Traveling Men
- byronfarris
- 11 minutes ago
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Most Masons know the moon has a place in the Craft.
Very few know some American Lodges still let it decide when Lodge night happens.
They are called Moon Lodges.
Long before headlights, paved roads and streetlights, Brothers could be traveling miles by foot, horseback or buggy just to attend Lodge. Scheduling the meeting near the full moon gave them something incredibly valuable on the trip home.
Light.
Most Lodges eventually abandoned the practice.
Some never did.
Their stated meeting can still move across the calendar according to the moon, preserving a tradition that reaches back to the days when getting home from Lodge meant watching the sky.
One Masonic history source estimates roughly 129 Moon Lodges remain in the United States, with Texas historically leading the count and Pennsylvania maintaining one of the strongest concentrations.
The electric light replaced the moon for most of America.
These Lodges kept looking up.
Traveling Ashlar
Wear. Share. Travel.
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