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Lets Try Freemasonry

“Are there not too many well-meaning Brethren who are working overtime to make Freemasonry something other than Freemasonry” In all the land there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. The Masonic Gimmick Manufacturing Company Unlimited is working overtime...

Let’s Ask ChatGPT to explain Freemasonry

I read this interesting post on a Facebook masonic private group, posted by a local brethren, a fascinating concept to test an Ai system and would it respond with known published facts, or show a bias to the conspiracy world?...

Lesser Lights

The LESSER LIGHTS By M.W. Bro. James S. Hogg, P.G.M., G.L.B.C. Vancouver and Quadra Lodge No.2 (1980) When an initiate is first brought to light in a Masonic Lodge, the radiance comes from the three Lesser lights, which form a...

Language of the Heart

LANGUAGE OF THE HEART FREEMASONRY TEACHES BY SYMBOLS! The following Masonic Short Talk was taken from the website & has comment added by V.W.Bro. Norman McEvoy in July 2014    http://www.acgl.us/index.php/shorttalks Why should Freemasonry express Immortality with Acacia, Brotherly Love with...

King Solomon’s Temple & Freemsonry

KING SOLOMONS TEMPLE AND FREEMASONRY by Joseph C. Richmond Presented to Pythagoras Lodge of Research, FAAM., Washington, D.C. (date unknown) shared with Victoria Lodge of Education & Research 1977-4 and adapted for this presentation by V.W. Bro. Norman McEvoy Past...

Justice & Deacons Wands

Justice Freemason’s Guide and Compendium Bernard E, Jones Page 290 The balance is the symbol of Justice and impartiality, and the figure...

Jacob’s Ladder & The Old Masters Wages

Taken from “Symbolism in Craft Freemasonry" written by Colin Dyer, In this issue I will be sharing with you selected sections of his presentation on Jacob’s Ladder which of course has much to do with the use of Numbers and...

Jacob’s Ladder

Jacob’s Ladder As we are aware this symbol is displayed on the Tracing Board in the Entered Apprentice Degree and history tells us that the first publication was that of a certificate which came into use in 1819. The certificate...

Jacob’s Ladder

Presented by, Bro. D. Hazelwood-Zion Lodge No. 77 Masonic Bulletin, BCY-April 1938 On a tracing board, bearing the date of 1776, we see the first authentic record of the use of Jacob's ladder in Masonry.  Unlike the ladder found in...

It’s the Rite Time for Change

written by: William Herbert "Skip" Boyer, 32° Business as usual, especially for organizations such as ours, is not only unacceptable, it is suicidal. At this 2002 Scottish Rite Leadership Conference, I am reminded of Bro. Mark Twain at the celebration...

It’s What you Scatter

IT’S WHAT YOU SCATTER I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes... I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily appraising a basket of freshly picked green peas. I paid for...

Is Freemasonry A Total Moral Philosophy?

Is Freemasonry a Total Moral Philosophy? What is Behind the Anomalies in our Second Tracing Board Lecture By R.W.Bro JDF Black PDGM (UGLV) What should we do about the errors of fact in our ritual? There are so many of...