cleveleys Masonic Hall which was attended by members of the lodge and…
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Basil Gilbert celebrates 70 Years as a Freemason
On Wednesday 8th June, Assistant Provincial Grand Master WBro Martin R Barlow together with a group of Members of Massada Lodge No 8130 which meets at Altrincham Masonic Hall and friends, helped WBro Dr. Basil Gilbert OBE celebrate 70 Years in Freemasonry.
Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot
Mark Nixon will be running his Annual Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot under the auspices of Mark Master Masons 1084 Lodge Welchpool North Wales Province. The…
The Masonic Trout and Salmon Fishing Charity
The Branch fishing events this year proved very successful with three days for the children, the first at Gilcrux on Wednesday 11th May and the second and third days at Tarnhouse Tarn near Kirkby Lonsdale on the 17th and 18th May respectively.
FREEMASONRY IN THE EARLY 1600 AND 1700
There is such an abundance of evidence in proof of the continuity of Freemasonry during the period selected, that it is only necessary to study the special records of the old Lodges, happily still preserved, the Rolls of the “Old Charges”, and especially the extant minutes of the Masons’ Company of London, to be assured that the Freemasons of the present day are the lineal descendants of the operative builders, who in the 17th century, and earlier, admitted speculative or non-professional members.
THE MARK DEGREE
Those of my readers who have already studied the first three Handbooks of this series will realise that the true S..s of a M.M. are not restored to them. The real S.. which was lost was comprehension of the Nature of God, and our Third Degree quite clearly indicates that, despite popular beliefs, we shall not be able to comprehend God as soon as we are dead
HISTORICAL SURVEY – Higher Degrees
The early history of the so-called “Higher Degrees” is even more obscure than that of the Craft, and in consequence a tendency has grown up to regard them as “Manufactured” during the 18th century.
In my opinion this is too hasty a conclusion, for some of these degrees at any rate bear every evidence of antiquity, and contain that wisdom which has been handed down from generation to generation.
Epping Forest Lodge Awarded West Essex Hospices Appeal Bronze Champion
Epping Forest Lodge are proud to have been awarded West Essex Hospices Appeal Bronze Champion for the generosity shown by the brethren with recent donations.
THE MASTER’S WORD AND THE ROYAL ARCH
The Builder Magazine March 1915 – Volume 1 – Number 3 BY BRO. S. W. WILLIAMS, GRAND HIGH PRIEST OF TENNESSEE ” The MASTER’S WORD * * * is the reward of…