Absalom Jones. Clergyman. Freemason. Grand Master. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Absalom Jones. Clergyman. Freemason. Grand Master. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

The Reverend

Absalom Jones

(1746 - 1818)

Clergyman and Abolitionist

Co-Founder of the Free African Society

First African American Priest in

the Episcopal Church

Freemason

First Grand Master

Most Worshipful 

Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

by Travis Simpkins

Absalom Jones

Absalom Jones Gravesite

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Absalom Jones. Clergyman. Freemason. Free African Society. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Jon Lapomardo. Most Wise Master. Scottish Rite Valley of Worcester, MA. by Travis Simpkins

Jon Lapomardo. 32° Scottish Rite. Morning Star Lodge. Worcester, MA. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Jon T. Lapomardo

Senior Warden of Morning Star Lodge

32° Scottish Rite Freemason

Past Most Wise Master

Lawrence Chapter of Rose Croix

Valley of Worcester, Massachusetts

Member of the Aleppo Shriners

by Travis Simpkins

Morning Star Lodge - Community Service - Worcester, Massachusetts

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Jon Lapomardo. Most Wise Master. by Travis Simpkins. Scottish Rite Valley of Worcester, MA

The Meaning of Masonry. W.L. Wilmshurst

The Meaning of Masonry. W.L. Wilmshurst. Masonic Symbolism and Philosophy

The new Masonic year is right around the corner and I'm trying to put myself in a proper mindset. I figured I'd revisit one of the Classics. "The Meaning of Masonry" by W.L. Wilmshurst was one of the first books I acquired after being initiated. I wouldn't say that it's my all-time favorite Masonic book, but it's probably in the Top Ten.


The papers here collected are written solely for members of the Masonic Order, constituted under the United Grand Lodge of England. To all such they are offered in the best spirit of fraternity and goodwill and with the wish to render to the Order some small return for the profit the author has received from his association with it extending over thirty-two years. They have been written with a view to promoting the deeper understanding of the meaning of Masonry; to providing the explanation of it that one constantly hears called for and that becomes all the more necessary in view of the unprecedented increase of interest in, and membership of, the Order at the present day.

W. L. Wilmshurst's powerful vision of the rites and rituals of Freemasonry as a spiritual philosophy begins with this book. Here, Masonry is presented as "a sacramental system," represented not only by the ceremonies as experienced in the initiations, but also by an internal and mystical side, hidden behind the visible symbolism, "available only to the Mason who has learned to use his spiritual imagination and who can appreciate the reality that lies behind the veil."