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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
In 1754 , a Scottish Provincial Lodge , Le - petit Wonibre ( The little Number ) , Avas erected by the Great Lodge , also in Copenhagen , which soon declared itself independent . The Order ramified quickly on . every side , even to the Danish West-Indian Islands , ancl in 1792 Avas formally recognised by the Government . The Protectorate Grand Mastershiwas assumed bLandgraf Karl von Hessenand
p y , after his death , in 1 S 06 , by the king Christian VIII . in person , who often visited the Lodge on their great anniversaries . On the day of his coronation a considerable fund was raised for tbe Avidows of deceased Masons . Two Directors superintend the business of the Craft , under the Supreme Grand Master . Bishop Miinter and Professor Moldenhauer , Avhose investigations in the Vatican led to
their discovery and publication of tbe ori ginal acts of the proceedings against the Knights Templars , and tbe authentic statutes of that Military Order , Avere both members of the Copenhagen Grand Lodge . In their colonies in the West Indies tbe Danes founded the Lodges of St . Thomas and Curaeoa , and in the East Indies at Tranquebarand one at Cantonin China .
, , II . SAVEDEN AND NOEAVAX . These northern countries claim a very high antiquity for their Masonic unions ; but as we have no authentic documents on tbe subject , Ave will leave it undecided . Modern Freemasonry Avas brought hither from England , in 1736 , ancl was quickly disseminated , notwithstanding it Avas forbidden by Frederick I . under pain of death . After seven years' interdict the
proscription was Avithdrawn , and the Order took deep root in the kingdom . The king placed himself personally at the head of the Craft , and received the homages of tbe Lodges . Of their charitable acts and proceedings , the large Orphanage founded by the Brotherhood , in 1753 , is the best proof . Later the simplicity and beaut y of their early ritual Avas materially infringed upon ; for since 1788 their observances have a good deal deviated into the metaphysical
and mystical theosopic reveries of Swedenborg , Avhence proceeded the Swedish system Avitb its nine degrees , which soon found favour in England and Russia , and still survives in the great Landes-Loge von Deutschland , in Berlin , where it was introduced by Zinzendorf , though under the modification of only seven degrees . In other places it ramified under Jesuitical auspices into Uoseerucianisin and
alchemical fooleries . An endeavour to bring about a union with tbe Teutonic Lodges Avas unsuccessful , principally from its gaining , through the following circumstances , a political tendency . Gustaf III . to rid himself of the political ascendency of the state council established by Karl XII ., and to inflame the bourgeoisie against the nobility , bad his brother , the Duke of Siidermanlancl , elected Grand
Master of the Order . Since that time the Order has taken quite a political character in Sweden . But a circumstance cannot be omitted Avhich might be Avorthy of imitation in other countries . In 1811 , Karl XIII ., the above Duke of Siidermanland , founded an order of chivalry , called after his own name , to be publicly worn by deserving Masons ; to the intent , as the statutes express it , that ' 2 N 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
In 1754 , a Scottish Provincial Lodge , Le - petit Wonibre ( The little Number ) , Avas erected by the Great Lodge , also in Copenhagen , which soon declared itself independent . The Order ramified quickly on . every side , even to the Danish West-Indian Islands , ancl in 1792 Avas formally recognised by the Government . The Protectorate Grand Mastershiwas assumed bLandgraf Karl von Hessenand
p y , after his death , in 1 S 06 , by the king Christian VIII . in person , who often visited the Lodge on their great anniversaries . On the day of his coronation a considerable fund was raised for tbe Avidows of deceased Masons . Two Directors superintend the business of the Craft , under the Supreme Grand Master . Bishop Miinter and Professor Moldenhauer , Avhose investigations in the Vatican led to
their discovery and publication of tbe ori ginal acts of the proceedings against the Knights Templars , and tbe authentic statutes of that Military Order , Avere both members of the Copenhagen Grand Lodge . In their colonies in the West Indies tbe Danes founded the Lodges of St . Thomas and Curaeoa , and in the East Indies at Tranquebarand one at Cantonin China .
, , II . SAVEDEN AND NOEAVAX . These northern countries claim a very high antiquity for their Masonic unions ; but as we have no authentic documents on tbe subject , Ave will leave it undecided . Modern Freemasonry Avas brought hither from England , in 1736 , ancl was quickly disseminated , notwithstanding it Avas forbidden by Frederick I . under pain of death . After seven years' interdict the
proscription was Avithdrawn , and the Order took deep root in the kingdom . The king placed himself personally at the head of the Craft , and received the homages of tbe Lodges . Of their charitable acts and proceedings , the large Orphanage founded by the Brotherhood , in 1753 , is the best proof . Later the simplicity and beaut y of their early ritual Avas materially infringed upon ; for since 1788 their observances have a good deal deviated into the metaphysical
and mystical theosopic reveries of Swedenborg , Avhence proceeded the Swedish system Avitb its nine degrees , which soon found favour in England and Russia , and still survives in the great Landes-Loge von Deutschland , in Berlin , where it was introduced by Zinzendorf , though under the modification of only seven degrees . In other places it ramified under Jesuitical auspices into Uoseerucianisin and
alchemical fooleries . An endeavour to bring about a union with tbe Teutonic Lodges Avas unsuccessful , principally from its gaining , through the following circumstances , a political tendency . Gustaf III . to rid himself of the political ascendency of the state council established by Karl XII ., and to inflame the bourgeoisie against the nobility , bad his brother , the Duke of Siidermanlancl , elected Grand
Master of the Order . Since that time the Order has taken quite a political character in Sweden . But a circumstance cannot be omitted Avhich might be Avorthy of imitation in other countries . In 1811 , Karl XIII ., the above Duke of Siidermanland , founded an order of chivalry , called after his own name , to be publicly worn by deserving Masons ; to the intent , as the statutes express it , that ' 2 N 2