Fredericksburg, 1752
Some places can only be visited with our eyes closed. Imagine it is Saturday, November 4, 1752. We are standing outside John Jones's Tavern...
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Articles
Reflection & Renewal
As a schoolteacher we are taught/trained to be reflective in order to improve our lessons as well as our ability to convey knowledge to...
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Three Dots In A Triangle: A Venerable Masonic Mark
The emblem of the All-Seeing Eye inside a triangle, although employed in Freemasonry, has been utilized by various cultures, countries, and other fraternal groups...
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FREEMASONRY AND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LUNAR LANDING
“All must hope that someday America would penetrate the deepest secrets of that mysterious orb, the moon," wrote Jules Verne in his 1865 novel...
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THE PORTABLE MASONIC CORNERSTONE KIT
Many a Mason have been known to enjoy a drop here and there. But no, that’s not what the three silver and gold flasks...
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The Four Cardinal Virtues & Tarot Cards
“Modern Tarot arises in France in the mid-17th century, whereas modern Freemasonry arises in England in the early 18th. Neither knows of the other...
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Freemasonry and the Concept of Ordered Liberty in New England Communities
During the later part of the Eighteenth Century and the early part of the Nineteenth Century, there were major forces working in American society...
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Star Wars’ MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGINS
It has been the subject of many Masonic historians and authors over the centuries, to seek the origins of elements of Masonic ritual, and...
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The Short Life of the Anti‑Masonic Party in the American Political System
In the vast history of American politics and its political parties, the Anti‑Masonic Party was an American political organization which had its rise after...
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Vitruvius Explains
Ancient Romans based designs of temples on proportions of the human body. The design of Temples depends on symmetry, the rules of which Architects...
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The Regius Manuscript
In 1757 King George II presented to the British Museum a collection of some 12,000 volumes, the nucleus of which had been laid by...
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Does Your Apron Still Fit?
When a new Entered Apprenticed Mason is initiated, the Worshipful Master grants the Senior Warden the authority to invest the newly initiated brother with...
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