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Fortune Cookie Tarot

At the end of a recent dinner out, I was unceremoniously handed a fortune cookie. As per the usual parlance, the ceremony for those that I partook the meal with was that the fortunes would be read aloud and serendipidously commented on, talked and joked about, and otherwise ignored, and that’s the fun of it. Usually with [...]

Grand Master’s Ruling Hurtful

I recently returned from the 138th Grand Session of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Arkansas which was held from February 25-28, 2010 in Pine Bluff. It was a great time with wonderful brotherhood marred by only one disappointing incident not of the making of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of [...]

Traditional Observance, what is it, and is it the future of American Masonry?

“Curious about how to bring Masonry into the Tradition it came from?” “Whats this new Concept I’ve heard about called European Masonry?” You may of heard these questions tossed around in some of the more secluded or private conversations at a lodge meeting. Or, perhaps in one of the many web forum discussions that so often [...]

Airing Dirty Laundry

by W:.Tim Bryce, PM, MPS timb001@phmainstreet.com Palm Harbor, Florida, USA “A Foot Soldier for Freemasonry” Originally published in 2008. One of my forte’s as a writer and a Mason is to be able to bring up touchy subjects such as Prince Hall recognition, alcohol in the Lodge, Grand Lodge government, etc. This has garnered me a lot of recognition, mostly [...]

Meet Ezekiel M. Bey, FPS

Perhaps you have not had the opportunity to know or read about Ezekiel M. Bey. In that case you have missed a great man. And if that is the case it is time for you to get acquainted with this Prince Hall Mason. Brother Bey is Founder and Administrator of “Blue Lite,” a popular national Prince [...]

Celebrating One Year!

I’d like to take a step back from my usual articles today to celebrate the anniversary of something very important to me. This day, February 28th, marks the one year anniversary of The Banks of the Euphrates appearing on Freemason Information Magazine. On February 28th, 2009, I posted my first article on this website and [...]

From HELL – Masonic Central by gas light.

LAST MINUTE UPDATE This episode was originally scheduled to air Feb. 21, 2010. We have had to postpone the taping due to uncontrollable issues. Please check back for a revised date shortly. Madness, mayhem, mystery, and murder, these are but a few of the terms one could use to define the book, and later film, From Hell. “It’s [...]

Ancients Versus Moderns

Lynn stepped outside of the lodge building to have a cigarette. It was a cold winter night, the temperature had dipped below freezing and there was snow on the ground. The entire town seemed to be silent. There was no wind and the light from the full moon was reflecting off of the snow and [...]

Dan Brown’s Influence On World Peace

Along with my Short Talk Bulletin I recently rescued from my mailbox came with it MIC’s (Masonic Information Center – a part of MSANA) FOCUS, a short communication on whatever is HOT right now in Freemasonry. And what is hot right now, as we all know, is Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol.” MIC published a [...]

So much social media so little time.

The snappy social media headline above is true both in and out of the fraternity, but its intent was to make an observation on something I’m seeing now, which is the proliferation of so many private or independent social media communities for the various Masonic groups that exist across the nation (or world now). I’ll make [...]