November 2020
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Freemasons Say They’re Needed Now More Than Ever. So Why Are Their Ranks Dwindling? November 28, 20208:00 AM ET CHRISTIANNA SILVA This article appeared on the homepage of the US National Public Radio website this morning. In 1959, about 4.5% of all American men were Freemasons, but in recent years membership has fallen off roughly…
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Source: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-library-returns-books-stolen-by-nazis-to-freemasons/a-51533157 Germany: Library returns books stolen by Nazis to Freemasons The Bavarian State Library has returned over 200 books stolen from Freemasons by the Nazis over 80 years ago. The library said it is facing up to the responsibility of its cooperation with the Nazi party. The Bavarian State Library returned 203 books to the German…
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The content of this video has been taken from an 1880 essay by Hugh M’Curdy. It was published in “The Voice of Masonry” in that year. Its tone, language and content are very representative of Masonic lectures of that period, with an emphasis on moral uplift, rather than the more modern approach foregrounding historical and…
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Now that the threat of COVID is receding (in Australia at least) and we’re all contemplating a return to lodge and chapter work, here’s four minutes of good advice to crank back up our rusty ritual! This short talk by Frances Millburg was originally published on the Ninth Arch BBS. Now it’s a 4 minute…
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This little gem was in the news a few months ago. Freemasonry on the runway, courtesy of 9 News (https://www.9news.com.au). Qantas weighs in after symbols on engine covers stir up conspiracy theorists Eagle-eyed conspiracy theorists have spotted a series of symbols on Qantas engine covers, which are linked to centuries-old secret societies. The engine covers are black…
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The specialist numismatic publication Coin Week published an interesting article about Mark Pennies last Friday. While it is written from a non-Masonic perspective and contains some egregious (and all too familiar) falsehoods, it does have some interesting information about the history and provenance of the pennies and value to the world of coin collectors in…
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This article appeared in Time Magazine on 13 August this year. I’d highly recommend John Dickie’s Book, How the Freemasons made the Modern World, from which it is drawn. Details of how to get a copy appear at the bottom of the article. Freemasons, with signs for the various lodges, c1733. Getty Images/Historica Graphica Collection BY JOHN…
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I found out a couple of days ago that the site had outgrown its hosting capacity and that updates weren’t publishing. It turned out that I had maxed out the page limit. As a result I’m pleased to announce the launch of the ‘all new’ From the Quarries, which has been completely re-written from the…
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I ran across this article online today and thought it worth sharing. A tribute to an operative brother! A selfie set in stone: hidden portrait by cheeky mason found in Spain 900 years on A British art historian’s painstaking study of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela uncovered a medieval prank He is a medieval…
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