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

  • Robert Burns – A Poet and a Freemason

    All men possess some measure of intrinsic worth, but genius , like int he case of Robert Burns, is a ...

  • BROTHERS IN SERVICE

    The Solicitor, a Forensic Scientist, and the Shadow of the Ardlamont Murder In Scottish law, the unique ...

  • HIS MAJESTY’S SERVANT DAVID GARRICK – A FREEMASON ?

    In the 18th century, actors were known as “His Majesty’s Servants”, and were entitled to wear ...

  • DR MISAUBIN – THE QUACK FREEMASON

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

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • THE COMACINES AT THE ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY

    Scholars of the Craft divide the history of Freemasonry into two distinct periods. They mark 1717 as ...

  • 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

  • THE FRACTURED LODGE

    The ancient Roman maxim Divide et Impera—“Divide and Rule”—remains one of the most enduring ...

  • The influence of inns and innkeepers in the expansion of Freemasonry

    The influence of inns and innkeepers in the expansion of Freemasonry is indisputable. In the early days ...

  • 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 ...