Freemason Information
Freemasonry is a post-collegiate mostly-all male fraternity dedicated to the social development of the member to form a broader sense of the self and their community.
1) The point within a circle has a very specific masonic meaning. Is there any biblical or historical reference to this ancient symbol that should be known by us today? 2) We all know that masonically, the parallel lines represent the Holy Saints John, but why are lodges dedicated to the memory of them today? Were there ever […]
by Br. Asahel W. Gage, from The Builder Magazine October 1915 – Volume I – Number 10 This jewel comes from The Builder Magazine, a masonic publication published between 1915 and 1930, edited by Joseph Fort Newton. It was then (and likely still is) the best American Masonic periodical ever published. The work below is just […]
The Grand Lodge of Arkansas is the next stop on the tour of American Grand Lodges. Arkansas Masonic membership: 17,082 – 2006 16,524 – 2007 gain/loss – -558 data from MSANA State population: 2,834,797 as of 2007 (estimated), About the Grand Lodge: The Grand Lodge of Arkansas does not have a listing on Wikipedia. “Organized […]
A AB. The Hebrew word AB signifies “father,” and was among the Hebrews a title of honor. From it, by the addition of the possessive pronoun, is compounded the word _Abif_, signifying “his father,” and applied to the Temple Builder. ABIF. See Hiram Abif. ABNET. The band or apron, made of fine linen, variously wrought, […]
The Stone of Foundation constitutes one of the most important and abstruse of all the symbols of Freemasonry. It is referred to in numerous legends and traditions, not only of the Freemasons, but also of the Jewish Rabbins, the Talmudic writers, and even the Mussulman doctors. Many of these, it must be confessed, are apparently […]
Before proceeding to the examination of those more important mythical legends which appropriately belong to the Master’s degree, it will not, I think, be unpleasing or uninstructive to consider the only one which is attached to the Fellow Craft’s degree that, namely, which refers to the allegorical ascent of the Winding Stairs to the Middle […]
Before proceeding to the examination of those more important mythical legends which appropriately belong to the Master’s degree, it will not, I think, be unpleasing or uninstructive to consider the only one which is attached to the Fellow Craft’s degree–that, namely, which refers to the allegorical ascent of the Winding Stairs to the Middle Chamber, […]
We have hitherto been engaged in the consideration of these simple symbols, which appear to express one single and independent idea. They have sometimes been called the “alphabet of Freemasonry,” but improperly, I think, since the letters of the alphabet have, in themselves, unlike these masonic symbols, no significance, but are simply the component parts […]
The Covering of the lodge is another, and must be our last reference to this symbolism of the world or the universe. The mere mention of the fact that this covering is figuratively supposed to be “a clouded canopy,” or the firmament, on which the host of stars is represented, will be enough to indicate […]
The next important historical epoch which demands our attention is that connected with what, in sacred history, is known as the dispersion at Babel. The brightness of truth, as it had been communicated by Noah, became covered, as it were, with a cloud. The dogmas of the unity of God and the immortality of the […]