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Supply Side Versus Vulture Freemasonry
Reflecting on the last few years in Freemasonry, I have been remembering what a friend of mine always said, “Nobody knows who we are anymore.” This was always followed by an intense debate over modern Freemasonry’s use of Institutionalized charity to solve that problem. He thought all the charity work was great and just the […]
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On Holy Ground – A Review
If you are a traditional Mainstream or Prince Hall Mason, hereafter referred to as a Malecraft Mason, then you probably have the perception that a woman in Masonry is a member of the Eastern Star or Heroines of Jericho. You would be wrong. Co-Masonry, as Kidd tells us, started with the making a Mason of […]
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Mumbai Indian Freemason Visits Prince Hall Boston Lodge
Stories of Prince Hall & Mainstream interaction are popping out everywhere. And the beautiful aspect of it all is that there is great appreciation and joy at this intermingling. Brotherly love and affection prevail and every moral and social virtue cements Brothers of different traditions. The Beehive reported recently the story of the Mainstream Grand […]
Continue readingVictor Marshall and Zeithlin Waters are Capped at Scottish Rite
Some old time Masons are learning the hard way that in 2011 we are very much in the Information Age. The ability to take hurtful action and have nobody else notice is long gone. “Public Opinion,” that is the exposure that Freemason Information offered in this case and the resulting reaction by Masons across this great […]
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The Extraordinary Catalog Of Peculiar Inventions – A Review
Every once in awhile you come across a book that is so out of the ordinary, in the subject field that your are studying, that it intrigues your fancy. Such is the book that Julia Suits has written about fraternal society initiation equipment. And equipment in this context covers a lot of ground. The title […]
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The Flesh Dies Alone
The Flesh Dies Alone By Ezekiel M. Bey, FPS As I sat by the window looking up on high Trying to see the figures in the darken skies My imagination creating forms of pleasure As the clouds moved east, geometric measures Now the clouds got thick, heavy they became when the winds picked up, followed […]
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The Book Of Fate
I just completed a week’s vacation where I did what I love to do most. And that is lay back and put my feet up with a good “escape” book. No heavy reading allowed on vacation. My favorite “get away from it all,” fiction fantasy escape is a good murder mystery. I am addicted to […]
Continue readingI’ve Walked With Friends
I’ve Walked With Friends A Masonic poem by Ezekiel M. Bey, FPS What’s a companion, What is a Friend What’s the beginning, what is the end What is the answer, to every question What is the moral to every lesson How can we fall, not knowing all Why do we think, we know it all Foolish […]
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Vexillology
I had to look up the word “vexillology” in the dictionary the other day. I found out that it is the study of flags. Merriam-Webster told me that but I confirmed the definition also with britannica who added this interesting information. The colours and designs of national flags are usually not arbitrarily selected but rather […]
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