‘From Floorcloths to Tracing Boards, Six Hundred Years of Masonic Symbolism’.
Dr Robert Lomas, an expert on symbology and symbolism and international author, was recently invited to the Prince of Architects Lodge no 4188, from the Bootle group, as the guest speaker at the Lodge meeting. He gave a talk in the Lodge room entitled;
‘From Floorcloths to Tracing Boards, Six Hundred Years of Masonic Symbolism’.
Bro Lomas is currently Organist and Associate Membership Secretary of the Lodge of Living Stones No 4857. Bro Lomas or Doctor Lomas is also a lecturer at Bradford University. He has worked on the cruise missile system, early computer developments and Fire service control systems.
He is an expert on symbology and symbolism and the character ‘Robert Langdon’ in the Da Vinci Code (played by Tom Hanks in the film version) was based on Robert Lomas. Bro Lomas is an international author who has written many books on Freemasonry and other related topics, he is the highest ever selling Masonic author and has published nine books related to Freemasonry: The Invisible College, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science, The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century, The Hiram Key, The Second Messiah, Uriel’s Machine, The Book of Hiram, Mysteries of the Ancient World and The Holy Grail.
Bro Lomas talks are quite controversial and this made for a very interesting afternoon in both the Lodge room and at the Festive Board. The meeting was very well attended by over 50 masons from afar as York to Cheshire and the discussions carried on well into the evening.
As Bro Lomas request no payment for his services, the worshipful master requested that, to show our appreciation for his efforts, a collection be made and donated to a charity of his choice. The collection raised £200.00 which was then donated to the New Brighton life boat station on Merseyside.
Bro Lomas (apron covered) with some of the visitors and brethren from Prince of Architects lodge.
A healthy festive board in full flow.