Monthly Archives: April 2009

National Heritage Museum-New Perspectives on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism

This just in from the email… CALL FOR PAPERS – Symposium on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Massachusetts New Perspectives on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism – Friday, April 9, 2010 The National Heritage Museum announces a call … Continue reading

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Masonic Research & the Pig-Stealing Deserter

I’ve spent a lot of time in the last five years researching both Masonry and the American Civil War, as well as the intersection of those two subjects, and that is why my blog posts have been less frequent of … Continue reading

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Wordprocessing and more….FREE

Who doesn’t have a need to type, or organize, information in a digital form? The problem for many is that the most popular wordprocessing suite (wordprocessing, database, and spreadsheet) is Microsoft’s Office. Office, however, comes with a lofty price tag … Continue reading

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A Conference for Scholars and Practitioners

I ran across this information today and thought I would share with all of my West Coast esoteric minded brothers. AMORC, the Rosicrucian esoteric tradition out of San Jose, California, is hosting a Conference in 2010 at Rosicrucian Park in … Continue reading

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St Germaine, on “In Search of…”

If you remember, we encountered St. Germaine some months back when we talked to Pip Faulks about Cagliostro…  Some have speculated that Cagliostro and St. Germaine were one and the same. Fun blast from the past. Part I Part II … Continue reading

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The Chronicles of Philosophus: Violating the Sabbath

On the day of the Sabbath, the builders were exiting the temple after they had worshiped to return to their homes. It was the law among the Jewish builders that they could not work on the Sabbath, but they noticed … Continue reading

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Women and the “Ancient Landmarks”

By: Carlos Antonio Martinez, Jr., 32º, P:.V:.M:.K:. The Free-Masonic Institution is an Initiatic, Esoteric, Humanitarian, Philosophic and Philanthropic Order that labors in pursuit of the spiritual, ethical and moral evolution of humanity; It propagates in profane societies the ideals of … Continue reading

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Frater Hrumachis – PIO – for the Ordo Templi Orientis

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Join us this Sunday for an in depth discussion with Frater Hrumachis, who is the Public Information Officer for the U.S. Grand Lodge of the Ordo Templi Orientis. We … Continue reading

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Building Hiram – a review

Building Hiram – Uncommon Catechism for Uncommon Masonic Education by Br. John Nagy. Uncommon is a good word to describe this book as its approach to Masonic education is anything but what most would consider common.  Not the visual bullet … Continue reading

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Masonic Charity is a myth.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to participate in a Multiple Sclerosis 5k Walk-A-Thon here in Los Angeles.  My family worked to raise a modest amount of money for the fight against MS and we wanted to walk to show our … Continue reading

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