Monthly Archives: August 2009

THE NEW AGE OF MASONIC EXPRESSION AND THE CONTINUED EXCELLENCE OF DAVID NAUGHTON-SHIRES

When I first started expressing myself in Freemasonry the medium that I used was the one which all the great old Masters of Masonic scholarship used – the word, the printed word.  So I wrote many words, words of explaining, … Continue reading

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Have you reserved your copy?

Have you reserved your copy of the literary version of “National Treasure” yet? The Lost Symbol“Dan Brown’s next installment of the Da Vinci Code solving, Illuminati chasing symboligist Robert Langdon is due on shelves in about 2 weeks. I think … Continue reading

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Social Media & the Non-Profit – How Social Media is vital to fraternities

A few weeks back we explored the ideas of Social Media as it intersected with Secret Societies, creating the shift from restricted knowledge to an open communication in the 21st century -ciphers replaced with pixels and WYSIWYG editors.  Today, Social … Continue reading

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Organizations lose their relevance when the rate of internal change lags the pace of external change.

Business Writer Gary Hamel of the Wall Street Journal is a bit of an outsider when it comes to religion. His background is much more wall street than the pulpit.  I have no doubt that in his life he has … Continue reading

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The Evolution of God

Before reading this article, I would like to make one more plea asking you to fill out my York Rite Survey. The results of this survey will be used to help me develop a program to help the York Rite … Continue reading

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100 Master Masons Night

by W:.Tim Bryce, PM, MPS, MMBBFMN timb001@phmainstreet.com Palm Harbor, Florida, USA “A Foot Soldier for Freemasonry” Dunedin Lodge No. 192 F.& A.M. is a Masonic craft lodge located in Dunedin, Florida, a town in the Tampa Bay area with a … Continue reading

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Georgia speaks. Grand Master Jennings on the Georgia Affair.

I’ll save my thoughts for the end… The Grand Lodge of Georgia of Free and Accepted Masons J. Edward Jennings Jr. – Grand Master August 19,2009 EDICT No. 2009-1 TO ALL CONSTITUTENT LODGES UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND LODGE … Continue reading

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Masonic symbolism is skate punk cool.

You never know who you might meet when your out and about.  One of the cool factors of Freemasonry is that pretty much anyone you meet who has the square and compass somewhere on their person is a person you … Continue reading

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Visiting Oxnard Lodge #341,Oxnard, Calif.

I will be speaking about my upcoming book and Civil War Freemasonry at Oxnard Lodge #341 in Oxnard, California on September 14, 2009 for the Valley of Ventura. Kickoff is at 6.30 p.m. with a spaghetti dinner, presentation at 7.30 … Continue reading

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Freemasonry in Material Culture – the Freemason DJ Remixers

This originally appeared in July of 2006 on the Masonic Traveler blog. The interview was relevent then, but more so today as both the footprint of the fraternity and the DJ’s of the same name have grown in those three … Continue reading

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