I can’t help but make some comment about the latest in the line of SNAFU‘s, this time taking place in Arkansas. I don’t want to make any particular comment on what’s going, its my hope that all involved are true and acting above board and that the situation will resolve it self int he best […]
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Collateral Damage – The Aftermath of the Arkansas License Plate Scandal
What follows is the story of a young Mason who is caught in the middle between a Grand Master who is stuck in the past, in pre Civil War Masonry and those of us who have an improved 21st century view of life and practice Masonry accordingly. Far from being some firebrand, screaming reformer, Derek Gordon […]
Continue readingThe First Year of the Euphrates e-Book is Now Available!
It is finally here! I have finished putting together the free e-book that I promised to create which celebrates the first year of the Banks of the Euphrates on Freemason Information Magazine. This book features the best of the articles which were featured on the Euphrates over the past year. I thoroughly enjoyed reviewing the […]
Continue readingSecond Day – Phylaxis Society National Convention
The second day of the Phylaxis National convention saw us get right down to work. This day and the next we were primarily devoted to presentations of papers written by learned members of a certain field. Out of all the presentations made I will feature three. The first paper was Masonic Jurisprudence by our National […]
Continue readingThe Better Angels of Our Nature
In the wake of the most turbulent period of American History stories about the intersection of Freemasonry and the Civil War have been many and profound – fact and fiction have become impossibly merged until now. In an eloquent narrative story telling, Michael Halleran‘s new book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Freemasonry in the […]
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The Family – Jesus Plus Nothing equals P (J+0=P)
What would you say if I told you that a secret cabal of ultra fundamental extremists were secretly at the heart of the American government? And what if I said to you that the very same secret cabal has held power and sway for near on the last century, with its present zenith starting in […]
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The Masonic Equinox
The spring equinox is upon us, and in this present age, the tilt of the planet is of little concern. But in this period of the equinox, an interesting thing happens. for the briefest moment of time the planet becomes suspended in place, A point when the earth is neither closer to or further away […]
Continue readingThe Clinton Presidential Library In Pictures
While not a Freemason, President Bill Clinton did however spend some time as a member of the DeMolay. Clinton was initiated into Hot Springs Chapter in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1961, where he served as Master Councilor. He received the Chevalier in 1964, and the Legion of Honor in 1979. Clinton was inducted into the […]
Continue readingFirst Day – Phylaxis Society National Convention
I had been home only three days from the Arkansas Prince Hall Grand Session when it was time to turn around and go back to the place whence I came. So at 3:00 AM on 3/4/10 I headed out from home back to Arkansas. Nellybelle knew her way by heart now and we even stopped […]
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The Secret Lesson of Hiram and the Ruffians
a Sojourner’s article by Tom Accuostiauthor of The Tao of Masonry One of the great things about the internet is how people with seemingly nothing in common can exchange ideas without ever actually meeting in person. Such is the case when I recently began exchanging emails with an amateur historian, an epidemiologist, and a professor […]
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