Introduction to Appendant Bodies - Masonic Education - May 21, 2018
A Masonic Education presentation at Charles M Setzer Lodge #693 A.F. & A.M., Grand Lodge of North Carolina, District 32, Charlotte, NC, USA
A Masonic Education presentation at Charles M Setzer Lodge #693 A.F. & A.M., Grand Lodge of North Carolina, District 32, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Order of the Amaranth<br />
A bit of his<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
About 300 years ago – Queen Christina of Sweden creates the “Royal and Social<br />
Order of the Amarantha”<br />
Around 1730 – appears in France when the Lodges of Adoption were organized<br />
Began in the mid-19 th century in America, alongside the Order of the Eastern Star<br />
1860 – Brother James B. Taylor learned that Queen Christina of Sweden had<br />
combined a group of “Sir Knights” and “Ladies” <strong>to</strong>gether <strong>to</strong> have “gala” parties<br />
He copied many of the symbols and phraseology, and copied the name “Order of<br />
the Amaranth”
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