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Hotbed Around The Masonic Temple?
Bro. Luke came across this article in the Free Press today and it seems very timely… new stadiums anyone? Hard to say for sure, but it lends a lot to why 100 Temple Avenue is a hot commodity at the moment. I also can’t help that in another article, the Temple is referred to as [...]
Full StoryTrain Station Temple
Tuck point and mortar repair the foundation Bureaucratic point of order takes us to the train station Destination devastation all points south you won’t need a ticket, a steam engine will come out of your mouth As you look to the west to determine the cause who did their best, who followed your laws up [...]
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I was watching the new Robin Hood flick with Russell Crowe last night, which was actually a pretty good movie. Instead of the traditional regurgitation of the worn Robin Hood story, this movie, a prequel of sorts, goes in a more quasi-historical direction. I generally like watching actors in medieval dress hack at each other [...]
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At some point, karma does catch up with you; the universe is just that accurate about your accounts. If you don’t believe in karma, then remember that the things we do can cast long shadows. It was the middle of March and there was snow all over the ground. I had come into work and [...]
Full StoryThe Craft in Jamaica
A Visitor’s View by GM Smith Freemasonry is deeply entrenched in Jamaican society, enjoying support and patronage at every level. A spry 85 year old Jamaican Grand Officer sees his role in life as one of awe; to “advise, warn, encourage.” The ‘ancient’ is Jamaica’s Governor General, His Excellency Sir Howard Cooke. Prominent too among [...]
Full StoryThe Golden Trowel
As a youth I was a member of DeMolay. We would have a dance once a year in the Crystal Ballroom. This was my first experience with the Detroit Masonic Temple. My Dad Advisor, the Master Mason who acted like a chaperon and role model, would take us on tours of the temple. I looked [...]
Full StoryBonisteel Library
I was Googling around the other day and I stumbled across this site . It is not much for aesthetic but the content is amazing and some of these guys look familiar. There is a lot of content related to the Detroit Masonic Temple. The site produces a newsletter and posts YouTube video of the [...]
Full StoryDrawn using only a square, compass, pencil and marker
I drew these myself. Masonic artwork. 8 Sided Tessellated Star Tessellated Unicursal Hexagram RePent Nexis
Full StoryAphorisms on Freemasonry
Selected aphorisms from The Book of the Lodge by George Oliver (1782-1867)
Full StoryBaden Powell Says!
Baden Powell Says! ..any fool can smoke but a wise Scout doesn’t. July, 1910 Our object is to get all the boys interested, and every boy started on one or two hobbies, so that he may eventually find that which suits him the best and which may offer him a career for life. April, 1910 [...]
Full StoryBaal’s Bridge Square
The Warrant no.13 was issued to ‘Antient Union Lodge’ in Limerick, on the 22nd November 1732. However, this date only coincides with a time when records began for Antient Union Lodge 13. Lodge 13 have in their archives a old brass square that was found under the foundations of Baals Bridge. This Square dated 1507 [...]
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