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WHAT IF MASONIC EDUCATION BROKE OUT IN YOUR LODGE

Posted on December 20, 2023 by ambryant

BY S. Kenneth Baril How long has it been since any form of Masonic education actually broke out within the confines of your lodge rooms? Luckily, it doesn’t happen often. For if so, it probably it would scare or disturb … Continue reading →

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Chamber of Reflection

Posted on June 21, 2021 by ambryant

The Chamber of Reflection is often a small room adjacent to the lodge room. The origins of the Chamber of Reflection is not known. Although since it’s inception it has been used in a variety of masonic ritual works, both … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 vs Masons

Posted on April 2, 2020 by ambryant

When the coronavirus, known as Covid-19, hit the newswires in January, my first impression was that it was a distraction and much exaggerated. However, as it spread to the United States it became obvious that this was a pandemic of … Continue reading →

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Make Your Mark

Posted on August 14, 2019 by ambryant

The Mark Master degree has in it very specific, practical advice on how a Mason should live and work. We don’t know how old the Mark Master degree is. We do know that a mark was used in ancient times … Continue reading →

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Albert Pike and the 3 World Wars

Posted on January 24, 2016 by ambryant

Albert Pike is probably one of the most colorful Masonic  figures of the 19th Century and one of the most controversial. From his first use of Lucifer the Light Bearer in “Morals and Dogmas” to being falsely accused of forming the KKK after … Continue reading →

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Masonic Secrets Revealed

Posted on August 1, 2015 by ambryant

Some believe that with  the advent of the internet, all the secrets of Freemasonry have been revealed. They forget that books like Morgan’s Expose and Duncan’s Ritual revealed these secrets long ago. Even the History Channel had a Masonic expose … Continue reading →

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Tools For Masonic Writing

Posted on May 22, 2015 by ambryant

Regardless of whether you are writing a blog, a research paper, newsletter or publishing a book, here are some tools and tips that may be quite helpful. Organizing Your Thoughts and Ideas One on the hardest things to do in … Continue reading →

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The Rite of Investiture

Posted on May 18, 2015 by ambryant

Another ritualistic symbolism, of still more importance and interest, is the rite of investiture. The rite of investiture, called, in the colloquially technical language of the order, the ceremony of clothing, brings us at once to the consideration of that … Continue reading →

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Military Lodges

Posted on April 27, 2015 by ambryant

An address given by R:. W:. Art Palmer at Queensbury Lodge 12/03/2013 Greetings from the Grand Master. It is a great honor to be surrounded by veterans this evening. Freemasonry and the military have gone hand in hand through our history.  … Continue reading →

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Emblematic Freemasonry

Posted on April 23, 2015 by ambryant

Emblematic Freemasonry by A E Waite AS EMBLEMATIC FREEMASONRY is the Craft of Building moralized, it follows that intellectually, at least, our figurative and speculative art has arisen out of the Operative. Here is a first link in any chain … Continue reading →

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