English architect Bligh Bond, who died OTD in 1945, joined the #Freemasons, Theosophical Society, Society for Psychical Research, and the #Rosicrucian movement before his #Glastonbury "psychic archaeology" project https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/glastonbury/?s=mb #travel
Bit of a different question today. Does anyone have intel on possible connections between orange and Freemason lodge (specifically in New Zealand)?
We got given some of my partner’s grandfather’s things. Amongst them were three swords. We know he was a member of the orange lodge, but a picture search says they are more likely to be Freemason.
Books on German folk tales and #folklore I will likely only write later in my career:
- Tales about Divine Judgment, and what triggers it.
- Tales focusing on churches, including many tales of ambulatory church bells.
- A collection of tales about evil and depraved nobles, sorted by the Seven Deadly Sins.
- Omens and Prophecy
- Fortean Weirdness and all sorts of inexplicable phenomena, such as rains of bizarre substances, moving stones, and all sorts of bizarre haunts
- Outlaws in German folklore
- "Reckless Child Endangerment", a collection of tales focusing on children and their misadventures
- Household spirits
- Secret societies, including many slanderous tales about #Freemasons (though to be honest, I am not sure whether I should write that one at all - any actual Freemasons want to weigh in?)
- Folk tales set during the Thirty Years' War
Which of these sound the most interesting to you?
Mt. Moriah Masons Lodge in Towson donated $20,000 so the Student Support Network can continue its mission. They provide free food, clothing, toiletries, school supplies and some household items to students at 21 Baltimore County schools.
https://www.wmar2news.com/local/nonprofit-gives-students-chance-to-succeed-with-household-items
Frederick Bligh Bond, born OTD in 1864, joined the #Freemasons, the Theosophical Society, the #Rosicrucian movement, and other organizations, then carried out psychical research https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/ghostbusters/?s=mb #paranormal #history
English architect Bligh Bond, born OTD in 1864, joined the #Freemasons, Theosophical Society, Society for Psychical Research, and the #Rosicrucian movement before his #Glastonbury "psychic archaeology" project https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/glastonbury/?s=mb #travel
Masonic Hall in Cheltenham, England
One of the oldest Masonic buildings, and still in use today.#freemasons #architecture #masonictemples #masons #section-Atlas
Masonic Hall
English architect Bligh Bond, who died OTD in 1945, joined the #Freemasons, Theosophical Society, Society for Psychical Research, and the #Rosicrucian movement before his #Glastonbury "psychic archaeology" project https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/glastonbury/?s=mb #travel
'The Wisdom of Solomon' Stone Pyramid in London, England
This mysterious pyramid is said to be part of a complex web of occult and Freemason symbols.#monuments #occult #pyramids #gravestones #graveyards #churches #freemasons #section-Atlas
'The Wisdom of Solomon' Stone Pyramid
I'm surprised to see the Vatican not showing any flexibility or readiness to rethink older views but clinging instead to what appears to be that conservative Catholic obsession, antimasonry.
The French right has a long been hostile to freemasonry. In 1797 Abbé Augustin Barruel accused the freemasons of having plotted to undermine the church and monarchy in France, and by the early twentieth century, antimasonry obsessed the French right and ultraright; Charles Maurras, the master thinker of the French ultraright, identified the masons as one of four groups , the others being Jews, protestants, and immigrant stock , choking the "real France" to death.
Inspired by such hostility, German occupiers and their French collaborators organized an antimasonic exhibition in Paris that opened in 1940 and toured the country, drawing over one million visitors:
https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/afe85000452/exposition-maconnique
Note how antimasonry is blended with antisemitism in the exhibition.
Right wing antimasonry was/is by no means confined to France. The conspiracy theorizing and antisemitism that accompanies antimasonry has its echoes not just in early twentieth century movements like that of Franco in Spain, but also in the ravings of Q-Anon and similar anglophone ultraright groups of our time. I wonder if the conservative Catholic and Trumpthinker-in-chief Steve Bannon is also an antimason.
November 13, 1807, the first geological society in the #world was inaugurated in "the #freemasons' tavern in #London - The Geological Society of London
http://historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2011/02/coat-of-arms-and-geology.html
Heading to Berlin to talk about the Prize Papers at the Institute for Asian and African Studies at Humboldt University.
Looking forward to show some cool Prize Papers letterlocking techniques!
Letters sent to lieutenant D'Alban, ship's captain and member of the Masonic Lodge of Batavia. We see a nonagon-shaped letterpacket, 1798:
#histodons @histodons @earlymodernmaritimestudies #PrizePapers #freemasons #ontheroadagain #letterlocking
