Monthly Archives: March 2011

Precipitating ruin and despair

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Greg

I was reading through Pikes 11th degree – Prince Ameth for a paper I’m working on and ran across this passage which I liked and wanted to share. The people that does not subjugate the propensity of the wealthy to … Continue reading →

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Be all you can be in Occult America

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Greg

I just had the pleasure of finishing Mitch Horowitz’s book Occult America and am a bit surprised at the story it tells, and some of what it doesn’t. Only recently did I come across the 2010 Bantum Books edition, (the … Continue reading →

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Some Howie Damron News

Posted on March 28, 2011 by BeeHive

From Brother Howie Damron: I can’t believe that April 1st is the 9th anniversary of the first time I ever presented my Masonic Pride Tour. Now countless performances and close to a million miles have passed.  As I’m reflecting back … Continue reading →

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The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Greg

This originally appeared in the Masonic Traveler blog in 2008. Have YOU ever heard of the The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus? Neither had I. But there was a story about them in the New York Times … Continue reading →

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Masonic Toasts

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Greg

by W:.Tim Bryce, PM, MPS timb001@phmainstreet.com Palm Harbor, Florida, USA “A Foot Soldier for Freemasonry” Originally published on FmI in 2007 We are now approaching the holiday season where we typically enjoy several year-end parties. For many Grand jurisdictions, it … Continue reading →

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10 signs an occult group leader is losing it

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Greg

I ran across this a few days back, and though it was worth consolidating and sharing. It comes from Nick Farrell’s blog who has a few connections to some of the more magical and esoteric groups out there including the … Continue reading →

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More of the fight of Kentucky Masonic homophobia

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Greg

Back to the drawing board on the virtues and vices of Moral Turpitude, this time woven again with the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Masonry where it is being tangled in with the moral law. “…these charges are retribution for speaking … Continue reading →

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Tommy Lee, Syfy, Culture Shock – what could go wrong?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Greg

“… Midgets were everywhere, saying, in their helium voices, “Welcome to Tommyland, welcome to Tommyland, hee-hee-hee,” as they unrolled a red carpet …” – Motley Crue: The Dirt Hustler Magazine says of the guy “Tommy Lee is a modern-day Dean … Continue reading →

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Seeking Answers, Hearing Consequences

Posted on March 22, 2011 by BeeHive

  Most of us have a Mentor/Confessor, somebody special and trustworthy we go to when things don’t make sense or problems ensue. I have been in touch with mine quite often lately regarding the developments in Mainstream Masonry and the … Continue reading →

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Nebraska: A Predictable Masonic Mess

Posted on March 20, 2011 by BeeHive

Looking at the Masonic mess in Nebraska certain questions come to mind, such as, “How did we get to this point in Freemasonry where something like this can so easily happen? “  A hundred years ago in the Craft would … Continue reading →

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