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1 2011 La Masonería en el mundo Siria y Líbano (2) Archivo C I E M - Madrid Documentación - países Adrian Mac Liman Centro Ibérico de Estudios Masónicos (CIEM) 03/04/2011

2 Freemasonry in independent Syria and Lebanon /63 Unified Masonry, Separated States, and politic influence 1

3 Syria and Lebanon 2

4 Chronology 1940: WWII and French defeat Vichy forces control Syria and Lebanon Masonry ban in France and its possessions 1941: French Free forces and British Army control Syria and Lebanon Declaration of Syria independence 1943: Abrogation of masonry ban Declaration of Lebanon independence 1946: Last French troops leave Syria and Lebanon 1949: Three Syrian army plots 1958: United Republic Arab with Egypt and Syria; Lebanon refuses union First Lebanese civil war 1963: Ba th government 3

5 Masons in Syrian State Head State office Mason number State office number % of masons President of Republic ,3 Prime Minister ,8 Minister ,0 Total ,6 4

6 Masonry Evolution - The dark years and WWII: Reconstruction under foreign influences: Emancipation in masonnic union Union for survival

7 Obediences before WWII - Grande Loge of Scotland (since 1747/1861) - Grand Orient of France (1868) - Grande National Lodge of Egypt (?1892) - Grand Orient of Egypt (<1914) - Grande Loge of France (1922) - Grande Loge of New York (1924) - Grand Orient of Lebanon (1930/1934) - Grande Loge of Syria (1935) - Grand Orient of Syrie (1935) - Grand Lodge of Lebanon (1939) - Grand Orient Ottoman (<1914) and Grand Orient of Italia (1875) disappear after WWI - Since 19th century, masonry account 42 lodges in Syria an 64 in Lebanon 6

8 Foreign obediences present after WWII Grand Lodge of Scotland Grand Orient of France Grand National Lodge of Egypt Grand Lodge of France Grand Lodge of New York 7

9 : The dark years and the War -The 13rd and 19th August 1940 laws for Masonry ban in France and its possessions -Properties, furniture, archives of mostly Lodges are held or sold -Lodges in Syria and Lebanon are closed or in dormant -Lodges need to work in clandestinity in brothers home or in others Temples as much as possible 8

10 Activity milestones of Syrian Lodges of Scotland Obedience (1) Lodge Orient Break of initiations Re-begining of initiations Last initiations known Peace Beirut June 1940 September 1942 November1960 Light of Damascus Damascus June 1940 June al-mizab Tripoli June 1939 June Zahla Zahlé May 1940 July 1951 March1963 Emessa Homs May 1940 March1950 November

11 Masonry and Imperialist stakes French Free Force activities for Masonry restart: : Abrogation of masonry ban : French autority works for Lodges reorganising - British influence through: - Lodges of Scotland obedience since XIXe - Grand national lodge of Egypt from The Development of local obediences from

12 Grand National Lodge of Egypt dispersal after WWII - al-ittihad (Union) to Grand Orient of Syria and to Grand National Lodge syrian Lebanese - Lubnan (Lebanon) to Grand National Lodge syrian Lebanese - Umar ibn Khattab (Calife) to Grand National Lodge syrian Lebanese - Bayrut to Grand Lodge of Lebanon an Arab countries - al-aziz (Honesty) to Grand Arab Syrian Orient - al-zahra (Flower) to Grand Arab Syrian Orient - al-arz (Cedar) to Grand National Lodge syrian Lebanese - al-rashid (Reason) to Grand Orient of Lebanon - al-ikhlas (Sincerity) to Grand Orient of Lebanon - Khalid Ibn al-walid (general) to Grand National Lodge syrian Lebanese - Alep 11

13 Grand Lodge of France Lodges of Grand Orient of France 12

14 Activity milestones of Syrian Lodges of Scotland Obedience (2) Lodge Orient Break of initiations Re-begining of initiations Last initiations known Peace Beirut June 1940 September 1942 November1960 Light of Damascus Damascus June 1940 June al-mizab Tripoli June 1939 June Zahla Zahlé May 1940 July 1951 March1963 Emessa Homs May 1940 March1950 November

15 Grand Lodge of Scotland (1) al Salam Lodge 14

16 Grand Lodge of Scotland (2) Zahleh Mount Lebanon Light of Damascus 15

17 Restart & recruitment in Syria and in Lebanon Lodges of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ( ) Entrées Années Syrie Liban 16

18 Grand Lodge of New York Grand Lodge of New York Holds 8 lodges since WWI: Lodge No Place Consacred Syro-American Syro-American 1 Beirut 1924 New York New York 2 Beirut 1924 Fakhr al-din Druse prince of Lebanon mountain in VXIIe 3 Beirut 1925 Ibrahim al-khalil Name of Prophet Abraham 4 Damascus 1924 Sulayman Salomon 5 Amiun-Kura 1928 al-shuf Druse mountain of Lebanon 6 Ba`akline 1933 al-bardawni River through Zahlah 7 Zahlah 1934 al-marj 7 in Lebanon and 1 in Syria Refer to the village of Marjayun in South Lebanon 8 Marjayun

19 Ibrahim al-khalil Lodge No 5 Damas 1952 Grand Lodge of New York 18

20 III - Syrian and Lebanon Lodges development: Unified obediences in Separated States 1930: Grand Orient of Lebanon 1935: Grand Orient of Syria Grand Lodge of Syria 1939: Grand Lodge of Lebanon independence of Lebanon and Syria 1947: Grand Orient Arab Syrian Grand National Lodge of Syria and Lebanon 1948: Grand Lodge of Lebanon and Arab Countries 1948 Grand Ideal Orient of Lebanon 1950 Grand Orient Muhammadan and Christian 1954 Grand Lodge of Syria, Lebanon and Arab Countries 19

21 Grand Orient of Syria (1935) Lodges of the Grand Orient of Syria

22 Grand Orient Arab Syrian Rite: The Accepted Ancient Scottish Way - Founded in 1947 Grand National Lodge of Egypt Grand Lodge of France Grand Orient of France 21

23 Grand National Lebanon and Syrian Lodge Beirut-Damascus 22

24 Grande Lodge of Lebanon then Grande Lodge of Lebanon and Arab Countries then Grande Lodge of Syria, Lebanon and Arab Countries Rite: The Accepted Ancient Scottish Way Evolution: - Grand Lodge of Lebanon 1939< Grand Lodge of Lebanon and Arab Countries 1943< Grand Lodge of Syria, Lebanon and Arab Countries 1954< 23

25 Grand Lodge of Syria and Lebanon Beirut 1955 Grand National Lodge of Syria and Lebanon Grand Lebanese Lodge of Lebanon and Arab Countries 24

26 1/ Grande Lodge of Lebanon 1936 III Lebanese obediences 2/ World-Wide Ideal Grand Orient / Grand Orient of Lebanon / Muhammadan-Christian Freemasonic Lodge

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