The Foundation of the First Grand Lodge in Context It is difficult to imagine the way of life of our early Masonic ancestors. It is equally difficult to understand the social milieu in which the founders of the premier Grand Lodge acted, but such understanding is essential if we want to understand the motives that […]
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Famous or anti-famous?
I want to gush a little. I got my first piece of Anti-Masonic fan mail today, and what made it all the better, it came in a plain white envelope, wrapped in a plain piece of white notebook paper, with only a three initials, and a P.O. Box from Northern California. The intiails were J.S.W. […]
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Count your Blessings
It’s difficult to maintain a positive perspective in these troubling economic times. People are frustrated, despondent, even angry. But I have learned over the years, that no matter what disaster I may be faced with, there is always someone in worse shape than I am, such as a starving, uneducated third-world child who doesn’t have […]
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Non-Masonic Education
A hot topic in the on-line Masonic community is lodge education. Many ideas are presented for educational subjects or how to implement educational programs. Most of this discussion is limited to Masonic topics such as Masonic symbolism or history. There is no shortage of information on these subjects available through the Internet or in hard […]
Continue readingDover Masonic Lodge and the Kybalion
This came in as a post in the series I published on the Kybalion in the previous Masonic Traveler Blog. What was posted was an announcement to visit the website and upcoming pod cast for Dover lodge #489 under the Grand Lodge of Ohio. The pod cast is in its 8th episode, and on its […]
Continue readingFurther Adventures of the Paul Revere Colonial Degree Team
So here I am sitting in the East in a two-year line of a Lodge with significant resources and a great budget. I had just taken the Paul Revere Colonial Degree Team to hometown Lexington. What to do next? Think big Fred, I thought, think big! After all that was one of the decisions that […]
Continue readingEverything Comes Back To Lexington
I have always thought that my interest in Freemasonry came from my interest in DeMolay that was triggered by my love of history. And my love of history was triggered by the rich Revolutionary War history of the town in which I was born and grew up in, Lexington, Massachusetts. It was here that Paul […]
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Masonic Historian Margaret C. Jacob
In this episode of Masonic Central, recorded on March 15, 2009, UCLA Professor Margaret C. Jacob explors with us how she became the eminent scholar of Freemasonry that she is today. In that conversation, we look behind the veil of time to learn from her about the early origins of the craft, its present, and […]
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The Chronicles of Philosophus
At that time in the land of Gebal, the builders would gather at high twelve on the day before the Sabbath. They would meet in the temple to discuss the work of the craftsmen and to study the ancient arts. The master builders filled the higher offices, with the craftsmen joining them on the floor. […]
Continue readingWhy Mormon’s build (re-build Solomon’s) Temples
There has yet to be a significant analysis from a Mormon practitioner on the links between Freemasonry and and the Latter Day Saints. I’m hoping one is soon to come, but as with any research, its a long road. Brigham Young and Joseph Smith (as well as Lorenzo Snow, John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff) not […]
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