I have been saying for years that if we don’t police ourselves, Freemasonry will wake up some day and find some national print media will sensationalize a provocative, blaring story on the Black discrimination in the Craft and it will wish it had done something about it before hand. That time is now upon us. […]
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What Drives the Anti-Masons?
Everybody is worried about Masons taking over the world. Heck, we can’t even organize a picnic.– A Mason from Washington state. To find an Anti-Mason, you need look no further than the Internet for there is an abundance of discourse on the Net berating and misrepresenting the fraternity. As Freemasons, we are blamed for everything […]
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Georgia News, Georgia Blues
Late breaking news from the Georgia situation proves that this controversy will not be quietly fading into oblivion. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has picked up the story and it’s only a matter of time before other papers and media also latch onto it. In a show of solidarity Mt. Rushmore Lodge #220 of the Grand […]
Continue reading2009 Prince Hall Texas Grand Lodge Session
I always enjoy attending Grand Lodge Session at The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas. We meet twice per year, a four day session in the summer and a two day gathering in the winter. This year the summer session ran from Thursday June 25th through Sunday June 28th. I was only able […]
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Grand Master Wilbert M. Curtis
The Honorable Wilbert M. Curtis, Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas, is the type of person not usually found in the Grand East. He is not loud or flamboyant or a braggadocio. He is a quiet, gentle man who leads his Grand Lodge with kindness and thoughtfulness. Oh, don’t get me […]
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An Allegorical Dream
The other evening I had a strange dream. Now, most dreams are rather odd, but every once in a while a dream gives us a bit of truth about life. The following is an account of my dream. I found myself driving along a highway, following a gray pick up truck. I could see that […]
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Prince Hall Texas Installation
The Prince Hall Family not only gathers at the same time, celebrates together but also holds their Installations together. The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas, Heroines of Jericho, PHA Affiliated, Texas and Eastern Star, PHA Affiliated, Texas all gather in one room where a public Installation for all three is held. Officiating at this […]
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A Short(er) History of Early Women Freemasons
By Karen Kidd Author of “Haunted Chambers: the Lives of Early Women Freemasons” Controversial American author Robert Temple observed “Technology is forbidden when it is not allowed to exist.” “It is easy to forbid technology to exist in the past because all you have to do is to deny it. Enforcing the ban then becomes […]
Continue readingHaunted Chambers, the lives of early women Freemasons.
Join Masonic Central this Sunday, June 28th at 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT as we meet and talk to Br. Karen Kidd, the author of the new book Haunted Chambers: The Lives of Early Women Freemasons. The topic of the program is a haughtily debated one, and certain not to be decided in the time […]
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Sex and Rockets – The Occult World of Jack Parsons – A Review
The occult, in the early part of the 20th century, set the stage for how it has come to be perceived in the 21st Century. Never has the explanation of the third way come into a mainstream light (except in works of fiction books and film) where it has been readily played up with bright […]
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