The Educator Papers – Archive

“ Pendent to the corners of the Lodge are four Tassels, meant to remind us of the four cardinal virtues, namely, Temperance; Fortitude; Prudence & Justice, the whole of which, tradition informs us, were constantly practiced by a great number...

“ The Immovable Jewels are the Tracing Board, the Rough and Perfect Ashlars. The Tracing Board is for the Master to lay lines and draw designs on; the Rough Ashlar for the Entered Apprentice to work, mark and indent on;...

What I Learned about the Craft in Afghanistan By Bro. Lieutenant Joseph F. Curry, Intelligence Officer, Canadian Armed Forces; The Beaches Lodge No. 473 and Canada Lodge UD (Kandahar), both of the GL of Canada.   This is an edited...

By R. W. Bro. E. A. Davies Published in The Tracing Board, GRS, 1968       For the past several months, we have been continually faced in the press, on television and on the radio with descriptions of the...

" Our Lodges are situated due East & West, because all places of divine worship, as well as Mason's regular well-formed, constituted Lodges, are, or ought to be, so situated: for which we assign three Masonic reasons: first, the Sun...

Bread, Golf & Parenting.                                                                                                                                                                        presented by M.W. Bro. D. Garry Dowling: Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario.                         This talk is about what may appear to be three unrelated topics which, with...

 Bible Openings A Brother recently asked me what were the "Proper" openings when using the Bible as the V.O.S.L I promptly give him my personal opinion, then went to the Bible on our Altar and found it to be different...

Adapted from  "Freemason at Work" by Harry Carr  (1977) By V.W. Bro. Norman McEvoy Director of Masonic Education Victoria Columbia Lodge No1 Grand Lodge of BC&Yukon (Canada) Customs vary considerably in different parts of the World, and the following notes...

Developed by the Grand Lodge of New York and presented by M.W.Bro. Neal Bidnick PGM. I believe that freedom of religion is an inalienable right and tolerance an indispensable trait of human character, therefore, I will stand in my Lodge...

Adapted by V.W. Bro, Norman McEvoy from a paper prepared by Brother Guide Sobecki = Geneva Lodge No.139 is the Junior Warden of Gourgas Chapter of Rose Croix, Valley of Chicago Scottish Rite as well as Preceptor of Illinois York Rite...

ASHLARS - ROUGH, SMOOTH - STORY OF A STONE by J. Fairbairn Smith I am delighted to present this paper prepared by the eminent Masonic Scholar, J. Fairbairn Smith, Editor Emeritus of the Detroit Masonic World. Raised as a “Lewis”...

Ashlars:  Rough & Smooth-  The Story of a Stone by J. Fairbairn Smith An eminent sculptor was once asked: “How do you carve such beautiful statues?” He replies, “It is the simplest thing in the world. I take a hammer...