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Originally posted by LUXUS
If I could edit my original post I would remove "Scottish rite" freemasonry and simply put it as Scottish masonry to stop you boys picking at minor points, oh I'm sure you knew exactly what I was referring to. Maybe I should be more exact and put Scottish operative masonry because I know how you like to distinguish between the two (even though one must have developed from the other).
John Holbrook Estill wrote:
Undoubtably Masons were employed at the creation of the Tower of Babel, where, as we are informed in some of our rituals, language was confounded and masonry lost."
Before you question John Holbrook Estills authority to make such a statement perhaps you would like to read his qualifications below, I'm sure you will all find him suitably qualified!
"He is a member of the Georgia Historical Society, the Savannah Yacht Club, and a number of social organizations. He is a prominent Mason, a Past Master of Solomon's
Lodge No. i; life member of Georgia Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Masons; member of Palestine Commandery No. 7, Knights Templar, and a Shriner, and is Past Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of
Georgia. He is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and is one of its Vestrymen."
So we have a statement here saying that masonry (the secrets of) were lost at the building of the tower and we have master fenius sending 72 of his best scholars to the tower to recover the knowledge which was subsequently brought back to Ireland!
Originally posted by LUXUS
If I could edit my original post I would remove "Scottish rite" freemasonry and simply put it as Scottish masonry to stop you boys picking at minor points, oh I'm sure you knew exactly what I was referring to.
Originally posted by LUXUS
Scholars can agree that masonry first appeared in Scotland and that Scotland has the oldest masonic lodges in the world. Scholars can agree that King James VI became a Freemason at the lodge of Perth and Scone Scotland in 1601 and on becoming James I of England two years later introduced freemasonry into England.
Originally posted by LUXUS
Kilwinning Lodge Scotland dates back to the year 1140 which is the oldest record of a masonic lodge known anywhere.
King James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) was accepted into a Scottish Lodge in 1601: Records held at the Masonic Archives, Freemasons hall, Edinburgh.
Originally posted by LUXUS
He states that the celtic branch of Christianity that St Cloumba introduced into Scotland via Iona later merged with the Cistercian order. From this Cistercian order arose the Knights Templar as a branch off order of warrior Cistercian monks. He also states that the brothers of the rosy cross developed from the knights templar order.
Prince Michael is head of the Church of St Columba and head of the Knights Templar in Scotland.
Also explains why the knights Templar were associated with Baphomet who is called Cernunnos in Ireland (god of wisdom and secret knowledge)
Originally posted by LUXUS
Christian Rosenkreuz was in the story a knight as far as I remember, I just looked Prince Michael also has written a book exclusively about the history of the knights templar.
Edit> Did further research into HRH Prince Michael, he is a fake! His real name is "Michel Roger Lafosse" Shame because I was going to read the book, now I'm not going to bother!
edit on 16-5-2012 by LUXUS because: (no reason given)