Jamie Kerr wrote: Hi, The Lodge which I have petitioned (Thistle #96) is a Blue Lodge. I have also been made aware that in my area, (Montreal) there are Red Lodges.
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What is a Red Lodge, a Blue Lodge, and what is the difference? Please adviseJamie,Blue refers to the 'Symbolic' or 'Craft' Lodge. Red is often used inreference to the Royal Arch Chapter and Purple to the Council of Royal &Select Masters.Sometimes, also, Prince Hall bodies refer to the 'Blue House' (BlueLodge) the 'Red House' (Royal Arch Chapter) &c.Fraternally,John KarnesMurray #105, Murray, KYJohn Karnes14.09.96 0:00. The Blue Lodge is part of the York Rite which comprises the firstthree degrees of Freemasonry. This is what forms the basis of anyother Masonic affiliation.I am not sure about the 'Red Lodge' although I will speculate that itmay have two origins:it may refer to several York Rite Degrees encompassing the RoyalArch Degrees which can be taken after the Master Mason's degree in theBlue Lodge, orit may also refer to the first three degrees given under the auspicesof the Scottish Rite. We don't have this (to my knowledge) in theU.S.
But Montreal's cultural ties to France may make this part ofFreemasonry in Canada.Jack C. DeSelms15.09.96 0:00. Jamie Kerr wrote:Hi,The Lodge which I have petitioned (Thistle #96) is a Blue Lodge. I havealso been made aware that in my area, (Montreal) there are Red Lodges.What is a Red Lodge, a Blue Lodge, and what is the difference?Please adviseJack C.
The Royal Arch Chapters have occasionally been referred to as the 'Red lodge' in older Masonic publications, though they should more accurately be described as the 'Red degrees.' In the United States, all Chapter business is conducted in a Royal Arch Chapter, the other bodies being only opened for the conferral of degrees. But Blue Lodge is preferred over Red Lodge as a description of Capitular Masonry. Beyond the Craft Degrees are several bodies of Masonry that have been.
DeSelms responds:I understand that the original charter for a blue lodge came fromEngland and the red lodge came from France. Could be mistaken, butthis is my understanding. Fraternally Yours. Berry Lodge #13, KansasCity [email protected] 0:00.
I think there is a risk in this discussion, that we come to believethere is one answer to this, as to so many Masonic queries. Lodges whicharose from the UK Grand Lodges, and which have tended to adhere to thosetraditions would agree that Blue Lodges are the symbolic lodges, usingthe Hiramic Legend as their basis. I believe, and think this can beverified, that in English Lodges, and those descending from them, theBlue Lodge refers to the colour of the Master Mason's Apron. This is inthose jurisdictions, generally made of Lamb Skin with a light blueborder, rosettes, and strings.The Red Lodge, as has also been stated refers to the Royal Arch. Theterm York Rite is unknown in UK Jurisdicition Lodges.
The Royal ArchChapters are attached aither by Charter, or in a sometimes less directmanner to a Craft or Blue Lodge. In these countries, the regalia of thebrethren is again founded on a lambskin apron, but this time surroundedby an indented pattern of Royal Blue and Red.
A Sash of similar designis also frequently worn.The Royal and Select Masters, known generally as the Cryptic CouncilDegrees are conveyed in a Council which is attached to a Royal ArchChapter. As has been said, in the English Jurisdiction the apron is of apeculiar shape, and the white is surrounded by purple.
However the ScotsCouncils, have an entirely different apron of a unique design, andtotally different to all which have gone before.I am certain that there have been vast differences outline here topractice in the USA. The major point however is that diversity is whatkeeps the interest of the Mason, and it is this diversity which has lentus the strength to continue long after many other societies of men withequivalent moral standards have failed.My warmest fraternal greeting to you all!Dave WinefieldPM Lodge Kaponga No 208 NZPZ Tokoroa Royal Ach Chapter No 104-Eugene Goldman.18.09.96 0:00. David Stuart Winefield wrote: I think there is a risk in this discussion, that we come to believe there is one answer to this, as to so many Masonic queries. Lodges which arose from the UK Grand Lodges, and which have tended to adhere to those traditions would agree that Blue Lodges are the symbolic lodges, using the Hiramic Legend as their basis.
I believe, and think this can be verified, that in English Lodges, and those descending from them, the Blue Lodge refers to the colour of the Master Mason's Apron. This is in those jurisdictions, generally made of Lamb Skin with a light blue border, rosettes, and strings.
Dave Winefield PM Lodge Kaponga No 208 NZ PZ Tokoroa Royal Ach Chapter No 104 -Actually, my Brother,The term 'Blue Lodge' refers to the color of the unobstructed sky as seen fromthe ground, as our Ancient Brethren viewed it when in Lodge. Due to the factthat they met under the uncovered sky, they gazed up at a sea of Blue.
Thus wasborn the term Blue Lodge.Fascinating, huh?-Be well. Travel with a light heart.Gene Goldman P. M.Blackmer Lodge #442, San Diego, Ca.Black Mountain Masonic Lodge, U.D.Southern Ca. Research LodgeA.A.S.R., Valley of San DiegoIf you can read this, you have gone too far!John Karnes21.09.96 0:00.
Groups Affiliated with FreemasonsFreemasons are generally a social bunch who want more and more people to join in their love for their rituals. The mid-1800s saw the addition of more groups joining the Masonic family, including groups for female relatives of Masons, as well as their children.Called a ppendant bodies, some of these groups developed to confer more-involved, Masonic-style degrees. Others satisfied the desire for military-style drill teams.
Still others were created to allow wives and children to take part in the lodge experience. The following list lays out the groups for adults affiliated with Freemasonry:.The York Rite: York Rite is actually a descriptive term used for three cooperative groups (which include the Knights Templar) that confer a total of ten degrees in the United States. The degrees making up the York Rite are considered concordant to the first three Masonic degrees, meaning they confer additional Masonic degrees that enlarge and expand on the first three lodge degrees. You must already be a Master Mason before you can join the York Rite.The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite (or the Scottish Rite): Perhaps the most visible and least understood appendant body of Freemasonry, the Scottish Rite isn’t particularly ancient, and it didn’t come from Scotland.
It is technically a concordant body, because some of its degrees continue the story of the building of Solomon’s Temple started in the first three lodge degrees.
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