The first issue of The Texas Prince Hall Freemason is out and it is impressive. Grand Editor Brother Burrell D. Parmer deserves much credit for putting together a great mix of wonderful pictures and great stories. The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas used to have a publication of the printed variety as many other […]
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The Bordeaux Conference
The latest issue of Freemasonry Today, the official journal of the United Grand Lodge of England, contains an article on the Bordeaux Conference. This was a three day gathering at the University of Bordeaux III and the Museum of Aquitaine in Bordeaux held in July of this year. The theme of the conference was Women […]
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Answers To Puzzler #6 and the Presentation Of Puzzler #7
Here are the answers to Puzzler #6 1. Deuteronomy 23:21-23; Ecclesiastes 5:4-5; Numbers 30:2 are reminders of the seriousness of the obligation (vow) that we made (multiple times in each degree of our Masonic journey), not only to each other but to the fraternity, in the presence of the GAOTU. Before we violate our oaths, […]
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Here are my answers to puzzler 5 1) Where was GM Hiram Abiff from (his land of origin)? – He came from Tyre whether from Napthali/Dan is still debated. Modern Tyre lies in Lebanon, near its southern border, and forms the country’s fourth-largest city. He was the “master workman” whom King Hiram of Tyre sent to […]
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Answer To Puzzler #4 and the Presentation Of Puzzler #5
I will say that you will all know what an eavesdropper is by now, so I won’t spend any time on this, let’s just concentrate on the word cowan for this discussion. From the affair of Jephthah, an Ephraimite was termed a cowan. Cowan comes from the Hebrew and Egyptian word, cohen which was the […]
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1 Kings 6:7 – In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built. Some metallic substance is demanded after we were taught to wear our clothes, but we had not…(I won’t go into […]
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The origin of the word is a Greek translation of Latin and it does reference exactly what you pointed out (that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens). First degree is also right, but wherein does the answer lie my brother? Acheiropoieta also called “Icons Not Made by Hand” are a particular kind of icon […]
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Here is the answer to the previous puzzler. The Seven Liberal Arts were divided into the Trivium (“the three roads”) and the Quadrivium (“the four roads”). The Trivium (Masonically alludes to the three Principal Moral Virtues) and consists of: Grammar–Teaches a man the ability to speak and write truly Rhetoric— Teaches a man to speak fairly […]
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My Lodge, Pride of Mt. Pisgah #135, MWPHGLTX, is a small, low budget Lodge operating in simple surroundings. But don’t let that fool you. Serious and deep study of Masonry is going on among its members. Not only does Mt. Pisgah spend a great deal of time and effort in instructing its candidates but it […]
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Loss Of Tax Exempt Status Would Hurt American Freemasonry
The United States is still in the middle of the longest and deepest recession since the Depression of 1929. As unemployment seems to be stuck at close to 10% government tax revenues are down everywhere. The Federal government has borrowed some serious money from China. Some state governments are in serious trouble, teetering on the […]
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