Magical Fraternal Societies
I was conducting some research for a side project, looking at more magical Orders that had existed and how some of them were related to Freemasonry. As with most side projects, it was permanently placed on the side, so I … Continue reading →
Manly P Hall and the Dweller on the Threshold
Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990) is quite the Masonic enigma; he only joined Freemasonry over 20 years after writing his ground-breaking Secret Teachings Throughout the Ages, a work that is still well renowned amongst Freemasons today. He was finally initiated in … Continue reading →
Arthur Edward Waite, the Tree of Life and the Tarot
The Tree of Life appears in many religions and cultures, in Islam it appears in the Quran as the tree of immortality, the tree which is forbidden to Adam and Eve by Allah. In Catholic Christianity it represents the immaculate … Continue reading →
The Tesseract, Freemasonry and the gateway to God
My latest book, Rediscovered Rituals of English Freemasonry, due out in the autumn, uses the tesseract symbol on the cover. There are a number of reasons why I chose this image for the new book, so I thought I would … Continue reading →
Lord Byron, Ali Pasha and Albania
Koka në Stamboll Trupi ne Janine Traditional Albanian song When Lord Byron visited Albania in 1809 while he was on his Grand Tour with his friend John Hobhouse, he found much inspiration, writing his epic poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage based … Continue reading →
Skanderbeg and the English Adventurer John Newport
George Castriot, otherwise known as Skanderbeg, was a legendary Albanian military leader of the fifteenth century, who successfully rallied his countrymen against the onslaught of the Ottoman Empire. So renowned was the reputation of Skanderbeg as a military leader, that … Continue reading →
Masonic Bibles
The Renaissance led to a revolution in Bible publishing; by the mid-1400s, Gutenberg’s movable type press and the aims of the 16th century Protestant Reformation made the Bible accessible to ordinary people in their own language. The 1560 Geneva Bible, … Continue reading →
Masonic Lodge Visits
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Tercentenary Event at the Masonic Temple, Birkenhead, Cheshire
I was honoured to be able to attend a very special event on Friday; a tercentenary celebration held by Minerva Lodge on behalf of the Cheshire Province at the Masonic Temple at Clifton Road, Birkenhead. I was also a keynote … Continue reading →
Talk to the Welsh Installed Masters Lodge held at Rhyl, North Wales
I had the pleasure to give a talk on 300 years of Freemasonry at the Welsh Installed Masters Lodge No. 9857, which was held at Elwy Hall in Rhyl, North Wales. The lodge, which was founded in 2010, meets in … Continue reading →
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