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The Lodge of the Golden Fleece > The Lewis

The Lodge of The Golden Fleece meets at East Melbourne on the second Friday of February, March, May, July, September and November.

The Lewis

The lewis is a device that has been used by stonemasons for many centuries. The lewis provides an anchorage in a stone, which enables lifting tackle to be attached to assist in the raising and lowering of large stones to the required heights and set them in place with safety and precision.

Speculative connections

The first time that a speculative freemason learns about the lewis is usually as an entered apprentice, during the lecture on the tracing board, when he is told that lewis denotes strength and signifies the son of a mason. The use of the word in speculative craft freemasonry seems to have arisen as a result of the old friendship between France and Scotland, which came to be known as the "Auld Alliance".