Recently, the Bee Hive attended a third degree ritual aboard the The Blue Ghost, an Essex class aircraft carrier out of Corpus Christi Bay in Texas. The event was hosted by Oso Naval Lodge No. 1282 at the Museum on the Bay on Saturday, September 10th, 2016. Master Mason’s Degree U.S.S. Lexington Known as “The Blue Ghost,” the […]
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Arkansas Prince Hall Grand Master Cleveland Wilson Takes The High Road
We don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people. ― Steve Goodier Life’s like the piano and the violin, it’s about how smart you could play the melodies to make a good harmony. ― Lucy ‘Aisy The lessons of life often […]
Continue readingGrand 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 […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue readingA Prince Hall Perspective On The Universalism Of Freemasonry Through Religious Toleration
The Beehive is proud to present an article from Brother Samuel L. Parker, Sr. of The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Of California. Prince Hall Freemasonry is blossoming with thinkers, writers and reformers who want to bring to the Fraternity an intellectual involvement that can only bring about a new renaissance. Brother Parker is […]
Continue readingOhio Brother Comments ON The Frank Haas Situation
Some facts about Haas Yes he was expelled. I have the edict in front of me. He was not afforded a Masonic trial again. Our Grand Master cites a section (27.01c) that does in fact say that the EA and the FC should not be re-conferred. Doesn’t say that they can’t just says they shouldn’t. […]
Continue readingMore Light On The Arkansas Shriner Purge
A big factor in this whole Arkansas Shrine affair has been overlooked by many. Potentate Buffington who was expelled from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas was not also expelled from the Shrine BECAUSE HE WAS STILL A MASON. He had dual membership also being a member of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. AND THE GRAND […]
Continue readingMainstream Dichotomy
The ramifications of the Florida Masonic religious ban reach far beyond the borders of Florida which we will point out momentarily. But first it is worthy to note that other gross violations of Masonic conduct by Florida Brethren have existed for years without any disapproval or reprimand outside the Sunshine State. For years I have […]
Continue readingThe Grand Lodge Of Arkansas Continues Its Masonic Purge
I know that many of you who read the first article on The Grand Lodge of Arkansas versus The Shrine are looking at what has taken place from a purely legalistic and Constitutional view. If a Master Mason has been expelled from his Grand Lodge and The Shrine refuses to expel him also, then The […]
Continue reading2 Down, 19,998 to go: FL Grand Master Quantifies the Purge
Corey Bryson who was forced into resigning from the Grand Lodge of Florida because of his Pagan/Deist religious beliefs has written some follow up information in the new blog he has started, Musings Of A Pagan Mason (the page has since been taken down). This sheds further light on how radical fundamentalist the Grand Master […]
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