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		<title>Masonic Table Lodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the labors of the Lodge have been completed, Freemasons frequently meet at tables to enjoy a repast in common. In England and America, this repast is generally called a banquet, and the Lodge is said to be, during its continuance, at refreshment. The Master, of course, presides, assisted by the Wardens, and it is ]]></description>
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		<title>Astrolabe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An astrolabe is a historical astronomical instrument used by classical astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars; determining local time given local latitude and vice-versa; surveying; and triangulation. In the medieval Islamic world, they were used primarily for astronomical studies, as well ]]></description>
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		<title>Cryptex</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word cryptex is a neologism coined by the author Dan Brown for his 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, denoting a portable vault used to hide secret messages. It is a combination of the words cryptology and codex; &#8220;an apt title for this device&#8221; since it uses &#8220;the science of cryptology to protect information ]]></description>
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		<title>Temple Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Knights Templar round church was built on a magnificent scale to match the growing importance and wealth of the order in England. Linked to the church as a range of grand buildings, complete with great hall, to accommodate the Master and his knights, their chaplains and retainers, while kitchens, fishponds and stables met their ]]></description>
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		<title>Jacques DeMolay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 17:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jacques de Molay (est. 1244–5/1249–50 – 18 March 1314) was the 23rd and officially last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, leading the Order from approximately 1292 until the Order was dissolved by order of the Pope in 1312. He is probably the best known Templar, along with the Order&#8217;s founder and first Grand Master, ]]></description>
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		<title>The Torture of John Coustos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Coustos, a jeweller and dealer in precious stones, was born in Berne, Switzerland, relocating to England as a child and becoming a naturalized citizen. His masonic career is noteworthy for two events. His initiation in 1730 is the first recorded instance of the presentation of a pair of white gloves to a new initiate, ]]></description>
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		<title>Esotericism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esotericism or Esoterism is a term with two basic meanings. In the dictionary sense of the term, it signifies the holding of esoteric opinions, and derives from the Greek (esoterikos), a compound of  (eso): &#8220;within&#8221;, thus &#8220;pertaining to the more inward&#8221;, mystic. Its antonym is exoteric. In the scholarly literature, the term designates a series ]]></description>
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		<title>House of The Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of the Temple is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., United States, which serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. &#8211; It is located at the corner of 16th Street and S Street in the northwest section of the city. The full and official name of Supreme ]]></description>
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		<title>Pythagorean Theorem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras&#8217; theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle (right-angled triangle). In terms of areas, it states: In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum ]]></description>
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		<title>King Solomon’s Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solomon&#8217;s Temple, also known as the First Temple, was, according to the Bible, the first temple of the ancient religion of the biblical Israelites in Jerusalem. According to the Bible, it functioned as a religious focal point for worship and the sacrifices known as the korbanot in ancient Judaism. Completed in the 10th century BCE, ]]></description>
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