Egypt
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Mason marks have long been a source of intrigue, not only to Freemasons but to historians and archaeologists. The use of simple pictograms or symbols have been employed for millennia by artisans across the globe to identify their work. But where did they originate and why? What is a mason mark and why were they
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Unfairly, history has been somewhat unsympathetic to a man regarded as an occult charlatan and a purported embarrassment to Freemasonry. His Egyptian Rite is in fact a beautiful work of Hermetic and Masonic philosophy, an introduction to higher alchemical teachings, blending what he believed were the three most honourable and noble arts in the world.
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‘It’s not safe in Egypt’. That phrase is becoming a bit worn now, I hear it every time I book another trip. I’ve been going since 2001, a month after the Twin Towers were brought down and the idea of going to Egypt appalled everyone I knew. I survived that and subsequent visits, including one
Philippa Lee 