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This short piece comes from Sanjay Mandaiker on the heels of recent editorials on the differences and disputes between Freemasonry and Catholicism. From those differences, he suggests another path of discovery and consideration from a far off tradition for most in Freemasonry. I have noticed...

As has been published through the Masonic world, there is an edict in a Masonic jurisdiction stating that only men born and remaining male can apply for membership in a lodge That got me thinking on how one would implement such an edict. Well, I got lucky, fellas. I've been watching the...

BRYCE ON HISTORY - A tribute to our Normandy vets, and a history lesson for our youth. On this anniversary of the D-Day invasion, we would be wise to remember the sacrifices and hardships our veterans endured to liberate a continent. Through their eyes, we see the true character of America and...

Today marks the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. The landings on the Normandy beaches was a part Operation Overlord, the operational code name for invading France. This was the largest seaborne invasion in history. This invasion was a major contribution to the liberation of France from Nazi control...

Jesus' Ascension into Heaven by John Singleton Copley Credit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Jesus_ascending_to_heaven.jpg As many of you know, I've, for better or worse, become heavily involved in the York Rite. I love it. The Chapter holds a lot of wonderfully symbolic and...

Harlan is M.I.A. The Chaplain crashes the podcast! He found us! Harlan, on a scale of 1 to Jew Our ham radio show The Big Bang After Lodge Podcast Jason cannot stay on topic The Chaplain tells Jason his sins The Chaplain's Bible Go be gay! Someone's doing it wrong. Maybe Receiving good counsel...

Originally posted on The Mason's Lady: At least around here, there tends to be one popular drink among Masons- single malt scotch. In fact, not only does our local Scottish Rite put on a scotch tasting every so often (with one next week!), but during major events like Grand Lodge, everyone...

There are many important dates in the history the Middle Ages, but some notable ones were the issuance of the Papal Bulls and, in this instance, those issued for and against the medieval Knights Templar. A Papal Bull is a formal proclamation or order issued by the Pope and the use of "bull" is...

The All Seeing Eye William J Morris, in his Pocket Lexicon of Freemasonry, defines the All Seeing Eye as “an emblem found in every well-furnished lodge, and which is unnecessary further to explain.” Yet, further explanation is necessary to detail the Eye of Providence that is so much in the...

Freemasonry as we know it today has gone through several transitional periods. In the 16th century Freemasonry transitioned from operative to speculative, in the 17th and 18th centuries it began to spread to the far edges of the globe, in the 18th and 19th centuries we saw the establishment of...

It's been confirmed on Gizmodo that throughout the day, the shadow from the obelisk that is the Washington Monument moves in relation to the sun's position on Google Maps. No word if this will aid our marking of the secret Templar treasure, :cough:, I mean, there is no secret Templar treasure...

Another late recording The guys make fun of Jason's fiscal responsibility The last Zune in North America dies Topics this week from: "The Harlan's Kid is Almost as Late as Harlan Whiteboard" Name one Freemason (living or dead) that you would like to have dinner with Why Bruce won't answer a...

I'll be speaking in Louisville, KY on Saturday at the Scottish Rite. Light food will be available at 4:00PM, and I will start at around 4:45PM. The Scottish Rite is located at 200 East Gray Street in Louisville. Continue reading...

Originally Published in the Vol. 2, Issue 8 August 2012, Edition of Living Stones Magazine Masonic ritual is ingenious in that it has the ability to convey masonic teachings on multiple levels. For the more exoteric Mason, the rituals provide valuable moral lessons, which support the fraternal...

In this segment of the Sojourners, this piece, Natya Raja, comes to us from Sanjay Mandaiker. I met Sanjay through a few posts about his work with Esoteric Travels, of which Sanjay is the owner. Intrigued, Esoteric Travels specializes in sacred space tours of his homeland, India. At my...

The Fifth Annual Masonic Restoration Foundation Symposium will be held in Cincinnati on August 15-17, 2014. Speakers and workshops focus on enabling Masons and Lodges to improve their Masonic experience. The cost of the symposium is $100, and this is a brethren-only event. Link...

We don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people. ― Steve Goodier Life’s like the piano and the violin, it’s about how smart you could play the melodies to make a good harmony. ― Lucy ‘Aisy Grand Master...

Fred Milliken is a man who needs little introduction, least wise to anyone who has had an ear to hear the heartbeat of Masonry for more than the last 15 years. With a finger, hand, foot and toe in just about every corner of the digital space, Fred either knows what’s going on or someone who...

BRYCE ON SOCIETY - What should you do? Forgive or reciprocate? (Click for AUDIO VERSION) To use this segment in a Radio broadcast or Podcast, send TIM a request. There is perhaps nothing more demoralizing to the human spirit than discovering a broken trust. What makes this particularly...

Robert Sullivan is a newcomer in the world of Masonic scribes with his first work, The Royal Arch of Enoch, hitting the bookshelf late in 2012. What makes Sullivan’s work interesting is the degree of focus he puts on the Apocryphal figure of Enoch in the Masonic degrees, a figure that most, at...