by Br. John Nagy If you’re old to Masonic Education you know that, for the most part, “average formal Grand Lodge backed” Masonic Education programs exist today as: Memorizing Degree Catechism Learning Ritual and floor work Reviewing the Digest of Law and taking exams based on it Reading Pamphlets Perusing Degree Handbooks Following Officer Manuals […]
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The occasional and guest contributions from our friends in Freemasonry.
Freemasonry – Know Thyself
By Martin Faulks Why did an organization founded in the Goose and Gridiron Tavern in St. Paul’s Churchyard in 1717, go on to spread over the entire face of the habitable earth, and become the largest fraternal society in the history of mankind? And why is Freemasonry dying, in England, the place of its birth? Freemasonry is […]
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The Death of Freemasonry
Freemasonry will never be extinguished by outside forces. Tyrants, religious zealots, conspiracy theorists, and the jealous have attempted to stamp out the oldest fraternity and have repeatedly failed. At times the Society of Freemasons has gone into ultra-secret mode when faced with attack and this simple defensive mechanism enabled it to survive until the storm […]
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Euna Stubbs’ Meatloaf
Someone check the Old charges and see if they require us to use paper plates. I’m just back from looking at them and I don’t find any reference, so I thought perhaps I would draft my own. III. Of LODGES (Amended 2009). A LODGE is a place where Masons assemble and work: Hence that Assembly, […]
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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 […]
Continue readingUpon Attaining Middle Age: Wilmhurst, Masonry and the Man-Boat
In fact Masons love Lincolns – and none of this Navigator crap, either – I’m talking Lincoln Town Cars, and they love them for a number of very definite reasons.
Continue readingTeachings of Diogenes-Lesson 1 Emptiness
Diogenes (c. 412- c. 323 B.C ) was a very playful philosopher who liked to use great wit when challenging the values and beliefs of his fellow citizens in ancient Athens. He lived in great poverty, probably begging and stealing his food, and steadfastly disdained all forms of luxury. It was because of his determination to […]
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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 […]
Continue readingThe Uses of Ritual and Symbolism
Our age glories in skepticism and high technology. Science explores every corner of the universe, from the infinitesimal level of subatomic particles to that of the millions of galaxies spreading in an ever expanding universe, overwhelming us with an endless flood of new facts, while imagination is banished to the sidelines of fiction, and faith […]
Continue readingW.Bro. S. Brent Morris – on Masonic Central
W. Br. S. Brent Morris – Sunday, November 9, 2008 Editor of “The Scottish Rite Journal” and the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Freemasonry. S. Brent Morris, joined the Masonic Central podcast where he discussed the importance of the Scottish Rite in the 21st Century, the differences/similarities between the Scottish Rite and the […]
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