Abraham Goedhals
| Residence | Valkenburg aan de Geul, the Netherlands and Leiden, the Netherlands |
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| Date of Birth | 2nd April 1958 | |
| Profession | Musicologist and Music critic (semi-retired) |
| CRAFT | |
| Current Rank | Past Master |
| Lodge La Vertu No. 7 (Grand East of the Netherlands) | Initiated: 10th November 1981 |
| Lodge l’Age d’Or No. 235 (Grand East of the Netherlands) | Joined: January 1991 W.M.: December 1992 |
| Internet Lodge No. 9659 (East .Lancashire, UGLE) | Joined: March 1998 W.M.: March 2002 |
| Wellington Lodge No. 1385 (Grand Lodge of Scotland) | Joined: September 2005 |
| ROYAL ARCH | |
| Current Rank | Past First Principal |
| Chapter De Gouden Driehoek No. 11 (Grand Chapter of the Netherlands) | Exalted: November 1986 First Principal: June 1993 |
| Chapter Haganum No. 34 (Grand Chapter of the Netherlands) | Joined: February 1993 |
| Chapter Nos Vinxit Libertas (of Installed First Principals) No. 1 (Grand Chapter of the Netherlands) | Joined: September 1994 |
| Castle Park Royal Arch Chapter No. 520 (Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland) | Joined: April 2002 (and received Most Excellent Master degree) |
| OTHER ORDERS (‘BEYOND THE CRAFT’) | |
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Red Cross of Constantine (Grand Imperial Conclave for England and Wales) |
Intendant-General for the Benelux Division (from December 2007) |
| Mark Master Masons (Grand Lodge of England and Wales) and Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners |
Grand Junior Overseer Deputy District Grand Master (the Netherlands) Holder of Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank | Royal and Select Masters (Grand Council of England and Wales) | Past Grand Lecturer |
| Knights Templar (Great Priory of England and Wales) | Past Great Herald |
| Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests or Order of Holy Wisdom | Past Grand VI Pillar |
| Allied Masonic Degrees (Grand Council of England and Wales) | Past Grand Standard Bearer |
| Royal Order of Scotland | Provincial Senior Grand Warden (Belgium) |
| Rectified Scottish Rite (Great Priory of Belgium) | Knight Beneficent of the Holy City |
| Ancient and Accepted Rite (Supreme Council of the Netherlands) | 30th Degree |
| Order of the High Degrees “Rose Croix” (Grand Chapter of the Netherlands) | Past Most Wise Sovereign |
| Order of the Secret Monitor (Grand Conclave of England and Wales) | Past Supreme Ruler (of Fidelitas Conclave No. 494) |
| Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Bricklayers (“The Operatives”) | VI° |
| OTHER MASONIC ASSOCIATIONS | |
| One of the editors of the Dutch magazine for Masonic Research ‘Thoth’ (from 2001). | |
| Member of the ‘Advisory Committee for the Quality of Masonic Work and Ritual’ of the Grand East of the Netherlands (from 2007). | |
| Member of the Quator Coronati Correspondence Circle (from 1984). |
| PAPERS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND TALKS | |
| Wrote (and ghost-wrote) many articles about various
Masonic subjects, mostly on
the orthopraxis of (historic) ritual and about the ‘Beyond the Craft’ degrees. Supervised (and presided over) various demonstrations of Dutch (Craft) Rituals and related Ceremonies (both in the Dutch and in English language) in the Netherlands as well as in the UK. |