I have recently been looking at 18th Century Freemasonry, during the period of the Great Masonic Schism. This was a tempestuous period in the history of the Craft and a number of competing Lodges, Chapters and mock-masonic organisations proliferated.
This video looks at advertisements for two of these organisations that were published between 1724 and 1726. Welcome to the world of the ‘Antient Noble Order of the Gormogons’ and the mysterious (although exceptionally well educated) ‘Antediluvian Masons’!
From the Quarries 