Freemasonry
Freemasonry evolved from the guilds of stonemasons and cathedral builders of the Middle Ages. With the decline of cathedral building, some lodges of operative (working) masons began to accept honorary members to bolster their membership. From a few of these lodges developed modern symbolic or speculative Freemasonry, which particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries adopted the rites and trappings of ancient religious orders and of chivalric brotherhoods. In 1717 the first Grand Lodge, an association of lodges, was founded in England.
IMPORTANT & USEFUL MASONIC LINKS:
Carey Masonic Lodge – www.CareyMasonicLodge.com
Ohio Grand Lodge – www.Freemason.com
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction AASR – https://scottishritenmj.org/
The Valley of The Firelands AASR – www.valleyofthefirelands.org
Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templar – https://ohioknightstemplar.com/
Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage – www.KTHLP.com
Grand Encampment Knights Templar USA – https://knightstemplar.org/
An interview about Freemasonry: Masons – Duane Kemerley.mp3
Masonic Lodge and related affiliations:
Past Master of Carey Lodge #420, Free and Accepted Masons
*Carey Lodge Education Officer
Member of Warpole Lodge #167, Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Honorary Member of The Lodge of the Holy City # 4, Jerusalem
Past High Priest of Fayette Chapter #103, Royal Arch Masons
Past High Priest, Carey Chapter #159, Royal Arch Masons
Past Illustrious Master of Upper Sandusky Council #98,
Royal and Select Masons
Member of DeMolay Commandery #9, Tiffin, Ohio &
Past Commander of Garfield Commandery #28, Knights Templar
*Knight Commander of the Temple (KCT)
*Knight Grand Cross of the Temple (KGCT)
Member of Warpole Chapter #366, Order of Eastern Star
Member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, The Valley of The Firelands
*Honorary 33rd Degree
* Executive Secretary & *Dir. of Degree Oversight
Secretary@valleyofthefirelands.org
Dual member of the Valley of Cincinnati
Member of Antioch Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Member of Caliph Grotto, Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Past Sovereign Master & current Secretary*, Blanchard Valley Council # 221
Member of John Wesley Council #293, Allied Masonic Degrees
Member of Holy Grail Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, Past Sovereign
Past Illustrious Grand High Prelate of the United Grand Imperial Council of the
Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and Appendant Orders of the
United States, Mexico, and the Philippines
Member of Miami Valley York Rite College #193
Member of Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests, Temple Tabernacle #LXII
Member of Knight Masons of the USA
Member of the Royal Order of Scotland
Member of Ohio Priory #18, Knights of the York Cross of Honour, *KYCH
Past Grand Chaplain of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons of Ohio
*Former Grand Prelate, Grand Prelate Emeritus and Honorary Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Ohio
*ChairKnights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage Committee,
Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Ohio
*Travel Host for theGrand Encampment Knights Templar of the USA
Holy Land Pilgrimage for Christian Ministers
Kemerley.com 