Here is the answer to the previous puzzler. The Seven Liberal Arts were divided into the Trivium (“the three roads”) and the Quadrivium (“the four roads”). The Trivium (Masonically alludes to the three Principal Moral Virtues) and consists of: Grammar–Teaches a man the ability to speak and write truly Rhetoric— Teaches a man to speak fairly […]
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Masonic Trivia: Puzzle Number One
My Lodge, Pride of Mt. Pisgah #135, MWPHGLTX, is a small, low budget Lodge operating in simple surroundings. But don’t let that fool you. Serious and deep study of Masonry is going on among its members. Not only does Mt. Pisgah spend a great deal of time and effort in instructing its candidates but it […]
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Loss Of Tax Exempt Status Would Hurt American Freemasonry
The United States is still in the middle of the longest and deepest recession since the Depression of 1929. As unemployment seems to be stuck at close to 10% government tax revenues are down everywhere. The Federal government has borrowed some serious money from China. Some state governments are in serious trouble, teetering on the […]
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Part 3 – The Rule of Law Is Missing From Mainstream Masonry
Reviewing the manner in which Mike McCabe was treated and his Lodge was treated, it is quite evident that U.S. Mainstream Masonry has decided to rule and govern itself using a model which is a cross between the U.S. Army and the Vatican. Read part 1 and part 2 The Pope, or General or Grand […]
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Redefinition of the Ancient Landmarks of the Order, 1939
The topic comes from a link picked up in a message board on the ever swirling definition of Regularity between Masonic bodies. Setting aside the idea of Territorial Exclusivity prevalent in the U.S., the message board linked to an interesting inclusion to a Wikipedia entry on the European question of recognition and the 11 defined […]
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The Boy Scouts of America in three parts:Part I – Being a Boy Scout | Part II – Origins | Part III – Organization There are many stories about how the Boy Scouts came into existence: Unknown Scouts on foggy London streets, clubs organized for wayward boys, or alternative organizations to an increasingly urbanized way […]
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Awhile back the Mainstream Grand Master of Arkansas visited the Grand Session of Arizona. However, he refused to attend any of the ceremonies or meetings of the Grand Session because there were Black PHA Masons present in a tyled Lodge. He only attended the Grand Session dinner because it was not a tyled session. Arkansas […]
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Playing by the Rules
Whether in business or a nonprofit organization there will be instances where you will inevitably be warned to “play by the rules.” I have heard this in just about every company I’ve consulted with, as well as the many different nonprofit organizations I have participated in over the years. Basically, it is a thinly veiled […]
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Becoming a Dues Paying Mason
Throughout my entire experience in Freemasonry, I have wondered what can be done to bring those Freemasons that do not attend lodge meetings back into our temples. I found these dues-paying Masons to be a frustrating breed. They must believe that being a Freemason is important enough to continually make a monetary payment to their […]
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American Scottish Rite – Unexpressed Potential?
By Bro. C.G. 32nd Scottish Rite Mason, Valley of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA I have often wondered the reasons why the Scottish Rite, one of the most complex, complete and fascinating initiatic systems of the Western tradition, is often compressed in a single two- or three day-Reunion in all, or most, to the best of […]
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