Freemason membership records spanning 190 years go online London (AFP) – Records of two million members of the secretive Freemasons have been published online, showing that its members during Britain’s imperial heyday included Winston Churchill, Oscar Wilde and Rudyard Kipling.…
Emulation Lodge of Improvement Source: Wikipedia Emulation Lodge of Improvement is a Lodge of Instruction which first met on 2 October 1823, and is held under the sanction of Lodge of Unions No. 256 in the English Constitution. It restricts admission to Master Masons in good standing. The aim of…
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 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…
Clothes Make The Man and the Mason Originally published as – A PROPER APPRECIATION Source – The Canadian Craftsman, March 1898 Masonry in many respects is the same the world over. The language of symbols, the legend of signs, and the tenets are alike everywhere, so that a man may…
The Circuit of Service Lodges The Circuit of Service Lodges, formed in 1993 and currently comprising 29 lodges, exists to promote comradeship and fraternal contact between military masons. The Lodges and the Arm or Service affiliation are listed below. To qualify as a member of the circuit a lodge…
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…
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…
All men free and brethren: Prince Hall and black Freemasonry Freemasonry is considered by many to be the world’s most well-known secret society. Its membership is a Who’s Who of world history — George Washington, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, Winston Churchill, Mozart, Davy Crockett, Franklin…
