M. W. Raymond S. J. Daniels, PGM Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario Before embarking on a consideration of this topic, it might be appropriate to define ‘the business of Freemasonry.’ First and foremost, Freemasonry is an initiatic Order in the business of the development, enhancement, and transformation of the individual Mason […]

M. W. Raymond S. J. Daniels, PGM Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario The term ‘lodge’ has several meanings in Masonic parlance – a building, a room, a body. In operative days, from whence we derive the term, it was a simple lean-to structure on the building site where the workmen took […]

Thomas W. Jackson In recent years I have become more of a student of Freemasonry than I was in the past, and, although I still hesitate to think of myself as a Masonic scholar, there are those who tend to put me into that category. Whether I have become a student or a scholar of […]

M. W. Raymond S. J. Daniels, PGM Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario The first question put to the newly initiated Entered Apprentice when he is called before the lodge to prove his proficiency in the First Degree, “Where were you first prepared to be made a Mason?” in my opinion, holds […]

Author: Julian Rees – Past Junior Grand Deacon, UGLE Freemasonry, according to our own Grand Lodge, teaches moral lessons and selfknowledge. Here we take our stand. From this point, we as Freemasons start our journey, our quest for self-knowledge, a path leading us to the inmost parts of ourselves, our own psyche and our own […]