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We are far from a secret underground movement

“The two things are very separate and I do not let them cross over. No mason has ever approached me and asked me to push things through for them. I wouldn’t be very happy if they did.

“The Freemasons is a charitable organisation and one which I get a lot of pleasure from being a member of. If however I was working as a councillor and was involved in any form of decision making on either a fellow mason, or the lodge, I would declare an interest and leave the room.

“Over the last ten years the Freemasons have become far more open. We are far from a secret underground movement.”

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Pfeiffer of Dracut Installed as District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts

BOSTON — Kenneth W. Pfeiffer of Dracut was installed a District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts at the fraternity’s Boston headquarters and will preside over eight lodges in the 14th Masonic District for the year.

The 38,000 Freemasons and 232 lodges in the commonwealth are organized into 32 districts, each led by a district deputy grand master. Read more

Freemason doctrine and U.S. foreign policy

Indeed, one can be fascinated by the striking similarities between Freemason doctrine and U.S. foreign policy. Out of the 5 million Freemasons around the world, approximately 2 million are from the United States. Who knows if they are secretly communicating using their clandestine symbols, dreaming of a better world where people can live in liberty, equality and fraternity? Professor Jin contends that even the French Revolution was inspired by Freemason principles of “Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth.” Read more

Secrets of Freemasonry Revealed

Editor’s note: The veil of secrecy surrounding Masonic lodges, their activities and the meaning of their square and compass logo was lifted recently for Times Staff Writer Ken Kosky. The Dunes Lodge in Portage was made available for a tour and the lodge’s outgoing Worshipful Master Erik Burkhart answered questions along with other Freemasons. Read more

Freemasons rebuilding ranks

For the first time in 149 years, members of the Masons in Colorado are gathered in Pueblo for their annual meeting.

No, members are not here to help pick global leaders, despite recent movies and novels that suggest the fraternity has had a major influence on governments throughout history.

Instead, the state chapter will go over its annual report and elect new officers, said Brian Cotter, the most worshipful grand master of the Grand Lodge of Accepted Free and Accepted Masons of Colorado.

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Living a more fulfilled life is the benefit of becoming a Freemason

Living a more fulfilled life is the benefit of becoming a Freemason, said Ontario’s Grand Master, Raymond Daniels.

“It’s basically a self-learning organization,” he said. “The men through our lectures, our charges associating with other good men, we learn more about ourselves.”

Freemasonry is the largest and oldest fraternal organization in the world, Daniels said.

Daniels, who was initiated at Orillia’s Masonic Temple more than 50 years ago, joined his mother lodge on Saturday for the annual ceremony of installation, which sees a new set of officers put in place.

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Sherlock Homes and the Freemasons

Like Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), this big-budget adventure is a lighthearted yet plausible re-imagining which adds new twists to the classic character. Unfortunately, the plot – which involves black magic and the Freemasons – is complete bunkum, but Ritchie’s depiction of the dirt and squalor of 19th century London is evocative and the sulky bromance between Holmes and Watson keeps the film ticking along throughout its two-hour running time.
 
So never mind the machinations of the film’s pantomime villain Lord Blackwood (a malevolent Mark Strong) – the real drama here is that Watson (Jude Law) is about to move in with his Read more