Freemasonry has historically resisted oppressive regimes, particularly fascism, by promoting Enlightenment values. Its survival today amidst rising authoritarianism hinges on adaptability, solidarity, and resilience against repression.
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Texas Masonicon
What is Texas Masonicon? Here is how they tell it: In their efforts to seek more light, the brethren of Fort Worth Lodge #148 began a tradition of bringing in guest speakers for Masonic educational talks. Talk after talk, our membership flourished and was enriched. After how much we have enjoyed the benefits of this […]
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Is 2b1ask1 Working?
The mechanism behind the aphorism simply implying that if someone wants to be a mason, they need to ask one. Short, simple, and to the point. The phrase encompasses the admonition that no Mason will (or can) ask someone to join or become one, because then the decision to join is solemn one—a turning point […]
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American Freemasonry – The Noble Goal
Historian Alain de Keghel talks about American Freemasonry as it relates to the rest of the world.
Continue readingSymposium on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism – CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS – Symposium on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism, deadline December 15, 2011. National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Massachusetts Perspectives on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism Saturday, April 7, 2012 The National Heritage Museum announces a call for papers for its biannual symposium, “Perspectives on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism,” to be held on Saturday, April 7, […]
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Harmon Weston over at the (now defunct) Blue Lite forum posted the following: Modern Freemasonry was born in an environment where the laws of Church and State overlapped significantly (and still do if you scratch them with a soft cloth). A group of free-thinkers got together in a pub and closed the door, not because […]
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