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…
Being a Mason is a vocational need by Bro Ricardo Ricart Vila Translated from Spanish into English by our Brother Adán Bautista, from Fresno in California. Picture: Masonic Thoughts/ FRED MATHEWS source: Web-Blog from Bro Ricardo Ricart Vila Being a Mason is a vocational need or in other…
History of South Australian freemasons South Australian Freemasonry actually dates back to before the South Australian company left English shores to found the new colony. A group of men petitioned the Grand Lodge of England for a new lodge which would be based in what was to become South…
Masonic Ballot Source: Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry In the election of candidates, Lodges have recourse to a ballot of white and black balls. Some Grand Lodges permit the use of white balls with black cubes. However, the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for 1890 (page…
Baal’s Bridge Square Source: masonicwiki.info Lodge 13 in Limerick, Ireland have in their archives an old brass square that was found under the foundations of Baal’s Bridge. This Square dated 1507 is reputed to be one of the earliest Masonic items in the world The inscription on side 1…
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…
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…
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 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…
A Brief History of Freemasonry in Japan Source Documents related to the history of Far East Lodge No. 1 and Freemasonry in Japan, including Historical Research by Japanese Masons The Pre-Modern Era Japan being separated by water from the Asian Continent, its civilization developed in…
