The Burning Taper

It seems many rank-and-file Masons, in many locales, are becoming more and more fed up with the actions of Grand Lodge leaders. This short a...

The following is reprinted from the website of Bro. Derek Gordon . One Battle Is Over, But The War Is Not A great man and Mason, who was ove...

Bro. Fred Milliken has written an excellent piece titled "I Resign." Though the information presented about Bro. Derek Gordon'...

Below is a recent email from Doug Simmons, Past Deputy Grand Lecturer and Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, ...

Update, May 5: The resignations of Bros. Weatherall and Jones have been confirmed by an officer of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas. I am awaiti...

The following is by Bro. Derek Gordon. Remember the beginning! Prince Hall plates! by Bro. Derek Gordon Someone asked how this whole mess be...

The following article is by Bro. Derek Gordon, who is currently awaiting Masonic trial by the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, for purported but uns...

The following is by Bro. Derek Gordon, a young Freemason from Arkansas. The Grand Lodge of Arkansas has charged him with unmasonic conduct. ...

The Burning Taper receives many emails from Freemasons and others interested in Masonry. With the writer's permission, I'm sharing w...

In January, 2010 the then-Grand Master of of Arkansas, Ronald Hedge, sent a letter to lodge secretaries forbidding Arkansas "mainstream...

If you would like to make your voice heard to the officers of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, here is their contact list, adapted from the Arka...

This is the letter the Grand Lodge of Arkansas sent to Bro. Derek Gordon. Details on this story can be found here and here . We will post f...

The following article by Bro. Fred Millikan appeared yesterday on his blog, The Beehive, a part of the FreemasonInformation network. Bro. Fr...

On Feb. 27, The Burning Taper reported on the Grand Lodge of Arkansas's edict forbidding "mainstream" Masons from purchasing...

While more and more mainstream state grand lodges seem to be joining the 20th century by accepting the existence of and/or "recognizing...

The powerful thunderstorms that had my son and me in my basement playing cards by candlelight Friday evening pummeled north Georgia as far s...

Update, Tuesday, Dec. 11: Bro. Diogenes continues to update the story he tells here, providing names of those affected by the tyrannical a...

Either the Satanists just felt like a little free advertising, or the fundamentalists are accusing (once again) Freemasons of being Satanist...