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when was elias ashmole made a mason and where did it happen
Elias Ashmole was initiated on 16 October 1646 at a lodge in Warrington, Lancashire. His diary records that the initiation took place at 4:30 p.m. He was admitted alongside Colonel Henry Mainwaring in a lodge presided over by Warden Richard Penket, with six other brethren present.
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what is the historical origin of the candidate's posture upon entering the lodge in craft masonry
The candidate's entry in a humble, halting posture is traditionally explained through moral and spiritual symbolism rather than a single recorded historical point of origin. In early nineteenth-century ritual explanations, this moving posture and state of preparation signified a state of poverty and vulnerability, intended to instill charity for the distressed and demonstrate to the lodge that the candidate was properly recommended and prepared.
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why is the candidate hoodwinked during initiation
The blindfold or hoodwink serves a symbolic rather than a practical purpose, representing the candidate's state of spiritual ignorance prior to initiation, with its removal signifying the transition to light and knowledge, as the United Grand Lodge of England states. Its function is to emphasize this spiritual progression rather than to prevent the postulant from physically viewing the lodge room or its furnishings.
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why is the candidate divested of all metals before initiation
Divesting the candidate of money and metallic substances signifies that the worldly measure of wealth, status, and material possessions has no place in the inner realm of the lodge.
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que es freemasonry
English lectures famously define Freemasonry in the Craft as "a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols," though Mackey prefers to describe it as a system of morality developed and inculcated through the science of symbolism. At its structural foundation, a lodge symbolically represents a body of workmen laboring under a Master Workman, employing working tools, aprons, and traditions of ancient temple builders to convey moral instruction.
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do the freemasons hide gnosis from the public?
Masonic writers address the concept of hidden knowledge or gnosis through distinct perspectives, explicitly rejecting the idea that the Fraternity maintains a concealed secret doctrine withheld from the public.
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why is the candidate hoodwinked during initiation
The removal of physical sight during initiation carries a symbolic meaning rather than a practical function. The United Grand Lodge of England notes that the hoodwink is not employed to conceal the layout or symbols of the lodge room, but to emphasize a candidate's present state of ignorance prior to receiving symbolic enlightenment.
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what is the minimum age for initiation under GLI
The minimum age required for initiation is 21 years, though this requirement is reduced to 18 years in the case of a Lewis, as an article on the Grand Lodge of India's website records.
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What is referred to as Truth in Freemasonry?
In Craft Masonry, Truth is defined as a divine attribute and the very foundation of all Masonic virtue. It forms one of the principal tenets of a Mason's profession, alongside Brotherly Love and Relief. The initial instruction given to an initiate establishes that to be "good men and true" is the primary lesson of the Order, requiring sincerity, plain dealing, and the total absence of hypocrisy and deceit.
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what do the two pillars at the porchway symbolise and where does that reading come from
In Craft Masonry, the two brazen pillars set at the entrance of King Solomon's Temple—named Jachin on the south and Boaz on the north—symbolise the strength, stability, and perpetuity of the Institution, as well as dependence on the superintending guidance of God.
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did the craft always have three degrees or were the earlier ones just entered apprentice and fellow craft with the master's part separate
Early operative and pre-revival Masonry did not possess the three-degree system used today, operating instead with a single form of initiation. Before the expansion of ritual in the 1720s, the essentials of what are now the first two degrees were communicated together to the Entered Apprentice, while the esoteric secrets of what became the third degree were imparted to the Fellow Craft or Master.
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why is the candidate placed in the north east corner in the first degree
The placement of the candidate in the north-east corner during the Entered Apprentice degree serves as a symbol of beginnings and a point of transition.
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what is the minimum age to be initiated under GLI
A candidate for initiation must have completed twenty-one years of age, or eighteen years of age in the case of a Lewis, as set out in an article on the Grand Lodge of India's website .
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que es el piso mosaico
El piso mosaico es un pavimento de cuadros o rombos alternados en blanco y negro, clasificado como uno de los ornamentos de la logia. Su presencia se documenta desde los rituales más antiguos del siglo XVIII y figura en la base de los certificados expedidos por la Gran Logia Unida de Inglaterra.
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the being and the become
The transition from present imperfection to spiritual completion forms a central theme in Masonic philosophy. In Wilmshurst's reading, temporal life represents a state of restriction in which humanity, having fallen from its divine source in the "East," exists in the "West"—a temporary world of shadows and "substituted secrets". The philosophical movement from being to becoming is thus framed as a journey of return, wherein the individual uses self-discipline, purification, and moral instruction to rediscover the lost, genuine realities of his own inner nature.
WilmshurstWaiteMackey
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C'est quoi la franc-maçonnerie ?
Dans l'examen rituel du grade d'Apprenti, la franc-maçonnerie est décrite comme un système particulier de morale, voilé par l'allégorie et illustré par des symboles, selon un article sur le site de la Grande Loge d'Inde . Il s'agit d'un système fondé sur la croyance en un Être Suprême, dont le but essentiel est le perfectionnement du caractère de l'individu.
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how do writers view the supreme being in craft masonry
Belief in the Supreme Being, titled in the lodge as the Great Architect or Sovereign Grand Architect of the Universe, is established as a primary Landmark and the fundamental prerequisite for membership. The Craft requires this belief of every candidate but imposes no specific theology, functioning as a center of union where men of all religious faiths find their own deity under that shared title.
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who was the first recorded speculative mason initiated on english soil
Sir Robert Moray was made a Mason at Newcastle on May 20, 1641, five years before the initiation of Elias Ashmole. Members of the Lodge of Edinburgh serving with the Scottish army in England admitted Moray, who served as Quartermaster-General, and the lodge subsequently recorded and ratified the event in its minutes.
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