A Masonic Lodge in Norway
working the Rites of the Ancient and Primitive Order of Memphis-Misraim
under the authority of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Gnosis - Misir Lodge APRM+M, Serbia
Chartered in 2022, Valhalla Lodge offers the "Points Chaud" of the Rite of Memphis-Misraim (1° to 95°) to suitable candidates, however, we are particularly dedicated to the promulgation of the 34° "Knight of Scandinavia", a philosophical degree drawing from the traditions of Odinism. Master Masons of any constitution are welcome to apply.
One may well ask, what could Freemasonry and Odinism have in common? The answer is "possibly quite a lot"! In his ground breaking study "Freemasonry - the Viking's Old Religion?" Arvid Ystad (2020) asks these interesting questions, "Are the pillars that we think of as Solomon’s pillars really a continuation of the Norse high seat pillars? Are the three or four ceremony pillars in the Freemason’s hall a continuation of “Frey and Freya’s house” that we find traces of as post holes under our oldest stave churches? Is the slipper the Freemason gets on his right foot a continuation of the Norse ættleiðing-ritual when the young man got a shoe made from an ox-foot on his right foot? Is the coffin on the Freemason’s tracing board a tradition that harkens all the way back to the rituals our ancestors performed around the stone coffins in which the ancestors’ burned remains lay? Are the Masonic duegards and signs a continuation of the magical signs to the wind god that our ancestors used in the hopes of calming a storm or conjuring a fair sailing wind?"
As Scotland is the cradle of freemasonry, inheriting the esoteric traditions of ancient Egypt and of refugee Knights Templars, as our Masonic lore teaches, it is also not impossible, possibly even likely, that the Viking religious heritage of the St Clair (Sinclair) family of Orkney and Rosslyn should have likewise been a formative influence on the Craft.
As Scotland is the cradle of freemasonry, inheriting the esoteric traditions of ancient Egypt and of refugee Knights Templars, as our Masonic lore teaches, it is also not impossible, possibly even likely, that the Viking religious heritage of the St Clair (Sinclair) family of Orkney and Rosslyn should have likewise been a formative influence on the Craft.
The Apprentice Pillar, Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland, possibly a respresentation of the Norse World Tree "Yggdrasil" with the dragon "Níðhöggr" gnawing the roots of the tree.
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"Odin" by Brian Ian James Waugh
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"Odin, the "All Father" and God of War of Scandinavian lore, was believed to have great wisdom and powers of magic and divination. It is in his name that this degree is worked, exemplifying both the unity of the perennial philsophy found within all Traditions, as well as inviting the Initiate to explore working with a variety of deities, spirits and entities. The search for universal truth such as this degree explores, is one of the great treasures of the Primitive Doctrine."
(from "Spirit Builders: A Free Illuminist Approach to the Antient and Primitive Rite of Memphis+Misraim" by Tau Palamas)
Some members also practice Seax & Norse Wicca 🧙🏻♂️
(from "Spirit Builders: A Free Illuminist Approach to the Antient and Primitive Rite of Memphis+Misraim" by Tau Palamas)
Some members also practice Seax & Norse Wicca 🧙🏻♂️
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34° Norway, 2022
33° Vigo, 2023
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