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 […]
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Why 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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Dr. Margaret Jacob on Masonic Central
Some say that history is written by the victors. Triumphs are in fact triumphant, and losses are only momentary set backs in a progressive path to the eventual story that you read in the history books. But at times some histories run concurrently with others, and that there isn’t really a victor or vanquished, but […]
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Two publications Every Mason should pick up!
Two publications that I happened upon today (one that landed in my mailbox and the other that landed in my cart). The first happens to be a Masonic publication from The Masonic Society, aptly called The Journal of the Masonic Society, issue No. 2. You may recognize the cover, I know it’s familiar to me. This […]
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Br. W. Kirk MacNulty
Join us for this episode from March 8, 2009, as Greg and Dean are joined W. Kirk MacNulty, who is an exceptional Freemason and author of several books on the fraternity. A longtime Freemason, MacNulty brings a special understanding of Freemasonry delving into the esoteric and deeper “mystical” underpinnings of the craft. In this conversation […]
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Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs author of Builders of Empire
How influential was Freemasonry to the growing British Empire of the 18th Century? In this podcast we delve into the subject matter with Professor Jessica Harlan-Jacobs who is the author of Builders of Empire: Freemasons and British Imperialism, 1717-1927. This book, while not an exotic expose of the mysterious secrets of the ancient fraternity, it […]
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