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Auld Lang Syne, the second most sung song in the world - thanks to Freemasonry
In 1796 Scottish poet Robert Burns published a song that would become the second most sung song in the world, second only to “Happy Birthday to you…
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William Schaw “Father of Freemasonry” *** FULL BOOK ***
No one man created Freemasonry, but there is an individual that stands out as its principal architect, the ‘Master of Works’ to King James VI of…
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'Interior view of a Viennese lodge'
Oil painting of circa. 1789 believed to have been painted by Italian artist and Freemason Bro. Ignaz Unterberger (1748-1779) thought to include Bro…
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Reception of H.R.H. Prince Of Wales as Past Grand Master
Painted by artist and Freemason Bro. Sigismund Rosenthal this is the only colour image of the Old Grand Temple and features over 120 portraits of some…
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Freemasonry’s Earliest “Tracing Board”?
A look at the “Form of the Lodge” drawing that features in the Carmick MS of 1727, where it like came from and it’s similarities to a Tracing Board as…
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Auld Alloway Kirk and Tam O' Shanter
Bro. Francis Grose, the author and Freemason that presented the occasion for Bro. Robert Burns to write his famous tale of Tam O' Shanter and created…
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The Mystery of Masonry Brought to Light by ye Gormagons
A satirical piece of Masonic artwork created by artist and later Freemason, Bro. William Hogarth. First published in 1724 and the first of many artworks…
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Riding The Goat
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s depiction of a canine Masonic Initiation to sell cigars with its Masonic symbolism, satire and allegory of the first…
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