This should be filed under the material culture of Freemasonry, the validity of which is open to interpretation. Yet, the video illustrates the story itself. The footage comes from the Usain Bolt’s DJ Challenge channel on YouTube within which the Olympic medalist talks about his love of music from a 2010 spot for the 2010 […]
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The Good Neighbor
BRYCE ON OUR CHANGING WORLD – The joy and benefits of a little cooperation. Every now and then I take an elderly friend home from my Masonic lodge (I’ll pick them up as well). If they need help getting into the house, I do so. If I am just dropping them off, I make sure […]
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An injury to one is an injury to all
On Saturday, August 4th, Grand Master Jerry Sears of the Mt Olive Grand Lodge Ancient York Masons was shot and killed in the front of the Grand Lodge building. His murder came just hours before the start of a convention of Masons that Sears himself had organized for his grand Lodge organization. The first glimpse […]
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Tim’s Travel Planning Checklist
BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT – Don’t leave home without it. Travel used to be fun and carefree; you grabbed your tickets, got on the airplane and off you went. Thanks to terrorists though, the TSA, and the dangerous world we now live in, it has become quite complicated. I have done my fair share of traveling […]
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GM Joseph Warren Offered A Masonic Warrant To Prince Hall
A recent story in the Scottish Rite Research bulletin newsletter, “The Plumbline,” titled “A Scottish Lodge in the Grand Jurisdiction of Massachusetts” intrigued me. Written by old friend Michael Kaulback and Richard Van Doren it chronicles the early growth of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts with a heavy concentration on Saint Andrews Lodge. Saint Andrews […]
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The Personification Of A Mason
Here is something to frame and hang on your wall nearby where you can glance at it now and then. This excerpt is taken from the Address to the brethren given very close to the end of the installation of the officers of a lodge according to the “English” or British Columbia “Canadian Work” It […]
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Why I Am A Mason – Mouth To Ear
Brother Ernest Borgnine passed away on July 8, 2012 at the age of 95. He was raised in Abingdon Lodge #48, Grand Lodge of Virginia in 1950. Here in his own words are his thoughts on Freemasonry. WHY I AM A MASON – MOUTH TO EAR By Brother Ernest Borgnine, 33˚ Member of Abingdon Lodge […]
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Producing Newsletters: Beware of the Birdcage
– Writing newsletters that will be read as opposed to discarded. As I have been involved with a variety of nonprofit organizations over the years, I am often saddled with the task of producing the group’s newsletter. Maybe it’s because I know how to string a few words together and have worked with computers for […]
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A Young Mason’s Journey To Find, The Making Of A Good Man Better
Today’s guest writer, Canadian Brother Mark Kapitan, comes to us by way of Canadian Brother Wayne Anderson’s weekly Masonic newsletter. Anderson publishes a new or old-from-the-Masters article each week and forwards it to everybody on his list. Topics cover a wide variety of issues and interests but they are always Masonic. If you would like […]
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Masonic Censorship
GRAND MASTER’S EDICT ANNOUNCED AT THE GRAND COMMUNICATION – 13th JUNE, 2012 Edict From Masonic Grand Lodge of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory On 12 May 2010 the Board of Management passed a resolution stating the principles governing esoteric research. These principles are central to the practice of Regular Freemasonry. In order that there […]
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