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The whole system is transmitted to initiates through the medium of Masonic ritual, which consists of lectures and allegorical plays. [2] Common to all of Freemasonry is the three grade system of Craft or Blue Lodge freemasonry, whose allegory is centred on the building of the Temple of Solomon, and the story of the chief architect, Hiram Abiff. [3]
Masonic concentration camp inmates were classified as political prisoners and wore an inverted red triangle. [221] Hitler believed Freemasons had succumbed to Jews conspiring against Germany. [222] [223] The small blue forget-me-not flower was first used by the Grand Lodge Zur Sonne in 1926, as a Masonic emblem at the annual convention in ...
The Wrights' symbol is the square and compasses in a different configuration from the traditional Masonic one. Wright is the Scottish and Northern English term for a Carpenter. The arms of the former Allan Glen's School , still used by the school club [ 12 ] and independent rugby club, [ 13 ] incorporate a square and compasses in a similar ...
1812: Official document bearing the signature of the Grand Secretary of the Louisiana Grand Lodge, marked with the traditional three dots in triangle (∴), a Masonic symbol. Masonic abbreviations of technical terms or official titles are very extensively used in Freemasonry traditionally using the Masonic three dots. They serve to abbreviate ...
The emblem of the Order is a five-pointed star with the white ray of the star pointing downwards towards the manger. The meaning of the letters FATAL surrounding the center pentagon in the emblem is only revealed to members of the Order. In the Chapter room, the downward-pointing white ray points to the West.
Columns representing Boaz and Jachin can be found in most Masonic lodges and are emblematic of their use in Masonic ritual. [9] The pillars are part of a symbolic use of Solomon's Temple itself. [10] Jakin, an incorporated town in the U.S. state of Georgia, takes its name from the pillar. [11]
Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), is an American Masonic society.Founded in 1872 in New York City, it is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and has over 200 chapters across nine countries, with a global membership of nearly 1.7 million "Shriners". [1]
Freemasonry, a fraternal order that uses an analogy to stonemasonry for much of its structure, also makes use of marks.A Freemason who takes the degree of Mark Master Mason will be asked to create his own Mark, as a type of unique signature or identifying badge.