James Tyroff is a Georgia Mason who was one of the members of the Grand Lodge of Georgia who preferred charges against Gate City Lodge No. 2 in 2009 for admitting a Black African-American Mason to their Lodge. The same Black African American, Victor Marshall, who was just blackballed twice by the Atlanta Scottish Rite. […]
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Georgia SR 27th Degree Master Demits In Disgust
The Master of the 27th degree immediately demitted from the Scottish Rite before the Atlanta Session had concluded causing the degree to be canceled. He cited the refusal of the Scottish Rite to admit an African American Master Mason for the second time for his reason, saying that he is taking a stand against bigotry. Some […]
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Georgia Black Mainstream Mason Is Black Balled Again For The Second Time In His Masonic Journey
Sometimes lightening strikes twice – to the same spot. When it does you know that either God is in control or the fix is in. In the case of Gate City Lodge #2, Atlanta, Georgia it is definitely the latter. You might remember the articles The Beehive published in 2009 – My Brother’s Keeper, Open […]
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Paranormal Activity 3 and the Masonic Nexus
It’s Halloween, time for spooky movies, and the new film Paranormal Activity 3 does a terrific job in delivering the spooktacular. If you haven’t followed the series, Paranormal Activity 3 is actually the first story installment of the trilogy giving us the foundation of its Paranormal predecessors. I won’t give away the plot (big house, […]
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Is it time for some national unity among Masons?
Recently, I attended an Entered Apprentice degree at a local lodge here in Kansas and was allowed to assist in conducting one of the candidates through the degree. It was an experience that I greatly appreciated and enjoyed. Degree work has been my favorite part of being a Freemason since I was raised to the […]
Continue readingPhylaxis Society Honors Nelson King
The Phylaxis Society just published its magazine totally dedicated to Nelson King. It is all King, nothing but King, every page. I don’t know how the other two Societies, The Philalethes Society, of which King was a past President and editor of its publication, and The Masonic Society, of which he also was a member, […]
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When Is It Necessary To Change?
Among the nonprofit organizations I belong to, there is one where I serve as secretary of the local branch. Like any nonprofit, there are records to be maintained, dues notices to be issued, reports to be filed with headquarters, minutes to be taken, and different mailings made to the membership. It’s not exactly rocket science. […]
Continue readingSymposium on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism – CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS – Symposium on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism, deadline December 15, 2011. National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Massachusetts Perspectives on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism Saturday, April 7, 2012 The National Heritage Museum announces a call for papers for its biannual symposium, “Perspectives on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism,” to be held on Saturday, April 7, […]
Continue readingMasonic Holidays
Collected here are notable dates to those in the history of Freemasonry and founding dates of particular aspects of the craft. If you know of a particular date that’s not on the list, drop it in the comments, and it will be added to the roll. Unlike national holidays or religious observance holidays, these may […]
Continue readingThe 30 Greatest Conspiracy Theories Of All Time
The UK Telegraph has posted an article listing the 30 Greatest Conspiracy Theories, I gather, in order of their popularity or ranking. Part 1 is here and Part 2 here. We will publish the list but for the detailed explanations that go with them you will need to visit the original Telegraph websites. While most […]
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