And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:3-4
This is the last post on this blog.
It’s not because of any problems, or edicts dictating its existence, nothing so nefarious.
Simply, it is the formation of order out of chaos.
When I started this blog nearly 5 years ago I began it as an adjunct of another site that I started at about the same time, FreemasonInformation.com. Like an appendant body, this blog served as my personal voice in a sea of anti-Masonic websites. Sure the Grand lodges had sites, and there were several excellent sites up including Paul Bessel’s, Gary L. Dryfoo’s, and Ed Kings’s MasonicInfo.com, as well as others. In fact, MasonicInfo.com was one of my early inspirations to create FreemasonInformation.com in the first place, where MI was a clearing house of all things Masonic, I envisioned a site to reach the general public, a digital “first step” in a Masonic Exploration.
So, the two sites existed side by side, FmI and Masonic Traveler. Then, late last year in 2008, with a new friend and brother Dean Kennedy, we launched Masonic Central, and it became another vehicle to explore and share Masonry with others both Mason and non. It was a monumental undertaking with a lot of time, energy, and effort, but all for the purpose of broadening the reach of Masonry.
Since the launch of MasonicCentral.com, I’ve had a chance to interact and explore what Masonry means to me and to a wide range of people, from Masons of many years, new Masons, Prince hall Masons, Co-Masons, and Feminine Masons, and other groups at the edges of the Masonic continuum. It has been a fantastic experience of growth, new knowledge, and of being a Mason. But, like all good things, it has come time to bring order from chaos and refocus the lens by which all of this light is filtered. Its time to bring them all home.
That journey home means it has come time to end this chapter and this blog. But as the aphorism goes, the journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step, this is the second step in that trip. With the closure of this chapter, we open a new one and from the chaos reemerge as a part of a new whole. The window that closes here is instead becoming a door of opportunity on FreemaonInformation.com.
Starting in the month of March, 2009, Masonic Traveler will become one of several contributors to the NEW FreemasonInformation.com website.
Joining me in this journey is my good friend and brother Dean and Masonic Central, my other very close friend Br. Fred Milliken of the Bee Hive. Also joining us are Br. Stephen Dafoe of Masonic Magazine, Br. Michael Halleran of Aude Vide Tace, as well as new comer Terence Satchell, in his column “The Banks of the Euphrates”. Additionally there will be regular guest contributors and authors to bring you a steady supply of Masonic thought, wisdom, opinion, and flavor. Our goal is to bring more light to you, your lodge, and your Masonic experience.
It’s a tall order but one that will without a doubt be a fun and exciting adventure.
If you’ve bookmarked this site, or subscribed to its feed in the past, I encourage you to move over to FmI, to the new order from the chaos. I know you will be glad you did.
See you on the other side.
Image: M.C. Escher - Order and Chaos, Lithograph, 1950
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4 comments:
I appreciate your ongoing contributions to the Craft and look forward to following you into this next chapter. Keep the light shining.
jb
Hi,
Do you think general Masonic audience would be interesting in helping out this project?
http://www.templarhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3506
"We have a big event going on in Boston. 25 organizations are competing for grants, provided by Partners in Preservation. One of these buildings is Salem Old Town Hall, designed by Charles Bulfinch, a very influential American Mason, who at one point served as the Architect of the Capitol. David Ovason's book "The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital" discusses his role in creating the original dome of the Capitol building. The Bulfinch dome has been since replaced with a new structure, but he must be credited for much of the symbolism one sees in Washington today. It does not get more Templar than that, folks!!!"
SO MOTO BE!
acho a iniciativa muito boa mesmo!!!
trazer o conhecimeto e proporcionar este local de socialização de ideias é um feito admirável.
No entanto, pelo que pude ler, me parece que a verdade oculta nao está sendo devidamene colocada e debatida. isso é logico, visto que o criador do blog é mason, sendo incapaz de trangredir os conhecimentos de sua propria instituição, buscando o verdadeiro significado, que se encontra encoberto por conceitos simbologicos superficiais. A verdade oculta, que tambem se encontra na masonaria, só é liberada para o circulo interno da masonaria inglesa, onde os graus vao muito alem dos 33 comumente praticados na america latina e EUA.
pesquise mais a fundo. mesmo nao sendo mason (ainda), sou um historiador da masonaria e ja conheço o diversos segredos dos mais elvados graus desta instituição.
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