"Truth" and "light" are words that hold - or should hold - a special meaning for Freemasons. With this in mind and unless a Freemason belongs to a lodge that already leans heavily toward education and research, I am often left in wonderment at the large numbers of Brothers who do not belong to some sort of research society or research lodge. Yes - I know that there are many Brothers who are capable of conducting education and research at an individual level, but the resources offered to even these types of Masons by the research societies and research lodges are invaluable. An added benefit - primarily due to the existence of the Internet - is the networking that these research bodies provide for the serious researchers and - especially - the writers.
I highly encourage all Masons to belong to at least one research body of their choice that also meets with the requirements of their individual Grand Jurisdictions. Here are the three that I belong to and I highly recommend each of them. Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina should certainly belong to the first one.
The South Carolina Masonic Research Society
The Scottish Rite Research Society (not limited to members of the Scottish Rite; I am not in the Scottish Rite)
The Masonic Society
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Brother Bug, I'm sure you are aware of Mackey's excellent essay, "Reading Masons and Masons who do not Read". The final line, "The ultimate success of Masonry depends on the intelligence of her disciples," remains as true today as it did in 1875 when Mackey wrote it.
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