Post by offramp on Jun 7, 2020 13:03:54 GMT
Here is a recent tweet from Ask Solomon.
How many famous Freemasons could I name? About 40, I suppose. I had a look at the link provided; I wondered how many UGLE knew about.
You can see Solomon@ugle's list of famous Freemasons at solomon.ugle.org.uk/course/view.php?id=122. There are 11 of them, but only 7 would be known to non-Freemasons.Seven famous Freemasons in a 300 year history. It's a bit weak isn't it?
I wondered how well these "nuggets" of information were written; they are designed to be presented to a Lodge. Here is the one for Bro. Joseph Rudyard Kipling:Obviously Kipling was a literatus - singular.Cue some tautologies:Sounds bloody awful.
We are now treated to a huge sentence. Remember that this is designed to be read out loud.<GASP!!>>Here comes another colossal sentence:Another <GASP>!!!
Interesting to learn that Caroline Starr Balestier received an Honorary Degree for Literature at Oxford University, though.I reckon she died!I wonder what happened to make it remarkable?How did Freemasonry develop? All these questions are left unanswered.That is not well written.has what? Been in production for many years? Has recently been discovered? No: it has...Very badly written, especially as a bio of the most outstanding Masonic literatus.
How many famous Freemasons could I name? About 40, I suppose. I had a look at the link provided; I wondered how many UGLE knew about.
You can see Solomon@ugle's list of famous Freemasons at solomon.ugle.org.uk/course/view.php?id=122. There are 11 of them, but only 7 would be known to non-Freemasons.
1. N – Famous Freemasons - A Prologue.pdf1. N – Famous Freemasons - A Prologue.pdf
2. P – Famous Freemasons - A Prologue.pdf2. P – Famous Freemasons - A Prologue.pdf
3. N – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf3. N – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf
4. P – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf4. P – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf
5. N – Elias Ashmole.pdf5. N – Elias Ashmole.pdf
6. P – Elias Ashmole.pdf6. P – Elias Ashmole.pdf
7. N – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf7. N – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf
8. P – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf8. P – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf
9. N – John Theophilus Desaguliers.pdf9. N – John Theophilus Desaguliers.pdf
10. P – John Theophilus Desaguliers - A Short Biography.pdf10. P – John Theophilus Desaguliers - A Short Biography.pdf
11. N – William Preston.pdf11. N – William Preston.pdf
12. P – William Preston.pdf12. P – William Preston.pdf
13. N – Robert Burns.pdf13. N – Robert Burns.pdf
14. P – Robert Burns.pdf14. P – Robert Burns.pdf
15. P – Robert Burns - Masonic Poet.pdf15. P – Robert Burns - Masonic Poet.pdf
16. N – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf16. N – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf
17. P – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf17. P – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf
18. N – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf18. N – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf
19. P – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf19. P – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf
20. N – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf20. N – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf
21. P – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf21. P – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf
22. N – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf22. N – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf
23. P – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf23. P – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf
24. N – Harry Houdini.pdf24. N – Harry Houdini.pdf
25. P – Harry Houdini.pdf25. P – Harry Houdini.pdf
2. P – Famous Freemasons - A Prologue.pdf2. P – Famous Freemasons - A Prologue.pdf
3. N – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf3. N – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf
4. P – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf4. P – Sir Winston Churchill.pdf
5. N – Elias Ashmole.pdf5. N – Elias Ashmole.pdf
6. P – Elias Ashmole.pdf6. P – Elias Ashmole.pdf
7. N – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf7. N – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf
8. P – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf8. P – Anthony Sayer - First Grand Master.pdf
9. N – John Theophilus Desaguliers.pdf9. N – John Theophilus Desaguliers.pdf
10. P – John Theophilus Desaguliers - A Short Biography.pdf10. P – John Theophilus Desaguliers - A Short Biography.pdf
11. N – William Preston.pdf11. N – William Preston.pdf
12. P – William Preston.pdf12. P – William Preston.pdf
13. N – Robert Burns.pdf13. N – Robert Burns.pdf
14. P – Robert Burns.pdf14. P – Robert Burns.pdf
15. P – Robert Burns - Masonic Poet.pdf15. P – Robert Burns - Masonic Poet.pdf
16. N – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf16. N – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf
17. P – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf17. P – Sir Alexander Fleming.pdf
18. N – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf18. N – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf
19. P – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf19. P – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.pdf
20. N – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf20. N – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf
21. P – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf21. P – Joseph Rudyard Kipling.pdf
22. N – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf22. N – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf
23. P – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf23. P – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.pdf
24. N – Harry Houdini.pdf24. N – Harry Houdini.pdf
25. P – Harry Houdini.pdf25. P – Harry Houdini.pdf
I wondered how well these "nuggets" of information were written; they are designed to be presented to a Lodge. Here is the one for Bro. Joseph Rudyard Kipling:
Rudyard Kipling – a Masonic literati.
Kipling was born in Bombay in India on December 30th 1865. At the age of five, Rudyard was brought to England and spent
five unhappy years with a foster family living a life of misery due to mistreatment, beatings and general victimisation.
We are now treated to a huge sentence. Remember that this is designed to be read out loud.
At the age of 17 he returned to India and began his life’s work writing beginning as a sub-editor of The Civil and Military Gazette and Pioneer in Lahore which led him, in later life, to becoming a leading supporter of The British Empire, and in consequence, a very controversial figure.
In his twenty-first year he began to produce the verse and stories that were to make him famous and which attracted attention from the outset.
Between 1887 and 1889 he travelled extensively in Asia and America where he married an American girl Caroline Starr Balestier and met Mark Twain and in 1907 both received an Honorary Degree for Literature at Oxford University; the same year as he became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Interesting to learn that Caroline Starr Balestier received an Honorary Degree for Literature at Oxford University, though.
Tragically in February 1899 his daughter Josephine caught pneumonia and never recovered
and his only son John was killed in action in Belgium in 1915. Kipling gave unstintingly of his time and effort as a member of The Imperial War Graves Commission and is credited with the authorship of the inscription seen in every cemetery, ‘Their Name Liveth for Evermore’.
Kipling’s admission into Freemasonry was remarkable
Kipling’s admission into Freemasonry was remarkable
as was his Masonic career and had a profound effect upon his writings and he delivered a lecture to his Brethren on The Origins of Masonry and the First Degree in Particular. He became a joining member of Independence with Philanthropy Lodge No. 391 in Bengal.
On his return to England, Freemasonry rapidly developed.
On his return to England, Freemasonry rapidly developed.
He joined as an Honorary Member the Motherland Lodge No. 3861, in London, became a member of The Authors’ Lodge No. 3456, and a Founder Member of The Lodge Builders of the Silent Cities No. 4948. He became Poet Laureate of the Scottish Lodge, Canongate Kilwinning Lodge No. 2, the previous incumbent was none other than Robert Burns.
Years later, he accepted a Fellowship of The Philalethes Society, an organisation of Masonic writers formed in The United States of America in 1928. The Society closed its membership list upon the appointment of Kipling as the fortieth member.
Upon his return to England the Kipling family settled in the family home known as Batemans near the village of Burwash in Sussex. He refused all honours including The Order of Merit, and only accepted those of a literary nature. Kipling’s works span over five decades with Tennyson and Browning still writing, and Hardy and Yates unheard of.
Years later, he accepted a Fellowship of The Philalethes Society, an organisation of Masonic writers formed in The United States of America in 1928. The Society closed its membership list upon the appointment of Kipling as the fortieth member.
Upon his return to England the Kipling family settled in the family home known as Batemans near the village of Burwash in Sussex. He refused all honours including The Order of Merit, and only accepted those of a literary nature. Kipling’s works span over five decades with Tennyson and Browning still writing, and Hardy and Yates unheard of.
On the 18th January 1936 Kipling died at the age of 70 years and a complete and scholarly catalogue of all his works which carry Masonic allusions and reference in Kipling’s writings has
yet to be accomplished.