REVIEW NOTICES:
Since I have one of my research papers actually posted on this rather unprepossessing blog of mine here, I wanted to help potential readers with some information on critical reviews of my work, from some of the most distinguished venues for scholarship on Freemasonry. I do this simply because the diffuse character of the internet being what it is, it is necessary to have some more reliable gauge for scholarly intent. I love Freemasonry profoundly, and I know that the only way to seriously continue revealing its many virtues, in an academic frame, is with unapologetically critical scholarship, which can be supported by documented sources. It is worth noting that many areas in the field of religion seem to be going in the opposite direction at this point. This makes the commitment to a serious approach amongst reputable Masonic scholars all the more important a stance to take. I am blessed to work in an actual ambit of the highest scholarly intent, care and dissemination, and I have learned by truly great example. So, the very nature of Freemasonry with its principled care for release of information, makes working in an internet frame intrinsically somewhat needful of care and caution. Therefore, I would like to make public that the most hallowed of Masonic research publications, the Ars Quatuor Coronatum in England, has recently reviewed my research recently and assessed it as "very careful and well-documented." In addition, the very distinguished and important Philalethes has appraised my research as "most impressive." I am deeply grateful and humbled by these kind comments from by very distinguished Brethren. They mean more to me than the entire spurious maelstrom of internet opinion.
Since I have one of my research papers actually posted on this rather unprepossessing blog of mine here, I wanted to help potential readers with some information on critical reviews of my work, from some of the most distinguished venues for scholarship on Freemasonry. I do this simply because the diffuse character of the internet being what it is, it is necessary to have some more reliable gauge for scholarly intent. I love Freemasonry profoundly, and I know that the only way to seriously continue revealing its many virtues, in an academic frame, is with unapologetically critical scholarship, which can be supported by documented sources. It is worth noting that many areas in the field of religion seem to be going in the opposite direction at this point. This makes the commitment to a serious approach amongst reputable Masonic scholars all the more important a stance to take. I am blessed to work in an actual ambit of the highest scholarly intent, care and dissemination, and I have learned by truly great example. So, the very nature of Freemasonry with its principled care for release of information, makes working in an internet frame intrinsically somewhat needful of care and caution. Therefore, I would like to make public that the most hallowed of Masonic research publications, the Ars Quatuor Coronatum in England, has recently reviewed my research recently and assessed it as "very careful and well-documented." In addition, the very distinguished and important Philalethes has appraised my research as "most impressive." I am deeply grateful and humbled by these kind comments from by very distinguished Brethren. They mean more to me than the entire spurious maelstrom of internet opinion.
Hi, you have a great blog! I am a MM based in London and would be grateful if you could point me in the direction of any American lodges here?
Sincerely and Fraternally
Derren
Posted by: Derren43 | 06/06/2012 at 06:51 AM
Dear Brother,
Thank you so much for your kind and fraternal comment! I would highly recommend my own Lodge, the historic Federal Lodge # 1 in Washington, D.C., assuming that you are going to be in the Capital. Also in Virginia there is Alexandria--Washington # 22, which meets at the George Washington Memorial.
Posted by: Fraternal Studies | 06/06/2012 at 10:27 AM