Georges Fort on Masonic Antiquities
I have underestimated Fort’s book Early History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry, As Connected With Ancient Norse Guilds, And The Oriental And Medieval Building Fraternities (1884)....
Alexander Bugge on Norse guilds
A small book called Earliest Guilds of Northmen in England, Norway and Denmark by Alexander Bugge (about 24 pages) gives some nice information about early...
Arvid Ystad interviews on Youtube
Ystad has been interviewed by Robert Pittman and the interviews can be found on Youtube. See embeds below....
The unknown origins
Logghe’s book From Times Immemorial… The Unknown Origins Of Freemasonry (2010) spans 500+ pages on A4 format. The book is self-published and only sold to...
Is our lodge a direct continuation of the old-Germanic guild?
This is the catching title of the first text (1939) that I found of Egbert Smedes (1889-1975). It already is a lengthy text, but he...
Jacob Grimm
I’m currently finally reading one of the few books about the Northern European sources for Masonic symbolism, Logghe’s From Times Immemorial. Logghe lays quite some...
Arvid Ystad @ Ars Macionica
“The Old-Nordic Influence on the Genesis of Freemasonry.” by Arvid Ystad A new theory presents the origin of Freemasonry, as a direct continuation from the...
Hávámál in Quatuor Coronati
The prestigious British lodge of investigation Quatuor Coronati has published an article by the Icelandic Freemason Jón Jóhannsson entitled: “The morality of Hávámál through the...
Ystad’s timeline
In February 2018 I finally got in contact with the author of Frimurerne I Vikingtiden. To my delight, Arvid Ystad told me work is done on...
Continuity?
The ancient North had its mysteries, like the more famous mysteries in the Middle East. Farwerck has collected many details based on which he sketches...