Masonic Muscle

The Ars Quatour Coronati has a page dedicated to the Constitutions of the Freemasons @https://www.1723constitutions.com

It covers many areas of this important document and even goes in depth with some of the important masons who helped create Anderson's Constitutions.

It's not a long article, and after reading it, one gets the impression that there isn't much of importance for us here.

What does the Curmudgeon have to...

In part two of the Catholic Encyclopedia article of 1910 on (Masonry)Freemasonry, the Curmudgeon Supreme and I will finish up what we wanted to read.

The article is 32 pages long and is well written, and cites its source documentation from the time.

They made it very clear from the beginning that they would only cite the best and most respected Masonic Scholars and authors.

Will it shine any more light on its origins, secrets, and sy...

What does an article published in 1910 in the Catholic Encyclopedia about (Masonry)Freemasonry have to say about the mysterious origins of Freemasonry?

The Curmudgeon Supreme read this article and was surprised as to the amount of information it contained and the other secret societies it mentions.

In 171 7 four or more older lodges got together and decided to form a Grand Lodge of England. 21 years later, the Catholic church issued ...

In this episode, I go over a list of 12 Origin Theories of Freemasonry and ask the Curmudgeon Supreme how much he knows about any of these theories. This list was found in a book called the Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.

Has he ever heard of any of these?

Does he have a favorite?

Will any of these pique his curiosity?

Will his giant head blow up from too many theories?

What are these twelve theories, and do any of these have any merit?

Follo...

The Curmudgeon Supreme takes over as host of Masonic Muscle and has a list of questions and topics he has been wanting to discuss. They are:

• What is the significance of the Holy Saints John the Baptist Day?
• What is the summer solstice?
• Are lodges observing this day?
• The Curmudgeons' growing masonic knowledge.
• We need to focus more
• Masonic Education
• social conditioning to authority
• Socratic discussion group during the stated meeting
• ...

I go solo and discuss the Summer Solstice, the Feast of St. John the Baptist, health, aging, the cycles of Freemasonry, and Roxy the English Bulldog. She's a fatty.

What is your lodge doing to celebrate the Holy Saints John the Baptist Day?

How are you staying in tune with the Masonic Cycles of the year?

Why should a lodge celebrate this day?

Why is Roxy so fat even though she is just a baby?

All these topics and more will be discus...

In our last episode, we read the Cook Manuscript of 1450.

In this episode, The Curmudgeon Supreme and I share our observations on the Cook Manuscript of 1450.

Why does it seem like this masonic manuscript is far more interesting than Anderson's 1723 Constitutions of the Free-Masons?

Why are the Liberal Arts and Sciences taking such a prominent role in a document held by illiterate stone masons?

Where did these stone masons get all...

Doctor Anderson drew from many sources to enable him to revise the older Gothic Masonic Constitutions. He never names them, so we don't know how many of these older documents he had available.

Did Anderson use the Cook Manuscript of 1450? Let's see what Google search says about this:

"Doctor Anderson Cooke Manuscript Use

There is no direct evidence that Doctor Anderson used the Cooke Manuscript of 1450. However, the Cook...

The Curmudgeon Supreme and I take a break from our Explorations into the Mysterious Origins of Freemasonry, myths, theories, debates, and hidden Truths to talk about some of the podcasts we have been following. We share our observations, thoughts, and insights gained from listening.

The first one is from the YouTube Channel and it's called The Rubicon Society. It is a Masonic Channel, and they have put out some excellent materia...

There was more going on in the back ground to the creation of the 1723 Constitutions of the Free-Masons. The political and religious environment of the time was tense, and made it even more difficult to write something that would not create too much controversy.

But who was the man, the mason, and why was he called to help put this document together?

Was James Anderson a Mason before all of this?

Was he a Scottish Mason and had intric...

The Curmudgeon Supreme and I read David Stevenson's article "James Anderson: Man & Mason" about James Anderson, one of the masons who helped assemble the Constitutions of the Free-Masons of 1723.

This article was first published in the Heredom Volume 10, 2002, a research journal put out by the Scottish Rite.

For many years, Doctor James Anderson has been accused of many negative reasons for helping to put together ...

In 1924, Bro. Lionel Vibert, Past Master Quator Coronati Lodge No. 2076, England, the premier masonic research lodge, wrote a review of his findings concerning Anderson's Constitutions of 1723.

The article was for a series of books called the "Little Masonic Library," published by the Masonic Service Association of the United States.

It is a great introduction and gives us a bird's eye view of the Masons' under...

Reading Anderson's Constitutions of 1723 is one thing; reading and studying in a group is another.

What can we learn when we continuously study a subject like the Constitutions of the Free-Masons and then hold discussions about what our studies and contemplations have revealed or not?

Brother Jesus and I have another conversation where he shares his thoughts and observations about Anderson's Constitutions and what they could ...

The General Regulations of Masonry provide more rules regarding the powers of lodges, their members, and the leaders that the members have elected.

How many of these do you recognize?

How many of these did you know about?

Did you know how power and responsibility you had as a member and as a lodge?

Let us contemplate after lifting heavy weights!

We bring you more light, but no light weights!

If Masonry is a progressive science, then why ...

The Charges of the Free-Masons are something that most lodges never review together. Why are these charges so important to all Masons, and why should we care?

The Charges of the Free-Masons:

1. Of God and Religion
2. Of the Civil Magistrate
3. Of Lodges
4. Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows, and Apprentices
5. Of the Management of the Craft on working
6. Of Behaviour: 1)In the lodge while constituted, 2)After the lodge is over and the Brethren not gone. 3)Wh...