Allied Masonic Degrees Royal Ark Mariner The story of this degree contains events before, during and after the Biblical Flood. The apron and emblems of this degree are easily recognizable by the ark and rainbow motif, although the degree itself claims the original apron to have been made of…
All seeing eye An important symbol of the Supreme Being, borrowed by the Freemasons from the nations of antiquity. Both the Hebrews and the Egyptians appear to have derived its use from that natural inclination of figurative minds to select an organ as the symbol of the function which it is…
The Acacia Fraternity And Masonic Research Source: The Builder January 1915 By Francis W. Shephardson former Grand President The Acacia Fraternity is a society of college men who are Master Masons. It is not a Masonic body in the ordinary acceptation of that expression. It is not a side degree. It…
The first German masonic lodge «Absalom zu den drei Nesseln» Anja Stephanie Schmitz Picture: The very first master mason of an german masonic lodge 1737 : «Société des acceptés macons libres de la Ville de Hambourg» Georg Wilhelm Ludwig von Oberg. Oil on canvas. Painted by Jens Rusch The…
Abiff Source: Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry (or ABIF, or perhaps more correctly ABIV). A name appeared in scripture to that celebrated builder who was sent to Jerusalem by King Hiram, of Tyre, to superintend the construction of the Temple. The word, which in the original Hebrew is…
Masonic Agapae The Agapae, or love feasts, were banquets held during the first three centuries in the Christian Church. They were called love feasts, because, including the partaking of the Sacrament, the Brethren met, both rich and poor, at a common feast-the former furnishing the provisions, and…
Masonic abbreviations Source: Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Abbreviations of technical terms or of official titles are of very extensive use in Freemasonry. They were, however, but rarely employed in the earlier Masonic publications. For instance, not one is to be found in the first…
21st Century Freemasonry Freemasonry today is represented by local organizations of Freemasons who belong to the Masonic Lodge. The word «Lodge» refers as much to the masonic members themselves, as well as the actual building where the Masonic members meet. Many Masonic Lodges now consist of…
A Prayer at Lodge-Closing The Meaning Of Masonry by W.L. Wilmshurst O Sovereign and Most Worshipful of all Masters, who, in Thy infinite love and wisdom, hast devised our Order as a means to draw Thy children nearer Thee, and hast so ordained its Officers that they are emblems of Thy sevenfold…
Annual general meeting of the freemasons’ Grand Charity 9 SEPTEMBER 2015 AN ADDRESS BY RICHARD HONE, QC, PRESIDENT OF THE FREEMASONS’ GRAND CHARITY Image: RICHARD HONE The main change is to reduce the membership from the present 180,000 members to a single charitable company whose own…
