Posted on 27 Oct 2017
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When I was a very new Freemason, I unintentionally allowed the language barrier to create errors in two of my early papers. In one paper, I referred to the “broached thurnel” as “Freemasonry’s lost immovable jewel.” In the other paper, I referred to the… Continue Reading “Crossing the Language Barrier to Make that Daily Progress in Freemasonry”
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Posted on 8 Sep 2017
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Most Freemasons, even those with little interest in the Craft’s back story, likely have noticed there’s a whole lot of revision going on, and that it’s causing no small amount of discomfort. There’s a reason for it, says one of the revisionists, John L.… Continue Reading “Is Freemasonry Undergoing a Purge?”
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Posted on 28 Jul 2017
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More international Masonic conferences should start with a round table of the world’s best and brightest scholars of the craft talking. Just talking. Shop, mostly. Which is how the World Conference on Fraternalism, Freemasonry, and History at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France kicked off in… Continue Reading “2017 World Conference on Fraternalism, Freemasonry, and History (WCFFH)”
Category: Freemasons, Masonic Events, Universal Co-MasonryTags: Andrew Prescott, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Cécile Révauger, Freemasonry, Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, ICOM 2017, María Eugenia Vázquez Semadeni, Margaret Jacob, Masonic Conferences, Natalie Bayer, Paris, Paul Rich, Pierre Mollier, Susan Mitchell Sommers, WCFFH, World Conference on Fraternalism
Posted on 30 Jun 2017
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If any single message could be said to have come out of last spring’s first International Meeting of Masonic Research Lodges in Toulon, France, it’s that Masonic scholars of all nations need to talk to each other. England and France are examples of two… Continue Reading “ICOM 2017: A Call for Globalization of Masonic Research”
Category: Universal Co-MasonryTags: ANZMRC, Brothers, Dudley Wright, ICOM 2017, International Meeting of Masonic Research Lodges, John Belton, Louis Trebuchet, Margaret Jacob, Masonic Research Council, Masonic Scholars, Neil Wynes Morse, Oscar Alleyne, Pierre Mollier, Saint Jean d’Ecosse Lodge No. 1, World Conference on Fraternalism