Hiram et le Père Noël

Hiram and Father Christmas/Santa Claus

Do you believe in Father Christma/Santa Claus? And do you believe in Hiram? Strange questions at first glance, but not so much on closer inspection. Hiram and Father Christmas/Santa Claus...
December 23, 2024
Pierre Brossolette franc-maçon

Pierre Brossolette, a freemason

Somewhat overshadowed by the figure of Jean Moulin at the time of the Liberation in 1945, Pierre Brossolette remains one of the main figures of the French Resistance during the...
December 16, 2024
Victor Schoelcher et l’abolition de l’esclavage

Victor Schoelcher and the Abolition of Slavery

Perhaps little known outside France, Victor Schoelcher was a Freemason who actively campaigned for the abolition of slavery. The abolition of slavery in France was a long story, spanning 1315,...
December 09, 2024
Hiram et Halloween

Hiram and Halloween

Halloween is only a few days away and our shops and streets are already overflowing with pumpkins, skulls, skeletons and all manner of ghoulish and morbid displays, often inspired by...
October 28, 2024
Jesse Jackson, franc-maçon

Jesse Jackson, a Freemason

Everyone knows Jesse Jackson as a civil rights activist, a man who fought against all forms of discrimination, a politician who aspired to the White House and who is often...
October 14, 2024
Shaquille O’Neal, un franc-maçon de Prince Hall

Shaquille O'Neal, a Prince Hall Mason

If you love basketball, you'll know Shaquille O'Neal, nicknamed Shaq. Standing 2.16 metres tall, weighing 147 kilograms and wearing a size 63 shoe, Shaquille O'Neal is one of the heaviest...
September 09, 2024
Laura Ingalls-Wilder ou Le Petit Chapitre dans la Prairie

Laura Ingalls-Wilder, or Little Chapter on the Prairie

Who doesn't know the Little House on the Prairie series, which has moved so many homes since 1974 ? Who has forgotten the lessons in humanity that Charles Ingalls taught...
September 02, 2024
Le mystérieux Chevalier de Ramsay

The mysterious Andrew Michael Ramsay

What Freemason has not heard the name of Andrew Michael Ramsay ? Ramsay and his famous speech (actually, his two speeches) are an essential part of Masonic mythology.  Have you...
August 05, 2024
George Washington franc-maçon

George Washington, a Freemason

George Washington, Founding Father and First President of the United States of America, was an eminent Freemason. But while we know that he was a Freemason, we know relatively little...
June 03, 2024
Tubal Caïn, un personnage sulfureux en franc-maçonnerie

Tubal Caïn, un personnage sulfureux en franc-maçonnerie

Les rituels maçonniques comptent de nombreux noms de personnages bibliques. Ce n’est pas étonnant quand on sait que la franc-maçonnerie est née dans un terreau résolument chrétien. Certains noms s’imposent...
September 23, 2023
Prince Hall et la franc-maçonnerie afro-américaine

Prince Hall et la franc-maçonnerie afro-américaine

Prince Hall est une grande figure maçonnique assez peu connue des francs-maçons européens. Il est considéré comme le fondateur de la franc-maçonnerie afro-américaine, qui porte même son nom, la Prince...
September 16, 2023