The following is from a comment posted by Brother Charles M. Harper Sr. on the post Bar Sinister Clandestine Hazing. Upon receiving it, I thought it warranted its own post given the depth to which he explored his ideas. The context to the piece comes as an explanation for why the petition is necessary in […]
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Bar Sinister Clandestine Hazing
Chris Hodapp posted today about a petition to prevent (prohibit, bar, ban, make illegal by presidential power?) clandestine Grand Lodges. Note – the post is now archived. The text of the petition, which you can read at petitions.whitehouse.gov, says: Grand Lodges of Freemasons began in 1717, in London, England. All Grand Lodges in the world […]
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The Life Lessons Of Right Eminent Grand Commander Sir Ronald D. Gerac
Sir Ronald D. Gerac, M.Ed. Right Eminent Grand Commander Lone Star Grand Commandery Order of the Knights Templar, Prince Hall Texas is a Freemason of preeminence. You perhaps have heard the saying used in advertisement, “When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen.” Well when EGC Gerac talks, Freemasons listen – intently. Gerac is that kind of […]
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A Fraternity Who Helped Found This Nation
HAPPY JULY 4th – INDEPENDENCE DAY THE BEDFORD FLAG From the Bedford Massachusetts website: A colonial militia flag preserved in the Bedford Free Public Library, Bedford, Massachusetts THE BEDFORD FLAG The Bedford Flag is the oldest complete flag known to exist in the United States. It is celebrated as the flag carried by the Bedford […]
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Amity or Recognition
Prince Hall Freemasonry, traditionally called “Black” Freemasonry by some, is of direct lineage from the Grand Lodge of England (1717). The Lodge that Prince Hall and the 14 others were made a Mason in was Lodge No. 441under the Irish Constitution. 1784 is the year that Bro. Hall requested and received a charter from the […]
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BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT – Is it as easy as one, two, three? I have always contended leadership is an essential trait to become an effective manager. Whenever I mention this, many people disagree and claim it has nothing to with management whatsoever, which is perceived as nothing more than overseeing the activities of others. In […]
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Grand Historian Walter H. Hunt Commemorates The Battle Of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775
On June 17, 1775 some 2000+ British troops commanded by General Thomas Gage stormed Breed’s Hill where the rebels were encamped. Among subsequent charges up the hill that day Dr. Joseph Warren, Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and a Major General was slain. This was a great loss for the Grand […]
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Keeping Masonry on the Path
A Masonic Perspective Esoteric, Spiritual and Religious Traditions all around the world have referred to their teachings, methods and attitudes as “the Path”. The word “Path” implies action, movement, and an eventually destination. It presumes that willful action must take place before completely understanding the doctrines of the Path. It implies development and change, and seems […]
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The Golden Fleece
Masonic tradition informs us that the lamb skin apron is more ancient than the Golden Fleece. Ancient being the operative word, just what exactly does that implication imply and how is the Golden Fleece remembered in more contemporary times as it may relate to the apron given to the newly raised entered apprentice? In Greek […]
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Suriya and the Light of Freemasonry
This short piece comes from Sanjay Mandaiker on the heels of recent editorials on the differences and disputes between Freemasonry and Catholicism. From those differences, he suggests another path of discovery and consideration from a far off tradition for most in Freemasonry. I have noticed that some of our Brethren are not at ease with […]
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