On DevonLive's recent visit to Barnstaple's Loyal Lodge Masonic Hall reporter Joe Bulmer sat down with Devon's top freemason Ian Kingsbury to talk secret handshakes and everyday life as a mason. The ...

To some, the Freemasons are a cult-like society practicing rituals, secret handshakes, and passphrases- but the modern-day organization is far from a secret Illuminati-like group. While it still ...

What does Freemasonry mean to you? Funny handshakes and secret signs? To many people, what goes on inside a masons' lodge remains steeped in mystery. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep ...

Down we go, deeper into the weird wonderland. Past the huge stone sphinxes, past the squatting marble Egyptians, past the two-headed eagles whose chests hold a triangle emblazoned with the mystical ...

Think of Freemasons, and dollars to doughnuts the fez comes to mind. But what about false beards, turbans, helmets and chain mail? Worn in secret “degree” ceremonies and once seen only by initiates, ...

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