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Post by Seeker on Nov 8, 2004 7:46:52 GMT
Hubert? What can you tell or can be told in open Forum about a "Dharma lecture which compares Masonry with secret societies of India"
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Post by Hubert (N. Z.) on Nov 8, 2004 8:59:17 GMT
Hi Seeker, Unfortunally I have not yet come across that particular item. It is probably in one of our past magazines or books which I personally don't have. If I find it I'll comment if appropriate. Maybe whistler knows something.
Cheers, Hubert.
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Post by whistler on Nov 8, 2004 9:11:29 GMT
Hubert & Seeker, I have heard it spoken of in connection with Co-masonry and Annie Besant - but more than that I can't help
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Post by plewis66 on Mar 29, 2005 15:28:38 GMT
There is some background information concerning the 'Dharma Working' upon which it is rumoured co-masonry is based, given by A. E. Waite here: www.american-buddha.com/univ.co-free.htmThere are couple of points of difference between co-masonic ceremony and 'regular' ceremony given here www.phoenixmasonry.org/the_builder_1917_april.htm(Search for 'dharma' on the page). And there are three lectures by Annie Besant on the subject of Dharma given here: www.anandgholap.net/Dharma-AB.htmI'm not sure if these are the Dharma Lectures you are thinking of, because I've not come across any 'secret societies' as such in India. Most indian (Vedic) teaching is secret in the same sense that Masonry is secret. Hope these are of some help.
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Post by ricardo on Aug 6, 2005 0:40:30 GMT
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Post by leonardo on Aug 22, 2007 10:18:43 GMT
Thanks for that link Ricardo as it also gives some background on Marie Deraismes. Well worth reading for those with an interest in the early days of Co-FM.
Here's a brief quote but there is much more. I don't know how accurate it is - others will no doubt be able to - but it is very interesting reading:
The International Order
The Order of International Co-Freemasonry Le Droit Humain (L'Ordre Maçonnique Mixte International le Droit Humain) ("the International Order") traces its own particular origin to Nineteenth Century France:
In 1882 a woman named Marie Deraismes was initiated into a French masculine Lodge called appropriately "Les Libres Penseurs" (The Free Thinkers). In 1893, Dr. Georges Martin, a French Senator and advocate of equal rights for women, joined Marie Deraismes and other male Masons in founding in Paris La Respectable Loge, Le Droit Humain, Maconnerie Mixte (Worshipful Lodge, Le Droit Humain, Co-Masonry). They initiated, passed, and raised sixteen prominent French women.
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Post by cezarek on Aug 22, 2007 19:55:52 GMT
There is some background information concerning the 'Dharma Working' upon which it is rumoured co-masonry is based, given by A. E. Waite here: Some really interesting references there. Worth mentioning that the Besant/Lauderdale/Dharma tradition has more relevance to Co-Masonry specifically in English-speaking countries and ex-UK colonies, where the Lauderdale rite is deservedly popular. Most of Co-Masonry's presence, however, is outside the English speaking world, and tends to be closer to the usages of malecraft/femalecraft Masonry in whatever country it is in.
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