The History of Freemasonry Explained (by a Freemason)

[@DarrenCallis]

I have ben a freemason in the UK for 2yrs, such a great thing to be part of. I am very proud to be part of the masonic family.

[@fidgetykoala]

I would like to know if threre is any good books to start with. I guess that lf I venture out on Amazon many titles wouldn't be historically and philosophically accurate. Thanks a lot

[@justamason6869]

Why get a book when you can join a lodge.... or just go visit a lodge and ask questions

[@fidgetykoala]

@@justamason6869 I don't like being unprepared, I prefer analysing a phenomenon by reading accurate material. I have some philosophical foundation as my first degree of choice was Philosophy. I guess I will not have an hard time grasping the main concepts. Taking action before attempting to figure out a phenomenon it is not aligned with my personality. I knew of many lodges when I was in Glasgow. But in Italy everything is more obscure. Part of the local culture someone might argue. However, there is decent publication called Fuoco Sacro and I think they have some inserts about the topic. I can start from there.

[@TheRealist2022]

@fidgetykoala An excellent start would be "Freemasons for Dummies" by Christopher Hodapp. Also, the "Complete Idiots Guide to Freemasonry", by S. Brent Morris. Morris is a well respected 33rd Degree Freemason. These are an ideal start for those that know nothing, or very little about Freemasonry, but want to learn.

[@Nancymasiza-z7n]

Hi I am from Kenya can I join free Amazon I am 38 years old and my life is not good since I was young up to now I don't have good life please can you help me

[@TheRealist2022]

@Nancymasiza-z-7n Freemasonry is for men only, not women. Sorry. And even if you were a man, joining Freemasonry COSTS. It is for Freemasons to donate to charity. If you are already poor, you should not join. Those who join Freemasonry should be self-sufficient and not in need of help.

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How can I join brotherhood

[@KurtisHord]

Go to tours, France and submit your task models

[@francesco3588]

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[@mariecooper5430]

No mention of the oldest masonic temple in England? Its documented, its in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear!

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[@ekwedikeinnocent3284]

Innocent Ekwedike, is a long standing Rosicrucian member, 40+ years. The combination of Freemason and this Ancient Order are complimentary. I love both because they respect each other.

[@CELTICWARRIOR247]

Heres a video about the history of freemasonry.........but we dont talk about Scottish lodges, that predate English lodges by over a century!! Oldest recorded minute's of a lodge, 1599, in Scotland 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@TheRealist2022]

@CELTICWARRIOR247 Typical Jockanese. Over a century? Oldest minutes from 1599? The first recorded making of a Mason in England, tells of Elias Ashmole (he of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University) being made a Mason at Warrington, England in 1643. Naturally, that Lodge would have existed prior to that date...who knows how long before?...so that's hardly "over a century" is it? It's at most 64 years.

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[@bucharestred]

Freemasonry, Navigating the Craft.

[@AbdallahMwakii]

Natamani sana kuwa mwanachama wa frmason

[@Coastie4]

Read about St Maximilian Kolbe first.

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[@FatahOuagad]

I wanna be a freemason .

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[@KurtisHord]

Yikes. England did not have proper guild masons. They had folk traditions. France has a functional guild called Compagnon that still operates. Speculative masons are just clerks and fancy lads stealing valor from master builders and their culture

[@TheRealist2022]

The guild theory is just that...a theory. Nobody really knows the origins.

[@KurtisHord]

@@TheRealist2022 that’s not accurate. My guild, the Compagnon have 1200 years of records, starting with our first charter from Pepin the Short. One of our members; DeLorme published the first modern period books on architecture. You might know us from that or works such as the city of Tours, France, or the recent rebuilding of Notre Dam, or the Statue of Liberty in the US

[@TheRealist2022]

@@KurtisHord I never said that guilds were theoretical. I stated that the theory that Freemasonry emerged from the guilds of stonemasons...is theoretical.

[@KurtisHord]

@@TheRealist2022 it is less than a theory. It’s not EVEN wrong. As you should know from your study of the Compagnon.. “Freemasons” were not practicing. No working mason ever called themselves “mason” the title was stone cutter.

[@KurtisHord]

@@TheRealist2022 over in Prague where your “western” history comes from…. England remember was a joke, to everyone on the continent.

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