Almost 6 months ago, on the day of the August, 2017, solar eclipse, I launched a project to publish the third book in the Symbolic Lodge series, The Master Mason. And, (almost) to the date of the January, 2018, lunar eclipse, that book went out to its backers and is available now to the … [Read more...] about Between the Sun and Moon, A Master Mason is Born
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American Freemasonry – The Noble Goal
An interview with author Alain de Keghel. American Freemasonry, in context, is challenging to understand as it relates to the rest of the world. In many ways American Freemasonry mirrors the form and function of the lodge but, because it grew-up in the crucible of democracy that was itself, at … [Read more...] about American Freemasonry – The Noble Goal
New Book Explores the American Masonic System, its Strengths and Failings
New book coming in October, American Freemasonry: Its Revolutionary History and Challenging Future, by Alain de Keghel with forwards by Arturo De Hoyos and Margaret C. Jacob. Freemasonry bears the imprint of the society in which it exists, and Freemasonry in North America is no exception. While … [Read more...] about New Book Explores the American Masonic System, its Strengths and Failings
The Master Mason Coming to Print
What a long road. After a series of unforeseen setbacks, life creeping up and doing what it does best and a few tweaks to the material — The Master Mason, A Treatise on the Third Degree of Freemasonry is ready to become a reality. I present for you the campaign for The Master Mason — a Treatise on … [Read more...] about The Master Mason Coming to Print
Tim’s “Stand Up for MORALITY” Talk (Video)
Back in 2013, I wrote a book titled, "Stand Up for MORALITY" which discusses the virtues of morality, and how to promote it. This became the basis for a talk on the same subject which I presented on July 17, 2013 at the Dayton Masonic Center in Ohio. The speech was an abbreviated version of my … [Read more...] about Tim’s “Stand Up for MORALITY” Talk (Video)
Footsteps of the Gods
Having just finished Graham Hancock’s Fingerprints of the Gods and Magicians of the Gods, I feel as though I’ve been walking in the footsteps of the gods, and it's made me a believer. Seldom do I binge watch more than a few TV episodes at a time. When I do, it feels like an information overload … [Read more...] about Footsteps of the Gods
Author Interview – Joshua Lorenzo Newett on In Remembrance of Things Lost
Masonic author Joshua Lorenzo Newett spent some time recently to talk about his new work of fiction, In Remembrance of Things Lost. Yet, as Joshua tells it, the work is underpinned with Masonic and esoteric themes that center on purpose, recovery and the story of one mans journey of becoming a … [Read more...] about Author Interview – Joshua Lorenzo Newett on In Remembrance of Things Lost
Managing the Future of Freemasonry
A new book takes an optimistic approach to the vexing issue of declining membership. Managing the Future of Freemasonry: The Book of Optimism, by Dr David West, is a work by a man who understands philosophical thinking. A graduate in and of Philosophy from the University of Leicester, West has … [Read more...] about Managing the Future of Freemasonry
Author Interview-Rob Lund on The Hidden Code in Freemasonry
Robert V. Lund believes that The Hidden Code in Freemasonry: Finding Light through esoteric interpretation of Masonic Ritual is a book that should be read by all Freemasons. The work, he says, strives to provide a deeper understanding of the hidden information at work behind the scenes of the … [Read more...] about Author Interview-Rob Lund on The Hidden Code in Freemasonry
Fellow of the Craft, the book
This was written as a second attempt at approaching how to introduce the new book Fellow of the Craft - a Treatise on the Second Degree of Freemasonry. Passing The challenge has been in how to reveal something that is and should be already apparent and known. That is not meant as flippant or … [Read more...] about Fellow of the Craft, the book