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An Intriguing Story Unearthed By David HarrisonCharismatic figures of high social rank became essential to Freemasonry, especially after the dark and difficult years of the early nineteenth century that some lodges had experienced. These influential…
The Revd. Neville Barker Cryer On The Advantages of Openness On the day before I sat down to write this article the choir of my local church led us in singing a hymn the words…
The Library and Museum has continued to make good progress in meeting its objective of making its collections available to as many people and to the widest possible range of audiences as possible in order…
Simon Best Weighs The Benefits Of A Broader Approach To HealthToday one hears and reads an increasing amount about ‘alternative’ or ‘complementary’ medicine, presented with varying degrees of support or scepticism depending on the author.…
Robert Temple Explains The Challenge Posed To Egyptology By A New Dating TechniqueOur ability to truly understand ancient peoples and cultures has been handicapped until now by the lack of any method to date ancient…
Diane Clements Charts The Creation Of The Masonic Consumer At the beginning of July, the Library and Museum of Freemasonry in Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, opened an exhibition showing the development of the…
Bletchley Park Guide John Jackson Looks At The Project To Rebuild The Bombe, The Machine Used To Break Wartime German Enigma-Enciphered Messages Britain’s greatest secret of the Second World War – its codebreaking headquarters at…
A major academic conference took place at the University of Bordeaux III and the Museum of Aquitaine in Bordeaux in July on Women and Freemasonry since the Enlightenment. The conference was organised by Professor Cécile…
KGB Archives Reveal Masonic Secret History
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
New revelations about the history of Freemasonry will be presented at an international conference to be held this autumn at the Canonbury Masonic Research Centre (CMRC), Islington, North London. The conference will include at least…
Unfolding The Mysteries In Sheffield Event
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
The Cornerstone Society’s annual conference will take place on Saturday 13 November at Tapton Hall, Sheffield. Titled Unfolding the Mysteries, it features three talks that will look at topics ranging from the purpose and meaning…
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Drawing on the Floor
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Julian Rees Looks at the Development of Lodge Tracing Boards Every lodge in the English Constitution has a tracing board for each of the three degrees. What is their point? Do they actually add anything to…
The Origins of Freemasonry
Sunday, 19 April 2009
The Canonbury Masonic Research Centre Held its 11th International Conference: Michael Baigent Reports ‘There is no one fixed origin for Freemasonry.’ Professor Andrew Prescott, University of Wales, Lampeter, certainly gained delegates’ attention. ‘There are no…
Dramatic Masonry
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Trevor Sherman on the Northants and Hunts Provincial Demonstration Group The mandate was clear from the start: in May 2008, Derek Young, then Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, asked me to set…
A Fresh Eye
Sunday, 19 April 2009
I am an old, young, Mason. I was initiated in 2002, past retirement age, although still at work as an architect. I was initiated by my son Andrew, who at the time claimed that this…
