imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 24, 2008 7:26:32 GMT
Well, I know you don't want to hear about LORs but that's about all I know about. I belong to my Obedience's LOR.
There may be another study body other than that in my Obedience and I just don't know about it. However, in as much as an exception was made for me (given how very new I am to Freemasonry) to allow me to join the LOR, in all modesty, if we had another study body, I think I'd know about it.
LDH may have such a society and I'm better the Femalecraft bodies in Great Britain do.
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Post by corab on Oct 24, 2008 11:57:23 GMT
I cannot speak for any other Federation (heck, I'm not even entitled to speak for my own! ;D) but we used to have a LOR, and are looking into starting a Co-Masonic Research Society. On personal footing, I am involved in the historic research of my Federation, but unfortunately that very beautiful work is suffering somewhat under my administrative duties. All in good time, as they say.
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Post by penfold on Oct 24, 2008 16:14:57 GMT
Just one thing, QCCC is the correspondence circle of an LoR, QC is the lodge of research, QCCC is the correspondence circle. AFAIK The Cornerstone Society, and others are not actually attached to lodges in the same way QCCC is.
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 24, 2008 16:52:05 GMT
Oh, I forgot to mention, I belong to the Scottish Rite Research Society. Does that make SRRS Co-Masonic?
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Post by penfold on Oct 24, 2008 20:58:23 GMT
Erm, I have no problems, and I access the forum from various places,and thru various methods. There is a technical section for issues such as you mention, I will resurect an earlier thread from when a lot of people were experiencing issues and will post comments there so as not to divert this thread.
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Post by leonardo on Oct 25, 2008 7:06:39 GMT
As Penfold correctly points out this is not the section for dealing with technical issues so I have removed some posts from here in order to bring the thread back to the actual topic: Masonic Research Please click on this link: Technical Issues if you wish to contribute further to the forum's performance debate.
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Post by billmcelligott on Oct 25, 2008 23:54:59 GMT
Meanwhile back at the plot: Research throws up some interesting snips. Have a look at this from Sheffield Uni. Sheffield is the largest city in Yorkshire and the fifth largest in England. The first masonic lodge to be permanently based in Sheffield was warranted by the Ancient Grand Lodge in 1761. In 1765, this lodge switched its allegiance to the Premier Grand Lodge, and is now the Britannia Lodge No. 139. In 1772, another Ancients lodge, No. 72, was formed in Sheffield; in 1793 some members left no. 72 to form the Royal Brunswick Lodge, now No. 296. LinkThis brings up a couple of interesting points. 1] There is no mention of The Grand Lodge at York, which is only 61 miles awayfrom Sheffield and Sheffiled being 163 miles from London. 2] The opposing GL's being the Premier Grand Lodge and the Ancient Grand Lodge. Which ended up becoming UGLE. I invite other comments, or you can move this post if you dont want to go this route.
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Post by keith on Oct 26, 2008 1:11:51 GMT
Well in this neck of the woods we have the Australian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council which has 28 member and associate Research Lodges . Mine (Waikato Lodge of Research No. 445) is one of them. ANZMRC has a quarterly publication called "Harashim"
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 26, 2008 7:37:45 GMT
There are many research lodges, societies et cetera within the family of regular/recognized freemasonry. But, I see now evidence of any similar units within other groups though. For example Co-Masonry in England is 100 years old but they have nothing to compare with QCCC. Point? Lodge Quatuor Coronati was founded in 1884, 167 years after the founding of the premier grand lodge (QCCC, their correspondence circle, was established in 1887).
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Post by billmcelligott on Oct 26, 2008 14:07:35 GMT
My point is that as far as I can see it is only mainstream fmy that has any Masonic research societies. I do not believe that is correct the Bradford and Sheffield Universities in the Uk, are not connected to mainstream Freemasonry. There are a number of Universities in the US with Freemasonry research departments I believe.
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Post by lauderdale on Oct 26, 2008 17:59:49 GMT
Thanks Bro Bill. Better that way I feel.
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Post by billmcelligott on Oct 26, 2008 18:18:26 GMT
'Harashim' - Hebrew for Craftsman. Good choice of title.
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Post by keith on Oct 26, 2008 22:48:16 GMT
There is, I understand , a number of sort of ad hoc research bodies such as, for example, the Southchurch Masonic Study Circle in Essex, of which I find myself quite surprisingly - and pleasantly - an honorary member!
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Post by ricardo on Nov 9, 2008 6:14:43 GMT
'Harashim' - Hebrew for Craftsman. Good choice of title. "Harashim" is the title of the newsmagazine of the Australian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council - ANZMRC. The latest issue may be downloaded from the front page of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania website at www.freemasonrytasmania.org/S&F RN
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