Freemasonry - Masons, Masonry and Masonic Knowledge

Freemasonry - Canonbury Masonic Research Centre
An educational Freemason institution supporting the independent study of Freemasonry and of mystical and esoteric traditions worldwide. Book reviews, membership program, and calendar of recent events.

Freemasonry - Early Legends of the Craft: before the Old Charges
Freemasonry and the early legends of the Craft. Genesis, Myths, Legends, History, Reflections .. The difference between legends and myths involves two dimensions: the degree to which the narratives in questions are sacred, that is, emotionally important and intensely real to the tellers; the degree to which they are grounded in historical, geographical, and scientifically plausible (at least at the moment when the assessment is made) reality. What separates these two genres is the extent to which the tellers themselves assess the tales in question as real beyond any question and culturally important, not whether they are any more or less objectively real.