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aedifico42| History of the Freemasons

Posted at: 4:37 pm

For many of us, the History of the Freemasons is a curious and very interesting topic. Whether we are focused on our humble origins as free masons, or whether we see something like a freemasons history (on a personal level) is unimportant. History itself is where we learn today’s lessons for tomorrow’s use.

And so it is that the History of the Freemasons continues to be a topic of great interest on many of our Masonic Blogs. From KingSolomon’s Lodge to the Burning Taper to some of the newer ones…our freemasons history is a topic of great interest. But why?

Are we not the single greatest secret society in the world? Does the legend of freemasons controling the world not ring true with free masons around the planet? Why then would we take so much time and spend so much energy on our past?

The answer is simple…we don’t know exactly what our past is.

Suprising to many non-Masons…perhaps. But the truth is that the actual History of the Freemasons is not known to many of our own brothers in the Craft. In fact a freemasons history is pretty individual…as is the history of America, Europe and many other societies and cultures. We reflect individually on those things that we like and sometimes ignore the stuff that we don’t like…for a variety of reasons.

Anyway…thinking about how we each individually ponder the History of the Freemasons is one of our main goals here at MasonicMinute.com Well, not exactly. It’s actually one of many goals. But before we go too much further, with other topics I wanted to take a bit of a survey from our readers…

Please let us know what you like and dislike about our blog. This is not just some selfish soap-box from where I get to blab about the History of the Freemasons or free masons (if you prefer) or wine and cheese or a masonic motorcycle club (although we have not hit that subject yet). I ike to think of this as my living-room. A place where you can come-in, sit down with a cup of coffee (or your beverage of choice…perhaps Makers Mark?) and enjoy some conversation…

Except faster and with no opportunity to interrupt.

Hopefully, future generations will see the History of the Freemasons (like us blogger freemasons) with a favorable eye. I hope they will look at our conversations with some admiration, and perhaps learn a bit from our exchanges.

So, enough for today…please let us know, however, what you think about the question asked above by commenting below. Thanks.

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