PUBLISHED: "Freemasonry in a Changing Culture"

My brethren, I am VERY happy to announce the publication of my article "Freemasonry in a Changing Culture"! It has been eight months in the making and after much research, much editing, two rounds of peer reviews, and much more editing, it is finally complete and it is posted. Due to it's length, it is only available in my Library in .pdf format.

It began as an examination of the term "today's man" or "modern man" that is often used

Freemasonry in a Changing Culture

when describing why we need to modify or modernize our initiatic process to be more accommodating. As I explored this illusory demographic I began studying changes in our modern society and culture that may be the actual culprit behind our fluctuating membership numbers rather than our mythical "today's man".

It is a long read, coming in at 23 pages, but it lays out my case that we don't need to change masonry for "today's man", we need to advocate masonry to change a decaying society. I encourage you to take some time and read it and share it. It is not a vehicle to say "I'm right and here's why", rather it's a discussion where I lay out my findings, my analysis, and my resulting opinions and positions presented with my supporting "homework".

Agreement is not what I seek through this article, I hope and seek instead for my brothers to open their aperture and look at the very large picture of what's going on in society and how it will affect or is now affecting our craft today and into the future! Due to the size it will only be available in the Library in a downloadable .pdf format and not through my "Papers" page.

Many thanks to the five brothers who performed the two rounds of Peer Review for me! An article of this length is quite a commitment of time and I appreciate it!

I will leave comments open here for feedback if you so desire.

I will have another blog post up in a day or two that lays out the plans for my book and for the website! I will be spending much of my time for a while on my new fiction series where I am also making great progress after delivering volume one to Perfect Ashlar Publishing about two weeks ago. Updates to follow....

The article can be found at this link:

"Freemasonry in a Changing Culture"

Thank you my brethren and may you travel in peace, humility, and confidence!

-BroBill