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A Fresh Perspective of Freemasonry from a Grand Master
Pursuant to my recent article titled, “Has Freemasonry Lost its Luster?“, I received several comments regarding the piece, including one from Brother Jacques Huyghebaert, PGM from the Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic. He liked my article and shared with me his outgoing Annual Report & Valedictory Address as Grand Master, a very illuminating read. […]
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Interview With Masonic Author Frederic Milliken, His Life And Times and Texas’ New Intervisitation
I recently had the pleasure to interview one of Phoenixmasonry’s own, Bro. Frederic Millken, Executive Director for the Phoenixmasonry Masonic Museum and Library. Frederic is a prominent and hard working Masonic author. The reason for the interview, however, was the recent intervisitation between the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas and the Grand […]
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The Petition Against Clandestine Freemasonry
The following is from a comment posted by Brother Charles M. Harper Sr. on the post Bar Sinister Clandestine Hazing. Upon receiving it, I thought it warranted its own post given the depth to which he explored his ideas. The context to the piece comes as an explanation for why the petition is necessary in […]
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Bar Sinister Clandestine Hazing
Chris Hodapp posted today about a petition to prevent (prohibit, bar, ban, make illegal by presidential power?) clandestine Grand Lodges. Note – the post is now archived. The text of the petition, which you can read at petitions.whitehouse.gov, says: Grand Lodges of Freemasons began in 1717, in London, England. All Grand Lodges in the world […]
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What Makes A Leader
Some people attain the level of leadership just because they have been around a long time. Some people get to be “head honcho” because they are everybody’s friend and nobody’s enemy. Still others have risen to the top through wheeling and dealing and doing favors expecting favors in return. Such leaders, after attaining power, rarely […]
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Grand Lodge Of New Jersey Destroys Another Great Masonic Career
The Grand Lodge of New Jersey is at it again. This time it has suspended well respected PDDGM Dennis R. Winter for correcting and disagreeing with Grand Lodge – essentially nothing. And at the same time it has refused to grant him a Masonic trial. This has become a common tactic of Napoleonic Grand Masters […]
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The Grand Master’s Rooftop Table Lodge
The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas recently held the Grand Master’s Table Lodge on an open air rooftop overlooking a view of downtown Dallas, Texas. The event was hosted by Metropolitan Lodge No. 146, Wor. Jerome D. Lacy presiding. The Table Lodge is a tyled Entered Apprentice Masons Lodge. It harkens back […]
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Arkansas Shriners No Longer Have To Be Master Masons
This action taken by Shrine International was not made in a vacuum. You will remember that The Grand Master of Arkansas, as the result of a petty squabble, banned all Masons from being Shrine members. “As a result of all of the foregoing the Grand Master adopted his “scorched earth” policy against Shriners in Arkansas […]
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KKK’s Influence On American Mainstream Freemasonry
I ran across recently an article written about Freemasonry and the Ku Klux Klan in Florida. It’s an interesting article and I will reprint it below with the author’s permission. It follows up on an article I posted Here on The Knights Of The Golden Circle. Be sure to link onto the author’s link to Knights Of […]
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