The story of how a stonemasons’ guild became the world's largest secret society is less about conspiracy and more about Enlightenment thinking. The title page of the Freemason Constitution at the ...

Freemasonry has long had a relationship to the politics of both left and right. Bourgeois revolutionaries in France and America and modern mainstream politicians have all been members, as were some ...

Members of Evergreen Lodge 137 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Seaside held an informational afternoon Sunday to spread public awareness of the history of Freemasonry in America and the benefits ...

The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World. By John Dickie.PublicAffairs; 496 pages; $32. Hodder & Stoughton; £25. SINCE THEY first came to prominence in the alehouses of 18th-century London, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Its members are male, mostly conservative and many retired. They advocate living a moral life and doing charitable work. So why would anyone label the Freemasons a cult?

Freemasons have long wielded the qualities most irresistible to thriller writers and conspiracy theorists — secrecy, politics, power and celebrity. Among their members are Founding Fathers, presidents ...

It’s a well-known fact in the police, says Garry Rogers, that Masonic influence is rife in criminal investigation departments. “It’s so widespread,” claims the former Greater Manchester Police ...

WACO — Just ring the doorbell. Ask for a tour. Walk in. These days, there isn't much secrecy about the Grand Lodge of Texas or, for that matter, any of the Masonic or near-Masonic museums and ...

Taken as a whole, few groups are as interesting as fraternal organizations. Although somewhat out of fashion today, fraternal orders have historically played outsized roles in communities across ...

Freemasons once counted Founding Fathers, ex-presidents and titans of industry among their members. But for many, the allure is gone from the once... Freemasons have long wielded the qualities most ...