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Continental or Liberal Freemasonry in North America encompasses the rich tapestry of Masonic lodges and Grand Lodges (also called Grand Orients) across the United States, Canada and Mexico that embrace the principles of the liberal masonic tradition. In contrast to the conservative tradition, Liberal Freemasonry welcomes a broader spectrum of ...
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, both Continental and Anglo-American, conservative jurisdictions exist but Continental style Masonic Bodies predominate. In Brazil, for example, the largest and oldest Masonic body, the Grande Oriente do Brasil is recognised by Anglo-American jurisdictions. Nevertheless, when its membership numbers are ...
The Better Angels of our Nature: Freemasonry in the American Civil War (U of Alabama Press, 2010) excerpt; Hernández, Miguel. The Ku Klux Klan and Freemasonry in 1920s America: Fighting Fraternities (Taylor Francis, 2019) Hinks, Peter P. et al. All Men Free and Brethren: Essays on the History of African American Freemasonry (Cornell UP, 2013).
Officially, the Supreme Council, 33°, N.M.J. dates itself from May 15, 1867, as this was the date of the "Union of 1867", when the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction merged with the competing Hays-Raymond Cerneau Supreme Council [14] in New York, thus forming the current Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the ...
The Continental style Grand Lodges and Grand Orients have created several organizations in order to organize their international relations, such as CLIPSAS, the International Masonic Union Catena, CIMAS, COMAM, TRACIA and, formerly, the International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers before it was re-absorbed into CLIPSAS.
Pages in category "Organizations based in North America" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Continental Freemasonry in North America; F.
During the next year, the number expanded to nine, becoming an American-Canadian district under the United Grand Lodge (now the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Germany (GLAFuAMvD). Differences in language and ritual, mutually recognised, led to the establishment of first a provincial Grand Lodge, then an independent American ...
Masonic myths occupy a central place in Freemasonry.Derived from founding texts or various biblical legends, they are present in all Masonic rites and ranks. Using conceptual parables, they can serve Freemasons as sources of knowledge and reflection, where history often vies with fiction.