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Do you have members that could create great architectural feats on par with the ones created by masons that came before?

Who built the National Cathedral?

Does Freemasonry hold secrets that would be required to recreate great works that have never been recreated?

I hope my questions make sense.

GNL says

Do you have members that could create great architectural feats on par with the ones created by masons that came before?


Not anymore. There was a transition from "Operative" Masonry to "Speculative" masonry in the 1600s as the cathedral projects of the renisance wound down.

By the 1700's the focus had shifted to building of our character. Three hundred years on very little has changed. Excepting thoes who's chosen profession is in a trade, we don't build anything.


Who built the National Cathedral?

Does Freemasonry hold secrets that would be required to recreate great works that have never been recreated?

I hope my questions make sense.

In a word, yes and no. As far as I know neither of the lead architects on the National Cathedral were Masons, however Piere L'Enfant, whoes original design for the city included plans for a house of worship, was a known Freemason.

Could we recreate the pyramids or King Solomns Temple or other ancient works of renown? Possibly some of us could. But economics and modern sensibilities preclude building projects of this size and scale.

GreaterNYCDude says

GNL says

Do you have members that could create great architectural feats on par with the ones created by masons that came before?


Not anymore. There was a transition from "Operative" Masonry to "Speculative" masonry in the 1600s as the cathedral projects of the renisance wound down.

By the 1700's the focus had shifted to building of our character. Three hundred years on very little has changed. Excepting thoes who's chosen profession is in a trade, we don't build anything.


Who built the National Cathedral?

Does Freemasonry hold secrets that would be required to recreate great works that have never been recreated?

I hope my questions make sense.

In a word, yes and no. As far as I know neither of the lead architects on the National Cathedral were Masons, however Piere L'Enfant, whoes original design for the city included plans for a ...

So, there are or are not any secrets held by the masons concerning building methods unknown to the rest of the world?

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🇬🇧 Video from the United Grand Lodge of England - Freemasons

WTF? The big eye is super creepy.

Yes. That particular eye is a bit creepy. The all seeing eye represents Divine Providence; that the creator watches and looks after his creation.

As I'm sure you all know... the same symbol is on the dollar bill.

FWIW there are very few prerequisites to joining.

1) Be a Man.
2) Join of your own Free Will
3) Belive in God / A Supreme being
4) Belive in the immortality of the soul.
5) Be of Good Moral Character.

It helps to be a "man of learning" but that's not a necessity.

Masonry transitioned from "Operative" (building cathedrals, etc.) to "Speculative" (using tools of architecture to teach deeper moral lessons) sometimes in the 1600s, give or take. The Renaissance was more or less over by the late 1500s and the Enlightenment Era had not quite begun.

In 1717, four local London lodges got together to form the first "Grand Lodge". Lodges were then, as they are now a places where ideas could be discussed without fear of reprisal from church or state. Keep in mind this was during the Enlightment when "modern" science started to emerge.

The only two topics off limit were Religion and Politics, but this was understandable given that England had just gone through a bitter Religous Civil War in the mid 1600's.

Then, as now, members came from all walks of life, but tended to be "men of learning". It's a place where we can meet and discuss how to better oursleves and society at large.