‘Free at last: The Journal of the Masonic Society!’

     

It was way back on March 17 when Parabola, one of my favorite magazines, made available for free a PDF of its “Alone & Together” issue from 2012. “Quarantine reading,” they call it, to ease some of the pain of enforced “social distancing,” and it makes me happy to announce that the Masonic Society is revealing its first several years of publications to you today.

As this edition of The Magpie Mason goes to press, we have our first twenty issues of The Journal of the Masonic Society available for reading via our website. Click here.

I think more will be forthcoming—we’re still working it out—but, in the meantime, enjoy!

It is not a secret that The Journal of the Masonic Society revolutionized Masonic publishing in the United States when we launched in 2008. Practically overnight, other publishers realized they had been complacent and estranged from the expectations of their readers. From various grand lodge periodicals to The Knight Templar and The Philalethes, the editorial boards and other governing bodies recognized they had an immediate need to revamp their periodicals. Making editorial content relevant and graphic design attractive became urgent goals, thanks to the unexpected competition hatched by Journal Editor Chris Hodapp, his team, and the many contributors whose writings and photography have made us so proud all these years.

If you came to the Masonic Society later, and are not familiar with these early years, check it out. If you’re somehow still not a member of the Masonic Society, you can remedy that right here.