A Brother’s War, a new WWII film to be released on May 26, 2009 by MTI Home Video, is getting critical acclaim as well as generating press for Freemasonry. As film critic Dave McCutcheon summarizes it, “two officers, one German and the other British, discover that they share a common bond in Freemasonry, empowering [...]
File this under Freemasonry-is-inadvertantly-cool: There is now a pop band called “Masonic”
Masonic
Their Myspace page with photos and sound clips is here.
Brenda I. Fleming-Taylor, Grandmaster, Order of Women Freemasons
Although women are well represented within the overall body of Freemasonry thanks to Masonic groups such as Eastern Star, they have not been allowed to become actual Freemasons. This prohibition has not, however, stopped women over the years from taking up the trowel and forming their own [...]
Brother Mark Twain
The Masonic Information Center has announced this years winners of the 2008 Mark Twain Award for Excellence in Masonic Awareness an annual award that “recognizes Lodge leadership for asserting a uniquely Masonic identity both within the Lodge and throughout the community that is consistent with the Fraternity’s historic focus on education, self-improvement, [...]
The legend of a long-hidden Masonic treasure has caused much speculation over years, and even inspired a big budget Hollywood movie. But there was at least one real-life Masonic treasure, the story of which is just as interesting and tragic as anything movie writers could dream up: The large collection of Masonic items the Nazis [...]
Nor has it been thought derogatory to their dignity, that monarchs have for a season exchanged the scepter for the trowel, to patronize our mysteries and join in our assemblies. — Ronayne’s Handbook of Freemasonry
A couple of cool, old photographs of kings in Masonic Regalia.
Brother George, VI, King of England
Brother Edward VII, King [...]
The sprig of acacia appears prominently on much Masonic art, Masonic regalia and Masonic jewelry. Traditionally it represents a hope in the afterlife. But why acacia and not some other plant? While the exact origins of this symbol are probably lost in antiquity, there are several intriguing observations that one can make [...]
LONDON–In a surprise announcement today, the World Grand Masonic Lodge acknowledged that it is, in fact, a shadow world government whose authority covers every of facet of human activity, from international politics, world commerce and space exploration to fast food menus and American Idol.
“We chose today to make the announcement,” Sir Hiram Wayfarer, the Grandmaster [...]