Brother Eugenius Philalethes sendeth greeting

Robert Samber (1682-1745) was an English freemason, author and prolific translator. He is perhaps best known for his 1729 translations from ...

Readers respond: What is Freemasonry?

A couple of days ago I asked "What is Freemasonry?" I've gotten some interesting responses. My thanks to all who participated ...

Attorneys duke it out in Shrine vs. Scottish Rite real estate squabble

Follow the money, if you can. The Arabia Shrine Temple in Houston, Texas, gave an 80-year land lease to the Scottish Rite Benevolent Associa...

Teach your children

I know some of you don't like it when I talk about Christianity. If you're one of them, here's a choice of exit links for you: t...

Reader survey: What is Freemasonry?

The article below this one, "We never had any mystic secrets," along with a thread on a private Masonic e-list I'm on, has le...

'We never had any mystic secrets'

Taking advantage of the renewed interest in Freemasonry that Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code and upcoming The Solomon Key has inspired, memb...

Rudyard Kipling: Poet, author, Freemason

I was looking at some new (to me) non-Masonic blogs tonight and found The Bull in Full , where a recent post mentioned a band that had put B...

Synopsis of Prof. Andrew Prescott's 'History of British Freemasonry: 1425-2000'

Recently a good brother from Alabama sent me a copy of a very interesting document titled "A History of British Freemasonry: 1425-2000....

United Grand Lodge of England actively recruits on college campuses

The United Grand Lodge of England has officially lowered the minimum age to become a Freemason from 21 to 18, and has begun an active campai...

Living With War: Memorial Day 2007

On Memorial Day last year, I posted this article showing the number of American deaths in the Iraq War. Here's an update as of Memorial...

'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' trailer released

Click here for the just-released trailer for National Treasure: Book of Secrets . The film is scheduled for release on December 21, 2007. S...

Widow's Son goes back to his lodge

Back on May 13, I wrote about my "conversion on the road to Damascus" that happened earlier that day, when my anger towards Bro. ...

Scottish Rite Mason Maj. Gen. Mark Bowen resigns over 'improper relationship' with a female officer in his command

The commanding general of the Alabama National Guard, Maj. Gen. Mark Bowen , resigned Thursday, one day after the Army released a report tha...