Freemasonry is one of the world’s most intriguing and storied fraternal organizations. Rooted in the practices of medieval ...

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Female Freemasons have been gathering for more than 100 years - conducting initiations, ceremonies and rituals like their male counterparts. Now, the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has been ...

The silence in the room is interrupted by knocks on the wooden door and piped music. Everyone in the room stands up. The doors open and three elderly men clad in black suites, bowties and white ...

Freemasonry, the oldest fraternal organization in the world, exists to “Make Good Men Better,” using the tools of the builder ...

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Following his quotation from a Freemasons document at the Induction and Orientation Programme for Members of the Ninth ...

Secret societies and organisations have long fascinated outsiders, but few have attracted as much intrigue and speculation throughout history as the Freemasons. It is the "world's largest secret ...

Freemasons have long been regarded as a secretive men-only society with arcane rituals, but Scottish lodges have broken with centuries of tradition to open their doors to the BBC. Some dismiss it ...

Freemasonry has a reputation for its clandestine traditions, but Nicollet Lodge 54’s newly elected leader Derrick Fountain has big plans to bring the 160-year-old fraternal organization into the ...