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 […]
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There’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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The Catholic Church and Freemasonry
An exploration of the relationship between the Catholic Church and Freemasonry and why Roman Catholics are prohibited by the Church from becoming Freemasons.
Continue readingHow Freemasonry Is Missing The Boat
Once again in Masonic circles of discussion we hear the debate searching for the answers as to why the decline in Masonic membership continues. All sorts of hypotheses have been advanced. The ones I hear most often are the greater number of choices available in today’s world, the limits of time in a what has […]
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Timothy Hogan
Freemasonry and the Qabbalah have a tacit relationship. In many deep philosophical discussions, the two often come up as being interrelated but just as often leave the conversation without a clear connection defined. As a Mason, we can start to study where the Jewish Mysticism has been woven in, but without a deep degree of […]
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Society vs. Sociological perceptions From the last installment, the point I wanted to build on was the item covered by Br. Dafoe’s article in the Masonic Journal and the missing membership. To touch on briefly what his article said, the most significant loss measured was in NPD’s and SNPD’s which made up the lion share […]
Continue readingVeiled Square & Hidden Compasses
By Brother Isaiah Coffey Namaste Hopefully this response will find each of you Immortal Light Beings within the best of health, spirits and the 4 immeasurable states of mind: joy, love, compassion and equanimity. As we all are enrolled by the Universe in Earth school, our studies, in respect to truth, will vary as each […]
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