Raised to a Master Mason in 1908, at Harmony Lodge No. 17 in Washington, DC, Carl H. Claudy served as the Master and eventually as Grand Master of Masons in 1943. He served as the executive secretary of the Masonic Service Association in 1929 holding the position until his death in 1957 claiming authorship of […]
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Seeing Ghosts in Lodge After a Long Time Away
After returning to my home lodge after a long absence I can only reflect on the changes in Freemasonry over the years, lamenting the shift from meaningful fraternity to a good old boys club.
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Re-Engaging Freemasonry During COVID-19
What does a membership organization that thrives on meeting do when it can’t meet? Freemasonry is facing its biggest threat to date: COVID-19. How it handles itself in the middle of the pandemic will dictate how it fares once the pandemic is over.
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Freemasonry after COVID
This question started as one of those silent moment thoughts: What will Freemasonry look like after COVID-19? The easy answer is that Freemasonry will go on business as usual. Monthly stated meetings, degree evenings, appendant body meetings and the bi-annual festive board. The question is, will members be willing to return given the breadth of […]
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How to Join the Order of the Eastern Star
The Order of the Eastern Star is a fascinating and historically rich organization that offers individuals the opportunity to engage in fellowship, personal growth, and community service. With its deep roots in Freemasonry and a commitment to charity, the Eastern Star has attracted individuals seeking a sense of belonging and purpose. If you’re interested in […]
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Masonic Square Club, Freemasonry in Vietnam-1969
The following is a remembrance sent in by Archibald A. H. Crawford. Arch was raised in New York in 1964 and spent several years around the lodge taking his passion for the fraternity on a deployment to East Asia. His remembrance serves to memorialize his time there and capture the memory of his labor for […]
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The Light of Reason
A Sojourner’s post by Carlos Francisco Ortiz, Equality No. 88 and Lodge Fraternal Action No. 42 under the Grand Lodge of Chile. “Cogito ergo sum” Rene Descartes How does man think to himself and think of the universe, when you try to answer, between dogma and reason, the crucial questions of human existence? Let’s think […]
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Whence came the Moral Law in Freemasonry?
The Moral Law is a foundational aspect of the Fraternity if Freemasonry. Anderson uses the phrase in his Constitution of 1723 without any explanation of what exactly he means in his phrasing of it. And, increasingly, it is being used as a de facto totem of decision making in violation of litigation and jurisdictional disputes. But […]
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There is a hot new book out here on the Prince Hall scene, THE LOST EMPIRE, Black Freemasonry In The Old West (1867-1906) by Brother James R. Morgan III. This book tells the history of African American Freemasonry in the Old West as seen through the lens of Captain William D. Matthews and the King […]
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Charity in Freemasonry
In this final installment of the Faith Hope and Charity series, we consider the symbolism of charity, or perhaps better called love. It is this attribute that allows the fraternity to “find in every clime a brother, and in every land a home,” the subtext of which Mackey defines in his text from his Encyclopedia […]
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