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Grand Lodges’ different placement of lesser lights in lodges

MLC – Masonic Leadership Center
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Placement of Lesser Lights

The following information is from the Southern California Research Lodge Fraternal Review of 1985, Bro. Ralph A. Herbold, Editor. If anyone has any updates for additions or changes on this chart, please send email to Paul M. Bessel.

01.jpg (15692 bytes) Florida
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Alabama

Connecticut
Virginia (I do not think this is accurate for Virginia)
West Virginia
South Dakota

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Georgia

Arkansas
Tennessee

Alaska
Arizona
California
Idaho
Illinois
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin

Idaho
Kansas
Minnesota
North Carolina

Colorado
Delaware
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Oregon

D.C. (I do not think this is accurate for D.C.)
Indiana
Maine
New Hampshire
South Carolina

09.jpg (16050 bytes) Washington

Louisiana
Massachusetts
North Dakota

New York
Oklahoma

England

Scotland

Ireland

 

 

The following information is the result of research efforts by Chris Harris, on the Philalethes Society listserv. The information on this chart comes from various sources, mostly email messages from several brethren. If anyone has definite information for additions or changes on this chart, please send email to Paul M. Bessel so I can update this chart.

United States

 

State Placement of Lesser Lights
Alabama NE, NW, SW sides of altar
Alaska  
Arizona  
Arkansas  
California South of altar
Colorado  
Connecticut NE, SE, and SW of altar
Delaware NW, NE, SW of altar
District of Columbia  
Florida NW, NE, SW of altar
Georgia NW, NE, SW of altar
Hawaii  
Idaho  
Illinois South
Indiana South of altar
Iowa North side
Kansas 3 on the Noth of the altar and none at the officers’ stations.
Kentucky  
Louisiana  
Maine  
Maryland  
Massachusetts NE, NW, SE, around altar, or on the pedestals in front of the WM, SW, JW
Another email message said he only saw the lesser lights at the podiums E, W, and S in Massachusetts, but the earlier description describes Maine’s practice.
Michigan  
Minnesota South side of altar, or vicinity of the NE corner of the altar
Mississippi  
Missouri One stand south of the altar
Montana South side of the altar
Nebraska  
Nevada  
New Hampshire NE, NW, SE, during degree work – WM, SW, JW dais during meetings
New Jersey 2 on North side, 1 on South side
New Mexico  
New York 2 North, 1 South
North Carolina  
North Dakota  
Ohio NE, NW, S sides of altar
Oklahoma NW, SW, SW sides of altar
Oregon  
Pennsylvania SW, NW, NE corners of altar
Rhode Island  
South Carolina North side
South Dakota  
Tennessee  
Texas Side side of altar
Utah  
Vermont  
Virginia  
Washington South side of altar
West Virginia  
Wisconsin 1 stand South of the altar
Wyoming  

 

Other than the United States

 

England E, S, W, at pedestals of WM, SW, JW in majority – small number have them in that order and on those sides of a centrally placed pedestal or altar
Scotland in the East
Israel doesn’t have 3 lesser lights
Brazil WM, SW, JW tables
British Columbia varies from lodge to lodge

 

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