Masonic myths occupy a central place in Freemasonry. Derived from founding texts or various biblical legends, they are present in all Masonic rites and ranks. Using conceptual parables, they can serve Freemasons as sources of knowledge and reflection, where history often vies with fiction. They revolve mainly around the legendary stories of the construction of Solomon's temple, the death of its architect Hiram, and chivalry. Some of the original mythical themes are still part, to a greater or lesser extent and explicitly, of the symbols that make up the corpus and history of speculative Freemasonry. Some myths, however, have had no real posterity, but can still be found in some high grades, or in the symbolism of some rituals. Others borrow from the medieval imagination or from religious mysticism, and do not bother with historical truths to create legendary filiations with vanished guilds or orders.
Masonicmyths occupy a central place in Freemasonry. Derived from founding texts or various biblical legends, they are present in all Masonic rites and...
Scottish Rite Rite of Baldwyn Ancient and Primitive Rite Masonicmyths de Hoyos, Arturo (2014). "Masonic Rites and Systems". In Bodgan, Henrik; Snoek, Jan A...
may perform a ceremony to confer a Masonic degree or receive a lecture, which is usually on some aspect of Masonic history or ritual. At the conclusion...
in Masonic Knights Templar uniform Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in Spokane Masonic Temple 1905 Photograph of Warren G. Harding wearing Masonic Shriner's...
became provincial grand master for Nova Scotia; Philipps founded the first Masonic lodge in Canada at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The Castle Island Virtual...
Freemasonry is its own religion, requires belief in a unique Masonic god, and that belief in this Masonic god is contrary to the teachings of various mainstream...
(officially, the Grand College of Rites of the United States of America) is a Masonic organization. The Grand College of Rites was established by nine Master...
adaptations of Greek myths, in this case, it is Oedipus and the Sphinx. The sphinx imagery has historically been adopted into Masonic architecture and symbolism...
19th-century leader in the fight for independence; another suggests it is a Masonic symbol; and yet another that sailors created it as a sign which they could...
Preston's Illustrations of Freemasonry enlarged and expanded on this masonic creation myth. In France, the 1737 lecture of Chevalier Ramsay added the crusaders...
Myths" column by Phil Healey and Rick Glanvill, with content taken from a series of four books: Urban Myths, The Return of Urban Myths, Urban Myths Unplugged...
Grange. June 7, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2019. Kinney, Jay (2009). The MasonicMyth: Unlocking the Truth About the Symbols, the Secret Rites, and the History...
Singh-Anand, The Secret School of Wisdom, Lewis Masonic 2015, pp. 15–16 Ellic Howe, Illuminati, Man, Myth and Magic (partwork), Purnell, 1970, vol 4, pp...
this is just one of its degrees, and is not to be confused with other Masonic related Rosicrucian societies such as the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia...
bishop. Masonic newspapers began attacks and the bishop circulated a pastoral letter warning the clergy not to become involved with the Masonic movement...
argues that Desaguliers used this existing myth to create a central story for the newly created Master Masonic degree, for which there is no evidence before...
with the Armed, and Ultrapop is another piece of their mystique. The band's myth and the unity behind it is something that comes out in the spirit and strength...
ideas. He was the founder and chairman of World Anti-Zionist and Anti-Masonic Front (VASAMF) "Pamyat" (the neo-pagan wing of the far-right Pamyat society)...
period, Lucifer was not typically regarded as a deity and had few, if any, myths, though the planet was associated with various deities and often poetically...
(better known as P2) was a Masonic lodge belonging to the Grand Orient of Italy (GOI). It was founded in 1877 with the name of Masonic Propaganda, in the period...
comparison of the Rosslyn myth of the Apprentice Pillar with that of the allegorical references to Hiram Abiff in Masonic ritual, and in the process...
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