The Grand Lodge of Arizona is the next stop on our tour of American Grand Lodges. Arizona Masonic membership: 9,900 – 2006 9,642 – 2007 gain/loss – -258 data from MSANA State population – 6,338,755 as of 2007 (estimated), About the Grand Lodge: The Grand Lodge of Arizona does not have a listing on Wikipedia. […]
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The Only Viable Option
Is the Shrine leaving the hospital business? Its a possibility according to Ralph Semb, chief executive officer of Shriners Hospitals for Children in an article by the AP out of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Speaking on the shrinking revenue and increased costs: “Unless we do something, the clock is ticking and within five to seven years […]
Continue readingMartin Faulks of Lewis Masonic
This week on Masonic Central, we have the chance to talk to Martin Faulks who is the colorful and vibrant marketing director of Lewis Masonic publishing. Join us as we welcome him to the program to talk about the Masonic publishing business (and Lewis Masonic), English Masonry, his work with Lewis and the art of […]
Continue readingA Handbook for the Freemason’s Wife
Seldom does a diminutive book deliver on the promise that it makes. More often than not, the reader is left wanting more. But this time, that’s not the case, and the A Handbook for The Freemason’s Wife delivers exactly the right dose of information to answer almost every question that the spouse or partner of […]
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Br. Peter Millheiser Editor of the Hibiscus Masonic Review
In this episode, we speak with Br. Peter Millheiser, who is the editor of the Hibiscus Masonic Review Journal, which is a publication of Hibiscus Masonic Lodge N. 275, in Coral Gables, under the Grand Lodge of Florida. In the conversation, we will talk about the journal, how it came to be published, why it […]
Continue readingThe Grand Lodge website of Alabama.
The Grand Lodge of Alabama is the first stop on the tour of American Grand Lodges. Alabama Masonic membership:30,952 – 200629,775 – 2007gain/loss – 1,177data from MSANA State population – 4,627,851 as of 2007, About the Grand Lodge: Founded June 11, 1821, previous charters in the state had been issued by the grand Lodges of […]
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England Around 1717
The Foundation of the First Grand Lodge in Context It is difficult to imagine the way of life of our early Masonic ancestors. It is equally difficult to understand the social milieu in which the founders of the premier Grand Lodge acted, but such understanding is essential if we want to understand the motives that […]
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Famous or anti-famous?
I want to gush a little. I got my first piece of Anti-Masonic fan mail today, and what made it all the better, it came in a plain white envelope, wrapped in a plain piece of white notebook paper, with only a three initials, and a P.O. Box from Northern California. The intiails were J.S.W. […]
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Masonic Historian Margaret C. Jacob
In this episode of Masonic Central, recorded on March 15, 2009, UCLA Professor Margaret C. Jacob explors with us how she became the eminent scholar of Freemasonry that she is today. In that conversation, we look behind the veil of time to learn from her about the early origins of the craft, its present, and […]
Continue readingWhy Mormon’s build (re-build Solomon’s) Temples
There has yet to be a significant analysis from a Mormon practitioner on the links between Freemasonry and and the Latter Day Saints. I’m hoping one is soon to come, but as with any research, its a long road. Brigham Young and Joseph Smith (as well as Lorenzo Snow, John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff) not […]
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