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Post by ingo on Sept 26, 2007 14:06:28 GMT
Dear Brethren and sisters,
how many co-Masons are there today all over the world?
I heard some numbers recently:
LDH France: 13.000 LDH Belgium: 7.000 (second-largest GL in the country) Germany: about 300 in total (Humanitas, LDH, GOL, other co-masonic lodges) Bulgaria: about 400 (Two GLs, there are about 600 male-only masons in this country) Greece: about 2.000 Italy: more than 7.000 (esp. Gran Logia d'Italia) Netherlands: about 400 (NGGV, LDH and others) Luxembourg: about 200 (GOL and LDH)
Any more numbers?
Fraternal regards Ingo
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Post by xiii on Sept 26, 2007 16:04:20 GMT
About a hundred in Denmark; 3 LDH lodges, 1 independent.
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Post by maat on Sept 26, 2007 23:21:57 GMT
In Australia we have 9 lodges, with approx 350 members. Worldwide, I do not know the numbers but here is an interesting map which shows just where we are. www.droit-humain.org/en_index.htmMaat
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Post by ingo on Sept 27, 2007 6:39:16 GMT
Does anyone know any numbers about the US (GWU, LDH, American Federation of Human Rights, GL AUM) or about Eastern Order of International Co-Freemasonry (NZ, India, Costa Rica, etc.)
There is a split off from LDH in the beginning 60s: Grand Lodge of Ancient Freemasonry for Men and Women, it has about 80-90 members
Humanitas Austria must have some 80 members too (splitt off of LDH in the 60s) LDH Austria has about 200 members Humanitas Bohemia has about 120 members (was foundes by Gran Logia d'Italia in the 90s)
Fraternal regards Ingo
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Post by jmd on Sept 27, 2007 7:11:05 GMT
I see you're including various co-Masonic constitutions, but only list one for France: there are a number of co-Masonic GLs in France that may be worth contacting for further details, including various Memphis-Misraïm GLs.
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Post by ingo on Sept 27, 2007 10:57:48 GMT
jmd, you are right. There are several other co-masonic grand lodges like GLMU, GLMF, MM and others with about 4-5.000 additional co-masons alltogether. Just forgot them. What a shame.
Fraternal regards
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Post by ingo on Sept 27, 2007 14:10:53 GMT
Spain LDH about 200 GLSE about 400
Switzerland LDH about 60 GLMS about 300
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Post by maat on Sept 28, 2007 1:02:44 GMT
Just read the literature and there are 27,000 LDH members worldwide.
Maat
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Post by leonardo on Sept 28, 2007 7:29:34 GMT
Just read the literature and there are 27,000 LDH members worldwide. Maat That is a lot more that I previously thought and clearly shows that only a very small percentage actually take part on discussion boards
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Post by ingo on Sept 28, 2007 8:30:07 GMT
Maat Yes, I read the same, seems correct to me. LDH has 27.000 members worldwide Other frensh Co-masonic GLS about 4-5.000 The two greek co-masonic GLs about 2-3.000 The Gran Logia d'Italia has about 6.000 members The Catena-GLs (Humanitas Germany/Austria/Bohemia/Sweden/France) alltogether about 5-600 Gran Oriente Latinoamericano (Chile) about 400 Eastern Order of International Co-Freemasonry 1.-2.000? There are various other Co-Masonic Gls, see www.clipsas.com, f.e.: The Grande Loge Mixte de Quebec in Canada Spanish-speaking GLs in the US and Canada In Chile, Uruguay, Brasil All together there must be at least 42.000 - 50.000 co-masons worldwide.
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Post by parisfred on Sept 28, 2007 13:55:34 GMT
* GOLA - grand orient Latinoamerican 4 lodges in France 1 in Sweden 2 in Belgium ( and some in central and south America)
* The Haitian GO in new york is also a co mason organisation
* the Georgeswashington union 4 or 5 lodges.
* Delphi in Greece and in the US
there is several comasons' organisation in south and central America.
Maybe we should form a worldwide association of comasons on the basis of individual Freemasons besides GL, federation and ritual.
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Post by ingo on Oct 8, 2007 9:50:25 GMT
Good idea, parisfred.
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Post by Marcel on Nov 14, 2007 12:36:04 GMT
To me matters more confusing. There is a Lodge in Falkenberg;Sweden named Catena that is under the Swedish GL:s juristiction. Thus the name Catena figures in both Co Masonry and Malecraft.
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Post by corab on Nov 14, 2007 12:41:24 GMT
Maybe we should form a worldwide association of comasons on the basis of individual Freemasons besides GL, federation and ritual. You know, Bro:. Fred, I think that is an excellent idea. As long as we all respect our individual SC/GL's rules and regulations in that respect, I cannot see a problem with it. We will necessarily have to tread carefully, but I believe it can be done, and that it will be beneficial to all of us. Who's game for exploring this endeavour? h.g.w., Cora (emphatically speaking on personal title!)
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Post by magusmasonica on Jun 17, 2009 7:56:43 GMT
Maybe we should form a worldwide association of comasons on the basis of individual Freemasons besides GL, federation and ritual. You know, Bro:. Fred, I think that is an excellent idea. As long as we all respect our individual SC/GL's rules and regulations in that respect, I cannot see a problem with it. We will necessarily have to tread carefully, but I believe it can be done, and that it will be beneficial to all of us. Who's game for exploring this endeavour? h.g.w., Cora (emphatically speaking on personal title!) Sounds really good to me. ;D
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Post by generatics on Jul 6, 2009 20:51:15 GMT
can anyone venture a guess as to numbers in American Co-Masonry - American Federation of Human Rights, the one based out of Colorado?
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Post by magusmasonica on Jul 12, 2009 15:45:28 GMT
can anyone venture a guess as to numbers in American Co-Masonry - American Federation of Human Rights, the one based out of Colorado? They are currently the largest in the USA with about 1000 members I believe. USA LDH has only about 200 and declining. USA Eastern Order has about 50. There are at least 5 other independent lodges besides ourselves that are USA based. The MEAPRMM/Grand Orient Egyptian has a worldwide membership of around 6000 with English Speaking nations making up a membership of about 1100. Love and Light,
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Post by magusmasonica on Jul 12, 2009 15:55:59 GMT
That suggestion is over 18 months old - did anything ever come from it? We have not been contacted by anyone so I don't know. The only way it would work for us is if the "federation" had zero say so on our internal workings. Love and Light,
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Post by FireMist on Aug 8, 2009 20:07:22 GMT
Prior to becoming a mason, I was interested in such things. Now, I wonder what does it matter anyway? It does not matter how many are a member or not. What does matter is the work we do in our lives. Yes, I have heard that the order I belong to is the largest in the USA. It simply does not matter to me. My thought is not matter how may there are, there are potentially more looking for light.
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Post by magusmasonica on Aug 8, 2009 20:18:41 GMT
Prior to becoming a mason, I was interested in such things. Now, I wonder what does it matter anyway? It does not matter how many are a member or not. What does matter is the work we do in our lives. Yes, I have heard that the order I belong to is the largest in the USA. It simply does not matter to me. My thought is not matter how may there are, there are potentially more looking for light. The numbers as numbers do not matter. What does matter is that seekers of light are being serviced. Love and Light,
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