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FREE LOVE END HATE | View SlideshowHEY NIKOLAI UPDATE NOV 2006 ------- HOW ARE YOU COOL KATS N KITTENS DOING OUT THERE ? ----- I ASK YOU ALL TO READ MORE BOOKS....TO LISTEN TO MORE NONFICTION OR DOCUMENTARY NEWS...TO DECONSTRUCT THE WHITE-BREAD WORLD AND RE-REPLACE IT WITH A CULTURE OF INGENUITY, DEPTH...COMPLEX HONESTY...JUSTICE...MAGNANIMITY...THE POTENCY OF A FULLY REALIZED INTENTIONAL RE-IFICATION OF THE ACTUAL AND A GRADUAL DISINTRIFICATION WITH THE BLAND, BEIGE, INSIPIDITIES MARKING THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF 20TH CENTURY DETRITUS...Guy Debord's critique of cultural theory holds that the Constitution is capable of truth. READ GUY DEBORD 'The Society of the Spectacle' = AS AMAZINGLY TRANSFORMATIVE AS EINSTEIN OR MARX OR VOLTAIRE OR PYNCHON...freemason (frê´mâ&# 180;sen) noun 1. Freemason. A member of the Free and Accepted Masons, an international fraternal and charitable organization with secret rites and signs. 2. A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages.FreemasonryFreemasonry, largest and most widely established fraternal order in the world. The masons' guilds were originally restricted to stonecutters, but when the building of the cathedrals was completed in the 17th century, they admitted men of wealth or social status. The guilds thus became societies devoted to general ideals, such as fraternity, equality, and peace, and their meetings became social rather than business occasions.Four or more such guilds, called lodges, united in London on June 24, 1717, and by 1723 this became the Grand Lodge of England. This body is the "mother" grand lodge of Freemasons in the world, and from it all recognized grand lodges have been derived.FunctionsThe Masonic fraternity differs radically from other private benevolent societies in that charity extended among members is purely voluntary, depending on the need in each individual case. In most English-speaking countries, the fraternity has established Masonic homes for the care of dependent aged Masons and their widows, and orphanages and schools for the children of members.Freemasons in AmericaThe earliest of American lodges were the First Lodge of Boston, established in 1733, and one in Philadelphia, established about the same time. By the time of the American Revolution (1775-1783), about 150 lodges existed in colonial America. American Freemasons today make up about three-fourths of the total number of members throughout the world.OppositionThe Roman Catholic Church has opposed Freemasonry on the grounds that with its binding principles and religious nature, it has usurped the prerogatives of the church. As a result, the Freemasons have never been permitted in some strictly Roman Catholic countries, such as Spain. Freemasonry does not bar Catholics, however, and a great many belong to lodges in Latin America and the Philippines. Freemasonry has also experienced political opposition. In 1821 William Morgan, a Freemason who had threatened to publish Masonic secrets, was abducted in Batavia, New York. The kidnapping, commonly attributed to Masons, produced an outcry against Freemasonry throughout the eastern and middle United States. In the northern states the Anti-Masonic Party was formed. The party survived until about 1834.Theater and Film, 1561Theater: Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex by English playwrights Thomas Norton, 29, and Thomas Sackville, 25, first earl of Dorset and grandmaster of England's Freemasons. The earliest known English tragedy, it marks the first use of blank verse in English drama (all action occurs offstage).Human Rights and Social Justice, 1826Batavia, N.Y., freemason William Morgan, 52, is arrested on trumped-up charges of theft and indebtedness after conspiring with a local printer to publish a book revealing the secrets of the Masonic order that has existed since ancient times. Committed to the Canandaigua jail in September, Morgan is kidnapped from the jail, spirited off to Canada, and disappears. The case brings accusations that the Masonic order has obstructed justice and murdered Morgan, charges that begin press assaults on Freemasonry.freemasonryfreemasonry (frê´mâ&# 180;sen-rê) noun 1. Freemasonry. The institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons. 2. Spontaneous fellowship and sympathy among a number of people.Anti-Masonic PartyAnti-Masonic Party, American political organization founded in 1827 and 1828, chiefly as a result of the disappearance of William Morgan of Batavia, New York, a Freemason, who was planning to publish the secrets of the order. Morgan was arrested in 1826 for stealing and indebtedness. Convicted and jailed, he was reportedly kidnapped shortly afterward and was believed to have been abducted and murdered by Masons. This incident touched off a wave of anti-Masonic sentiment. In 1827, 15 anti-Masonic candidates were elected to the New York State Assembly, and an Anti-Masonic Party was formed. National conventions were held in 1830 and 1831. The party survived until about 1834, when prominent leaders founded the Whig Party or shifted to the Democratic Party.Political Events, 1981Italy's cabinet resigns May 26 after revelations linking 953 cabinet officers, legislators, judges, and bankers to a secret Masonic organization.Masonic Relief Assn. of U.S. and Canada (1889), 3827 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70119. Masons, Royal Arch, General Grand Chapter (1798), PO Box 589, 451 Main St., Danville, KY 40422; 250,000. Masons, Supreme Council 33°, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (1813), PO Box 519, 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, MA 02173; 345,257; Southern Jurisdiction (1801), PO Box 3467, 1733 16th St. NW, Wash., DC 20009; 478,747.Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds
