The 2008 film Chemical Wedding is a fictional story about the resurrection of the 20th century occultist Aleister Crowley. Written by Bruce Dickinson–yes, THE Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden–and Julian Doyle, it is best described as a low budget horror flick. It fulfills every expectation that that description creates: the story line is kind of […]
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The William Upton Story & Phoenixmasonry’s Prince Hall Section
The William Upton story is one that is not well known and screams to be told. He was the first Grand Master to recognize Prince Hall Masonry in 1898. And when it didn’t stick but was reversed by his successor, he wrote in his will that no marker of any kind was to be put […]
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The Restaurant at the End of the Masonic Universe
So there is this restaurant chain with locations throughout North America. Its slogan is a pretty catchy one and the chain’s management uses it on a daily basis to motivate staff and to recruit new patrons to the chain’s thousands of locations.
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Two Dirty Words
It’s now time for all of us–those who supported the merger and those who opposed it–to pull together for the benefit of the company.Carly Fiorina, President of Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1999 Let me give you two little words that scares a lot of Masons: “consolidations” and “mergers.” As the fraternity continues to recede in terms of […]
Continue readingThere’s a Hole in Our Bucket
North American Freemasonry is on a bit of an infinite loop these days. I don’t mean the type of infinite loop we used to see on the Flintstones whenever Fred and Barney would drive past the same three houses and two palm trees over and over again, but it is close.
Continue readingThe Age of Masonry III
What do we do when we are not doing Masonry? The easiest way to approach this point is to perhaps list some of the more dominant activities that tend to be the biggest draw away from the lodge. Church – Church membership offers much of what a Masonic lodge promulgates by way of affinity and […]
Continue readingMetaphysico-Theologo-Cosmonigology
“It is demonstrated,” he said, “that things cannot be otherwise: for, since everything was made for a purpose, everything is necessarily for the best purpose. Note that noses were made to wear spectacles; we therefore have spectacles. Legs were clearly devised to wear breeches, and we have breeches. Stones were created to be hewn and […]
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