The Educator Papers – Archive

To the Reader Over the past  10 years I have created a Chronological History of Freemasonry & Related Events utilizing any and all material that has come to my attention & I felt relevant to my purpose. The plan was...

 “ CHRISTMAS STORY – 2016 “  Once again we arrive at the month of December and sadly enough discover the repeated call of divers groups to dismantle the Story of Christmas and any associated considerations which maybe discovered supporting it...

Choose the Happier Thought The next time you're faced with a challenging situation that gives rise to negative thoughts and bad feelings, find an equally true thought about the situation that makes you feel better and lean into it. This...

CHOICES READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN. THEN CHOOSE. John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how...

The Chisel, whose principal characteristics(so says our Ritual), are its smallness and its sharpness; what gift at our birth can we think of as corresponding in its nature to the “diminutive implement of exquisite temper”? Our Ritual itself supplies the answer-Perseverance, that...

A Charge for the Festival of St John copied from The Spirit of Masonry by William Hutchinson (1775) In that the Celebration of the Festival of St John is on June 24th of each year, it makes this sharing very...

CHARACTER by R.W.Bro. J.R. (Jim) Crawford Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of Alberta, A.F. & A.M.    Grand Master 1992. "Character", the topic of my address, is really the fabric of which our whole Masonic Fraternity is built. We are all...

 CHARACTER by R.W.Bro. J.R. (Jim) Crawford Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of Alberta, A.F. & A.M. (Canada)  "Character", the topic of my address, is really the fabric of which our whole Masonic Fraternity is built. We are all aware that...

The Challenges of Masonry in the 21st Century An article presented by Thomas. W Jackson to the Third International Conference of Masonology, held in Izmir Turkey, April 12, 2013 and shared in the Spring 2013 Edition of the Philalethes Magazine...

CEREMONIAL PREPARATION ORIGINS OF THE RITE Ceremonial preparation is an ancient rite that has its origins shrouded in the mists of time. In every period, from the primeval ages of the most primitive races to this modern era of diverse...

“ The interior of a Freemason’s Lodge is composed of Ornaments, Furniture and Jewels. The Ornaments of the Lodge are the Mosaic pavement, The Blazing Star, and the Indented of Tesselated Border; the Mosaic pavement is the beautiful flooring of...

No Charge for Love A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the four pups, and set about nailing it to the post at the end of his yard. As he was driving the last nail...