Index of Papers

Curiosities

  • BEHIND THE APPEARANCES – THE STRANGE GOLPE ON ST JOHN’S DAY

    Why behind the appearances ? Because we must ask ourselves whether the events of yesterday in Russia, ...

  • Freemasons

  • His Majesty’s Servant , David Garrick Esq – Freemason ?

    In the 18th century, actors were known as His Majesty's Servants and were entitled to wear (...) To ...

  • DR MISAUBIN – THE QUACK FREEMASON

    One individual whose reputation lies far from that of the archetypal Huguenot is John Jean Misaubin ...

  • MUSIC AND THE CRAFT – LUIGI BORGHI , A FREEMASON OF THE NINE MUSES LODGE

    London was the 18th century wonder capital of Europe. It had been rebuilt following the Great Fire of ...

  • GOETHE’S JOURNEY TO SICILY

    Among the most celebrated visitors to Italy of the 18th c. was the German poet, playwright, novelist, ...

  • Masonic Curiosities

  • FREEMASONS IN THE CHURCH

    Religion, the Church and Freemasonry are not constantly at odds. Pope Pius IX [1], for example, was ...

  • THE INITIATION OF A FRENCH LADY

    During the reign of terror, in the early stage of the French revolution, many women’s passion reached ...

  • BREAKING A MASONIC OATH

    In Freemasonry the individual who presents himself at the door of a Masonic Lodge “properly prepared ...

  • Masonic Etiquette

  • Masonic Galateo

    The Italian magazine of esoteric and Masonic studies - “Il Laboratorio” [1] published in 2012 an ...

  • Masonic History

  • Influencia de la Masonería en Chile

    A lo largo de los años la palabra “masón” se ha ido retorciendo a través del tiempo, desde formar ...

  • Inns and Innkeepers’ incidence in Freemasonry expansion

    Taverns, inns and coffee houses played a meaningful role in the expansion of Freemasonry (...) The full ...

  • THE OPERATIVE MASONS’ COMPANY AND THE HUGUENOTS

    The 1680s had been a difficult decade for London's livery companies. The Crown's attack on the 'Whig' ...

  • CAGLIOSTRO’S EGYPTIAN RITE

    Comte de Cagliostro, an enigmatic figure of the Age of Enlightenment, whose identity and motives are ...

  • Masonic Influence

  • Rotary and Lions: two quasi masonic societies

    Aside from Freemasonry and the Fraternal Orders like The Odd Fellows, there are Masonic-like societies ...

  • Handel’s character of Zoroastro in the Opera “Orlando”

    In the London of the XVIII century, Freemasonry was a  predominant and mysterious movement present ...

  • Masonic Symbolism

  • Pomegranate in Freemasonry – its significance

    In Freemasonry the pomegranate is the emblem of the spiritual communion that binds the Brethren together ...

  • THE MASONIC GLOVES

    There is a time-immemorial tradition, both in Masonry and outside it, of the wearing and giving of gloves” ...

  • SOLSTICIO DE INVIERNO Y SU SIMBOLISMO MASONICO

    Solsticio , se deriva del latín sol (‘Sol’) y sístere (‘permanecer quieto’). El solsticio ...

  • JACOB’S LADDER EXPLAINED

    Jacob's Ladder is possibly among the most enigmatic and obscure of all the symbols found in Freemasonry. ...

  • Mysteries

  • Was Mozart murdered?

    In Vienna’s graveyard, next to the funerary monuments of Schubert and Beethoven, there is also a Memorial ...

  • Uncategorized

  • MASONIC VALUES BREAKDOWN AND THE PANDEMIC CRISIS

    The international Masonic Institutions have been harmed as never before during the last two years of ...

  • THE FABIAN SOCIETY

    The Fabian is a private elitist Society that has been working in the shadow in England since it was ...

  • IN DEFENSE OF THE BROTHERHOOD

    I am a Freemason. I am also a Baby Boomer. In my generation that would make me a bit of an anomaly because ...

  • THE DREAM OF A MASONIC EUROPE

    The Euro Lodge 2021 is a project that Tetraktys is pleased to support. The aim is to set up a Craft ...