tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post1949598410324223992..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: Southern Cal Research Lodge's Top Masonic Book ListChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-46012911460851119172016-09-03T15:04:19.896-04:002016-09-03T15:04:19.896-04:00Very cool Masonic list. Read 15 of them. Nice to s...Very cool Masonic list. Read 15 of them. Nice to see California Masons are contributing alot towards our Masonic education. Thanks to the efforts of some of our Masonic Research Societies, for example; The Masonic Society, The Philalethes Society, The Phylaxis (Prince Hall) Society..etc, including the excellent leadership of our educators within the York and Scottish Rites, Freemasonry is today a real "HALL of Learning".<br /><br />Despite all the problems in the world, Freemasonry is still remaining steadfast to her purpose of teaching: Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth.<br /><br />Bright: "A Mason is said to be "bright" who is well acquainted with the ritual, the forms of opening and closing, and the ceremonies of initiation. This expression does not, however, in its technical sense, appear to include the superior knowledge of the history and science of the institution, and many bright Masons are therefore not necessarily learned Masons, and on the contrary some learned Masons are not well versed in the exact phraseology of the ritual. The one knowledge depends on a retentive memory, the other is derived from deep research. -From a "Lexicon of Freemasonry" by Albert G. Mackey, 33*Thomas Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496528868148315705noreply@blogger.com