Let There Be Light

By: Jason K. McDonald – *October 2015 TLP Community Contest Winner* I didn’t feel anxious until lights went out under the door. It was the night I was initiated an Entered Apprentice. I had looked forward to it for months. What did I feel walking into the lodge that night? Excitement? Yes. Dear friends and near-strangers … Read more

Ancient Evidences – Cleopatra’s needle

The Builder, Cleopatra’s needle & Ancient Evidences G. W. Baird , P.G.M., District of Columbia It was the good fortune of the writer to see the great obelisk called Cleopatra’s needle, as it stood at Alexandria and also to witness the “opening of a house” in Pompeii. The two Monoliths known as Cleopatra’s needles had been brought … Read more

GL of Maryland To Honor John Paul Jones Sunday

Brother John Paul Jones, Revolutionary War father of the United States Navy, will be honored on Sunday by Maryland Freemasons.  From today’s edition of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland: Several hundred Freemasons will honor famed naval leader John Paul Jones Sunday with a belated memorial service at the Naval Academy.  While it has been … Read more

Correspondences: an online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism

Correspondences. An online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism. Call for papers. Deadline: feb. 28, 2013. About Correspondences seeks to create a public academic forum devoted to discussion and exposition of issues and currents in the field commonly known as ‘Western Esotericism.’ The editors acknowledge that the use of “Western esotericism” as an … Read more