Over 110 people assembled at the Masonic Hall in Paignton recently, when the Freemasons of Devon gave £30,000 to forty-three local organisations and charities. These organisations were spread throughout the county and included the Childrens’ Hospice South West, the Exeter Hospice, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the St John’s Ambulance and Exeter Cathedral Third Millenium Campaign. Also […]

How should you start Masonic research? The answer is simple. If there is a question you have been wondering about, look up that topic and related topics in Coil’s Masonic Encyclopedia and Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, and other Masonic encyclopedias that you can find in Masonic libraries. Coil’s is probably the best, because it is one volume, […]

The uninitiated of the outer world who enter the precincts of a Masonic Lodge, or casts his curious eye upon the Diploma of a Master Mason, cannot fail to notice the twin pillars that form so prominent a feature in the decoration of the one and in the design of the other.  Doubtless he contents himself with […]