Re: Masonic Material Culture
I posted this over on the Tatoo thread...
No pictures, but I found this reference on a Masonic Tatoo page. (Yes, I'm thinking of something special to celebrate me making it to 40!)
"The first Masonic funeral service in California in 1849 was for the body of an unknown Freemason who was found drowned in the bay. A Mark Master's silver mark was found on the body. Tattooed on his left arm were the emblems of the E[ntered] A[pprentice]; on his right arm the emblems of a F[ellow] C[raft]; on his left breast the lights of Freemasonry and over his heart a pot of incense. On other parts of his body were a beehive, sword and heart, all-seeing eye, hourglass, sun, moon, stars, comet, 3 steps, weeping virgin and Father Time with his scythe."
I'm proud of being a Freemason, but dang!
I posted this over on the Tatoo thread...
No pictures, but I found this reference on a Masonic Tatoo page. (Yes, I'm thinking of something special to celebrate me making it to 40!)
"The first Masonic funeral service in California in 1849 was for the body of an unknown Freemason who was found drowned in the bay. A Mark Master's silver mark was found on the body. Tattooed on his left arm were the emblems of the E[ntered] A[pprentice]; on his right arm the emblems of a F[ellow] C[raft]; on his left breast the lights of Freemasonry and over his heart a pot of incense. On other parts of his body were a beehive, sword and heart, all-seeing eye, hourglass, sun, moon, stars, comet, 3 steps, weeping virgin and Father Time with his scythe."
I'm proud of being a Freemason, but dang!
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