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What Is The Masonic Society?™ |
"The ultimate success of Masonry depends on the intelligence of her disciples." -
Albert Mackey
A significant group of passionate Masons have joined together to create what aims to be nothing less than the premier research society in Freemasonry. Called simply The Masonic Society, we are brothers who have a deep and abiding desire to seek knowledge, explore history, discover symbolism, debate philosophies, and in short, who are at the forefront of charting a path for the future of Freemasonry.
As a student of Freemasonry, you are invited to join with us in this exciting organization.
Our name, The Masonic Society, intentionally alludes to the Royal Society, the innovative organization of visionary men who were at the forefront of the Age of Enlightenment, many of whom were present at the formation of what became modern Freemasonry. Likewise, our Society is at the forefront of a new age of Freemasonry, and we are a vibrant, active community within the fraternity.
The goal of The Masonic Society is not just to look backward at the history of Freemasonry, but to foster the intellectual, spiritual and social growth of the modern Masonic fraternity.
To that end, The Masonic Society extends the hand of assistance and cooperation to individual research lodges throughout the Masonic world. It is the desire of The Masonic Society to be a partner with these lodges, to give their members the regular opportunity to publish their papers for an international audience, and to publicize their activities.
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Michael Baigent and Bob Cooper To Speak at Masonic Society Symposium
London Friday 28th and Saturday 29th May 2010
To celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society in 2010, The Masonic Society, in conjunction with Library and Museum of Freemasonry, will hold their 1st Annual Uk –Ireland Symposium in London on Friday and Saturday 28th/29th May.
On November 28th 1660, just months after the restoration of King Charles II, a select group of eminent scientist met to form ‘The Royal Society’. Their intention was to remove such limitations as language barriers in the scientific community and awaken the world to a new form of forward thinking science. This was meant to encourage the young men of the time to search for answers to many questions they had previously been afraid to ask.
Now, nearly 350 years later, another group of men met to form an organisation with the aim of researching Freemasonry: The Masonic Society. The name, deliberately chosen, alludes to the Royal Society and the visionary men, many of whom were Freemasons, who were at the forefront of the Age of Enlightenment. The Masonic Society has plans to be at the forefront of a new age of Freemasonry.
This first Symposium being held in England will have as its theme ‘The Royal Society’.
The two selected speakers are well known historians:
Michael Baigent (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception ) will present ‘Aspects of the Royal Society’ followed by questions and answers and a complimentary lunch. The second speaker Robert L D Cooper (The Masonic Magician: The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite , The Rosslyn Hoax ) will talk on ‘A Scottish View of the Foundation of the Royal Society’.
The afternoon will end with a second session of questions and answers.
The whole day symposium will be preceded on the Friday by a private guided tour of their exhibition ‘Freemasons and the Royal Society’ (meet in the first floor lounge Freemasons Hall 4:00pm). This will be the last date of the exhibition which is being held between January 11th and May 28th 2010. The evening will end with an informal dinner and drinks at the popular Prince of Wales tavern on the corner of Great Queen Street.
The following day the symposium will move to the Kensal Community Centre (177 Kensal Road London W10 5BJ) where our talks for the day will be presented, each session followed by questions and answers. Delegates will be invited to a complimentary lunch. The total registration cost for the Saturday event is £ 10.00 inclusive of lunch.
The organising committee consists of Yasha Beresiner (Chairman) David Naughton-Shires (Secretary) and Martyn Greene (Treasurer)
Michael Baigent will be talking during our morning session and will share with us a presentation on 'Aspects Of The Royal Society' a renowned speaker and author of such well read books as 'Holy Blood Holy Grail' and 'The Jesus Papers' we know his presentation will be well worth attending.
Robert LD Cooper is the curator and librarian of the Grand Lodge of Scotland as well as a member of many Masonic Research organisations and lodges and the author of many books on freemasonry including 'The Rosslyn Hoax' and 'The Masonic Magician' (the story of Cagliostro) he will be sharing with us a view of the Royal Society from a Scottish perspective.
UK-IRELAND ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Yasha Beresiner is a name well know in masonic circles, belonging to too many bodies to list and having published many books on both Masonic and non-masonic subjects he is the perfect host for the two day symposium. He will act as host and chair during the many discussions we hope will transpire during this wonderful event.
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TREASURER
Martyn Greene
The youngest member of the organizing committee will be holding the reins of the finances for the symposium, he is new to freemasonry but has already forged ahead and made a name for himself both in his native Scotland and well beyond belonging to Lodges in both the Scottish and English Constitutions he brings a fresh approch with him.
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The final member of our team originally hails from Devon but now lives in Ireland and will be acting as the secretary for the symposium. He has a thirst for Freemasonry and history in general and brings much to the table for the weekend.
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