The Completion of the Master Mason Degree
Royal Arch Masonry is a distinct and essential body within the York Rite of Freemasonry.
The completion of the Master Mason Degree and the summit of the original Degrees of the Blue Lodge as practiced in the Antients Lodges of England before 1820. The Degree explains the origins of the Substitute Word found in the Master Mason Degree, the recovery of the Ineffable Word, and its concealment within the Royal Arch Word. This Degree, together with the Master Mason Degree, may have once been exemplified as one larger Degree, with the Master Mason Degree explaining the loss of the Master’s Word and the Royal Arch explaining the recovery of the Master’s Word.
Masonry Universal Royal Arch Chapter No. 8
Masonry Universal Royal Arch Chapter No. 8 was Consecrated on 16th November 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Just as its attached Craft Lodge, Masonry Universal Lodge No. 40, it was created to serve the English and non-French speaking communities in and around Geneva, Switzerland.
The Chapter meets on the 5th Monday of any given month of the year, at the Temple in 3 rue Firmin-Massot, 1206 Geneva.