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A Scottish perspective on world events (Masons, Freemasons, masonic links, freemasonry, secret society)
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A not so secret history
ROBERT COOPER and I step out of Freemason's Hall into Edinburgh's George Street, the central strand of James Craig's New Town grid plan of 1766. Cooper is curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and he starts pointing out a Freemasonic townscape.
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US masons rev up to attract members
IT'S A very public move from a traditionally secretive and mysterious organisation. But concerned by an ageing membership, America's most senior freemasons have decided on a bold new strategy: advertising.
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Esoteric secrets, Scottish Freemasonry and the building of the American dream
DAN BROWN'S next book is set to look at the role of Freemasonry in America. And where is it alleged that American Freemasonry originated? Why in Bonnie Scotland no less.
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Masons square up to tourists
FREEMASONS have joined Scotland's tourism drive with a bid to attract visitors to their key sites.
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Question on Masonic links left Dunblane inquiry chief stunned
LORD Cullen, who presided over the Dunblane inquiry, was "taken aback" when he was asked to declare whether he was a Freemason, newly released papers have revealed.
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Priest to quit as freemasons' leader
THE head of Scotland's freemasons is to stand down from the post after only a year, it emerged yesterday.
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Bid to bar clergy from Masons
A PETITION calling for legislation to bar clergy in the Scottish Episcopal Church from membership of the Freemasons is due to be considered by MSPs.
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Masons were trail-blazers in race relations
IT IS an organisation that is linked in the minds of many with elitism, secrecy and protecting the establishment, but new research suggests that the Freemasons may once have blazed a trail in the world of race relations.
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City's secretive hall opens to the public
FOR two centuries, it was the Merchant City's secret, an architectural gem so exclusive that entry to its salons made the Freemasons look as if they operated an open-doors policy.
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Masons out to woo MSPs
THE Freemasons, one of Scotland's most secretive organisations, is enticing new members by advertising in a magazine aimed at politicians.
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Freemasons deny MSP recruiting bid
SCOTLAND'S freemasons today denied hoping to recruit members by advertising in a magazine read by Holyrood politicians.
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Gun blunder kills mason
A MASONIC initiation ritual ended in tragedy when a man was shot in the head and killed with a gun thought to contain blanks.
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Masons to reveal secret list of names
Freemasons open members registers in bid to disprove the Dunblane killer link.
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Masons to catalogue conspiracy theories
The Freemasons have long been linked to sinister schemes to rule the world. Now they are trying to document all the conspiracy theories that focus on them.
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Masons hit roof over lead theft
MASONS have been left furious by a gang of thieves using their lodge roof to stockpile stolen lead. The crooks have been using the city club to gain access to lead roofing on an abandoned bus depot next door.
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