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Category: 9.1/ Recognised

This section discusses and provides information regarding recognised rites. Recognised means that they are considered to be Masonic.

The Honorable Order of the Blue Goose

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Credit: https://bluegoose.org/about-us/our-history/ The Honorable Order of the Blue Goose is a fraternal and charitable organization that was founded in 1906. It was established by a group of insurance fieldmen who were meeting at the Oakwood Hotel in Green Lake, Wisconsin at the

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The Order of Mysteries of Mithras

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Credit: https://www.lewismasonic.co.uk/blog/mythras-reborn-in-a-new-masonic-order.htm The Mysteries of Mithras is a new Masonic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mysteries of the same name. However, the Mysteries of Mithras does not try to be historical nor do

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The Ladies Of The Oriental Shrine of North America

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Credit: http://www.ladiesorientalshrine.org/ The Ladies of the Oriental Shrine of North America (LOSNA) is a Masonic-affiliated organization for women. It was established in 1890 as an auxiliary to the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), also known as

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The Knights Of Pythias

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization founded in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1864. The organization was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who was inspired by a play by Irish poet John Banim about the legend of Damon and Pythias.

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The Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, also known as the Golden Dawn (Not to be confused with any political/fascist group in Greece, which has absolutely no association with this order), was a secret society devoted to the study and practice of

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National Sojourners

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Credit: https://nationalsojourners.org/about-us/ The purposes of National Sojourners shall be to organize current and former members of the uniformed services of the United States and Honorary Members, who are Master Masons, into Chapters, for the promotion of good fellowship among its members, for

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Daughters Of The Nile (For Women)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Credit: https://www.facebook.com/DaughtersoftheNile/ Daughters of the Nile is an international fraternal organization for women 18 years of age or older. They are related by birth or marriage to a Shriner, Master Mason, or a Daughter of the Nile. They may also be a

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Social Order Of Beauceant (For Women)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Credit: https://www.sfvyrb.org/?page_id=483 The Social Order of the Beauceant was originally started at the suggestion of the Commandery in Denver, Colorado. Asked to host the 25th Triennial Conclave for the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar which was to be held in their

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White Shrine of Jerusalem (For Women)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Credit: https://supremeshrine.org/ White Shrine of Jerusalem, is Freemasonry for Women and is a not-for-profit fraternal body organized under a charter of incorporation dated October 23, 1894, and recorded in the office of Recorder of the State of Illinois on June 18, 1895.

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Prince Hall Freemasons

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bro Jacques DeMolay

Prince Hall Freemasonry, also known as Prince Hall Masonry, is a historically Black branch of Freemasonry that began in the 1700s. The organization was founded by Prince Hall, a Black man from Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies, who worked as a leatherworker in

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