I was reading through Pikes 11th degree – Prince Ameth for a paper I’m working on and ran across this passage which I liked and wanted to share. The people that does not subjugate the propensity of the wealthy to avarice, ambition, and sensuality, expel luxury from them and their families, keep down pauperism, diffuse […]
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Be All You Can Be in Occult America
I just had the pleasure of finishing Mitch Horowitz’s book Occult America and am a bit surprised at the story it tells, and some of what it doesn’t. Only recently did I come across the 2010 Bantum Books edition, (the first edition published in hardback in 2009) and it was the sub headline of the […]
Continue readingSome Howie Damron News
From Brother Howie Damron: I can’t believe that April 1st is the 9th anniversary of the first time I ever presented my Masonic Pride Tour. Now countless performances and close to a million miles have passed. As I’m reflecting back and doing self examination of where I’ve traveled and whom my music has allowed me […]
Continue readingThe Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
This originally appeared in the Masonic Traveler blog in 2008. Have YOU ever heard of the The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus? Neither had I. But there was a story about them in the New York Times today that linked their distant and ancient past to that of Freemasonries… Well, not really, […]
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Masonic Toasts
We are now approaching the holiday season where we typically enjoy several year-end parties. For many Grand jurisdictions, it marks the end of the Masonic Year, and the birth of a new one. Knowing the festive atmosphere of such occasions I posted a request on the Internet soliciting favorite Masonic toasts. As usual, the Brethren […]
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10 Signs an Occult Group Leader is Losing It
This came from the internet from some time back. It has a more magical bend but could probably apply to any “esoteric” or “secret society.” If there are other tell-tale signs that you think are missing, drop them in the comments blow. 10 signs that an occult/esoteric group leader has lost his focus. The leadership […]
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More of the fight of Kentucky Masonic homophobia
Back to the drawing board on the virtues and vices of Moral Turpitude, this time woven again with the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Masonry where it is being tangled in with the moral law. “…these charges are retribution for speaking out about the discrimination that I experienced…” Reported in late 2010, Kentucky Masons slapped down […]
Continue readingTommy Lee, Syfy, Culture Shock – what could go wrong?
If you haven’t already heard the news, Tommy Lee (of Mötley Crüe, Heather Locklear, Pamela Anderson, internet porn) is coming back to TV. Hustler Magazine says of the guy “Tommy Lee is a modern-day Dean Martin. Men want to be him, and women want to f*#k him.” Chris Hodapp and Mark Koltko-Rivera both broke the […]
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Seeking Answers, Hearing Consequences
Most of us have a Mentor/Confessor, somebody special and trustworthy we go to when things don’t make sense or problems ensue. I have been in touch with mine quite often lately regarding the developments in Mainstream Masonry and the difficulties in reporting same. Grand Lodges are in a lot of trouble these days and Freemason […]
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Nebraska: A Predictable Masonic Mess
Looking at the Masonic mess in Nebraska certain questions come to mind, such as, “How did we get to this point in Freemasonry where something like this can so easily happen? “ A hundred years ago in the Craft would any of the participants acted in this manner? What is the difference between now and […]
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