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Post by billmcelligott on Aug 3, 2015 21:42:42 GMT
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Post by boreades on Nov 23, 2015 23:49:14 GMT
Hi Bill
In support of that, can I recommend "The Invisible College" by Robert Lomas?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 17:06:01 GMT
One part of the whole story that many are not aware of is the actions of the Earl of Sussex in ensuring that any history of pre-UGLE jistory was suppressed.
Elias Ashmole wrote a History of Freemasonry up to 1680 which was deposited in the Library of the Royal Society.
After the Earl of Sussex became the Grandmaster he shortly thereafter was in charge of the Royal Society and was responsible for a purge of all the books that were not of a scientific nature.
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Post by boreades on Jan 8, 2016 0:10:59 GMT
Re "Elias Ashmole wrote a History of Freemasonry up to 1680 which was deposited in the Library of the Royal Society." Is there any evidence that this still exists? And how might we access it? Elias Ashmole deserves much respect in the proto-masonic history.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 11:03:36 GMT
Apparently it went onto the fire like the other "non scientific" books.
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Post by ionic on Jan 8, 2016 14:03:44 GMT
1: One part of the whole story that many are not aware of is the actions of the Earl of Sussex in ensuring that any history of pre-UGLE jistory was suppressed. 2: Elias Ashmole wrote a History of Freemasonry up to 1680 which was deposited in the Library of the Royal Society 1 That's an interesting claim to make, do you have any evidence. It seems a bit unlikely to me knowing how fiercely we protect our history and with all of those pre-Union Lodges continuing to work after the union? How did he suppress the living knowledge of the brethren which is passed down to us in the Lodge Minute Books that we treasure. You do know that there are still around 300 Lodges (both Antient and Modern) operating in England and Wales that pre-date the Union?
2: It seems quite strange to me that Ashmole would ONLY deposit his own work at the Royal Society without a copy in the Ashmolean Museum (his own set up in 1683) where all of his works were housed before being transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1860. In fact I think he would also have probably mentioned such an important work in his Diary which of course is how we know that he was a Freemason in the first place.
It sounds to me a bit like one of those folk lorish tales.
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Post by billmcelligott on Jan 9, 2016 1:45:09 GMT
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Post by as9989 on Mar 6, 2016 7:13:42 GMT
Hi.. My name As from Johore, Malaysia..
1stly i would like to say sorry for my broken english bcoz i am not fluently in english..but i will try my best..
My question for generally is how to becoming a member of Freemason
I found a Lodge in my state ( if i'm not wrong ) but never know how & who should i go to ask..
Anybody will help me..?
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Post by peter2 on Mar 7, 2016 7:56:40 GMT
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