Stop Blaming the Egregore
If a Lodge wants a healthier inner life, it cannot wait for invisible forces to fix what the brethren refuse to address. This essay turns practical, showing how ritual, governance, correction, discipline, and honest participation shape the real atmosphere of the Lodge.
The Lodge Mind
This essay applies the concept of the egregore directly to Lodge life, arguing that a Lodge’s inner atmosphere is not automatically healthy, wise, or self-correcting. It becomes what the brethren repeatedly feed through ritual, conduct, discipline, avoidance, and aspiration.
Charles Wesley Hallett, Sr.
Discover the life of Charles Wesley Hallett, Sr.—Civil War veteran, Advance Lodge No. 635 Mason, banker, and civic leader whose story reflects the transformation of Hallett’s Cove into modern Astoria.
Some Men Want Light. Some Just Want a Title.
An exploration of Albert G. Mackey’s three classes of Masons and what they reveal about Masonic ambition, symbolism, study, and the inward meaning of the Craft degrees.
What Freemasonry Is: From Anderson’s Constitutions to the Symbolic and Observant Lodge
An introduction to Freemasonry as a moral and symbolic fraternity, with attention to Anderson’s Constitutions, the first three degrees, and observant lodge culture.