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Lodge Revitalization,
Masonic Education
and Research Resources
Home page of Southern California
Research Lodge. S.C.R.L. is one of the most active
and valuable Research Lodges in the world. While it's
meetings and most of it's officers are from the Los
Angeles/ Orange County Metropolitan area it's membership
and list of contributors is world wide. It is definitely
a good place to start a quest for further light.
My own personal
favorite research resource is the Philalethes Society.
It is an organization open to Master Masons from all
over the world that are interested in the history,
philosophy, interaction and government of Freemasonry.
Membership benefits include a monthly journal with
articles contributed by various Masonic researchers and
authors. Members may also join in an e:mail forum that
has many enlightening (and sometime heated) discussions
on a wide variety of Masonic subjects of interest. I
personally have found it very enlightening.
The Masonic Service
Association of North America and The Masonic
Information Center Home Page
Masonic Renewal
Committee is a Committee created by the Conference
of Grand Masters of North America to develop programs to
improve Masonic leadership and development for Masonic
Renewal.
Index of Web pages on
Paul Bessel's
Web site. This is a site maintained by Brother Paul
Bessel that is a gold mine of Masonic information. He
has listings on a multitude of subjects, including all
Grand Lodges around the world; Research Lodges and
Associations and Masonic Museums; and much much more.
Included are links to all sites that he is aware of.
Paul Bessel's Links to more
Research Lodges
The
Masonic Book Club has been reprinting old Masonic
Masterpieces since 1970. It has limited membership, but
has some openings available. (I have belonged since 1973
and can vouch that they are worth it - Art Seddon)
The Phylaxis Society
is an organization very similar to the Philalethes
Society that is not a Masonic body, but rather an
international historical, literary, research
organization interested in Prince Hall Freemasonry in
particular and universal Freemasonry in general.
Q.C.C.C.
Limited. Home page of the Quatuor Coronati
Correspondence Circle. Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076,
located in London, England, is the premier research
lodge in the world. The Correspondence Circle membership
is open to all Master Masons of all regular
Constitutions, as well as individual Lodges and other
Masonic groups.
Currently (Jan
6, 2008) being reconstructed.
National Heritage
Museum. Located in Lexington Massachusetts.
Sponsored by the Northern Jurisdiction of the Scottish
Rite
lodgebuilder.org.
Lodge Builder is a web-site created by the Grand Lodge
of Minnesota which has suggestions for Lodge
revitalization. They also have discussion groups where
participants can give their opinions and suggestions.
New
Model Lodge - USA. This is a site maintained by a
very knowledgeable Texas Mason who has done a great
amount of research on what works to promote the health
of local lodges. He publishes practices and results that
are reported from lodges all over the world.
Home page of the George Washington
Masonic Memorial. Masonic Pride of the Fraternity.
This site provides a tour of the Memorial in addition to
a history of the Memorial and information on Brother
Washington's Masonic history. A beautiful site
concerning a beautiful edifice. It is the home of Alexandria Washington Lodge
No. 22
A
Masonic Manual is a web-site maintained by the
University of Michigan that has a considerable amount of
historical information on American Masonry. You would
never confuse it with California ritual, but it is a
very interesting site.
A Page About
Freemasonry, the oldest Masonic web site in the
world. It contains interesting and useful information,
including many links to other Masonic sites.
Texas Lodge
of Research. A very useful resource for Masonic
information and education.
The Music
of Freemasonry A resource for researching the music
of Freemasonry
Our Masonic
Music Room Another resource for researching the
music of Freemasonry
"The Chronicles
of Furthermore, The Masonic Raven." These Chronicles
are contained in their entirety, in the vaults
underneath the cave
underneath . . . well, you'll
find out. They are located on the Internet at
http://www.furthermoreraven.org. These are offered for
your entertainment AND they make great
Trestleboard fillers.
The Hirams Oasis
Masonic Files web site is the LARGEST collection of
downloadable Masonic files available ANYWHERE on the
Internet.
The
Regius Manuscript is the oldest known reference to
Freemasonry (About 1390 A.D.). This site has the
original text along with a translation and a commentary.
The Cooke
Manuscript (dated about 1430 A.D.) is also very
interesting.
The Phylaxis Society, a
Prince Hall Masonic research group has a web-site with
some of the results of their investigation into bogus
and clandestine masonry. It is very informative
about the charlatans and con men that infest some of
illegitimate masonry and reflect negatively onto all
legitimate Masonry.
Not a Masonic research
organization, the Philosophical Research
Society was founded by Manly P. Hall, 33º Mason and
investigates some of the more mystical (and mythical)
aspects of Masonry.
Sooner or later,
delving into Masonry will lead you to questions that
require a look at the
Holy Bible.
"Bible on the Web" contains the Revised Standard
Translation, the King James Translation and the Darby
Translation.
A Gentile's
Guide to the Jewish Holidays is a page at the
"JewFAQ" web-site that gives an easy to understand
explanation of the various Holidays on the Jewish
Calendar. It is part of a site who's motto is: JewFAQ:
Answering Jewish Frequently Asked Questions for more
than a decade! I found it quite interesting.
www.religioustolerance.org
has information on both major and minor religious
movements, including: Christianity, Judaism, Islam,
Hinduism, Buddhism, Baha'i Faith, Sikhism,
Unitarian-Universalism, Agnosticism and Humanism, Asatru
(Norse Paganism) *, Atheism, Caodaism, Confucianism,
Damanhur Community, Deism, Druidism, Druse, Eckankar,
Falun Dafa and Falun Gong, Gnosticism, Goddess Worship,
Goths, Hare Krishna - ISKCON, Lukumi, Macumba,
Mowahhidoon, Native American Spirituality, New Age
Spirituality, Objectivism, Osho (followers of Rajneesh),
Rom, Roma, Romani, Rroma, (Gypsies), Santeria Elian
Gonzalez religious movement, Satanism; The Church of
Satan, Scientology, Shinto, Taoism, Teachings of Dadaji,
Thelema, Vodun (Voodoo), Wicca, Witchcraft, World Church
of the Creator, Zoroastrianism,
bible.gospelcom.net
is a Bible gateway with 10 versions of the Christian
Bible.
For one of the best
synopsis on the Vedas in print and on the web now see:
Himalayanacademy
Special thanks to Burbank
Lodge #406 for compiling this
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Meeting held first Thursday of
every month at 7:30 PM (Dinner at 6:30
PM)
Castro Valley Masonic Center
4521 Crow Canyon Road
Castro Valley,
CA
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2014
Castro Valley, CA
94546-0014
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