Surly by now you have heard about the proposal to construct an Islamic Mosque and cultural center near to the Ground Zero site in New York City. The proposal has passed a litany of hurdles already, and garnered the approval of both Mayor Michael Bloomburg and President Obama. Yet, many still have strong emotions and […]
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I Have Decided I Don’t Want To Do Bare Bones Masonry Anymore
A typical Masonic Lodge will meet in a small sparse building which I call a shack. It will be a two room affair – a Lodge room and a dining hall both sporting the barest of essentials. Practicality will over rule lavish luxury. Of course there are exceptions. Some stately and roomy Lodge buildings can […]
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Masonic Entitlement
A common lament in our society today is that our youth have developed a sense of entitlement whereby they believe they are entitled to a cell phone, a computer, an education, a car, or whatever. For some reason, they believe they have a God-given right to such things as opposed to working and earning them. […]
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The Texas Two Step
Two significant happenings in the life of Texas Prince Hall Masonry bring news that should be shared with all. First, the Grand Lodge has reactivated its Newsletter/Magazine. It used to have one of those glossy printed magazines that became a hassle to publish and a burdensome cost. Slowly over time the Texas Prince Hall Newsletter […]
Continue readingFor Whom The Bell Tolls
Samantha Molny and James Aaron Steel got married in June in Fort Worth Texas. As my Grandfather was oft to say, “What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?” Steel, you see, is the great-great-great-great grandson of Lawrence Steel one of the founding fathers of Fort Worth and one of […]
Continue readingAnd then man said…let there be LIGHT
With the Hadron Collider as the inspiration, scientists are now looking for new linear super collider that’s even bigger with costs expected to exceed £8.5 billion with funding from China, India, and Russia. The goal is a new particle slinger with the mission of searching for the elusive God Particle , the Higgs boson, as […]
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The Unity of Light – a Universal Temple of Freemasonry
by Charles Lloyd Mashburn Jr. 32°Thunderbolt Lodge # 693 Thunderbolt, Georgia Preface As a young Freemason involved in my Blue Lodge and Scottish Rite of the Valley of Savannah, Georgia the idea of a place of unity for all the orders of Freemasonry has been a thought in my mind for many years. Being an […]
Continue readingIn the secrecy of the lodges – report
Picked up from Blog Maçonnique, originally from a photo essay from Stéphane Lehr, In the secrecy of the lodges – report. From Br, Jiri of Blog Maconnique: The photojournalist Stephan Lehr (who appears as a humanist photographer) did a story he has called in the secret lodges . Ce sont des photos qui peuvent illustrer […]
Continue readingDisillusionment with Freemasonry
The following outlook of Freemasonry was shared with me with much trepidation and concern over its reaction. Permission to publish it was granted if the author could remain Anonymous. I’ve heard these same words from others in recent months, and it struck me that they were not isolated or merely dissident voices in the wilderness […]
Continue readingThe Perfect Handshake
From NPR’s Marketplace News – Researchers from the University of Manchester have distilled the components of a perfect handshake down to a science, literally, and it looks like: PH = √(e2 + ve2)(d2) + (cg + dr)2 + p{(4< s >2)(4< p >2)}2 + (vi + t + te)2 + {(4< c >2 )(4< du […]
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