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	<title>Masonic Jewelry &#187; History</title>
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		<title>The Working Tools of a Master Mason</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there probably are some actual stone-workers who are Masons, Masonry does not teach it&#8217;s membership the literal techniques of stonework. Rather, it takes the actual &#8216;operative&#8217; work of Medieval Masons and uses it as an allegory for moral development. Thus, the symbols of Masonry are the common tools that were used by medieval stonemasons: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The All-Seeing Eye&#8230;Its Significance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The All-Seeing Eye is an important symbol of the Supreme borrowed by the Freemasons from both the Hebrews and the Egyptians. It appears as though the all-seeing eye was selected as an organ as the symbol of the function which it is intended. Similarly, the foot was often adopted as the symbol of swiftness, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Significance of the Plumb Line in Freemasonry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the Degrees of Masonry there are found references to the plumb and plumb-line as instruments of particular significance to the Mason. One of the earliest and simplest instruments used in construction, the plumb and its line were an essential tool of the stone mason. As the level was to insure evenness of a surface, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Color Blue a Symbol of Universal Friendship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within Freemasonry, the color blue is a symbol of universal friendship and benevolence, as it is the color of the vault of heaven. Blue is the only color other than white which should be used in a Master&#8217;s Lodge for decorations. Within the Blue Lodge are conferred the Craft Degrees.  These Masonic rituals represent three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actual Stonemasons???</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ringmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there probably are some actual stone-workers who are Masons, Masonry does not teach is membership the literal techniques of stonework. Rather, it takes the actual &#8216;operative&#8217; work of Medieval Masons and uses it as an allegory for moral development. Thus, the symbols of Masonry are the common tools that were used by medieval stonemasons: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Goose and Gridiron Ale House June 24, 1717</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ringmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it is not yet possible to say when, why or where Freemasonry originated it is known where and when &#8220;organized&#8221; Freemasonry began. On 24 June 1717 four London lodges came together at the Goose and Gridiron Ale House in St Paul&#8217;s Churchyard, formed themselves into a Grand Lodge and elected a Grand Master by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even More on the History of Freemasonry&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ringmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mysteries referred to below had rites of initiationwith trials to be passed before receiving knowledge, and secrets to be concealed. The secrets of these Mysteries were kept well enough that later ages can only guess at what some of them were. It is possible that knowledge of the nature of the Mysteries was in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some More of the History of Freemasonry&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ringmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I become more involved in the study of Freemasonry, I think that it is fascinating to delve into the history of this grand fraternity. Although some Masonic brothers may take the ritual to be historical truth, there are no true Masonic authorities who give any credence to an actual organization of Masons in ancient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on the History of Freemasonry</title>
		<link>http://www.masonicjewelryblog.com/freemasonry/130-more-on-the-history-of-freemasonry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ringmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legends contained in the rituals of Freemasonry indicate that the origins of the Masonic fraternity date back to the construction of the Temple of King Solomon, as described in the Bible. Because the size of this undertaking was so vast, a new form of organization was required to ensure that the Temple was completed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenixmasonry Masonic Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.masonicjewelryblog.com/freemasonry/13-phoenixmasonry-masonic-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ringmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the finest sites that I have found on the internet dealing with the history of Freemasonry in the United States is known as the Phoenixmasonry Masonic Museum. There are many items of interest in the online museum but one of the items that I find most interesting is the Secret Masonic Ring. I [...]]]></description>
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