The Presence of The Master

Let me share to you Brothers my favorite content from the book  The Lost Keys of Freemasonry by Manly P. Hall. This book is a bit old but this is one of the best book I read about freemasonry. If you,re a Master Mason or still in the first or degree you should be reading this book because it discusses the symbolism of the degrees and a bit of the meaning of each stage becoming a Master Mason.

The Mason believe in the Great Architect, the living keystone of creation’s plan, the Master of all lodges, without whose spirit there is no work. Let him never forget that the Master is near. Day and night let him feel the presence of the Supreme or Overshadowing One. The All-Seeing Eye is upon him. Day and night this great Orb measures his depths, seeing into innermost soul of souls, judging his life, reading his thoughts, measuring his aspirations, and rewarding his sincerity. To this All-Seeing One he is accountable; to none other must he account. This Spirit passes with him out of the Lodge and measure the Mason in the world. This Spirit is with him when he buys and sells. It is with him in his home. By the light of day and by the darkness of night it judges him. It hears each thoughtless word. It is the silent witness to every transaction of life, the silent partner of every man. By the jury of his acts, each man is judged. Let every mason know that his obligations include not only those within the narrow lodge, bordered by walls of stone and brick, but those in the Great Lodge, walled only by dome of heaven. The Valley of Jehoshaphat waits for him who is false to any creatures, as surely as it waited for the breakers of the Comic oath.

The Spirit of Freemasonry

Hiram Abiff represents the spirit of universal vitality. The martyred Builder lies buried awaiting the day of liberation when his faithful sons shall free him for universal labor. The legend of Hiram Abiff is portrayed in many cults and schools of ancient times, Its presence in Freemasonry demonstrates the antiquity of the Craft teachings.

The Square and Compasses

The Square and Compasses are seen together. If not interlocked, they are seldom far apart, and the one suggests the other. And that is as it should be, because the things they symbolize are interwoven. In the old days when the earth was thought to be flat and square, the Square was an emblem of the earth, and later, of the earthly element om, as the sky is an arc or a circle, the implement which describes a Circle became the symbol of the heavenly, or sky spirit in man. thus the tools of the builder became the emblems of the thoughts of the thinker; and nothing in Masonry is more impressive than the slow elevation of the Compasses above the Square in the progress of the degrees. the whole meaning and task of life is there, for such as have eyes to see.

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George G. M. James

James was born in Georgetown, James was born in Georgetown, Guyana, South America. His parents were Reverend Linch B. and Margaret E. James. George studied at Durham University in Britain and after a period at the University of London he gained his doctorate at Columbia University in New York. He then qualified to teach mathematics, Latin, and Greek. Later he was Professor of Logic and Greek at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina for two years, before working at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

George G. M. James was one of the greatest teachers who ever lived. He was a true Master Mason, and he was among the first African Americans to dispel the lies about African civilizations. Through his excellent research Brother James (we shall refer to him as the Master Teacher) exposed the true origins of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Egypt as the mother lodge of the ancient world. He released this great study in 1954 which was a time when some people of African descent had no clue that the Masonic lodges of their various communities were schools of knowledge that descended from the knowledge of ancient Africa. Many African Americans had no clue that their order was so ancient. Many Freemasons accepted the origin of Freemasonry in Europe with the formation of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717.  Many people have tried to discredit the work of Master Teacher George G. M. James.

Source: African Origins of Freemasonry

The World is a Prison

“The world is a great prison; its bars are the Unknown. And each is a prisoner intil, at last, he earns the right to tear this bars from their moldering sockets, and pass, illuminated and inspired, into the darkness, which becomes lighted by the presence. People seek the temple where God dwels, where the spirit of the great Truth illuminates the shadows of human ignorance, but they no not which way to turn nor where this temple is. The mist of dogma surrounds them. Ages of thoughtlessness bind them in. Limitation weakens them and retards their footsteps. They wander in darkness seeking light, failing to realize the the light is in the heart of the darkness.” The Lost Keys of Freemasonry

Prince Hall Freemasonry

This book is highly recommended for all the Brothers specially Prince Hall Masons, it is a great source of knowledge that you can include in your masonic library.

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What is a Mason?

He is a man who in his heart has been duly and truly prepared, has been found worthy and well qualified, has been admitted to the fraternity of builders, been invested with certain passwords and signs by which he may be enabled to work and receive wages as a Master Mason, and travel in foreign lands in search of the which was lost – The Word.   Manly P. Hall