California Freemasons This is my submission for launch of official launch of new California Freemason website and social media sites. freemason.org . The video was a personal response to the question, what does Masonry mean to you? My approach was to look at the mysteries and the occult path of the…
The Masonic Genius of Robert Burns Source: Ars Quatuor Coronatum, Vol. 5, 1892, p. 46-53, LODGE QUATUOR CORONATI, NO. 2076, LONDON. Friday, 4th March, 1892. The Masonic Genius of Robert Burns by Bro. Benjamin Ward Richardson, M.D., L.L.D., F.R.S., F.S.A. Worshipful Master and Brethren, When I speak…
The Buffalo Soldiers Of all these Lodges we have only one Lodge that has given posterity pictures. That was Joppa Lodge #150 with the 9th Cavalry at Fort Walla Walla, Washington, then Fort Riley, Kansas and finally The Philippines. Source: Phoenixmasonry By Frederic L. Milliken Brother…
Broken column Source: Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Among the Hebrews, columns, or pillars, were used metaphorically to signify princes or nobles, as if they were the pillars of a state. Thus (in Psalm xi, 3), the passage, reading in our translation, «If the foundations be destroyed…
The Masonic Bright Source: Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry A Freemason is said to be bright who is well acquainted with the ceremonies, the forms of opening and closing, and the ceremonies of initiation. This expression does not, however, in its technical sense, appear to include the superior…
Bonisteel Masonic Library Aus Freimaurer-Wiki Bonisteel Masonic Library This online source offers information aozt Freemasonry in the following chapters: About (Roscoe Osmond Boniesteel) Architecture (Ann Arbor Masonic Temple) Art (pictures of temples and stained glass windows with masonic motifs)…
Brazilian Freemasonry Source: Fernando Finianos O Jr. The world’s academic historians would probably agree that the basic goal of History is to present a systematic and unprejudiced narrative of facts discovered from evidence of primary and secondary sources about the life of peoples and their institutions. Our…
B’nai B’rith International Courtesy of Phoenixmasonry Originally called the Independent Order of B’nai B’rith, which is Hebrew for the «Sons of the Covenant,» the order was established in New York City on October 13, 1843, by twelve German Jewish immigrants. It originally…
The Masonic Blue Slipper Source: Phoenixmasonry by Bro Clyde H. Magee, 32° He belonged to Unity Lodge 146 in Front Royal, Virginia and was also a member of the Eastern Star chapter there. Are you familiar with the Masonic Blue Slipper? It is a small lapel pin in the shape of a blue slipper. Over…
Berlin Declaration Source: Masonic Press Agency Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and Ireland react after the «Berlin Declaration» Monday, 25 August 2014 London, United Kingdom. The Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and Ireland have reacted following the «Berlin Declaration«. The three Grand…
