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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  INTRODUCTION TO FREEMASONRY - ENTERED APPRENTICE By CARL H. CLAUDY
Worship of the sun in the sky was conducted symbolically by worship of fire upon piles of stones which were the first altars.
As one of the principal functions of the Worshipful Master is to give "good and wholesome instruction" to his lodge, the inclusion of one light as his symbol is but a logical carrying out of that Masonic doctrine which makes the East the source of Masonic light to the brethren.
It is connected with sun worship, the most ancient of religions; ruins of ancient temples devoted both to sun and to fire worship are circular in form with a central altar or point which was the Holy of Holies.
www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /claudy1.html   (14786 words)

  
 Adherents.com: By Location
It included thriving, hard-working farmers, outstanding potters, weavers of fine textiles, craftsmen who worked in gold and silver...
Quecha, the language of the Inca, was the dominating language of this Empire, and Inca had put its stamp on everything.
Six million or more worshipful people rendered abundant tribute to the Incas and paid their taxes in work...
www.adherents.com /adhloc/Wh_302.html   (3056 words)

  
 Medieval English urban history
The Worshipful Company of Barbers: The history of the Company
Featherbedds and Flock Bedds: A History of the Worshipful Company of Upholders of the City of London
An anthology of Chancery English: Petition of the Weavers of Oxford
www.trytel.com /~tristan/towns/towns.html   (1765 words)

  
 The Builder Magazine - January 1924
The Peruvians were the world's weavers and the sedentary American Indians in general were more successful as breeders of plants than were the peoples of the Old World.
On the other hand, most domestic animals are of Old-World origin and most basic machines, such as the wheel and the screw were invented in the Old World and were entirely unknown in the New.
During the winter of 1918-1919, while transporting troops westward, they had occasion to hold a Masonic meeting in one of their wardrooms.
www.phoenixmasonry.org /the_builder_1924_january.htm   (11642 words)

  
 Stained Glass Sundials From Around the World
It was then lost in storage in the Company's New Wanstead premises.
It was cleaned and restored with a new brass gnomon, fitted to a brass frame, and set up in the new extension of the Weavers House, at New Wanstead, in a window that had been specially constructed to allow for the sundial's original declination.
Original photo that appeared in a history of the company, is now at The Society of Antiquaries.
www.advanceassociates.com /Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_SGS1.html   (4611 words)

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