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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 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 · Order of St. Thomas of Acon · Royal Order of Scotland This box: The fraternity of Freemasonry, also known as Free and Accepted Masons, is organized into lodges, chapters, councils, commanderies, consistories, etc. ...
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. ...
A member of the Syrian Corvettes group of Shriners participates in a Memorial Day parade The Shriners, or Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, are an Order appendant 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. ...
The Commemorative Order of St. ...
| | 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. ...
The Square and Compasses. ...
| | Masonic Youth Organizations | | DeMolay · A.J.E.F. · Job's Daughters · International Order of the Rainbow for Girls This box: DeMolay International (originally known as the Order of DeMolay), founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1919, is an international youth fraternity for young men. ...
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. ...
This box: Jobs Daughters International is a Masonic sponsored youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20. ...
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 · Suppression of Freemasonry · 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 This box: Christianity and Freemasonry have had a mixed relationship, with various Christian denominations banning or discouraging members from being Freemasons. ...
This box: This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia The Roman Catholic Church has long been an outspoken critic of Freemasonry, and has continually prohibited members from being Freemasons since In Eminenti Secula in 1739. ...
This box: Some Governments, mostly authoritarian, and virtually 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 This box: James Anderson (c. ...
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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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. ...
, This box: The Library and Museum of Freemasonry is a library and registered museum in central London, England, covering Freemasonry. ...
| | 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. ...
This box: Propaganda Due or P2 was an irregular or black Masonic lodge that operated in Italy from 1877-1981, headed in its final decades by Licio Gelli. ...
This box: The relationship between Freemasonry and the Latter Day Saint movement 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 | The Royal Order of Scotland is an international fraternity linked to freemasonry. Membership is an honour extended to masons by invitation. âFreemasonsâ redirects here. ...
Organization
The Grand Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland is headquartered in Edinburgh, with a total of 85 Provincial Grand Lodges in several locations around Britain, and in a number of countries around the world. The order claims the King of Scots as hereditary Grand Master. The Deputy Grand Master and Governor of the order is currently Andrew Douglas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD, DL, JP. In times in which there is no King of Scots, the Deputy Grand Master and Governor is the worldwide leader of the Order. For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ...
This is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The Kingdom of Great Britain...
This box: In Freemasonry the Grand Master is the supreme ruler of the Craft within a given jurisdiction. ...
Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD (born 17 February 1924), styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish nobleman. ...
The ROS Grand Lodge and the Provincial Grand Lodges confer two degrees: - Heredom of Kilwinning
- Knight of the Rosy Cross
History The order has existed since at least 1741, based on records in the archive of the Grand Lodge demonstrating activity in London, with a further charter being granted in 1750 to work the degree at The Hague. The holder of that warrant, William Mitchell, moved to Edinburgh around 1752/3, using the charter to establish a Provincial Grand Lodge there. In 1767 this body became the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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Activity appears to have dwindled with the Order nearing extinction in the early 1800s but a resurgence culminated in the establishment of further Provincial Grand Lodges by 1843. The legends of the order date its origination to the reign of King David I in the 12th century in the Heredom degree, with the Rosy Cross degree originating in 1314 following the Battle of Bannockburn. Combatants Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England Commanders Robert Bruce Edward II Strength about 6,500 20,000 Casualties unknown but light about 9,000 The Battle of Bannockburn (Blà r Allt a Bhonnaich in Gaelic) (June 24, 1314) was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ...
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Membership Qualification for membership varies but is typically by invitation, having been a Master Mason for 5 years. Other restrictions may include, but are not restricted to: A Master Mason is the designation of a Freemason who has completed the Third Degree in Masonic Lodge (aka Blue Lodge or Craft Masonry). ...
- Active membership of the 18th degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite and at least one other Christian Order. OR
- Membership of the Holy Royal Arch and at least one other Christian Order. OR
- In the United States the candidate should hold the 32nd degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, although this may be waived if the Petitioner is a Knight Templar (York Rite). The candidate must also be a Trinitarian Christian by faith. They also require that all applicants must be entitled to honor in Freemasonry because of services performed for the Craft, the Church, or the Public. The R.O.S. considers offices held in Masonic Bodies as evidence of service performed to the Craft. Also, honors already received in the fraternity such as the K.C.C.H., the 33rd degree, the Red Cross of Constantine, the K.Y.C.H., etc. The R.O.S. also considers services such as offices held in Church, activity on Boards and Committees, active work with the Boy Scouts, DeMolays, Community drives, etc., or other types of evidence of service performed for one's fellow-man. The R.O.S. will judge each application on its own merit.
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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. ...
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