Instead of commonplace designs like flowers or snowflakes, seamstress Celestia A. Milliken decorated her colorful quilt in 1908 with the square and compass and 70 other secret symbols of Freemasonry.

The Fourth of July is upon us, and what can be more wholesomely all-American than Dogs Playing Poker? The turn-of-the-(last)-century lithograph by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844–1934) has had an ...

Cloaked in intrigue, Freemasonry is best known perhaps for its secret handshakes and initiation rituals. The fraternal organisation traces its origins to medieval stonemason guilds, so it's no ...

The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert Mackey - To study the symbolism of Masonry is the only way to investigate its philosophy. This is the portal of its temple, through which alone we can gain access ...

WASHINGTON -- At every corner, beneath you and above you and to all sides, the inscrutably familiar symbolism of the Freemason organization is hidden in plain sight. This historic home is like a ...

Freemasonry is an ancient fraternity, and just a decade ago, its leaders saw their membership getting pretty ancient, too. But best-selling novels like Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” and movies like ...