If you happen to be in the UK… Paraphrased from the announcement When Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837 there were about 500 Masonic lodges in the British Empire. By the time she died in 1901, there were nearly 2,000. All these new lodges needed equipment and all the new members needed their […]
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Masonic Organ Donor
Are you signed up to be an organ donor when you die? Maybe your eyes or your heart or your liver or your spleen can help save and/or prolong the life of another in need. Have you ever watched a Masonic Lodge slowly die? It does most things right, has good programs, no dissension yet […]
Continue readingTwo Great Moments, Two Great Weeks
First I had the opportunity last week to speak at Lyles Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts to the classes of a Lodge Brother who teaches history at the school. I managed to talk to four periods of combined classes, my subject being the first battle of the American Revolutionary War in Lexington, Massachusetts . I […]
Continue readingMasonic Scholarship – ICHF 2011
I picked this up from a Yahoo Message Board post. I think this is a terricif opportunity to see the academic study taking place aroudn the world. It definitely relates more to the ideas of Freemasonry than the present practice, so not a lot of in lodge How To here, but a large amount of […]
Continue readingBuilding Athens
Building Hiram and Building Boaz now have a new sibling, Building Athens. Our good friend and Brother John Nagy has been diligently at the trestleboard and is ready to unveil is third installment in the Building Hiram series with his new book Building Athens. The book, Building Athens, focuses on Wisdom, Insight and the Work […]
Continue readingDid the Mormon Church come out of Freemasonry?
Not according to the Mormon church. An interesting article out this morning in the Mormon Times on the myths surrounding the founding of the Mormon church and its ties tot he ancient and honorable fraternity of Freemasonry. The piece is in reference to a new book by LDS author Matthew B. Brown titled Exploring the […]
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The Masonic Restoration Foundation August Symposium
Coming this August, the Masonic Restoration Foundation is holding its first National Symposium on Traditional Observance Lodges, and much much more. The focus of this two day event will be Masonic Restoration with a primary focus on identifying a set of best practices that can be regionalized and implemented in those lodges seeking to increase […]
Continue readingThe Complete Lodge Secretary
Lewis Masonic is one of those publishing houses that seem to pull from a limitless well of ideas to produce work that is both timely and informative and their latest book, The Complete Lodge Secretary, is exactly that: timely and informative. To say its a must have is a difficult for anyone not sitting […]
Continue readingSecret Order of the Cephalopod Lodge
Some how, I don’t think Sponge Bob is the first thing you think about when you think Secret Society. But Squidward, well, he’s just the type of cephalopod I’d expect to be into that kind of thing… The Auto play was a bit annoying, You can watch the clip here: http://spongebob.nick.com/videos/play/cephalopod-lodge-clip/ You can find an […]
Continue readingAnd now, for something completely different…
A brother (and author) of this book sent me a note some time back about his new book, and I’ve been sorely remiss in mentioning it, so I wanted to take a minute and share The Festive Freemason. Written and illustarted by Br. Steve Chadburn, he is a long established professional cartoonist, author and illustrator. […]
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