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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 gloves ...

A long corridor found near the site of a 17th-century palace may have been secret meeting place of the Freemasons, researchers said. Rafał Adrian Kraszewski Office of the Metropolitan Conservatory of ...

WACO — Just ring the doorbell. Ask for a tour. Walk in. These days, there isn't much secrecy about the Grand Lodge of Texas or, for that matter, any of the Masonic or near-Masonic museums and ...

This morning, the Los Angeles Times reported that three individuals, including an aide to California’s attorney general, were arrested for impersonating police officers. Actual law enforcement caught ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a collection of materials relating to Freemasonry, a fraternal organization that traces its origins to the stonemason's guilds of Europe.

Best-selling author Dan Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol, draws heavily on the lore and mystique of the Freemasons. A visit to one of the locations in the novel, a prominent Masonic building in ...

John Mark is a 50-year-old Kenyan who comes from a family of Masons. His father, a senior Mason introduced him to the society. In his family, Mark's brother and brother-in-law are also Masons. By the ...

Born from the stonemasons and cathedral builders of the Middle Ages, the Free and Accepted Masons hold a reputation somewhere between a fraternity and a secret society. The Freemasons have survived ...