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Is Change A Dirty Masonic Word?
FmI - Masonic Traveler26 Jan 2012 | 11:45 pmI was coming home from work the other day and listening to the radio when the announcer said that the production of CDs was slowly being stopped. The era of the CD is over. Oh my, I wondered, what am I going to do now? And then I realized that I hadn’t even gotten rid of all of my 8 track tapes yet. Now I know how my grandfather felt. He was born in 1881 and died in 1980. He once told me that he had seen the advent of what was then every modern invention, from the mass use of the auto, to the radio, to TV, the airplane, the refrigerator, air conditioning and on and on. When he… -
Yale Teaching Assistant Blames "Satanic Freemasonry" for Catholic Sex Abuse Scandals
Freemasons For Dummies27 Jan 2012 | 10:10 pmWonder what's getting passed off as scholarship in Ivy League schools these days? A Yale University teaching assistant and graduate student has posted her 53,000 word doctoral thesis online, entitled "Shakespeare and Dante: Demonic Agency as Literary Theory.” Margherita Viggiano was let go from her position as an art history TA and dismissed by the dean of the graduate school, Edward Barnaby, after a heated exchange of truly loony emails. The central theme to Viggiano's thesis is that "Satanic Freemasons" infiltrated the Catholic Church and arranged for priests to sexually molest children… -
One Day 2012
The Millennial Freemason24 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pmThe title I've chosen for this post can either be viewed as very boring or very provocative. The reason I say that is that One Day class remain, in the world of Masonry, a sore spot or a normal course of business. I was asked to take part in the first degree during the One Day class held on Saturday, January 21st at the Minneapolis Scottish Rite building on Dupont. One Days, for those who don't know, compresses the three degrees into one day. They often have some of the best ritualists in the state and in many cases, have all the staging to really make the degree work pop. There is debate… -
Reincarnation and the Veil of Forgetting
The Metaphysical Freemason15 Jan 2012 | 8:45 pmIn the Plan of our Logos, the evolution of souls is accelerated using the so-called veil of forgetting. Coming into incarnation the soul has no memory of previous incarnations. Being aware of multiple lives would prove the existence of soul, but as it is veiled, the mind/body/spirit complex i.e. person, is driven to faith and to polarize towards its choice of service, to self or others, in short to define the metal of the soul. If this veil was not in place, the being might simply be contented knowing the ever present unity with Diety. Karmic debt from error would be avoided, who would make…
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Is Change A Dirty Masonic Word?
26 Jan 2012 | 11:45 pmI was coming home from work the other day and listening to the radio when the announcer said that the production of CDs was slowly being stopped. The era of the CD is over. Oh my, I wondered, what am I going to do now? And then I realized that I hadn’t even gotten rid of all of my 8 track tapes yet. Now I know how my grandfather felt. He was born in 1881 and died in 1980. He once told me that he had seen the advent of what was then every modern invention, from the mass use of the auto, to the radio, to TV, the airplane, the refrigerator, air conditioning and on and on. When he… -
10% Effectiveness
18 Jan 2012 | 7:32 amHmm… I came across an interesting management study today that discussed the ineffectiveness of managers. This study is equally applicable to the fraternity and may give us some insight why the fraternity is floundering. In a study by academics Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal, they revealed some interesting impressions of the decisiveness of managers: “What we found in our research surprised us. Only about 10 percent of the managers took purposeful action.” The remainder were busy, just not very effective: 40 percent were energetic but unfocused; 30 percent had low energy,… -
Supply Side Versus Vulture Freemasonry
17 Jan 2012 | 10:59 pmReflecting on the last few years in Freemasonry, I have been remembering what a friend of mine always said, “Nobody knows who we are anymore.” This was always followed by an intense debate over modern Freemasonry’s use of Institutionalized charity to solve that problem. He thought all the charity work was great and just the thing to get Freemasons noticed. I thought it was too expensive and time consuming, taking away from the practice of Freemasonry. DGM Michael T. Anderson PHA MLK Parade If you want people to know who you are then connect with the community. This means getting… -
Understanding the Moral Law on MLK day.
16 Jan 2012 | 5:57 amOn this national Holiday, we are to reflect and celebrate one of the greatest Americans in our pantheon of Founding Fathers, D. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of his many contributions to our American way of life came at one of his darkest hours which produced one of his brightest writings in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. In it, king gives us an insight to the truth behind his protests and a reflection in how far afield we, as a nation, have walked from justice which we derive out of our own understanding of the moral law. Masonry speaks at many levels about the Moral Law, how it is a… -
Rewarding Incompetence
9 Jan 2012 | 2:39 pmIt’s not about “taking turns”; it’s about getting the job done properly. (Click for AUDIO VERSION) Throughout the corporate world we have seen examples of the Peter Principle in practice, whereby people rise above their level of competency; people who make a mockery of their job and discredit their company and themselves in the process. Perhaps they were promoted because nobody else wanted the job or perhaps they were simply selected based on seniority; maybe they politicked for the job and were rewarded not for what they had accomplished but their ability to kiss the…
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Freemasons For Dummies
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Yale Teaching Assistant Blames "Satanic Freemasonry" for Catholic Sex Abuse Scandals
27 Jan 2012 | 10:10 pmWonder what's getting passed off as scholarship in Ivy League schools these days? A Yale University teaching assistant and graduate student has posted her 53,000 word doctoral thesis online, entitled "Shakespeare and Dante: Demonic Agency as Literary Theory.” Margherita Viggiano was let go from her position as an art history TA and dismissed by the dean of the graduate school, Edward Barnaby, after a heated exchange of truly loony emails. The central theme to Viggiano's thesis is that "Satanic Freemasons" infiltrated the Catholic Church and arranged for priests to sexually molest children… -
"America's Book Of Secrets: Freemasons" Next Saturday Night
21 Jan 2012 | 10:33 pmNext Saturday night, January 28th, Alice and I will appear in "America's Book Of Secrets: Freemasons" at 10PM on the H2 network (formerly History International). I haven't seen the episode, so I can make no promises about it. I know how much they shot and the questions we answered, but who knows what the final edit contains. I know they also used interviews with Dr. Bob Hieronimus and MW Akram Elias, PGM of the Grand Lodge of Washington DC, and I am told they shot scenes inside of DC's Naval Lodge No. 4. I have seen a preview that shows the participation of famed paranoid Jim Marrs and the… -
Knight Masons
21 Jan 2012 | 6:05 pmI had the honor today of joining Knight Masons Indiana Council No. 15. Knight Masonry is based on Irish versions of what we in the U.S. work as Red Cross degrees in the Knights Templar, all concerning the return to Jerusalem of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity: Knight of the Sword, Knight of the East, and Knight of the East and West. In Ireland the degrees were split off 1923 and a Grand Council was formally constituted. In the U.S., Knight Masons is an invitational York Rite body, while in Ireland, Mark Master and Royal Arch Masons may apply to join.My thanks to the officers and… -
Thomas W. Jackson Suffers Stroke
17 Jan 2012 | 3:27 pmOver the weekend, Mark Tabbert reported that RW Bro. Thomas W. Jackson Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, had a mild stroke, but is recovering well and may be home from the hospital. -
Special Order Issued by Shriners in Arkansas Battle
17 Jan 2012 | 2:38 pmMichael G. Severe, Imperial Potentate of Shriners International, has issued a Special Order dated today concerning the situation in Arkansas:SHRINERS INTERNATIONALSpecial Order No. 3 PO Box 31356 Tampa, FL 33631-3356Series 2011-2012 January 17, 2012 Tothe Officers and Nobles of Sahara Shriners and Scimitar Shriners,Fraternal Greetings: Thematter of the edict issued by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge ofArkansas in his letter dated December 8, 2011 addressed to ShrinersInternational, All Subordinate Lodges in Arkansas, All Master Masonsof Arkansas, All Grand Jurisdictions and All Appendant…
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The Millennial Freemason
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One Day 2012
24 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pmThe title I've chosen for this post can either be viewed as very boring or very provocative. The reason I say that is that One Day class remain, in the world of Masonry, a sore spot or a normal course of business. I was asked to take part in the first degree during the One Day class held on Saturday, January 21st at the Minneapolis Scottish Rite building on Dupont. One Days, for those who don't know, compresses the three degrees into one day. They often have some of the best ritualists in the state and in many cases, have all the staging to really make the degree work pop. There is debate… -
The Nite Show: Interview with Professor Weinberger
18 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pmI caught this wonderful interview on The Nite Show with Tom Mischke. On this particular program, Mischke is speaking with the author of Too Big to Know, Prof. David Weinberger. What is knowledge? How has the Internet changed how we as human beings seek out information and what does that do to the paradigm of knowledge seeking that we know? Just a wonderful discussion and as a Mason, I think that there really is some need for us to understand the way that the Internet will affect human knowledge in the future. -
The Life Masonic Podcast
11 Jan 2012 | 8:00 amPictured: Jason Van Dyke and Brent Morris Masonry is blessed in this new digital age. Never has there been a time for information to be so freely available to all peoples in all places as right now. At this moment, interested men are looking for information about Freemasonry and Masons are looking for more information about the same. One great addition to this bulk of information has been created and presented free by the Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the United States of America. It's called the Life Masonic podcast and it has some… -
The Osman Shrine Website Redux
10 Jan 2012 | 8:00 amI know I'm on a "technology is good" kick but it's because I truly believe that sentiment. With that being said, I noticed that the Osman Shrine website that has just been renovated. The Osman Shriners completed a major overhaul of their website and it's looking great. The website has everything a member and a potential member might need, calendars, links to events, and other pertinent information. I spoke with current Potentate, Frank Spevak, about the website overhaul. The main purpose the website was improved was to foster communication between the Divan and the members. The site is… -
The Royal Arch and its Place in our Craft
22 Dec 2011 | 5:00 pmI’m now serving my second term as High Priest of Corinthian Chapter No. 33 R.A.M. Because I've been serving long enough to understand the intricacies of the Capitular system, I feel I can start to make critiques and present potential improvements to the Royal Arch. The American system, and to some extent the Canadian system, follow the so-called Webb order of conferral. (Webb had nothing to do with it but many RAMs describe the capitular system this way.) Let’s be honest for a moment, the order in which the Capitular degrees are conferred do not relate to each other. In fact,…
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The Metaphysical Freemason
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Reincarnation and the Veil of Forgetting
15 Jan 2012 | 8:45 pmIn the Plan of our Logos, the evolution of souls is accelerated using the so-called veil of forgetting. Coming into incarnation the soul has no memory of previous incarnations. Being aware of multiple lives would prove the existence of soul, but as it is veiled, the mind/body/spirit complex i.e. person, is driven to faith and to polarize towards its choice of service, to self or others, in short to define the metal of the soul. If this veil was not in place, the being might simply be contented knowing the ever present unity with Diety. Karmic debt from error would be avoided, who would make… -
Sacred Geometry and Unified Fields, Nassim Haramein
12 Jan 2012 | 9:34 pmSacred Geometry and Unified Fields This guy is on to something. UTUBE from July 2010. Haramein puts forth that the old Masters perceptions- that we are all One, that the light informs the darkness, that the spirit underlies the physical, is really all dogma until you prove it mathematically and empirically. So he has presented it and so far refutations of his proof are not forthcoming. You know the establishment is trying like hell to find error. After all, modern day quantum physics hangs in the balance. Could it be that spooky action at a distance is explained by the possibility that each… -
The Human Potential to Overcome The Energy Crisis
10 Jan 2012 | 10:07 amClick on the title above for a link to a UTUBE video to hear a definitive lecture of the energy crisis. No cherry picking scientific method, no Gorian explanations of global warming. Just a nuts a bolts discussion on the present and future energy situation. -
Divine Democracy and the Warrior Spirit, the Lady of the Labyrinth
8 Jan 2012 | 4:21 pmWe now face a draw down of our military at the moment when some few unstable nations continue to seek to have the nuclear forces at their disposal even as they have no legitimacy with their own peoples. Do the forces of greed seek to bring on Ragnarok, or the doom fixed in their minds by their dogmas. There is a Seer in Norway, known as the Lady of the Labyrinth, she has translated the Eddas. She starts this segment a week after the terrorist killing in Norway, by the self proclaimed, Masonic Knights Templar, and with the peoples massive rose march which followed. If you want to understand… -
Al-Kwarizmi, or Algoritmi, the Scholar of The House of Wisdom, Baghdad
3 Jan 2012 | 7:34 pmIn 825 he translated and integrated Sanskrit and Greek source material to give us our present decimal algebraic mathematics. When the Islamic conquest of Persia was completed, Baghdad was the scientific center, and the House of Wisdom established by Caliph Al ma'mun, the same Al ma'mun who was the first known man to enter the Great Pyramid, in 820 c.e. 12th century translation of Al-Kwarizmi's books on algebra was done in Latin in Segovia, Spain by Robert of Chester . The scholar also worked on astrolabes, among other sciences, which lately ties into the Hooked x astrolabe with arabic 4…
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Comment on Four Fellowcrafts and an EA by Bro Cory
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Comment on Secret Sauce by Rebecca Cheng
4 Jul 2011 | 12:28 amHave you got any more of that sauce and meat-balls? I’m hungry just reading about the stampede for them…lol. “So, what’s the Tao of your secret recipe for this great tomato sauce?” Tom, I love cooking and know that you and family put in huge servings of love as the main ingredient to that great sauce. You’ve said as much as that in all things in life. “The larger the pot, the more time is needed.” Of course, I’ll add the things you seem to only say fleetingly, which is effort, desire, ingenuity…that’s because you enjoy making the sauce so… -
Comment on Mason-Ink Displays by Andrew Horn
29 Jun 2011 | 2:20 pmHi Bro. Tom Greetings to you. I have always meant to thank you for the blog post – it brings a lot of guests to the tattoo site. Back in 2003 I started the Masonicink.com site because I had just received my 47th Problem tattoo, and wanted to show the world that Masons were not all squares, there were many kinds of Brothers out there. That’s the reason why each tattoo gallery requires a photo of the brother himself. Over the years I have been completely overwhelmed with the response, we do indeed have hundreds and hundreds of great Brothers with awesome tattoos. It has grown into a… -
Comment on Live at five… by Andrew Horn
29 Jun 2011 | 2:19 pmHi Bro. Tom Greetings to you. I have always meant to thank you for the blog post – it brings a lot of guests to the tattoo site. Back in 2003 I started the Masonicink.com site because I had just received my 47th Problem tattoo, and wanted to show the world that Masons were not all squares, there were many kinds of Brothers out there. That’s the reason why each tattoo gallery requires a photo of the brother himself. Over the years I have been completely overwhelmed with the response, we do indeed have hundreds and hundreds of great Brothers with awesome tattoos. It has grown into a… -
Comment on Hawaiian shirt night by Tom Accuosti
21 Jun 2011 | 8:49 pm@Simon LaPlace Uncharacteristically, I had a subdued, dark print. We had almost 30 guys, and just about all of them went along with the theme.
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Just a Mason
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A Favourite Masonic Moment
19 Jan 2012 | 3:18 amThe other night, the Master of a Lodge decided to go around the room and have the members who braved the icy roads introduce themselves and tell the others a bit about themselves. I suppose such an exercise has some benefits, though it gets a little embarrassing going “I” and “me” an awful lot. Then he went around the Lodge room again and asked everyone for their favourite or most memorable Masonic moment.Naturally, the two may not be the same thing. For one Entered Apprentice in the room, they were, as he really only had the night of his initiation to talk about. Some of my own… -
Is Your Lodge Meeting Cancelled?
7 Oct 2011 | 3:32 amAs a Secretary of one Lodge, and a member of several others, I get notices of meetings from quite a few Masonic Lodges. And the most disheartened thing I read is when an urgent e-mail comes through and says something like “The candidate can’t come tonight so the meeting is cancelled.” I have a question.Why?Why is the meeting cancelled?At every emergent communication where degree work is the only thing on the Order of Business, there’s always more to a meeting than that. Every meeting has a report on ill and distressed brethren. Since the assembled members now have time on their hands… -
Carrie Nation, Anti-Mason
13 Jun 2011 | 5:40 amShe died 100 years ago this month, yet Carrie Nation’s name is still known today as a hatchet-wielding fighter against alcohol. The reason is simple. Carrie Nation knew the same thing that many people looking for headlines know today—outrageousness attracts attention and outrageousness sells.Nation didn’t trust mere outrageousness to get her name in the papers. She hired press agents. One was John M. Gregory, who waited until her death (in a story published in the Albuquerque Journal of June 22, 1911) to call her a:Fearless fanatic, boldly defying the world, greedy for money and seeking… -
DeMolay on the Radio, 1935
26 May 2011 | 5:54 amHow many channels are there on your TV today? And how many of them have a special DeMolay broadcast, featuring top bands, political leaders and the world’s most famous cartoon producer?The answer to the first must be in the hundreds. The answer to the second is “none.”But in 1935, when there were only three big networks, the answer was “one.”I’ve found a couple of newspaper clippings about it. The best one comes from the front page of the Gallup Independent of May 4th that year; Gallup Chapter had formed in New Mexico by 1925. Other Chapters across the U.S. held similar listening… -
Masonic Halls, Then and Now
15 May 2011 | 10:40 pmWhat a wonder it was those many years ago when BBSs sprung up all over and you could go on your computer and exchange thoughts and greetings with Masons you had never met.Today, there’s seemingly no end of places to go on the internet for people interested in Masonic things. Masons have set up forums and blogs, web pages and podcasts, and social media sites as well.There are non-Masonic sites as well, especially those interested in historical and historical preservation. More and more archives and libraries are digitising, meaning a wealth of material that was once in filing cabinets or…
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King Solomon's Lodge - Path to Masonic Blogs
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Accade Oggi - ARCO REALE Rito di York
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Yale Teaching Assistant Blames "Satanic Freemasonry" for Catholic Sex Abuse Scandals - Freemasons For Dummies
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‘Ted’s testimonial’ - The Magpie Mason
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Il giorno della Memoria - ARCO REALE Rito di York
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Bo: The First Passover - Corn, Wine and Oil
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The Magpie Mason
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‘Ted’s testimonial’
27 Jan 2012 | 9:57 pmOn Saturday, March 24, the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of New York will host a testimonial dinner honoring one of its own, M.E. Ted Harrison, General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter. Any and all inquiries should be directed to Ted Jacobsen, chairman of the event, who can be reached at: thjnycusa(at)aol.com The announcement: The Grand Chapter of New York is -
‘Mozart’s birthday’
27 Jan 2012 | 1:05 pmToday is the 256th anniversary of the birth of Bro. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an apt occasion to remind the brethren of The Masonic Society’s New Jersey Second Circle that I’d like to organize a trip to see the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra this April for a performance of some of the great composer’s Masonic music. Mozart at right. The program for three performances during the last -
'Boyer bicentennial'
26 Jan 2012 | 11:32 pmIt has been more than four years since I first heard W. Bro. David Bailey tease us about a bicentennial celebration of Prince Hall Masonry in New York, and obviously 2012 is here, so that 200th anniversary is upon us. Thanks to Bro. Diego for sending the info along. Boyer Lodge No. 1 was the first Prince Hall lodge chartered in New York. That took place February 16, 1812, and there are -
'Mark Tabbert at DeWint House'
26 Jan 2012 | 11:20 pmNews from the Grand Lodge of New York public relations folks: The Grand Lodge Committee for the George Washington Masonic Historic Site at Tappan, cordially and fraternally invites you and your guests to join us for a celebration of the birthday of our cherished Brother and First President of the United States of America, George Washington, to be held Sunday, February 19. The activities for -
'Deadline'
25 Jan 2012 | 11:43 pmToday is the deadline to lock in the group rate on your hotel reservations for Masonic Week 2012. In addition, next Tuesday is the deadline for reserving for the various banquets and other meals, and there are two events in particular you should attend. The Masonic Society's Annual Feast and Forum is set for Friday, February 10 at 6 p.m. at the Alexandria Mark Hilton in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Bailey's Buddy
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The Puppy Rescue Mission
28 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amPicture and banner from the Puppy Rescue Mission Web SiteI read about the Puppy Rescue Mission which brings dogs back to the United States from Afghanistan where they are found. The dogs are not treated well by Afghanistans who think they are unclean and will abuse and shoot them Our soldiers find the puppies and adopt them and want to bring them back to the United States. According to the Web Site some of the dogs will go on missions with the soldiers and many have saved the lives of our troops. I recommend that you go to the web site here and read their stories and… -
Found For Friday
27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amA husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she collapses from a heart attack! "Help me dear," she groans to her husband.The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few minutes, picks up his putter, and lines up his putt. His wife raises her head off the green and stares at him."I'm dying here and you're putting?""Don't worry dear," says the husband calmly, "they found a doctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you."Well, how long will it take for him to get here?" she asks feebly."No time at all," says her husband. "Everybody's already agreed to let him play… -
Mr. President...A very human side.
26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amWith all the attacks on Mr. Obama I feel the need to post three pictures I have seen recently. They show a caring human side to a man who is constantly attacked and vilified by hypocritical Rebublithugs who constantly tell lies and half truths and will do anything they can to keep him from winning a second term. A man who is constantly under pressure to do the best he can for all of the people of this nation. I feel he is in the office because he wanted to do something for our country...I don't always feel that way when it comes to those running on the other side. Well, I don't… -
The Dowager Countess
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From the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
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The Work on the Trestleboard
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"The Thousandth Man" by Bro. Rudyard Kipling
8 Jan 2012 | 5:10 pmThe Thousandth ManBy Rudyard KiplingOne man in a thousand, Solomon says,Will stick more close than a brother.And it’s worth while seeking him half your daysIf you find him before the other.Nine hundred and ninety-nine dependOn what the world sees in you,But the Thousandth Man will stand your friendWith the whole round world agin you.‘Tis neither promise nor prayer nor showWill settle the finding for ‘ee.Nine hundred and ninety-nine of ‘em goBy your looks or your acts or your glory.But if he finds you and you find him,The rest of the world don’t matter;For the Thousandth Man will… -
A Lost Art of Manhood - the Hat
9 Aug 2011 | 1:25 pmSeveral of us at #252 have rediscovered the style of wearing a hat with our formal wear. There is nothing like walking down the street with your Brothers, on the way to a local dining establishment, and tipping your hat at the ladies who pass you by. I don't know who feels better about it - them or us.I personally have take to the wearing of a bowler. Other Brothers prefer fedoras or Homburgs. There was a great posting in the Art of Manliness blog on the art of wearing a hat. You should check it out: Bringing Back the Hat. -
Semi-Annual 309 Society Dinner Lecture - Spring 2011
29 Apr 2011 | 9:56 pmThe 309 Society held it's third semi-annual dinner lecture on April 18, 2011 at the Great Valley Masonic Lodge in Great Valley, New York. The featured speaker was RWBro. Thomas Savini, Director of the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York.RWBro. Tom gave a lecture on a discussion of "Masonic Research Methods." It was kind of a homecoming for Bro. Savini as he is a Past Master of Great Valley Lodge #1178 and a Past AGL of the Cattaraugus District. Six out of 7 Lodges in the District were present and a great time was had by all.For more information on… -
How Much is Too Much?
29 Apr 2011 | 9:49 pmI was going through my jewelry box the other day and examined my ever-growing collection of lapel pins. It amazes me that over the course of 20 years I have amassed such a large amount. It got me to thinking about proper etiquette for the wearing of pins at Lodge functions. Over the years I have seen various Brothers wearing various numbers of pins. Some Masonic, some not. It got me to thinking. "How much is too much?"While I will say for the record that it is the individual Brother's right to wear as many or as little pins (or none at all) as he wishes. However, I think that once one exceeds… -
Foundations
28 Mar 2011 | 7:55 pmYet another gem I read on the Art of Manliness blog. It's connections to Masonic thought are really mind-blowing."Foundations" - From "Traits of Character" (1899) By Henry F. Kletzing Don't risk a life structure upon a day's foundation- The government building at Chicago, a large, massive structure and apparently well built, so that it might stand for a century, was recently torn down, not because the superstructure was not firm, but because the foundation at several places was found faulty. Thus, at a great expense, the old building is removed and a new structure is erected, all because the…
