A new Video!
‘Gavels in Freemasonry‘ is a short, undated, text by Paul M. Bessel. The title is pretty self-explanatory.
This video is for RW Bro. Leitch, who only asks questions which have no answer. 😉
2 responses to “Gavels in Freemasonry”
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I have a 19th century example. Rather plain but nice relic of parliamentary ritual. I have a large collection of early masonic aprons, and once purchased an original early 1800s hand painted floorcloth from an estate, but the seller cancelled the sale when she learned it’s true value. Ebay didn’t have its policy of enforcing accepted offers then.
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Lodges under the Grand Lodge of Ireland use a heavy setting maul for the WM and gavels for the Wardens. When I came to Australia 40 years ago a member of my mother Lodge (Aigburth No.733 I.C.) made a complete set including three bases and presented them to me to take to and use in Australia. They are made of a hard fruitwood (cherry I think from memory). Although I have been WM six times I could never use the maul, as in both NSW and Queensland the WM uses a gavel. Also interesting quote from Albert Pike. He was a general during the American Civil War, on the Confederate side. Through the years there have been many rumours, although unsubstantiated, that Pike was involved in the formation of the Ku Klux Klan. Whether he was or not, being a Confederate general was enough for BLM protestors to topple and burn his statue in Washington DC on 19th June 2020!
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