Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVII. FREEMASONRY IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE. GRAND LODGES--HAMBURG--ECLECTIC UNION--THREE GLOBES OF BERLIN--NATIONAL OF BERLIN--ROYAL YORK OF BERLIN--SUN OF BAIREUTH--SAXONY--CONCORD OF DARMSTADT--INDEPENDENT LODGES--EXTINCT GRAND LODGES--HANOVER--SILESIA--KONIGSBERG--RATISBON--BRUNSWICK--BODE'S--BADEN, GRAND ORIENT AND GRAND NATIONAL UNION--WESTPHALIA--HESSE CASSELOTHER MASONIC UNIONS. "-"HE Fraternity of Freemasons in Germany is at present divided in its allegiance amongst eight Grand Lodges. There are also five perfectly regular and recog nized Lodges "who are a law unto themselves." Besides these, many Grand Bodies of the Craft have lived their span and died, and without some allusion to their former existence, a history of German Freemasonry would be but an account of its present state. I therefore propose to do my best, in my fast dwindling space, to describe all these communities, and shall conclude this branch of our inquiry, by referring to various combinations of German Masons, past and present, which do not come under the heading of Grand Lodges. With regard to existing Grand Lodges, I believe the reader will grasp the subject more firmly if I consider these, not simultaneously, but separately, although I shall thereby be obliged to go over the same series of years eight consecutive times. The Chart given with this Chapter will serve, however, to present them in their contemporaneous aspect. Of all the German Grand Lodges this deserves the first mention, and for two reasons, --its earliest beginnings can be carried farthest back along the stream of time, and in the purity and legitimacy of its English origin, it is only equalled by the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union, at Frankfort, which, however, falls slightly behind it in point of anti... We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers. To get started finding A Library Of Freemasonry (Volume 4); Comprising Its History, Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc., And Concordant Orders Of Royal, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.