The building is 245 feet long and 50 feet wide. The wing housing the library is 113 feet deep at its west end. The building was built in 1955 at a cost of slightly over a million dollars replacing the one on the same site that was built in 1884. The exterior is Vermont Marble […]
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Freemasonry and El Día de los Muertos
Most holidays can be associated into the Masonic calendar and celebrated without much connectivity to the fraternity, patriotism and religious veneration aside. One holiday, not widely celebrated in the U.S., comes to us from the south in the form of a celebration (and perhaps veneration) of the Dead in the Mexican tradition of Día de […]
Continue readingFreemasons in Congress?
Oh me, oh my…. CNN is deep into investigating a sinister plot… …Freemasons in Congress. You can read the whole report on Aftermath News.
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The Lost Symbol: The Road Best Not Traveled
There’s nothing I like better than a good murder mystery. I cut my teeth on Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, Perry Mason, and Ellery Queen. Nowadays I turn to such luminaries as John Grisham, Scott Turow, Richard North Patterson, and William Bernhardt. And that is what Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol is a good murder mystery, […]
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More Lessons The Church Can Teach Masonry
Here reprinted with permission is a piece by PGM Terry Tilton of Minnesota. It is an article with which I am not totally in agreement. Some of it I heartily endorse while other parts I do not. But that is precisely what gives Freemasonry its strength, Brothers of different backgrounds, different experiences, different lifestyles and […]
Continue readingBuilding Boaz – Author John Nagy on Masonic Central
Join us on Masonic Central this Sunday as we meet and talk to Brother John Nagy who is the author of the new book “Building Boaz – Uncommon Catechism for Uncommon Masonic Education.” Missed the live show? listen now! Once you start something, what do you do next? You take the next step of course […]
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Seeking Further Light
Shortly after I wrote the Masonic Manifesto last September, I happened to attend a local Masonic meeting. Afterwards, a group of Brothers stopped by a local watering hole to have a drink and shoot the breeze. One of the Brothers there caught me off guard when he asked me, “Why do you hate the Fraternity so much?” […]
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Building Boaz by Dr. John Nagy
I have come to find that modern Masonic literature can be compared to the preparation of food. Some Masonic literature is too light to satisfy the appetite and too bland to excite the senses. Other works on the subject of the fraternity are too rich and overpowering to the palate and leave the reader with […]
Continue readingCrown of Serpents on Masonic Central
Where does National Treasure meet The Lost Symbol? Wound together into a Crown of Serpents. Masonic fiction is an infrequent thing, especially when written by a brother. The Lost Symbol is a good example of the fraternity in a modern fiction, in the same way that National Treasure brought the fraternity to the cinema. This […]
Continue readingThe Meaning of Masonry For One Long Time Aging Brother
I hear frequently asked the question, “Why did you want to become a Mason?” But I hardly ever hear anyone ask why you are still a Mason. What are you getting out of it now that you have been in it awhile and explored its philosophy? What have you found out to be the “big […]
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