‘Podcast hosts Masonic myth buster’

    

The Masonic Shelf podcast published its latest episode last night, and I really hope all of you will watch. The hosts welcome Pete Normand of Texas to present his paper describing how “The Holy Saints John” came to appear in Masonic word and symbol—and having heard this, I cannot find any reason to dispute his detective work.

The whole discussion spans about an hour, with half of it Pete’s presentation and the second half an interview. You might not believe a Byzantine patriarch of Alexandria, Jonathan Swift, Chevalier Ramsay, T.E. Lawrence, a patriarch of Jerusalem, and a London tavern could have much in common—and especially with our ritual—which is why you should watch this video.

The inimitable Pete Normand.

“I like taking the back off the radio to see how the radio works,” Normand says, explaining why he tracked down so many disparate facts to gain an understanding of Freemasonry’s “patron saints” and the Point Within a Circle. Enjoy.