Lodge History: October

Civil war ravaged the country. Crime in San Francisco rose. Vigilantes emerged. Many Californian’s traveled east to join the Union Army. Brother turned against brother. Chaos prevailed, but not among thirteen Masonic Brethren who, just a few months prior to...

Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget On the eleventh hour Of the eleventh day In the eleventh month... The guns fell silent on the Western front… The Great War, the war to end all wars, was done… Many of our youth and manhood lay still and dead on the battlefields of Europe… The war was...

The Allegory of the Chariot

I recently came across a very interesting article titled “What is a Man? The Allegory of the Chariot” and posted to the Art of Manliness website. This article really resonated with me because I felt that it aligned well with our Masonic teachings and it...

Adieu, A Heart-Worm Fond Adieu

Adieu, A Heart-Warm, Fond Adieu Adieu, a heart warm, fond adieu, Dear brothers of the mystic tie! Ye favored, ye enlightened few, Companions of my social joy! Tho’ I to foreign lands must hie, Pursuing fortune’s sliddery ba’,–– With melting heart and...

World Masonic Knowledge

In 2011 and 2013, the Grand Lodge of California’s Institute for Masonic Studies held International Conferences in conjunction with the history department at the University of California, Los Angeles. These academic forums brought together acclaimed contemporary...

The Old Master’s Wages

I met a dear old man today, who wore a Masonic pin, It was old and faded like the man, It's edges were worn quite thin. I approached the park bench where he sat, To give the old brother his due, I said, "I see you've traveled east," He said, "I have,...