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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…
Dec 31, 2022
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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…
Dec 12, 2022
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March 2021
'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…
Mar 10, 2021
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February 2021
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…
Feb 20, 2021
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January 2021
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…
Jan 30, 2021
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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…
Jan 19, 2021
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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…
Jan 18, 2021
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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…
Jan 10, 2021
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The Lodge Brothers
“Die Logenbrüder” is possibly the first example of an actual commission by German artist and Freemason Lovis Corinth. Depicting 12 members of his Lodge…
Jan 3, 2021
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December 2020
Spot the difference with Robert Burns
Re-Discovery of a second painting (and a third) showing Robert Burns as member of Lodge Canongate Kilwinning No.2 Edinburgh. But it it’s unlikely to be…
Dec 31, 2020
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Early Stonemasons of Scotland
The United Incorporated Trades of Wright and Masons of Mary’s Chapel, depicted in front of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh c.1720 by artist Roderick…
Dec 28, 2020
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There are plans are upon the Tracing Board
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Dec 27, 2020
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