On March 15th CY, the English language weekly newspaper for British expats who live on the Costa Blanca – appropriately called Costa News – published a letter to the Editor that has captivated me. Its contents is harshly critical of the situation of Freemasonry in Spain and it must have taken a large measure of … Continue reading THE TROUBLE WITH THE GRAND LODGE OF SPAIN AND THE ENGLISH FACTOR
The discourse the Chevalier Ramsay made in Paris in 1736 could have just been a speech of circumstance which, as it is the fate of many speeches of a circumstantial nature, would have then fallen into oblivion. Instead it has been held in high regard ever since, been translated and successfully published in many foreign … Continue reading The Chevalier Ramsay
In 1737[1] at the Grand Lodge of France in Paris its Grand Orator the Chevalier Ramsay , enunciated that the Masonic Order descended from the Knights Templar and was therefore of an exclusively aristocratic nature. Soon after that speech, numerous Masonic High Degrees were founded all over Europe, each one of them claiming to be … Continue reading The Egyptian Rite of Count Cagliostro
In Vienna’s graveyard, next to the funerary monuments of Schubert and Beethoven, there is also a Memorial dedicated to one of the most distinguished composers of classical music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The visitors keep coming regularly and in large numbers to pay their respect to the music genius, but they do not realize they are … Continue reading Was Mozart murdered?
