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Tubal Cain, the enigma of the Masonic password
The blacksmith, master of fire and metals, inspires both fear and respect. Tubal Cain, the mythical ancestor of this craft, embodies this duality at the heart of Masonic rituals.
Rudyard Kipling and the Masonic ideal : a fraternity in the making
In 1886, Rudyard Kipling was initiated into Hope and Perseverance Lodge 782 in Lahore, under the authority of the United Grand Lodge of England. Although he did not participate much,...
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Enlightened Pedagogue, Committed Freemason, and Initiate of the Bavarian Illuminati
Introduction Somewhat forgotten today and relatively little known in the French-speaking cultural sphere, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827) is one of the forerunners of modern pedagogy. A Swiss philosopher, social reformer,...
Antoine Court de Gébelin, pastor, freemason and mythologist
An emblematic figure of the second half of the 18th century, Antoine Court de Gébelin is best known for rediscovering the Tarot and being the first to see it as...
Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, a Mystical Freemason (Part 3)
Willermoz during the revolutionary upheavals Willermoz had partially succeeded in his project of creating a new Masonic rite to incorporate the doctrine of Martinès de Pasqually, which he considered to...
Willermoz, main author of the Rectified Scottish Rite (Part 2)
Although the French provinces were attached to the Strict Templar Observance, they never fully followed it. Their craft lodges were attached to the Grand Orient of France, while the Inner...
Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, a Mystical Freemason
Jean-Baptiste Willermoz. A name well known to all Freemasons, and especially to the members of the Rectified Scottish Rite, of which he is the main author. Jean-Baptiste Willermoz was undoubtedly...
Joseph de Maistre, an unexpected Freemason
In continental Europe, and particularly in France, Freemasons are often thought to be necessarily progressive, republican, democratic, agnostic or even atheist, willingly anti-clerical and always committed to social progress. That...
Hubert Germain, a Freemason
On 21 September 2021, Hubert Germain died, the last of the "Compagnons de la Libération", an order created by General de Gaulle in 1944 to honour the fighters of Free...
Hiram and Father Christmas/Santa Claus
Do you believe in Father Christma/Santa Claus? And do you believe in Hiram? Strange questions at first glance, but not so much on closer inspection. Hiram and Father Christmas/Santa Claus...
Pierre Brossolette, a freemason
Somewhat overshadowed by the figure of Jean Moulin at the time of the Liberation in 1945, Pierre Brossolette remains one of the main figures of the French Resistance during the...
Victor Schoelcher and the Abolition of Slavery
Perhaps little known outside France, Victor Schoelcher was a Freemason who actively campaigned for the abolition of slavery. The abolition of slavery in France was a long story, spanning 1315,...
