The Hedge Mason: Romania

Friday, March 7, 2014

Feminine Grand Lodge of Romania

Marea Lojă Feminină a României

On March 1st the Feminine Grand Lodge of Romania celebrated the 92nd anniversary of its founding. In 1922, Colonel John T. Ulica 33 ° 99 °, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Romania granted full autonomy to women to form a Grand Lodge of Feminine Freemasonry. The Feminine Grand Lodge of Romania thus became, an organization exclusively for women and was the first Feminine Grand Lodge anywhere to practice the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.

Best wishes to the sisters for another 92!

http://www.mlfr.org.ro/

Thanks to FenixNews and

Venerable Sister Olga Vallejo Rueda
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Friday, March 2, 2012

Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Misraim in Romania

Light from Light

Friday, 2 March 6012 3:44 p.m.

We started this journey, which now we call G Magazine, because we dare more.
We learned that we receive light only give it on.
Therefore, life is a journey that always return the same places, a little wiser each time. Only at the end of this eternal return we find light.

Let us walk humbly before returning to tradition.
Learning about the past.
To know this.
To dream the future.

Love is the answer to everything there.
The only thing worth doing anything.
Even if we have all the answers, we can even add new questions.
Let us dare together to know ourselves!

Thus begins the First entry of Gmagazine, a new and visually stunning blog dedicated to the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Misraim in Romania. A hint — if you are challenged like I am by Romanian (I can understand a very little bit thanks to Spanish and to a lesser degree Portuguese) using Chrome as your browser allows the option for instant translation. It's far from perfect, but it is good enough to allow you to appreciate this beautiful site. It is worth it to make the effort. Enjoy, or as the Romanians say, Bucuraţi-vă!

http://www.gmagazine.ro

Welcome to the Hedge Mason Blog, affiliated with the UMURM

A word or two by way of explanation may be

worth offering concerning the title of this blog.

Hedge Mason, like similar terms Hedge Master,

Hedge Lodge, and the more widely recognized

Hedge School, are terms from Hiberno-English.

The latter of these terms, as many Irish will know,

refers to illicit schools dedicated to the maintenance

of Irish culture and language, alongside the classics

of European Philosophy, including Greek and Latin studies.

These institutions were founded throughout rural Ireland during

the Penal era when Irish Gaelic culture was under attack

by the English occupier. During this time also, the term

Hedge was added to masonic terms to refer to any masonic

individual or institution not approved of by the

Anglophone world. These often were lodges and masons

working to advance the cause of Irish independence.

It seems a very appropriate term then, for me to use to

name this blog.

For quite a while I have observed various blogs and podcasts

relating to Freemasonry, finding both much worth emulating

and a few things worth avoiding among them. Fairly

quickly it became apparent to me that there was little

being published in North America (or elsewhere for that matter)

that dealt fairly and offering a positive perspective on Liberal

Freemasonry or the world beyond the confines of the

Preston-Webb Rites or the AASR Northern or Southern

Jurisdictions and especially with the Modern Rite with which

we are associated.. Such sites exist beyond the Anglophone

Internet, but The Hedge Mason will endeavor to bring some

of that information within the grasp of an English speaking

audience.

It seems to me that it is time for a change, and this blog

will hopefully serve as a small corrective step in that direction.

The goal of this blog will be to provide interesting topics

from time to time on subjects relating to Liberal Freemasonry

and on responsible alternatives to what is exemplified by the

mainstream Grand Lodge system in North America.

While this site will not avoid covering contemporary issues,

it will try to avoid heavy handed critiques of any system or

tradition within Freemasonry. It is my belief that there is no

such thing as clandestine or irregular freemasonry. Such

labels belittle the rich tapestry of our traditions both

contemporary and historical. Further, such attitudes

directly contradict the premise of brotherhood and fraternalism

which is the foundation of Freemasonry.

In short, this site is about education and expanding

the horizons of Freemasons of all stripes and those who

are just interested in the subject. It is not a place intended

for debate or dispute, although if it engenders some that might

be a good thing.

Just in case some object to certain posts being off topic,

please note the subtitle of this blog includes the phrase,

"and other stuff." That of course is because it's my blog and

occasionally I want to ramble.

We look forward to sharing with you!

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Friday, March 7, 2014

Feminine Grand Lodge of Romania

Marea Lojă Feminină a României

Friday, March 2, 2012

Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Misraim in Romania