1st Degree Tracing Board
The First Degree Tracing Board is the most extravagant of the three in allegory, and is thus explained; the form of a Lodge is a parallelepipedon in length from East to West, in …
Summer Reading
“The Man Who Would Be King” (1888) is a novella by Rudyard Kipling about two British Freemason adventurers in British India who traveled to Kafiristan …
Origins of the Topper
There has never been a more sophisticated and dominating hat in fashion than the top hat. The topper’s dominance as the gentleman’s headwear for formal …
Tools of the Trade – 2nd Degree Tracing Board
The most prominent symbol on the Second Degree Tracing Board is the winding staircase of the Temple. Seven is a sacred number, and the seven …
The Hive Allegory
Several brothers have asked about the honeybee symbol on the 2016 Master Medal, and with the next presentation also revolving around bees, now seems like …
Masonic Research – Mozart
Our own Bro. Peterson is graduating from Temple University. As part of his senior thesis, he has written an extensive paper on Mozart and the …
Tools of the Trade – 3rd Degree Tracing Board
Tracing boards are painted or printed illustrations depicting the various emblems and symbols of Freemasonry. They were commonly used as teaching aids during the lectures …
Secrecy & Dispatch – Flip Rings
The Masonic ring is a common sight here in the States, but in Europe it is nowhere near as prevalent. Even though modern masonry was …
Beyond the 3rd Degree – Knight Masons
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, this month we look at the Order of Knight Masons – an invitational, chivalric Masonic order.The Order of Knight …
Secrecy and Dispatch – Cipher
The masonic cipher (sometimes referred to as the pigpen cipher) is a geometric simple substitution cipher, which exchanges letters for symbols which are fragments of …
Mysterious Origins – Benevolent Lodge
The following is adapted from the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Constitution of the Lodge, August 27th, 1850, as read at the Stated Meeting, November 30, …
About the Master’s Medal 2016
The 2016 medal commemorates 166 Years of Doylestown Lodge. Embossed in the center is a representation of the Honeybee. The Hive is an ancient Masonic symbol …
175th Anniversary Countdown
The 10-year countdown to our 175th Anniversary begins now. The Line (the future leaders of the lodge) are working together to make this a special …