Re: Free Masons history

In sci.archaeology, Philip Deitiker created a message
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>> In article
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>> Donevenask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Philip Deitiker) wrote:
>>
>>> first known masonic lodge can be traced to Scotland in and
>>> about the year 1410. THere is very little information on
these
>>> lodges for over 200 years.
>>
>> The earliest record of a masonic lodge in England is 16
October
>> 1646
>> the date Ashmole was admitted to the lodge.
>
> The earliest recorded minutes from a lodge are from
Scotland.

http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/website/400.html

These lodges can trace their history back to Robert de Bruce.

However, the function of masonry changed under pressure

http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/glos/Literature/Articles/ori
gins.html

and would not have been recognizable as freemasonry of today.

"
Thus we find, in 1491, that the Edinburgh authorities granted
the masons the right 'to gett a recreation in the commoun
luge'. This shows that masons used the Lodge for something
much more than storing their working tools.
"

"
In 1583, William Schaw was appointed by King James VI as
Master of the Work and Warden General with the Commission of
re-organising the Masonic craft. In 1598, he issued the first
of the now famous Schaw Statutes which set out the duties of
all members to the Lodge and to the public. It also imposed
penalties for unsatisfactory work and inadequate safety during
work. More importantly, for Freemasons today, Schaw drew up a
second Statute in 1599. The importance of this document lies
in the fact that it makes the first, veiled, reference to the
existence of esoteric knowledge within the craft of stone
masonry. It also reveals that The Mother Lodge of Scotland,
Lodge Mother Kilwinning, No.0, was in existence, and active,
at that time.
"
http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/glos/Literature/Articles/ori
gins.html

http://www.geocities.com/lodge34/torrione_ldg.kilwinning.html

Again the Lodge was a church organization until revisions
begin to occur under James I and Willam Sinclar during the
early 15th century. This probably tied the ex-Knights Templar,
the Rosyln Chapel and the Masons together in the same or
related groups. There is no evidence of any activity that they
were anything more that a HRC auxilliary organization before
1410.


What is pertinent to this discussion was that there was no
essential need for secrecy at that time, or use of rune or
other secret craft. It is highly unlikely that the masons of
scotland had any special ability to carve the KRS in 1362. And
since this is the birth organization of the freemasons, it is
unlikely that there was a more ancient organization in gotland
or sweden. Freemasonry spread from scotland to sweden much
later. And the organization in England and the US probably had
members from the scottish lodge during their formative period,
and they probably patterned their organization after the
scottish lodges.



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