Thomas Jefferson had long desired to have the lands west of the Mississippi explored with the hopes of finding a waterway passage to the Pacific. The Lewis & Clark expedition was the brainchild and pet project of Jefferson. He plucked Meriwether Lewis from his staff and put him in charge of leading this exploration. Lewis […]
Continue readingYearly Archives: 2011
Those creepy hyper patriotic gatherings.
Gene Weingarten from the Washington Post seems to think that only “ladies who are direct descendants of Cotton Mather, or…secret Masonic initiation rites involving men wearing aprons” sing the second stanza of the Star Spangled Banner. It would be an interesting rant to rail on the guy for deciding to use Masonry in his description […]
Continue readingMinister Louis Farrakhan’s got a job for you.
Just a few words of “wisdom” from Minister Louis Farrakhan about Freemasonry. “What is the function of the Masons and Shriners today, now that the secret that you were hiding is out? Your function is to help me build what was in the nature of Hiram…” “Master the 360 degrees of knowledge, not just the […]
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A Friday Night To Remember
It was 4:30 PM on a Friday afternoon and I had already left the office to pick up my car in the underground garage. It was good to get away a little early as Fridays can be so hectic, everybody trying to wrap up all the loose ends so that Monday morning’s challenges contained no […]
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At The Crossroads Of The Many Paths of Freemasonry
Masonic Relevance In The 21st Century I am observing many Masonic friends these days going through some deep soul searching as they try to reconcile Freemasonry with their own personal goals and the legacy for society that they would eventually like to leave behind. Many of these soul searchers are Masonic writers or “communicators” of […]
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Brother Hando Nahkur Wins Record Of The Year In Europe
The Beehive did a story on classical pianist Brother Hando Nahkur in December. This talented Brother has just received notice that he has been awarded the record of the year in Germany for his CD DeusExClavier. Here is his press release: Hando Nahkur and his second CD “DeusExClavier” (released in 2010 by ERP – Estonian […]
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Discipline is Not Evil
In fact, it can produce some remarkable results.
Continue readingIt’s a connection to eternity
Great article in the Boston Phoenix on Freemasonry and the “all-seeing eye of rock and roll.” Below are just a few of the quotes The Masons of Amicable Lodge have tattoos curling out from under their button-down shirts. They wear giant rings and waist aprons that look like oversize satin envelopes. They wear ties and […]
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Demons and demagoguery
This tale starts in an email I received on Valentines Day. The email was a resignation, a coup de grâce on a loose affiliation based on a common passion about Freemasonry because of a personal (or privately cultivated) belief that this websites general quality was in deterioration. I can surmise that most who read this […]
Continue readingHealing The Hurt And Moving On
The Old Guard just doesn’t get it. The young Masons do. There is a cancer in Mainstream Masonry and it is in need of chemotherapy and radiation. The cancer is the capricious use of unbridled power by Grand Masters across the land. Oh, not all of them govern their Lodges in such a tyrannical manner […]
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