By Carlos Antonio Martinez, Jr., J.D., PH.D., M.A., 33º ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SYMBOLISM With respect to the term “Mysteries”, no semi-educated mind can doubt that Symbols (especially Masonic symbols) were the Universal Language of Ancient Theology. For the Tutors of the Ancient World – in likeness with Nature – imparted their teachings by way of sight. […]
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Br. Mark Allen Tabbert on the George Washington Memorial.
Join Masonic Central this Sunday, July 5th at 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT as we meet and talk to Br. Mark Tabbert, who is the Director of Collections at the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria Virginia. As we reflect on the celebration of our nations independence this weekend, where better to turn than the symbol […]
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The Origins of Freemasonry & Revolutionary Brotherhood
I have never reviewed two books together before but there is a good reason for doing so. “The Origins of Freemasonry: Facts and Fictions“ by Margaret C. Jacob and “Revolutionary Brotherhood“ by Steven Bullock are both written by historians who are not Freemasons. They both write from the same point of view, that is they look at […]
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In September of 1882, the Chicago-based National Christian Association unveiled a 35-foot tall monument to William Morgan in a cemetery in Batavia, New York, unveiling a new round of anti-Masonic feelings in the process.
Continue readingThe Restaurant at the End of the Masonic Universe
So there is this restaurant chain with locations throughout North America. Its slogan is a pretty catchy one and the chain’s management uses it on a daily basis to motivate staff and to recruit new patrons to the chain’s thousands of locations.
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Society vs. Sociological perceptions From the last installment, the point I wanted to build on was the item covered by Br. Dafoe’s article in the Masonic Journal and the missing membership. To touch on briefly what his article said, the most significant loss measured was in NPD’s and SNPD’s which made up the lion share […]
Continue readingIs the Age of Masonry Over?
Often I wonder if the era of Freemasonry is over. Not so much the physical age in years, but the age of its being. What I mean by that is the age of a Masonic existence in light of the age in which we live in today. The reason this seemed relevant to me was […]
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What Will Be Your Legacy?
This article comes from RWB Dean Behrens, Senior Grand Warden for the Grand Lodge of South Dakota. The article originally appeared in the Grand Lodge of South Dakota’s publication The Masonic Messenger. You can visit the Grand Lodge’s website here. What will be your legacy? Is it too soon, or too late, for any one […]
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Is CoMasonry the Antidote – Part 2
By Carlos Antonio Martinez, Jr., J.D., PH.D., M.A., 33º Read – Is CoMasonry the Antidote part 1 Read – Is CoMasonry the Antidote part 3 SPECULATIVE ERA 1. Alleged “Official Birth” in England Symbolic or “Speculative Masonry” began to gradually develop during the XVI and XVII in Europe, particularly – though not exclusively – in the kingdoms of England […]
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Is CoMasonry The Antidote? – Part 1
By Carlos Antonio Martinez, Jr., J.D., PH.D., M.A., 33º Read – Is CoMasonry the Antidote part 2 Read – Is CoMasonry the Antidote part 3 While listening to an alarming expose on the declining of membership of “Regular” American Masonry and its apparent inexorable demise, I could not help to wonder if that which has been prohibited, the admission […]
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