It is indeed the Morgan affair. I read the pertinent eight pages of the history tome at the bookstore just yesterday, and, I believe that the writer makes some good points. There is also some backgrou ...

Let me preface this by saying, I am not a book seller!!! However, in light of your reply re the basis if ritual I must refer you to a book by Paul Naudon entitled "The Secret History of Freemason ...

Thanks for this. I must admit that I was quite aware of this proceeding. I also have read as a 'preamble' to the Antient (American) work that the two "extra" questions are permitted with th ...

You wrote as your four questions:1] The name you give to the Being that created man? 2] Your views on human destiny?
3] Your expectations from the Order > mind;heart; temporal well being 4] What ...

Why should we be "become" anything other than Freemasons? Do not the seeds of Freemasonry contain humanitarianism in its most noble sense? I believe so....just as I believe that we (Freemaso ...

I submit that the second question is anti-masonic even IF connected to the 10 Commandments and/or the Noahide laws. Let me reason briefly upon this. Freemasonry touts itself as being Universal in its ...

For those brothers who are genuinely interested in the operative history of freemasonry I highly recommend the book by Paul Naudon, entitled "The Secret History of Freemasonry" (1991), Engli ...

I guess I take a more idealistic (perhaps naive) approach to the idea of brotherhood (including sisters in that). My 'take' is that if one becomes a Freemason, then one does so because he wants the br ...

Go to the site of the Centre for Research into Freemasonry at the University of Sheffield. Look at the subjects of the presentations given at the 2002 and 2004 conferences. Women scholars presenting, ...

Holland: I very much enjoyed your rather 'tongue-in-cheek' statement re Grand Lodges knowing their own members. Very humourous, indeed! However, I think that British Freemasonry in particular was unde ...

A really good read is "The Secret History of Freemasonry" by Paul Naudon. The book deals with the history of continental operative masonry, and makes no dogmatic statements about the suppose ...

Thank you Bro. Eric for your encouraging words. Perhaps you and I will be the first real discussion "group", and we may have to talk this up amongst our brothers for them to log in and take ...

I perceive that "philosophy of Freemasonry" is a term, or phrase, that has not really been well considered. Here is a number of definitions from dictionary.com. Which are we going to use? ...

I remember mine very well, because during the 'preliminaries' in the outer room, I was asked three questions instead of just one; and I was completely unprepared for the two extras. "Do you belie ...