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    The Protractor

    There is nothing "higher: than the Master Mason Degree. expanding your horizon and extending your vision by degrees... by R.W. Bro. Raymond S.J. Daniels "The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder." (Ralph W. Sockman) Freemasonry is, and always has been...
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    How Do You Join Masonry?

    Ensor Note November 06, 2006 How Do You Join Masonry? This is simple if you have family or friends in the Order, but if you don’t then what? Well it is a little easier these days with the Grand Lodges embracing the power of the internet, but Masonry has always worked on the “2 B 1...
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    “Begin Thinking in a New Wayâ€

    Ensor Notes March 15, 2005 “Begin Thinking in a New Way†Greetings Brethren, Today is the Ides of March, so beware of Roman Senators bearing knives, or those who don’t think for themselves? I recently passed a church, which was advertising the upcoming Sunday sermon titled...
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    The Rule of Three

    Ensor Notes June 15, 2005 The Rule of Three I recently received this joke about the Rule of Three, which has to do with rumors and we are or have been guilty of passing rumors. In all rumors good or bad you find a kernel of truth, but it is what surrounds the kernel that you must be so...
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    Masonic Involvement

    Ensor Notes February 18, 2003 My Brethren and friends, I want to follow up on my message from the last meeting and talk about Masonic Involvement. This involvement must take place both in the Lodge and our Communities. It will only be through our actions that Masonry will be kept alive...
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    How Ancient is the Golden Fleece?

    How Ancient is the Golden Fleece? This article came from the Ontario Mason magazine By Robert R Beckett May 15, 2006 by W. Bro. David Cameron, Grand River Lodge, No. 151, Waterloo When the Senior Warden puts the apron on the newly initiated brother, he tells him that the badge with which...
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    Ensor Note The Shadow Knows

    Ensor Note June 07, 2005 The Shadow Knows A wise man once said that “to be a friend a man should strive to be like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.†Masonry is also like that shadow and those that shelter in it find not only respite from the weary land, but as they are...
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    Does Masonry Make a Difference?

    Ensor Note Sept 02 Does Masonry Make a Difference? I have heard this question asked before and I know as a Mason that yes it does. Have I told you about my father? Now there was a Mason. Every Tuesday and Thursday he would be of to Lodge or Chapter (Royal Arch here), you could set your...
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    Lodge Night

    Hillcrest Fellowship & Supper Club Lodge Night. 1. He slowly opened the door to his locker. He hung his police uniform on the hooks and took out his suit. It was Lodge night. 2. He watched as the last employee left his business, locked the building and made the evening bank...
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    Ensor Note The Masonic Membership Card

    Ensor Note July 02 The Masonic Membership Card I recently came across a lesson about that little piece of card that we carry around to identify ourselves as Masons to other Masons. I personally carry 4 such cards, which identify me as a MM in good standing of 4 separate lodges, Hillcrest...
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    The Traveling Gavel

    The Traveling Gavel Ensor Notes November 19,2002 The Ritual of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario states in the working tools lecture: “The Common Gavel is an important instrument of labour, and highly esteemed as an implement of art. Though recognized by various...
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    TEACHINGS OF DIOGENES Lesson No. 2

    TEACHINGS OF DIOGENES (c. 412- c. 323 B.C ) Diogenes was a very playful philosopher who liked to use great wit when challenging the values and beliefs of his fellow citizens in ancient Athens. He lived in great poverty, probably begging and stealing his food, and steadfastly disdained...
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    TEACHINGS OF DIOGENES Lesson No. 3

    TEACHINGS OF DIOGENES (c. 412- c. 323 B.C.) Diogenes was a very playful philosopher who liked to use great wit when challenging the values and beliefs of his fellow citizens in ancient Athens. He lived in great poverty, probably begging and stealing his food, and steadfastly disdained...
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    The Albury MS.

    The Albury MS. THE AMALGAMATED GUILD OF FREEMASONS and MASONS. Price One Shilling - Thirteenpence per post. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. LONDON PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY CLAYTON & CO. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN RINTERS, 17, BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET 1875 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
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    The masonic stone of port royal 1606

    For anyone wishing to see the entire paper including the illustrations go to the following link: http://www.linshaw.ca/omtp/vol14no11.html Iainmason ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MASONIC STONE OF PORT ROYAL 1606 by REGINALD V. HARRIS Past Grand Master The "Masonic" Stone...
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    What is a Free Mason?

    What is a Free Mason? A Mason is a man and a “BROTHERâ€, who is “SQUARE†in all he “COMPASSES†he has a “RITE†understanding and a firm “GRIP†therefore he has no complaints to “LODGE†against life being a loyal “APPRENTICE†to duty he becomes “MASTER†of...
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    I am Freemasonry

    I AM FREEMASONRY I AM FREEMASONRY: I was born in antiquity, in the ancient days when men first dreamed of God. I have been tried through the ages and found true. The crossroads of the world bear the imprint of my feet, and the cathedrals of all nations mark the skill of my hands. I strive for...
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    The point within the circle

    THE POINT WITHIN THE CIRCLE: It's Meaning & Place in the Lodge. By W. Bro. D.B.Wallace; Presented 5th February, 1915; Published by: UNITED MASTERS LODGE No. 167;Auckland, New Zealand. For a considerable time it has seemed to me that we Freemasons are in a danger of losing sight of the true...
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    Cowan

    COWAN From the Library of the UGLNSW & ACT; Sydney South, NSW, Australia; March, 2005. Few wholly Masonic words have been so much talked about and so little understood by the average Mason as "cowan". Every one understands that it is a term of contempt; that it denotes some one wholly...
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    The degrees of masonry

    THE DEGREES OF MASONRY The Master Mason by Joseph Fort Newton. Published in Masonic Bulletin-BCY- November 1957 WHAT SEEKEST THOU? Still further light in Masonry, even the Light that sees through the Shadow into the life of things. As an Apprentice I have been taught the morality that...
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