* TO PROCRASTINATE OR NOT TO PROCRASTINATE * ARE YOU A CURATOR OF THE CRAFT? * THINK TANKS? * LOGS OF EFFORT John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS March 2026 I s it worth fighting the natural urge to procrastinate? Many psychologists argue…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS March 2026 T he Builder Magazine (1915-1930) was the official monthly journal of the National Masonic Research Society, founded in Anamosa, Iowa, and explicitly styled as “A Journal for the Masonic Student.” It ran for fifteen years…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, William O. Ware Lodge of Research Fellow and PM, BF, FPS MARCH 2026 A man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden full of weeds.[1] E xploring Freemasonry without also exploring the structure through which Lodges convey it is like launching a ship without…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS, and Dan M. Kemble, PM, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research March 2026 T he Good Man Theory does not have a definitive “first appearance” as a formalized concept, but its essence has been…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, William O. Ware Lodge of Research Fellow and PM, BF, FPS MARCH 2026 T he first Constitution of Freemasons in 1723 tells us about the importance of employing the concept of merit in the selection of principle officers-men of proven character and labor, not mere tenure, or…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, William O. Ware Lodge of Research Fellow and PM, BF, FPS MARCH 2026 I have never been disappointed in Freemasonry – only our response to it. ~ Bill Lorenz, PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research T he first and necessary step toward improving anything that falls…
THERE ARE NO BAD ORCHESTRAS FREEMASONRY AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS Download PDF THERE ARE NO BAD ORCHESTRAS FREEMASONRY AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS hn W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS This paper is an extract of the Keynote presentation delivered at the November 6, 2025, William…
Download PDF The Enigmatic Life of Major John Belli Merchant, Solider, Spy, and Freemason John W. Bizzack, Ph.D. The Enigmatic Life of Major John Belli is, in part, an excerpt from How and Why Freemasonry Came to Kentucky, Autumn House Publishing 2014, John W. Bizzack, and Notable Men in Kentucky Who Happened to be…
Download PDF Searching for the Intersecting Masonic and Political World of Henry Clay John W. Bizzack and Dan M. Kemble This research appears in The Rubicon Masonic Society Transactions, Volume 1, 2023. The research is a product of the collaborative work between Lexington Lodge No.1, the William O. Ware Lodge of Research, and the Rubicon…
Download PDF THE GREAT MASONIC CAN-KICKING: 1779-2024 John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington, Lodge No. 1, Lexington, Kentucky A paper read at the 80th Annual Consistory of The Society of Blue Friars, Friday, February 9, 2024, Arlington, Virigina. On December 27, 1779, American Union Lodge 1, which was first chartered in Massachusetts in 1776 Oand functioned…