For many centuries the name John has been closely associated with Masonry.
The original charter of the first Australian Lodge commence with these words : We, Chiefs of the most Ancient and Right Worshipful Lodge of St. John."
The spangled vault of the room in which the N.S.W. Grand Lodge meets is a deliberate picture of the Southern Heavens on the Eve of St. John.
The two parallels bounding the circle, which we now take to represent Moses and King Solomon, were in the ritual of an earlier date referred to John the Baptist and John the Evangelist.
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1925 - How John Transferred Masonry from the Temple to the Lodge - Bro Rabbi F L Cohen
