I need your help in starting an effort that is intended to help enhance the York Rite in my state and hopefully nationwide. A key part of my endeavor is getting as many Brothers as possible to fill out the following survey. This will give some good indicators about the state of the York Rite […]
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Building bridges in North Carolina
Br. Chris Hodapp posted this story up today, which is a great one to see in the press. Take the time to watch the video from the News Carolina 14 broadcast (coming out of [tags]Charlotte, North Carolina[/tags]), to see first hand the example of fraternal brotherhood between the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F.& A.M. […]
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Secret Societies in the Social Media Age
If you’ve spent any time with a nose in the news, you know that the phenomenon of Social Media has become a staple of our way of life. Just the fact that your reading this blog, means that you spend some time on the web delving into the edges of web 2.0 and the tip […]
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Ol’ Leroy McKrank and the Council of the Knights of the Royal Arch
A couple of decades back, Ol’ Leroy McKrank decided to join the York Rite. Now this was the only other body of Masonry that Ol’ Leroy had ever joined, mainly because he refused to fork over the cash required to join any additional bodies. But at the time, each York Rite body’s dues were only […]
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A question on the secrets of Freemasonry
I had this question posed to me today in an email from a brother on Facebook. As freemasons, we are under oath and obligation to keep the secrets of masonry. Based on your understanding what are the secrets with so much material out on our craft? My thoughts on formulating an answer are below. I’m […]
Continue readingUCLA and the California Grand Lodge to bring Freemasonry into academia.
Postdoctoral Fellowship. The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Masonic Grand Lodge of California are pleased to announce a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA from September 15, 2010 through June 15, 2011. The position is open to a recent Ph.D. with a strong interest in the history of civil society, fraternalism and Freemasonry. This second postdoctoral fellow will teach one course […]
Continue readingEnough is to much in the Virginia Shrine…
This story slipped under the radar. The burning taper posted on it, but sadly, someone found it distasteful and gave it a thumbs down on King Solomon’s agrigator. But really, this raises SO many red flags and questions that it is really impossible to ignore. My questions is how, at his first arrest was he […]
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The Knight At Ease
Steve McKim is a Master of Masonic art and he designs many good presentations. One of his latest works is called Masonic Dreams. And from that collection here is characterization of a good friend. You can see much of the rest of McKim’s artwork Stop and browse awhile. If you ever do a Masonic presentation […]
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Episcopalians Challenge the Inerrancy of the Bible
Disclaimer: this article is intended to provide information and perspective on a current event. This article is not meant to be a persuasive piece supporting any particular position, it is only meant to stimulate the contemplation of the subject discussed within. Last week, the Episcopal Church in the United States decided to give its bishops […]
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A printed media distributed over a wide area of Georgia called The Sunday Paper has published a long story on the Gate City Lodge 2 situation titled, “Letting In A Black Man, Atlanta Freemason Lodge Fights For Equality.” The paper tells the story of Victor Marshall the soft spoken Black Army Reservist raised by Gate […]
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