Deism had a rapid rise to popularity and an even more rapid fall into oblivion. The rapid extinction of the once popular and politically influential Deism in the early nineteenth century is an old ...

Tenders have closed for the sale of the Freemasons Hospital in East Melbourne, with the advisers expected to cull applicants to a shortlist later this week. Sources close to the sale have reported ...

The land was used for Indian burial grounds until the last interment in 1876. Tribal lawsuits in the 1890s and the 1930s did not stop development of the property. The Masonic Temple was built in 1928.

London - The BBC faces criticism for airing a controversial rap song that compares Queen Elizabeth II to Saddam Hussein and accuses Britain's royal family of murdering Princess Diana. Great Britain, ...

Cuba's capital has a sovereign grand commander who wears a uniform, is privy to secrets and partial to symbolism. But he is not Fidel Castro. His name is Jesus Armada Pena, and he is a 33rd degree ...

An all-candidates debate in the Parti Quebecois leadership race was haunted last night by a former PQ premier who wasn't even there. Lucien Bouchard's manifesto, Pour un Quebec lucide - A Clear-eyed ...

One of the symbols at the St Andrews PCEA Church, in Nairobi. Church elders want them destroyed for alleged links to devil worship. A dispute over Freemasonry has split one of Kenya's largest churches ...

The way wars are reported in the western media follows a depressingly predictable pattern: stage one, the crisis; stage two, the demonisation of the enemy's leader; stage three, the demonisation of ...

Many critics like to pick on big government. They say it's so huge and bureaucratic that it can't get anything done right. That may be true. But there's one thing that big government does well: kill ...

Freemasonry has always puzzled and attracted me. Its rituals are weird, its history is obscure and its purpose unclear. I had my first experience of it as I stood in the ladies’ toilet of Eaglescliffe ...

Watching the news of protests in Istanbul, I’m reminded of the time I required a Turkish private detective’s services. I was in Turkey and had to get the answer to an important personal question. I ...

USING secret hand signs, wearing royal regalia and speaking in Old English are just some of the unusual practices of the Freemasons. Many think they are a secret society or even a satanic cult because ...