Portrait of Robert Burns contains secret Masonic symbols that have been hidden for 230 years, says expert. The claim has been made by Jerry Brannigan, a writer and expert on Burns ...

A series of Masonic signs have been found "hidden" in paintings of Scotland's bard Robert Burns by one of the nation's greatest painters. Tiny letters and symbols - such as a comet and hooded ...

A SERIES of Masonic signs have been found ‘hidden’ in paintings made of Scotland’s bard Robert Burns by one of the nation’s leading painters.

Professor Gerard Carruthers said: “Robert Burns’s career was often boosted by his Masonic networks. There is nothing sinister about this: Burns to begin with did not have a lot of power.

Research has uncovered a Masonic connection to why revellers around the world link arms when they sing Auld Lang Syne at new year. A study of Robert Burns’ best-loved song links the practice to ...

Rabbie Burns was initiated as an enrolled apprentice in Lodge St. David, Tarbolton on July 4, 1781, aged 22. He swiftly passed to the degree of fellowcraft and was raised to the degree of Master ...

“One of these photographs showed up an area in the background over Burns’s shoulder and it turned out to be a representation of a comet. “This was a bit of surprise.

MASONIC symbols “hidden” in a portait of Robert Burns have been uncovered for the first time. The tiny signs, which are invisible to the naked eye, were found painted into a picture of … ...