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Hiram and Halloween
We are a few days away from Halloween, and our shops and streets are already invaded with pumpkins, skulls, skeletons and all kinds of scary and morbid representations, nowadays often...
The Order of the Eastern Star
The Order of the Eastern Star (Order of the Eastern Star - OES) is a para-Masonic organisation open to both men and women. Of American origin, the Eastern Star has...
Who are the Shriners ?
The Shriners. For many Europeans, including Freemasons, the name of this para-Masonic Order does not mean much. It is quite another story across the Atlantic, where the Shriners are well...
Secret in Freemasonry
If there is one topic that has caused much ink to flow, it is indeed Secrecy in Freemasonry. The idea that there is a Secret in Freemasonry often intrigues, sometimes...
The Origin of the MB Word in Freemasonry
The MB word in Freemasonry is one of the oldest and most enigmatic signs of the Master Mason degree. It appears very early in the manuscripts, in a variety of...
Death in Freemasonry
Death seems omnipresent in Freemasonry. Many Masonic regalia or ritual accessories are decorated with a skull and crossbones, particularly in the Master Mason degree. Does this mean that Freemasonry is...
The Masonic Banquet
There is one aspect of Freemasonry that the profane know little about, and that Freemasons themselves sometimes tend to regard as secondary: the Masonic banquet. Yet since the origins of...
The Sun and the Moon in Freemasonry: A Universal Symbolism?
The Sun and the Moon in Freemasonry hold such a familiar place in the Lodge that we almost forget how singular they are. Present from the opening of the Lodge...
The Vault in Freemasonry
The vault in Freemasonry seems almost absent from the first three degrees. The Masonic rituals speak at length of the column, the level, the square and the plumb rule, but...
Meaning and Origin of the Templar Cross
It unfurls across the white capes of the knights of old, on banners stamped with the seal of the Temple, and deep into the imagination of initiates: the Templar cross...
The Symbolism of Gloves in Freemasonry: History, Meaning and Use
In Freemasonry, all the elements of what is called the clothing of Freemasons have a symbolic dimension and do not merely respond to aesthetic concerns. Besides, in Freemasonry, one of...
The Symbolism of the Circle in Freemasonry
The symbolism of the circle in Freemasonry does not immediately strike the eye. At first sight it even seems almost absent from a world marked by the omnipresence of angles,...
