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The Masonic Square and Compasses. ...
A Grand Lodge, or Grand Orient, is the usual governing body of Craft, or Blue Lodge, Freemasonry in a particular jurisdiction. ...
In most areas of the world Masons gather together in Masonic Lodges to work the three degrees of Freemasonry: 1° = Entered Apprentice 2° = Fellow Craft 3° = Master Mason Blue Lodge is used to specify the basic Masonic Lodge granting the first three degrees and to differentiate it from other Masonic...
This article relates to mainstream Craft Freemasonry, sometimes known in America as Blue Lodge Freemasonry. Every Masonic Lodge appoints Masonic Lodge Officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodges life and work. ...
Prince Hall Freemasonry derives from historical events which led to a tradition of separate, predominantly African-American, Freemasonic fraternal organization in North America. ...
This article deals with organization in Craft or Blue Lodge Freemasonry. ...
History History of Freemasonry · Liberté chérie · Masonic manuscripts The History of Freemasonry studies the development, evolution and events of the fraternal organization known as Freemasonry. ...
Memorial of the KZ Esterwegen close-up Liberté chérie was the only known Masonic Lodge to be founded in a Nazi concentration camp during the Second World War. ...
This box: There are a number of manuscripts that are historically important in the development of Freemasonry. ...
| Masonic Bodies | | Masonic | | Masonic appendant bodies · York Rite · Order of Mark Master Masons · Knights Templar · Scottish Rite · Knight Kadosh · The Shrine · Tall Cedars of Lebanon · The Grotto · Societas Rosicruciana · Grand College of Rites · Swedish Rite Whilst there is no degree in Freemasonry higher than that of Master Mason[1], there are a number of related organisations which have as a prerequisite to joining that one be a Master Mason or have some relation to a Master Mason[2]. These bodies are commonly referred to as...
The York Rite (also called the American Rite) is one of the two main appendant bodies of United States Freemasonry, which a Master Mason may join to further his knowledge of Freemasonry. ...
The Order of Mark Master Masons is an appendant order of Freemasonry that confers the degrees of Mark Man and Mark Master. ...
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The Knight Kadosh is a freemasonic degree or ceremony of initiation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. ...
The Shriners, A.A.O.N.M.S. or Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, established in New York City in 1870, is an appendant body to Freemasonry. ...
The Tall Cedars of Lebanon is one of the various appendant bodies of Freemasonry, open only to Master Masons in good standing in a regular Masonic Lodge. ...
The Mystic Order of Vailed Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, whose subordinate bodies are the Grottos, is an organization by and for Master Masons. ...
Societas Rosicruciana is a name used by a number of Rosicrucian groups. ...
The Grand College of Rites is a Masonic organization dedicated to the collection and publication of various ritual texts from both Masonic ritual not currently used in the United States, and non-Masonic rituals used by other fraternities and societies of a ritualistic nature who generally keep their rituals private. ...
The Swedish Rite is a variation of Freemasonry that is worked in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. ...
| | Masonic Women's Groups | | Women and Freemasonry · Order of the Amaranth · Order of the Eastern Star · Co-Freemasonry The subject of women and Freemasonry is complex and without an easy explanation. ...
The Order of the Amaranth is a fraternal organization composed of Master Masons and their properly qualified female relatives. ...
General Grand Chapter logo The Order of the Eastern Star is the largest fraternal organization in the world that both men and women can join. ...
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| | Masonic Youth Organizations | | Order of DeMolay · A.J.E.F. · Job's Daughters · International Order of the Rainbow for Girls The Order of DeMolay is an international youth fraternity for young men between the ages of 12 to 21. ...
This box: A.J.E.F. Is an acronym which stands for Association of Youth Hope of the Fraternity (Asociacion de Jovenes Esperanza de la Fraternidad), It is an appendant body to Freemasonry for boys and girls aged 14-21 in México and Latin America. ...
The International Order of Jobs Daughters (Sometimes abbreviated to IOJD) and known throught the world simply as Jobs Daughters, is a Masonic related youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20 who are related to a Master Mason. ...
The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (IORG) is a youth service organization which teaches leadership training through community service. ...
| | | Views of Masonry | | Anti-Masonry · Anti-Masonic Party · Anti-Freemason Exhibition · Christianity and Freemasonry · Catholicism and Freemasonry · Freemasonry under totalitarian regimes · Masonic conspiracy theories · Taxil hoax Anti-Masonry (alternatively called Anti-Freemasonry) is defined as Avowed opposition to Freemasonry.[1] However, there is no homogeneous anti-Masonic movement. ...
The Anti-Masonic Party (also known as the Anti-Masonic Movement) was a 19th century minor political party in the United States. ...
Antimason exhibition stamps Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition (Serbian: Antimasonska izložba) was the name of an antisemitic exhibition that was opened in Belgrade on October 22, 1941. ...
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia Christianity and Freemasonry have had a mixed relationship, with various Christian denominations banning or discouraging members from being Freemasons. ...
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Virtualy all totalitarian regimes have treated Freemasonry as a potential source of opposition due to its secret nature and international connections. ...
Detail from the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States found on the $1 bill - claimed to read M-A-S-O-N, although it can just as easily be read as monas, ASNOM or any other of the 120 possible combinations. ...
Poster advertising the work of Leo Taxil. ...
| | Notable People and Places | | James Anderson · Albert Mackey · Albert Pike · Prince Hall · John the Evangelist · John the Baptist · William Schaw · Elizabeth Aldworth · List of Freemasons · Lodge Mother Kilwinning · Freemasons' Hall, London · House of the Temple · Solomon's Temple · The Library and Museum of Freemasonry Albert Gallatin Mackey (born March 12, 1807, died June 20, 1881), was an American medical doctor, and is best known for his authorship of many books and articles about freemasonry, particularly Masonic Landmarks. ...
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For the hip-hop producer with the same name, see John the Baptist (producer). ...
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Lodge Mother Kilwinning is a Masonic Lodge in Kilwinning, Scotland under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, it is number 0 on the Roll following a series of changes in its status with respect to the Grand Lodge. ...
Freemasons Hall in Great Queen Street, London Freemasons Hall in London is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England and a meeting place for the Masonic Lodges in the London area. ...
The House of the Temple is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., which serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. (Officially, Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C...
Solomons Temple (Hebrew: ××ת ×××§×ש, transliterated Beit HaMikdash), also known as the First Temple, was, according to the Bible, the first Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. ...
| | Masonic Miscellany | | Great Architect of the Universe · Square and Compasses · Pigpen cipher · Eye of Providence · Hiram Abiff · Sprig of Acacia · Masonic Landmarks · Pike's Morals and Dogma· Propaganda Due · Freemasonry and the Latter Day Saint movement · Dermott's Ahiman Rezon Great Architect of the Universe (GAOTU) is a term used within Freemasonry to denominate the Supreme Being which each member individually holds an adherence to. ...
A common Masonic representation of the Square and Compasses. ...
The pigpen cipher uses graphical symbols assigned according to a key similar to the above diagram. ...
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Hiram Abiff is an allegorical figure mentioned in Masonic ritual, who is figuratively the master of the construction of King Solomons Temple. ...
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Masonic Landmarks are a set of principles which many Freemasons claim to be both ancient and unchangeable precepts of Masonry. Issues of the regularity of a Freemasonic Lodge, Grand Lodge or Grand Orient are judged in the context of the Landmarks. ...
The Double Headed Eagle of Lagash on the cover of Morals and Dogma. ...
P2 is the common name for the Italian Freemasonic lodge Propaganda Due (Italian: Propaganda Two). ...
// The relationship between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Freemasonry began early in the history of Mormonism. ...
This box: The Book of Constitutions of this Grand Lodge or Ahiman Rezon was a constitution written by Laurence Dermott for the Antient Grand Lodge of England, a rival group of freemasons to the Premier Grand Lodge of England. ...
| This box: view • talk • edit | James Anderson (c.1679–1739) was born and educated in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was ordained a minister in the Church of Scotland in 1707 and moved to London, where he ministered to the Glass House Street congregation until 1710, to the Presbyterian church in Swallow Street until 1734, and at Lisle Street Chapel until his death. He is reported to have lost a large sum of money in the South Sea Company crash of 1720. Anderson is best know, however, for his association with Freemasonry. Aberdeen (IPA: ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is Scotlands third largest city with a population of 202,370. ...
Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic and Scots1 Government Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II...
The Church of Scotland (CofS, known informally as The Kirk, Eaglais na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the national church of Scotland. ...
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Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...
Hogarthian image of the South Sea Bubble by Edward Matthew Ward, Tate Gallery More well known than The South Sea Company is perhaps the South Sea Bubble (1711 - September 1720) which is the name given to the economic bubble that occurred through overheated speculation in the company shares during 1720. ...
Anderson's Constitutions, 1723 Anderson and Freemasonry
Anderson was a Freemason, the Master of a Masonic lodge, and a Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster. He was commissioned in September of 1721 by the Grand Lodge to write a history of the Free-Masons, and it was published in 1723 as The Constitutions of the Free-Masons. Anderson's name does not appear on the title page, but his authorship is declared in an appendix. American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ...
The Premier Grand Lodge of England was founded on 24 June 1717 and it existed until 1813 when it united with the Antient Grand Lodge of England to create the United Grand Lodge of England. ...
Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ...
The Constitutions was edited and reprinted by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1734, becoming the first Masonic book printed in America. An electronic edition of that work is online here. Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 â April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ...
Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ...
A second London edition, much expanded, appeared in 1738. The work was translated into many languages, including Dutch (1736), German (1741), and French (1745). His other published works include Royal Genealogies (1732), A Defence of Masonry (1738?), News from Elysium (1739), and A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery (1742).
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