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184 185 <div id="page-container" data-gp-page-id="PWIFi71gC"> 186 <div class="blocks-container" id="blocks-container"> 187 188 189 190 191 <section class="gp-component-id-IZ0zzxaO9D gp-component" data-gp-component="block" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-block-id="12253" data-gp-block="true" data-gp-block-data="{"id":12253,"type":"block","thumbnail":"https://assets.grooveapps.com/elements-previews/thumbs/empty_100.png","category":"Empty blocks","tag":"wireframe","user_id":"global","filename":"_empty_1","height":0,"global":1,"tailwind":1}" data-gp-component-id="IZ0zzxaO9D" data-gp-block-type="block" id="IZ0zzxaO9D" tabindex="0"><a name="IZ0zzxaO9D" data-gp-block-anchor=""></a> 192 <div class="" data-section-overlay=""></div> 193 <div class="gp-component gp-component-id-bb7uZEJdtn" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="bb7uZEJdtn" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"><div class="gp-component-id-TADi96HuB4 gp-component" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-style="" 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data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="_f7diWfTEWM" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><h2 class="gp-component-id-Rsv0FprEPh" data-id="quill-node-0">Lodges in Bangkok</h2></div> 207 208 <div class="gp-component-id-Tr8GMS09jz"> 209 <div class="gp-component-id-UhuC7Lx8lK"> 210 <div class="gp-component-id-ubocx0Og4N gp-component" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="ubocx0Og4N" data-gp-component="null"> 211 <div class="gp-component-id-LdA7l3A7nj gp-component" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="LdA7l3A7nj" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"> 212 <img src="https://images.groovetech.io/IwFWPJX4ooHZZmFpRaD6wmHyt7yzUgD3xr7Gw7z94ZM/rs:fit:0:0:0/g:no:0:0/c:0:0/aHR0cHM6Ly9hc3NldHMuZ3Jvb3ZlYXBwcy5jb20vaW1hZ2VzLzc0YzkxMDYwLWEzY2EtNGEyYS1hNjkwLWZiZGVlZWE3OWU2NS8xNjY4MDcwNDcxX0NodWxhTG9kZ2UucG5n.webp" alt="" class="inline-flex items-start justify-start object-cover object-center gp-component gp-component-id-0vYPMK4b_1" data-gp-style="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-classes="" data-gp-component="image" data-gp-component-id="0vYPMK4b_1" tabindex="0"> 213 </div> 214 215 <div class="gp-component-id-x8azRwgDas gp-component" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="x8azRwgDas" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-f3u0uTWrzDE" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="f3u0uTWrzDE" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><h3 class="gp-component-id-7NA3yHNFG1" data-id="quill-node-0">Chula Lodge</h3></div><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-u_K7OFuKBMo" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="u_K7OFuKBMo" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><p class="gp-component-id-FKQLrROXq3" data-id="quill-node-0">9745 E.C.</p></div><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-5z9iCbNmtrd" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="5z9iCbNmtrd" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><p class="gp-component-id-GgQbaswTBW" data-id="quill-node-0">Chula Lodge is an English Lodge (UGLE) working in Bangkok with regular meetings in March, June, September and December.</p></div><div class="gp-component-id-EBTulJ6oWb"> 216 217 218 219 </div></div> 220 </div> 221 </div> 222 223 <div class="gp-component-id-4SaLgLVj_2T"> 224 <div class="gp-component-id-GFFdBSQd0rH gp-component" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="GFFdBSQd0rH"> 225 <div class="gp-component-id-IRUKbUYR8sU gp-component" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="IRUKbUYR8sU" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"> 226 <img src="https://images.groovetech.io/
226R1mj65UC0rq-oIObxA1bW_Mulk9083Tn7iNgR8TZvFw/rs:fit:0:0:0/g:no:0:0/c:0:0/aHR0cHM6Ly9hc3NldHMuZ3Jvb3ZlYXBwcy5jb20vaW1hZ2VzLzc0YzkxMDYwLWEzY2EtNGEyYS1hNjkwLWZiZGVlZWE3OWU2NS8xNjYyNzM4MTY1X0xTSkxvZ28uanBn.webp" alt="" class="inline-flex items-start justify-start object-cover object-center gp-component gp-component-id-NwD2QgfcjW1" data-gp-style="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-classes="" data-gp-component="image" data-gp-component-id="NwD2QgfcjW1" tabindex="0"> 227 </div> 228 229 <div class="gp-component-id-6ylF0dI198h gp-component" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="6ylF0dI198h" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-UarJAqLxxA_" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="UarJAqLxxA_" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><h3 class="gp-component-id-7yQzrnCgZxv" data-id="quill-node-0">Lodge St. John</h3></div><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-4YQdcmSwuDp" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="4YQdcmSwuDp" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><p class="gp-component-id-2xPrnF__fAc" data-id="quill-node-0">1072 S.C.</p></div><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-kUnRAMVhyVc" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="kUnRAMVhyVc" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><p class="gp-component-id-y1czYklVe8M" data-id="quill-node-0">Thailandâs oldest Freemasonâs lodge, established in 1911 on the Roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland within the District Grand Lodge of the Middle East. The Lodge meets on the last Wednesday of the month except July & December (recess) and February (Installation).</p></div><div class="gp-component-id-fqIqe5CxIn2"> 230 231 232 233 </div></div> 234 </div> 235 </div> 236 237 <div class="gp-component-id-gEEyutyc0fB"> 238 <div class="gp-component-id-ueitIAEncw4 gp-component" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="ueitIAEncw4" data-gp-component="null"> 239 <div class="gp-component-id-sj35gllvtrs gp-component" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="sj35gllvtrs" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"> 240 <img src="https://images.groovetech.io/o2XwMUHa-v1T0YUYQGuYPl7amuN4qCXRcZ3WXiy-3xg/rs:fit:0:0:0/g:no:0:0/c:0:0/aHR0cHM6Ly9hc3NldHMuZ3Jvb3ZlYXBwcy5jb20vaW1hZ2VzLzc0YzkxMDYwLWEzY2EtNGEyYS1hNjkwLWZiZGVlZWE3OWU2NS8xNjY4MDcwNjE4X01vcmFrb3QtTG9nby1DbGVhci1CYWNrZ3JvdW5kLndlYnA.webp" alt="" class="inline-flex items-start justify-start object-cover object-center gp-component gp-component-id-0BbNKtXThia" data-gp-style="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-classes="" data-gp-component="image" data-gp-component-id="0BbNKtXThia" tabindex="0"> 241 </div> 242 243 <div class="gp-component-id-0pwxvvRj_vB gp-component" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="0pwxvvRj_vB" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-8iW5S0KwEAs" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="8iW5S0KwEAs" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><h3 class="gp-component-id-Y0pxsi9Km5E" data-id="quill-node-0">Morakot Lodge</h3></div><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-Lfy9KbOQWEb" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="Lfy9KbOQWEb" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><p class="gp-component-id-XXQBh7sahdp" data-id="quill-node-0">945 I.C.</p></div><div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-SHhb7y7TLwS" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="SHhb7y7TLwS" tabindex="0" data-gp-component="null" style=""><p class="gp-component-id-C1EExpeci8f" data-id="quill-node-0">Consecrated in 1995, a Regular Masonic Lodge under the Irish Constitution with a Charter signed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland in Dublin. â The Lodge meets at the British Club on Silom Soi 18 in Bangkok</p></div><div class="gp-component-id-aM1NicC0G9d"> 244 245 246 247 </div></div> 248 </div> 249 </div> 250 </div> 251 </div> 252 </section><section class="gp-component-id-WcjzI56WA gp-component" data-gp-component="block" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-block-id="11970" data-gp-block="true" data-gp-block-type="block" data-gp-block-data="{"id":11970,"type":"block","thumbnail":"https://assets.grooveapps.com/elements-previews/thumbs/content1.png","category":"Content","tag":"wireframe","user_id":"global","filename":"_content_0","height":0,"global":1,"tailwind":1}" data-gp-component-id="WcjzI56WA" id="WcjzI56WA" tabindex="0"><a name="WcjzI56WA" data-gp-block-anchor=""></a> 253 <div class="" data-section-overlay=""></div> 254 <div class="gp-component-id-cAc2C4FTfB gp-component" data-gp-container="" data-gp-style="" data-gp-component-id="cAc2C4FTfB" data-gp-component="container" tabindex="0"> 255 <div class="gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-IE0Xph55G_" data-gp-style="" data-gp-text="" data-gp-dnd="" data-gp-component-id="IE0Xph55G_" data-gp-component="null" tabindex="0"><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-0">Thailand began to open up to the west in the late 19th century. King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was the first Thai king to travel abroad and to begin to understand the importance of the west as a trading partner. As a result, westerners began to arrive in the kingdom as part of diplomatic and commercial missions. History has shown that these are the necessary seeds for the growth of Freemasonry.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-1"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-2">Unfortunately Thailand proved rocky ground for the Craft. Perhaps it is due to the fact that unlike most other nations in the region, Thailand was an absolute monarchy that had never been colonized. It had (and still has) distinct and rigid classes of society. The central Masonic concepts of democracy, treating men of all social class on the level, and the Judeo-Christian basis for the Craftâs legends must have seemed unnatural and strange to the devoutly Buddhist local population.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-3"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-4">Between 1878 and 1905 there were four failed attempts to start an English lodge. The brethren in Bangkok faced the most amazing string of bad luck. The individual failures are too painful to detail here. The reasons ranged from waning interest on the part of the few founding members in the first attempt to the death of the Master-elect in the final attempt.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-5"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-6">In 1907, a new generation of brethren petitioned and was granted a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Scotland. But of course the troubles hadnât ended yet. Expatriate lodges are renowned for high turnover as assignments end and new ones begin. Thus when the charter eventually arrived from Edinburgh, several of the officers had left and the charter had to be reissued. Lodge St. John was finally consecrated on January 24, 1911 with the reissued charter.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-7"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-8">The lodge attracted a very international following including British, Thai, German, Swiss, American and other brethren. This diversity was shortly to become critical to the fate of the brethren in Bangkok. In World War II, Thailand remained neutral. Shortly after the Japanese entered Thailand at the start of World War II, the Japanese secret police raided the rented premises where the lodge met. Records, regalia and other items were seized and brethren from Allied countries were interred. Thankfully the international flavor of the lodge enabled the neutral Thai and Axis German brethren to save some of the early records. They were also able to help the interred brethren better cope with their incarceration.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-9"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-10">A growth spurt hit Freemasonry in the kingdom between 1991 and 1997, when five lodges were formed. A second Scottish lodge, Lodge Pattaya West Winds was opened in Pattaya in 1991, more than 80 years after Lodge St. John. This was followed by the kingdomâs first Irish lodge, Lodge Morakot. The National Grand Lodge of France (GLNF) founded Lodge 7 Niveaux de la Sagesse in Chiang Mai in 1994 and Lodge Tantawan Fleur du Soleil in Bangkok in 1996.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-11"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-12">After the recovery from the 1997 financial crisis, a second growth spurt occurred and seems to still be in progress. Lodge Lane Xang was a Scottish lodge originally formed in Laos, but that went dark in 1976. The brethren of Bangkok reopened the lodge in Thailand in 2000. In 2001, the English finally succeeding in establishing a beach head with Chula Lodge in Bangkok a mere 123 years after their first attempt. This was followed by the opening of Light of Siam Lodge in Phuket in 2004.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-13"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-14">In 2005, the GLNF formed a second Lodge Hoa Sen Lumière dâAsia in Bangkok while the Irish branched out to southern Thailand with a lodge in Songkla.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-15"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-16">The Dutch established their first lodge in South East Asia with the consecration of Loge Erasmus, No. 297 in Bangkok on January 7, 2006. The lodge works in English and includes brethren from The Netherlands, Thailand, and assorted other countries. It has become a focal point for Dutch masons from all over southeast Asia and even Australia.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-17"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-18">In February 2006, the Scottish founded the first Thai language lodge. Lodge Ratanakosin, No. 1833 SC refers to the name bestowed upon
255what is now Bangkok by the first king of the Chakri Dynasty in 1782. The name translates as âBejeweled City of the God Indra.â The Standard Scottish ritual is being translated by a team of very distinguished Thai brethren. The lodge works in Thai and English.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-19"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-20">Now Thailand supports lodges from six Grand Lodges offering ritual in three languages. Freemasonry may have had a rocky start in Thailand, but we hope that the strong and very diverse system in place continues to grow and flourish for years to come.</p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-21"><br></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-22"><strong>Article taken from www.thaifreemason.com</strong></p><p class="gp-component-id-Ld9DAZ3F01" data-id="quill-node-23"><br></p></div> 256 </div> 257 </section> 258 259 260 </div> 261 <div id="blocks-staging" style="top: 0px; left: 0; position: absolute;"></div> 262 </div> 263 <div id="custom-bottom"> 264 265 </div> 266
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