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I'm not too sure what you mean? Why would English Freemasons have been bothered by what Eve did?

Sadly a poorly written piece by someone who has no knowledge of Freemasonry in England and Wales and with an incredibly misleading title as the UGLE has always accepted young men over the age of 21 into its Lodges. Sadly the piece also includes soundbites from various different interviews woven...

A difficult question because it depends what kind of Lodge you want to define. In the beginning it was the meeting place for operative Masons which was really a tool-shed, then it became a meeting of Masons, in the Grand Lodge era it remained a meeting of Freemasons but was defined by certain...

I think the first thing I would highlight is that the "headline" is very misleading. He wasn't suspended for being openly gay but actually for deserting his wife, which most of us would consider to be an unmasonic thing to do regardless of reason. Secondly, as the story is from 2011, I do...

Freemasonry is illegal in both countries at the present time, so no there are no Lodges available to "nationals".

There are many Pubs in the UK called either the "Freemasons' Arms" or the "Masons' Arms" but they don't have private areas for Masons anymore than any other group that cares to pay to hire the facilities. There are also many other Pubs with names like the "Carpenters' Arms", "Wheelwrights'...

I would recommend finding and reading the history of your own Grand Lodge. Always a fascinating and often surprising read for a new Mason.

Here in England, homosexual men could not join Lodges because sodomy was an illegal act and therefore so was homosexuality. However in 1967 the Sexual Offences Act decriminalised sodomy when it took place in private between two consenting men who were aged over 21 and since that time there has...

Hi Mark, As I wrote it's the difference between Visiting and Joining (aka becoming a subscribing member) a Lodge within the UGLE.

Hi Mark, I would suggest that you re-read it because either you misread it or the person who wrote it is an idiot. The ONLY Masons who MUST wear UGLE regalia in UGLE Lodges are UGLE Masons. The only time where there might be a small hesitation would be a Freemason who holds dual membership...

That's an EASY one. Romantic English Freemasons brought up on the King James Bible, when reading Genesis 3:7 saw: 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. Which to them meant that Adam was the...

Hi Doug you might have read my post too quickly, so just to be clear, The protocol is that if you are physically in the territory of a foreign Grand Lodge you can talk to it with out going through your own Grand Secretary A slight confusion here and as always it is the differences that makes it...

It should not be forgotten that although international Masonic protocols dictate that you may not communicate with a foreign Grand Lodge without going through your own Grand Secretary (or Grand Chancellor) that changes if you are actually in that Grand Lodges jurisdiction. So for example if you...

This post is a perfect case in point of one of the reasons why the protocols exist! If you ask your Lodge Secretary he will tell you that there are UGLE Lodges in Rio under the District Grand Lodge of South America , Northern Division and he will be able to give you the contact details or you...

I am happy to discuss all aspects of Freemasonry, except the signs, tokens and words with non-Masons. That is because the Obligation I took at my Initiation (under the UGLE) was to not share the "secrets" with those who are not entitled to know them.

Greetings Roly, from a few hundred miles South of you.

There is no official reason (obviously) for the absence of the "G" all I can tell you is that neither the Premier, Antients or United Grand Lodge of England put a G inside the S&C. The only British Grand Lodge to use it is Scotland and I've never come across a proper reason why it did so, it...

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I'm sorry but when it comes to the UGLE you are incorrect, just for clarification. While it may be that your own Grand Lodge has defined a Landmark(s) to do with visiting other Lodges within its own jurisdiction and its communications I can tell you without any possibility of contradiction that...

Hi Doug, What you have been told is not accurate here in the British Isles and definitely not here in England. Quarterly Communications (meetings of Grand Lodge) here are not open to Master Masons unless they have applied to Grand Lodge in advance for permission to attend. Those eligible to...