The Burning Taper

When is a Man a Mason? When he can look out over the rivers, the hills, and the far horizon with a profound sense of his own littleness in t...

I've been finding some fascinating Masonic blogs the past few days. It seems there are many intelligent Freemasons out there, eager to l...

Found on the Internet.... Operator: Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your national ID number? Customer: Hi, I'd like to place...

Brother Greg Stewart over at the Masonic Traveler blog just posted some very amusing paintings of Shriners as 1950's party animals. The...

From 1991 to 1996, Robert Anton Wilson and I were penpals. Before email, even. We used to write and type letters to each other and then put...

Benjamin Frankin January 6, 1706 O.S. - April 17, 1790 American printer — he published the first book in the colonies, the Masonic Anderson...

For the 57th straight year, a mystery man paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by placing roses and a bottle of cognac on the writer's grave ...

Reprinted from the Salt Lake Tribune , January 13, 2006 By Peggy Fletcher Stack Dan Brown clearly enjoys playing with legends, history, symb...

by Adrian Gilbert Throughout history intelligent men and women have searched for a higher meaning to life, something over and above the dail...

This excellent essay was censored by the Grand Master of Florida because he found it to be offensive. THE MASONIC MANIFESTO by W. Br. Tim Br...

Grand Lodges of states marked in blue, plus Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia, have extended recognition to Prince Hall lodges, wh...

Recently inspired by something I read on a Masonic website, I googled "The Enlightenment," and discovered some most interesting pa...

This article reprinted from the United Grand Lodge of America's website : During the Masonic schism between the Grand Lodges (1751-1813)...

I remember standing around the Holy Altar once, leaning on my staff when I was Senior Deacon, during a ritual practice. While the Master was...

"I have read of a man who lived many thousands of years ago, and of all the names in these books, his is the one I wish to bear. He too...

On December 27, 2005 the United Grand Lodge of America of Accepted Free-Masons was established by Freemasons from Georgia, Alabama, North Ca...

Designed by Washington, D.C. artist James Sanborn, and encrypted with the assistance of Ed Scheidt, known as the "Wizard of Codes,...

"Well, the downside to Intellectual Freedom is encountering a Wizard of Oz reference every single damn day." — Simon Moon, Masoni...

"Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought." — Henry Graham Greene "A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon ...