The Traveling Man's road maps

Click here for some cool travelin' music to get you through this post. A friend on the Burning Taper MySpace site posted a cryptic com...

The Truth about the "Antients" and the "Moderns"

The Truth about the "Antients" and the "Moderns" by Bro. Jeff Peace For many Freemasons the schism between the "Mod...

The Burning Taper blog named "Link of the Month"

We were notified yesterday by Freemasonry.fm that the Burning Taper has been selected to be their "Link of the Month" for June, ...

More Masonic racism: "That which God has put asunder, no man should put together"

A good brother from Alabama unearthed this 50-year-old document from the archives of the Grand Lodge of Alabama. It speaks not only for its ...

Masonic Racism

Brother Tim Bonney, a Baptist minister and Freemason who is also an outspoken critic of the United Grand Lodge of America , has lately been...

"That doesn't make any of us racists, we just like our lodges the way they are."

We received an email last night from a brother named Robert Williams of Monroe, Louisiana. It was addressed to Bro. Alex Harris. I had to se...

Old Tiler's Talk: What is Masonry?

The Old Tiler is a character in a series of very short vignettes by Bro. Carl H. Claudy, written between 1921 and the late 1940s. The story ...

Living with War: Memorial Day 2006

American Military Casualties in Iraq American deaths since war began (3/19/03): Total, 2,460; In combat, 1,983 American deaths since "M...

Apocalypse Not

I guess we can toss another End of the World scenario onto the rubbish heap. The fragments of Comet 73-P missed hitting the Earth earlier to...

Video: Comet collides with Earth!

Other stories about Comet 73-P on Burning Taper: NASA said it! I believe it! That settles it! May 25: Comet to fall on day Jesus ascended Co...

Prince Hall Masons accused of kidnapping, beating

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands — More than a dozen witnesses, including a DNA expert, testified in the trial of three Prince Hall Masons accused...

The Freemason Battle Revived: "Antients" vs "Moderns"

The Freemason Battle Revived: "Antients" vs "Moderns," by Bro. Jeff Peace From the very beginning of Speculative Free-M...

NASA said it! I believe it! That settles it!

Other stories about Comet 73-P on Burning Taper: Video: Comet collides with Earth! May 25: Comet to fall on day Jesus ascended Comet 73-P: W...

Bro. Peace responds to Bro. Olano

A Response to "Without Faith," by Jeff Peace, May 9, 2006 Bro. Rudy Olano was kind enough to write a brief response to my short e...

Masonic Podcasts: Freemasonry on the Air

Masonic Podcasts: Freemasonry on the Air by W:.Tim Bryce, PM, MPS, timb001@phmainstreet.com, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA "A Foot Soldier...

May 25: Comet to fall on day Jesus ascended

Like the soon-to-be-drowned unbelievers who laughed at Noah, we're all having a good laugh at Eric Julien's prediction that a fragm...

Masonic Brothers disagree over formation of new Grand Lodge

The press release announcing the formation of a new Masonic Grand Lodge has met with mixed reviews from conventional Antient Masons. Brothe...

The History of Freemasonry: Lodge Kilwinning No. 0, Scotland

The History of Freemasonry Almost every Freemason learns sooner or later, that the first Grand Lodge in the world is founded on the feast of...