Knight Templar Uniform Blogs

2B1 ASK1: The Freemason Invitation Explained

2B1 ASK1 means ‘to be one, ask one’. Why Freemasons traditionally never recruit, and what actually happens after you ask.

Audi Vide Tace means hear, see, be silent. The medieval proverb behind the Masonic motto, and what the discipline actually asks.

What the all-seeing eye means in Freemasonry, why it is not Egyptian, and the real story of how it reached the US dollar bill.

So mote it be means ‘so may it be’ — the Masonic amen. Its origin in the 1390 Regius Poem, and how Wicca later borrowed it.

What the square and compasses mean, why the points move between degrees, and whether the letter G stands for God or geometry.

Square and compasses, the all-seeing eye, the letter G, pillars and ashlars — what each Masonic symbol actually means, explained plainly.

The Jerusalem cross predates the Reformation, so no denomination owns it. Here is who actually wears it, and whether you can.

In 1139 a papal bull put the Knights Templar beyond every bishop and king, answerable only to Rome. It made the Order — and marked it for 1307.

The Templars’ heavy charge gets the glory, but it only worked because turcopoles screened it. Who these native horsemen were and what they did.

God wills it in Latin is Deus vult. The grammar, the Deus lo vult variants, how to say it, and the spellings to avoid.

In 1191 the Templars bought an entire island for 100,000 besants. Within a year they handed it back. What went wrong, and what it reveals.

Richard marched his army down the coast under constant arrow fire with the Templars leading. At Arsuf the discipline broke — and won anyway.