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March 2022 Issue articles

From The Editor

Warm welcome from the Editor

An opportunity to fix the Sussex Fudge

Is there a value proposition for members, that under English Constitution Freemasonry, we have a 4 part offering; Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft , Master Mason and Companion, conducted in a single craft lodge ?

Masonic Ties

Masonic Miscellanies

The Anti-Masonic 'Apron' was created during the 1832 Presidential election in USA. It was not Ani-masonic. And it was not an apron. Read on to find out what and why it was created.

Masonic Blogs – The Magpie Mason

Each month we feature a Masonic Blog to inspire, enlighten and entertain you. The Magpie Mason is a niche internet microcelebrity who writes, with occasional flashes of superficial cleverness, about Freemasonry’s current events and history; literature and art; philosophy and pipe smoking.

Masonic Pens

Pure Ancient Masonry; P2. A Fellow of the Craft

Part 2: A Fellow of the Craft, Building Better Knowledge. Semantics aside Pure Antient Masonry consists of four parts. ‘Building the Temple’ is the fundamental Masonic allegory for building better people to build a better world; this must be understood as a seamless whole: why not confer each part in a Lodge opened in four …

Freemasonry in Iowa

Editor Philippa Lee discovers Freemasonry in Iowa and takes a tour around the hidden mysteries of the Iowa Masonic Library & Museums.

Masonic Swords

The Schaws of Sauchie Tower

Discover the powerful family of William Schaw, known as the 'Father of Freemasonry'

The Builders – Chapter 5 The Collegia

Chapter 5. The Collegia - If the laws of building were secrets known only to initiates, there must have been a secret Order of architects who built the temple of Solomon. Who were they?

Bricks Masons

The First William Schaw Statutes (1598)

We look at a modern transcript of the first William Schaw Statutes dated 1598. An operative masons charter for stone cutters and layers in the building industry of the time. A set of rules and regulations including penalties if said rules are breached.

Unity and Duality

Craig Weightman is back with a new article which continues his previous exploration into the 'hero's journey' through life's travails; this month we discover how within the stormy sea of battling opinion and confusion, there is an island called Freemasonry.

Masonic Regalia

Sir Joseph Banks – the botanical freemason

Banks, the eminent naturalist, was the first Freemason to set foot on Australian soil, he was at the time on a combined Royal Navy & Royal Society scientific expedition to the South Pacific Ocean on HMS Endeavour led by Captain James Cook.

Initiation and the Lucis Trust

The approach of the Lucis Trust to initiation may differ slightly to other Western Esoteric systems and Freemasonry, but the foundation of training for the neophyte to build good moral character and act in useful service to humanity is universal.

Masonic Jewels

Ashlar Chippings

Hugh O’Neill's regular chippings whilst smoothing the ashlar: - 1) Lord Carnarvon's 'recuperation'and 2) "Freemasonry" in Naples in the Eighteenth Century

The Fellowcraft’s Handbook

Chapter 3 - The signs and tokens; an explanation of the signs and tokens symbolism of the fellowcraft according to the ancient mysteries by J.S.M Ward

Masonic Ring

Masonic Podcasts

Our pick of the best Masonic Podcasts

Old Tiler Talks – Masonry’s “Failure”

“Masonry fails because it doesn’t interest men sufficiently to make them practice what they preach. A perfectly articulated story by Claudy “Masonry does not fail men. Men fail Masonry. Masonry has the teachings.

Masonic Watches

So mote it be

The phrase appears in the Regius Poem. It is customary in contemporary English to end prayers with a hearty “Amen,” a word meaning “So be it.” It is a Latin word derived from the Hebrew word - Short Talk Bulletin - Vol. V June, 1927, No.6

Jacob’s Ladder

On the First Degree tracing board the most dominant feature is Jacob’s Ladder stretching from Earth to Heaven. Being straight, it is the shortest and quickest way to reach heaven, and being straight you can see the end goal. - Tutorial series 2 by Stephen J. Goulding

Masonic KT Regalia

Attendance at Lodge

There are many things which Freemasonry will do for a man in the way of opening his mind and giving him larger and kindlier views of life, but Freemasonry itself, with all its power to polish and refine, cannot eradicate the natural bias of the disposition. The Freemason's Chronicle 17th April 1875

Digital Freemasonry

All Freemasons In One Digital Lodge; Is this viable?, is it practical ?, is it even possible ? To answer this question we need to under the problem "Digital Freemasonry" aims to fix.

Masonic Art NFTs on Opensea

We introduce a third selection of five masonic inspired NFT art collections available on Opensea produced by artists from around the globe.

Tubal Cain Masonic Aprons

Tubal Cain Masonic Apron NFTs are a collection of 1,000 unique digital designed Masonic collectable aprons, available as real collectable aprons

The Masonic Temple

The Masonic Temple is a platform where both Freemasons and non-Masons, enthusiasts of real art and spiritual growth, connect to the new world of the metaverse. A Freemasonry in the metaverse project, based regular freemasonry principles.

Masonic Cases

book intro – The Mystic Tie

Extracted and abridged from The Mystic Tie: Or, Facts and Opinions, Illustrative of the Character and Tendency of Freemasonry By Albert Mackey,

Meet The Author – Darren Lorente-Bull

Darren Lorente-Bull is the author of 'The Other Brotherhood: When Freemasonry Crossed the English Channel' and five other books. Here he talks to Philippa Lee about his beliefs, his Freemasonry, and books.  

Lewis Masonic Books

Reviews and new publications from Lewis Masonic

book review – Whence Come You 

The message of the book is essentially one of Freemasonry being unequivocally esoteric – spiritual – and that is something that many Masons may balk at but it is a topic that needs discussing rationally.

book review – The Other Brotherhood

An excellent book, being perfect for Freemasons and non-Freemasons alike who want to explore the origins of Freemasonry and to examine how it influenced French thought in the eighteenth century to become a unique but equally diverse society. By Darren Lorente-Bull

book review – The Tracing Boards of the First Degree

The Tracing Board is a picture that encloses the quintessence of the ritual of the Degree and transmits it through symbols and images. By Enrico Marcia

SQ Masonic Book Store

Selected Masonic Books available at Amazon

SQ Leadership Books

Selected Books on Leadership and Personal Development available at Amazon

Van Heusen

Hugo Boss

Tommy Hilfiger

SQ Style – Man

Stand out from the crowd with SQ’s Masonic essentials

SQ Style – Feminine

Stand out from the crowd with SQ’s Masonic essentials

Clarks

Tom Ford

Calvin Klein

SQ Styles

SQ Styles made to order

Last Page

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