Earliest Masonic Rituals Except from the «Cracking the Freemasons Code» by Robert L.D. Cooper. Robert Cooper is the Curator of the Scottish Masonic Museum and Library at Freemason’s Hall in Edinburgh. A.&A.S.R. – A brief history in ritual and traditional freemasonry. Ancient and…
The Hall in the Garden: The Duke of Sussex Source: www.freemasonry.london.museum The Duke of Sussex, who had become Grand Master at the Union, died on 21st April 1843. It was decided a statue in Freemasons’ Hall would be the best tribute to him and one of the leading sculptors of the…
The Craftsman and Freemason’s Guide by Cornelius Moore «Masonry is an art equally useful and extensive. In every part there is a mystery which requires a gradual progression of knowledge to arrive at any degree of perfection in it. Without much instruction, and more exercise, no man can be…
The Matthew Cooke Manuscript Source: Wikipedia The Matthew Cooke Manuscript is the oldest of a class of about one hundred early documents known as Freemasonry’s Gothic Constitutions, and the second oldest known manuscript in Masonic history. Typically, the Gothic Constitutions included an…
The Coming Men of America or C.M.A. (1894-1907) Source: Masonic Life Members of the McNeil, Arkansas, CMA (Coming Men of America) Lodge, c. 1904. Front row, L to R: Frank Key, Floyd Carraway, Claude Runyan, Will Carraway, Winfrey Smith, Clyde Smith. Back row, L to R: Eddy Gordon, Lovett Horton,…
Freemasonry in Colorado Masonry is the world’s oldest and largest fraternity for men. Although the details of Masonry’s beginnings are lost, it is certain that in 1717 four lodges met in a London coffeehouse and formed the first Grand Lodge or association of lodges. Masonry…
Video: Masonic Ritual The Ritual of Consecration of a Masonic Lodge. This is the Re-Enactment of Reconsecration of North Australian Lodge No.1 UGLQ. This is an open ceremony anyone could attend.
The Art of Masonic Education From floor sketches to tracing boards, Masonic artists over the centuries have produced incredible works to serve as lodge teaching aids. In addition to being artifacts of our fraternity, many of these pieces are treasures of the art world. This video explores the…
Collabergh-Radium Lodge Source: http://crl859.org/wordpress/ Collabergh-Radium Lodge In 1906, 14 Brothers petitioned Grand Lodge for dispensation to form a Masonic Lodge in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. There were 19 Charter members of this Lodge, named Collabergh Lodge. The name Collabergh is derived…
Video: Codex Copiale Source: youtube, University of California USC’s Professor Kevin Knight is part of an international team that finally cracked the «Copiale Cipher,» a strange, 105-page message handwritten in abstract symbols and Latin letters revealing the rituals and political leanings…
