Category: ritual history

Georges Martin Ritual

What follows is work in progress. I have too contradicting information about this ritual. The British federation of Le Droit Humain says on their website...

The Verulam Workings of Craft Freemasonry

The history of the “Verulam Workings” is more elusive than that of “Lauderdale”. “Verulam” been in print since at least 1922, so if it is...

The Lauderdale Ritual of Craft Masonry

As we saw in the history of the “Dharma Workings“, it was first published in 1904/5, reprinted in 1908, revised and enlarged in 1913 (“Third...

Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise (de France)

The history of the short lived Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise (1880-1911) is well documented. A book was even published about it. The ‘Symbolic Scottish Grand...

Sydney Ritual

The archives of the Dutch federation of Le Droit Humain has two little booklets, one of the first and one of the second degree. The...

Early American rituals

Here we have two North American “symbolic” (meaning of the “craft” degrees, Entered Apprentise, Fellow Craft and Master Mason) ritual books. The book on the...

The Dharma Workings of Craft Masonry

Mixed gender Freemasonry only really set off when Annie Besant (1847-1933) got involved. History has it that she told Georges Martin (1844-1916) that she would...