The immense silence you hear from Georgia these days is the result of the charges being dropped against the Worshipful Master for admitting a non White but it is still not clear to me whether charges still remain against the Lodge. The charges were dropped because of the intercession of a Brother outside the jurisdiction […]
Continue readingCategory Archives: The Bee Hive
Posts by Frederic L. Milliken – Through the beehive, Fred brings inspiring, provocative, and controversial posts sure to make you think. In his posts, The Beehive is a place of sharing Brotherly Love, Affection and to approach the controversial with the motto “Damn the torpedoes, full Speed ahead!”
More Peach Publicity – The Gates Are Open
I have been saying for years that if we don’t police ourselves, Freemasonry will wake up some day and find some national print media will sensationalize a provocative, blaring story on the Black discrimination in the Craft and it will wish it had done something about it before hand. That time is now upon us. […]
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Georgia News, Georgia Blues
Late breaking news from the Georgia situation proves that this controversy will not be quietly fading into oblivion. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has picked up the story and it’s only a matter of time before other papers and media also latch onto it. In a show of solidarity Mt. Rushmore Lodge #220 of the Grand […]
Continue reading2009 Prince Hall Texas Grand Lodge Session
I always enjoy attending Grand Lodge Session at The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas. We meet twice per year, a four day session in the summer and a two day gathering in the winter. This year the summer session ran from Thursday June 25th through Sunday June 28th. I was only able […]
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Grand Master Wilbert M. Curtis
The Honorable Wilbert M. Curtis, Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas, is the type of person not usually found in the Grand East. He is not loud or flamboyant or a braggadocio. He is a quiet, gentle man who leads his Grand Lodge with kindness and thoughtfulness. Oh, don’t get me […]
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Prince Hall Texas Installation
The Prince Hall Family not only gathers at the same time, celebrates together but also holds their Installations together. The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas, Heroines of Jericho, PHA Affiliated, Texas and Eastern Star, PHA Affiliated, Texas all gather in one room where a public Installation for all three is held. Officiating at this […]
Continue readingGeorgia: Not Such A Peachy Masonic State
“African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow laws – long after both systems were formally abolished – through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty.” Senate Resolution Apologizing For slavery passed 6/18/09 Pretty near 50 years ago Martin Luther King marched […]
Continue readingThe Origins of Freemasonry & Revolutionary Brotherhood
I have never reviewed two books together before but there is a good reason for doing so. “The Origins of Freemasonry: Facts and Fictions“ by Margaret C. Jacob and “Revolutionary Brotherhood“ by Steven Bullock are both written by historians who are not Freemasons. They both write from the same point of view, that is they look at […]
Continue readingDon’t Be A Taliban Freemason
Stephen Dafoe’s There’s A Hole In Our Bucket article was a solid reinforcement analysis of what he and I and others have been writing about for some time now. American Freemasonry is like the NFL Indianapolis Colts until just recently. The Colts spent all their money on offense and not much on defense. Consequently they could […]
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Happy Anniversary Phoenixmasonry
Phoenixmasonry is a proactive approach to, and practice of, Freemasonry. The name Phoenixmasonry combines the symbolic spirit of rebirth and renewal associated with the ancient mythological bird the Phoenix with the ancient Craft knowledge of Masonry, hence the name Phoenixmasonry. Our Latin motto: Non Omnis Moriar. ”Not all of me shall die”. Here at Phoenixmasonry, […]
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