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The strange destiny of the Hollywood Masonic Temple
Hollywood is undoubtedly a unique place, where nothing can happen like anywhere else. So it's hardly surprising that the Hollywood Masonic Temple has had a rather surprising destiny. In just...
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,...
Acacia in Freemasonry
In addition to the working tools borrowed from operative masons' tradition, reminiscences of the Temple of Solomon, such as the B and J columns, and the Pythagorean emblem of the...
The Five Cartouches of the Fellowcraft Degree
The Five Cartouches that appear at the reception ceremony of the Fellowcraft degree will not necessarily appeal to Anglo-Saxon or Nordic Freemasons, but it is a commonplace for a large...
The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Freemasonry
The symbolism of the Templar Order is clearly present in Freemasonry, particularly in the Strict Templar Observance, the Rectified Scottish Rite, the Swedish Rite and, of course, in the higher...
Origin and meaning of the Director of Ceremonies' cane
Each time the Director of Ceremonies moves ritually around the Lodge, he carries a cane, which he must hold in his right hand. This applies to almost all Masonic workings,...
Hiram and Halloween
Halloween is only a few days away and our shops and streets are already overflowing with pumpkins, skulls, skeletons and all manner of ghoulish and morbid displays, often inspired by...
The Grande Loge Mixte Universelle and the Grande Loge Mixte de France
Mixed Freemasonry (or Co-Freemasonry) first appeared in 1893 with the creation of the "Droit Humain", a French Masonic obedience that soon became international. Since then, other mixed Masonic obediences have...
