History and Facts About Masonic Rings

If you're looking to purchase Masonic rings it probably means you're a member of the Freemasons. A group that can trace itself historically back to June 24th, 1717 when four London lodges met to establish the Grand Lodge of England, but some state that the masons have ties going all the way back to Ancient Egypt.

The tools represented in the Masons symbol are working tools (the square, level, plumb, etc.) which remind members of the tenets of the craft. Members today are said to be of the 'craft.' Freemasonry exists in many parts of the globe as a basically social club with many levels of status for the members to work their way through. When a member has reached a higher degree there is a ceremony to officially confer the new ranking.

Stonemason's tools represented in the Masonic symbol are used to stand for basic virtues. The three overriding Masonic principles are brotherly love, relief, and truth. Most will wear rings bearing the symbol of the Masons with other certain attributes like background colors to indicate that they are a Mason and come from a specific lodge or that you have attained a specific degree of status within the Masons.

Masonic Ritual

The first known Masonic rituals in the world are Scottish in origin. The earliest is dated 1696 and is known as the Edinburgh Register House manuscript (ERH MS) after the place in which it was discovered. Other MS rituals, or more accurately - catechisms, are the Airlie and Chetwode Crawley MSS dated 1705 and c.1710 respectively. Unfortunately, for the Masonic historian, these MSS are scattered across the country and are not easily accessible. For this reason many historians have tended to concentrate their studies on the earliest printed rituals from 1730 onwards.

Were Free And Accepted Masons

Now that you know what happened to Knights Templar in the end. Just how did they start? The Holy Crusades started in 1095 with good intentions. However, it is a matter of opinion as to who were the victors. Many good people on both sides died. When the fighting stopped most of the Crusaders returned to Europe to their respective countries. A small group of Crusaders remained in Jerusalem by Baldwin II. A band of Crusaders led by Hugues de Payens, one of Champagne's knights, pledged their allegiance to Baldwin II thus forming the Knights Templar. The Templars were given their charge to duty at the Council at Troyes. Here at Troyes the Templar's adopted the white habit adding the easily recognizable red cross. There is only one other insignia just as distinctive, the Fleur de Lies that graced the tunic of Louis the XVI Musketeers.

Five Of The Most Interesting Mysteries In Masonic History

The Masons (also known as the Freemasons) have been around almost since the beginning of time as their history will tell you. They started out as members of the stonemason craft and, through the years, developed into an organization open to every man, regardless of his occupation. Their goal is to come together to promote a better society and a better world. Their stance is that works of good quality and high merit can only be accomplished in silence, or through secret acts. Because of this level of secrecy, though, hundreds of myths and mysteries have appeared in popular culture.