March/April 2024

Illustration of King Hiram of Tyre from a historic glass slide with the text "Highlighting the Unsung King—Hiram of Tyre. Who Was This Major Character in Masonic Lore?" Slide Courtesy Patmos-Solomon's Lodge No. 70, Savage, Maryland.

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In this magazine:

Articles—

  • M. Evans, “The New Age Podcast and Other New Podcasts”
  • B. Deutsch, “Hiram of Tyre, the Unsung King: A Major Character in Masonic Lore”
  • W. Jacobson, “Masonry and the Importance of Words”
  • M. Dreisonstok, “Temperance: The Misunderstood Cardinal Virtue”
  • R. Nowacki, “Looking Towards the Past and Future: New Supreme Council Archives and Athenaeum Will Inspire Study at House of the Temple”
  • A. G. Cobb, Jr., “The Difference in Caring ‘For’ and ‘About'”
  • M. Dreisonstok, “The Mandate of Maundy Thursday”
  • J. Leonard, “Supporting Br. Washington’s Vision for a University in the Nation’s Capital: The Scottish Rite, SJ’s Long-standing Relationship with GWU” 
  • M. Beachy, “Ill. Harold Lloyd, 33°: ‘Master Comedian and Good Citizen'”

Features—

  • J. Cole, Grand Commander’s Message, “Candles”
  • T. Simpkins, S.B. Morris, & C. Dreisonstok, Chips from the Quarry, “Masons and Medical Advances”
  • Current Interest
  • P.J. Roup, Notes from the Northern Light, “Meet NMJ Sovereign Grand Commander Walter F. Wheeler”
  • O. Curcio, From the Pages of Amicus Illuminismi, “‘Whisking’ Visitors Away to Ancient Egypt: Shriners Whiskey Decanters”
  • R. Himmel, The Masonic Traveler, “The Gifts of Manly Palmer Hall: A Visit to the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles”
  • S. Weissenberger, Cornerstones of the Craft, “The Square and the Compasses in Albert Pike’s ‘Esoterika’: Uniting Heaven and Earth, Part 1”
  • M. Smith & M. Dreisonstok, Book Reviews, “Cycles and Circles”
  • C. Dreisonstok, Masonic Puzzle, “Fellow Craft Word Search: Ideals and Emblems in the Second Degree”