The 2nd Degree – The Fellow Craft
The 2nd Degree - The Fellow Craft
The second degree in Freemasonry is known as the Fellow Craft degree. It is the second highest degree, after the Entered Apprentice degree and before the third and highest Mas...
The 1st Degree – The Entered Apprentice
The 1st Degree - The Entered Apprentice
The first degree in Freemasonry is known as the Entered Apprentice degree. This is the degree a non-Mason receives upon being initiated into the fraternity. It is the fi...
Freemasons and the American Revolution
Freemasons and the American Revolution
Many instrumental figures of the American Revolution (1765 - 1783) were Freemasons. Perhaps the most well-known Freemason American Revolutionaries are George Washington, ...
Nazi persecution of Freemasons
Freemasonry under the Nazi regime
Under Nazi Germany, Freemasonry was heavily suppressed and Freemasons were persecuted. Hitler and his administration viewed Freemasonry as part of a Jewish-Masonic conspiracy....
Knights Templar and Freemasonry
The Knights Templar and Freemasonry
Although Freemasonry is not a religious order, the fraternity does reference the Knights Templar, a Christian military order founded during the Crusades. It is thought that ...
William Yeats the Freemason
Was William Yeats a Freemason?
Although suspected, it isn't known for certain whether William Yeats was a Freemason. Yeats (born 1865) was involved in various occult groups and sciences, some of which had Free...
Mozart the Freemason
Was Mozart a Freemason?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born 1756 in Salzburg, Austria), known as Mozart, was initiated into Freemasonry in his early twenties. At this age, the young Mozart was already a musical vete...
Oscar Wilde
Was Oscar Wilde a Freemason?
Oscar Wilde (born 1854, Ireland) was a Freemason, albeit for just a few years. Wilde's life story is one of controversy including a prison sentence. His masonic story concludes wit...
Rudyard Kipling the Freemason
Was Rudyard Kipling a Freemason?
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (born 1865, India), joined Freemasonry and became a Freemason in 1885. Kipling was a highly accomplished writer and was the first English writer to recei...
Winston Churchill
Was Winston Churchill a Freemason?
Winston Churchill (born 1874), who led Great Britain through World War II, was a Freemason, albeit discreetly so.
Who was Winston Churchill?
Churchill's achieveme...