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BACK NEXT Summer 2008 Issue 45 Letter from the Editor Grand Lodge News News and Views On The Level International News Beyond the Craft Perambulating the Lodge Masonic Dining and Celebration Interview: The Grand Chancellor The Orator Walking the Way of Saint James Abd el-Kader: Algerian Nationalist and Freemason Province of Cambridgeshire Library & Museum Brother Lightfoote's Journal Review: Committed to the Flames Review: The Mythology of Secret Societies Review: The Dawn of Astrology Letters to the Editor Internet Library & Museum of Freemasonry Grand Lodge Quarterly Communication Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter RMBI Masonic Samaritan Fund Grand Charity RMTGB Canon Richard Tydeman: Looking unto the Rock Copyright 1997-2008 FREEMASONRY TODAY Designed and Maintained by: Cyberpoint Limited

FREEMASONRY TODAY Scotland The Royal Order of Scotland The Royal Order of Scotland is governed by the Grand Lodge which directs operations from its prestigious headquarters at St. John Street, Edinburgh, a building that embodies the Chapel of St. John, and is believed to be the oldest purpose-built masonic lodge room in the world. The Royal Order of Scotland occupies a unique position within Freemasonry and can rightfully claim to be a truly international masonic body, controlling in excess of eighty Provincial Grand Lodges situated in twenty-five different countries across the globe. In addition ... The earliest days Once more Michael Baigent and I made our way to the Grand Lodge of Scotland in George Street, Edinburgh; we were delighted at the opportunity to return. Librarian, Robert Cooper, received us in his study on the second floor with his usual warmth and big smile ... Robbie Burns' Maul and All Edinburgh is a beautiful City and Grand Lodge is situated in its heart. The bus I took to get to the George Street address let me down at the stop named Freemasons’ Hall; festive decorations around the Street had one of the Christmas trees highlighted Grand Lodge of Scotland. This overt approach to freemasonry ... A Town Called Kilwinning Legends abound concerning the antiquity of the Craft, but perhaps none are as curious as those surrounding an obscure Scottish town called Kilwinning. Situated on the banks of the river Garnock some twenty-five miles south-west of Glasgow, this small community lies a short distance from the Ayrshire coast, where the Irish sea meets and churns with the waters of the Firth of Clyde. Some distance from the town, the ruins of an ancient abbey ...   Scotland © FreemasonryToday 1997-2008