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| A Conference for Master Masons and Above Saturday 26 June 2004 - 09:30 - 17:00 Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2 In the Middle Chamber
The 2004 London Conference was held in Lodge Room No. 17
at Freemasons' Hall. Following the welcome and introduction by David Dew,
Chairman of the Cornerstone Society, a fascinating talk was given by Fabio Venzi on the influence of
the Cambridge Neoplatonists on the evolution of Freemasonry. Fabio who is the MW The Grand Master of Italy, was accompanied to the Conference by over a dozen
Italian Brethren.
John Grange followed with a talk entitled "The Transcendence of Eternity" which embraced one of John's hobbies, astronomy and was accompanied by a series of breath-taking slides of the cosmos and some beautiful music, "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace", by Karl Jenkins. Just before lunch, John Hamill conducted the Brethren to the Grand Temple where he delivered a talk on the history of Freemasons' Hall, and the significance of the design of the building and the Grand Temple itself. The Grand Temple has perfect accoustics and despite being only a few feet above a London Underground Tube line, is a haven of tranquility. The final lecture was given by Rev. Neville Barker-Cryer, entitled "Monastic Custom and Mason Craft" which brought up the thought provoking idea of whether - or to what extent - our Masonic traditions are derived from the Monastic Orders. In typical "Cornerstone" fashion, a lively question and answer session followed. The panel consisted of the three speakers together with Michael Baigent.
The Conference was closed with a demonstration by the Cornerstone Team of part of the Schroeder Ritual Second Degree, which had been translated from the original German. This is a particularly beautiful and colourful piece of ritual
which has been in use in Germany since the middle of the nineteenth century, and is still worked today in London, in the German language, in the Pilgrim Lodge.
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