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Paper Submittal

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Research is the basic function of our Lodge and importance of the transactions to our Lodge in accomplishing this research cannot be over stated. Our Mission Statement is “To serve through research, education and publication.” From research comes knowledge and by publishing the knowledge we foster education. We are a RESEARCH Lodge and without the actual preparation, presentation and publication of papers we have no reason to exist.

Therefore, this invitation is to our Lodge members, other Masons and non-masons to submit papers for publication in our Transactions and/or presentation at our Lodge and the College.

In order to perform this function efficiently a process has been developed and is as follows:

1.  Submit Paper Abstract (or if paper is already prepared an electronic copy of the paper)
2. Publications Committee review of Abstract (or paper)
3. Editor’s advises author(s) outcome of review – acceptance, acceptance with modifications or rejection.
4. Author(s) prepare paper using WFM Paper Template
5. Author(s) submit Draft paper
6. Publications Committee reviews paper
7. Editor advises author(s) of paper review outcome and whether modifications are recommended
8. Author(s) submit FINAL paper
9. Paper accepted by Publications Committee

To make this process easier we have developed Author(s) Instructions, an Abstract Submittal Form and an Author(s) Paper Template which can be used from the beginning of the preparation of a new paper or to cut and paste an existing paper.

To see these, click on the highlighted
Abstract Submittal
Author(s) Template
Author(s) Instructions.

The Transaction issue target is April of each year. To meet this issue date the Publications Committee follows the schedule shown below:

Submittal of Abstracts (or papers) September 1
Editor notification of acceptance October 1
Submittal of draft paper December 1

Holding to this schedule is important for successful issue in April.

Abstracts (papers) can be submitted at any time, but if after September 1 in any year, they will automatically be considered for the following year.

The Transaction Editor

The current Editor is WB Thomas Lamb. Tom is from Edinburgh, Scotland having immigrated to the US in 1966. He is a Naval Architect by profession having over 60 years’ experience in shipbuilding industry. The last 11 years of his career was spent at the University of Michigan where he taught ship design and ship production as well as conducting research. He retired in June 2006 and moved back to Seattle area where he had lived before. He has published a book and edited a book of Ship Design and Construction as well as presenting more than 70 technical papers. Tom still consults mainly to companies in South America, and recently Canada. Tom was raised to the sublime Degree of Master Mason at the Plymouth Rock Lodge #47 in Plymouth Michigan in 2004. After returning to Seattle he joined the Edmonds Lodge #165 in September 2006. After serving in the line positions of Junior and Senior Wardens, Tom was Worshipful Master in 2011. Tom became a 32° Scottish Rite Knight in 2005 in the Valley of Detroit. He was honored by being selected to be a KCCH in 2009. He is an active member of the Valley of Seattle Knights of St. Andrew. Tom is also a member of the Walter F. Meier research Lodge #281, Lodge ALBA #315, Royal Arch Snohomish Chapter No.15, Walter F. Meier Council #22, Scottish Rite Research Society, Royal Order of Scotland and The Philalethes Society.

Tom is a frequent speaker on Masonic topics and strongly believes that the main purpose of Freemasonry is to provide further light through Masonic education. He therefore appreciates this opportunity to as Editor to help play a small part in accomplishing this important objective.

Library of Submitted Papers

2008 & 2009 Transactions (Papers)

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The Third Degree Circumambulation
By WB Alexander D. La Barba……………………… 12-20

Pagan Symbolism in Masonry
By Charles Roland Berry …………………………..… 21-26

The Scottish Origin of Freemasonry
By WB Thomas Lamb…………………….…………… 27-45

What Every Mason Should Know About George Washington
By WB Gerald Ward………………………………….. 46-54

Freemasonry and the Enlightenment – Again!
By WB Grover Partee………………………………… 55-59

Back to the Future – A Prescription For Masonic Renewal
By WB Kent Henderson …………….……………….. 60-74

2010 & 2011 Transactions (Papers)

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Writing a Masonic Paper
By WB Shawn Eyer …………..…………………..………… 14-23

Masonic Research … that Profit and Pleasure may be the Result
By WB Yasha Beresiner……………..…………………..…. 24-40

The Senior is Boaz
By VWB Ian Hyde …………….………………………..…… 41-50

Templars, Tombs and Resurrection
By Margaret Starbird ………………….……………………. 51-56

The Two Saints John
By WB Robert L. D. Cooper ………………………………. 57-60

The Importance of the Battle of Bannockburn
By WB David A. McCuistion………………………….…… 61-65

A New Fraternal Degree – Ancient Order of Shipbuilders
By WB Thomas Lamb ……………………………….…….. 66-72

Truth On the Illuminati
By Sir Mark Brubeck K.T. ………………….………..… 73-78

The Liberal Arts Interpreted by the ‘Scottish Rite’ Fellowcraft and Parallel Sources
By WB Norman D. Peterson………….……………………. 79-88

An Overview of the York Rite
By VWB Richard M. Kovak…………………………….….. 89-98

The Communication of Status: an Essential Proposition in the Social Function of Masonic Symbols
By Ill. Bro Robert Davis …………………………………… 99-110

2012 & 2013 Transactions (Papers)

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Everything I Need to Know (About Masonic Behavior), I learned in the First Degree
By MWB Michael L. Sanders …………………..…….….……. 15-21

The Legend of the Third Degree and the Real Hiram
By VWB Warren H. Murphy ……………………………….. 22-26

King Solomon’s Temple and Freemasonry
By Bro Robert L. D. Cooper …………….………………….. 27-31

The Traveling Man
By Dr John S. Nagy …………………………………..’.…… 32-37

Les Lumieres Ecossaises
By Bro Stewart Clelland …………………………………….38-47

The Real Purpose of Freemasonry
By WB Thomas Lamb .…………………………..………….. 48-54

The Scots Guard
By WB Carl Alexander .…………………………….….…….. 55-67

The Lamp of Diogenes: An Appreciation of Dr Weishaupt
By Sir Mark Brubeck K. T. ……………..….………………… 68-76

The Knights Templar in Scotland: The Creation of a Myth
By Bro Robert L. D. Cooper …………………….….…….. 77-146

The Knights Templar in Scotland: A Popular (Romance) View
By WB Thomas Lamb .……………………..………..…….… 147-166

The History of Knights Templar in the United States
By VWB Richard M. Kovak ………………………………166-182

Variant Systems of Knight Templary in the Modern World
By MWB Norman D. Peterson …………………..……… 183-185

2014 Transactions (Papers)

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What Kind Of Member Are You? A Poem
Anonymous………………………………………………….….. 13

The Rise and Fall of Empires: Britain’s and the UGLE’s Compared
By Bro. Dr. James W.Daniel ………………………..….…… 14

A Few Thoughts on Masonic Education
By Dr John S. Nagy……………………………………………. 38

Interstate Survey Summary
By WB R. Shively………………………………………………43

The New Anti-Masonic Movement in America
By Melissa Dawn Bruzas……………………………….………. 53

Anti-masonry: Is it Dead or Alive?
By WB Thomas Lamb ……………………………………………. 72

The Fundamental Reason for the Current Criticism of Freemasonry
By VWB Gary Leazer …………………………….…………… 89

Anti-Masonry
By Ill. Bro. Arturo de Hoyos and Ill. Bro. S. Brent Morris….….96

2015 Transactions (Papers)

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The All-seeing Eye, A Poem
By B. B. French………………………………………………… 13

Researching Freemasonry in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges
By Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire ……………………………………..14

The 47th Problem of Euclid – Why?
By WB Brian C. Thomas………………………………………. 21

Geometry in Masonry
By WB Sidney Case ……………………….….…………….…. 28

The Essence of Scottish Freemasonry
By Bro. Robert L. D. Cooper ………………………….………… 40

Five Steps to Prevent Ethical Breakdown in Freemasonry
By VWB David McCuistion ……………………………….…… 42

Operative and Speculative Masonry, the Guilds and Livery Companies
By Bro. Allen Exley, O.B.E., F.R.S.A. …………………..……..46

Fringe Freemasonry in Nineteenth-Century Scotland
By Bro. Kenneth C. Jack ………….. …………….…………..… 55

The Origin and Genesis of Hiram Abiff Drama in the Master Mason Third Degree
By WB Richard M. Kovak ……………………………………….84

2019 Transactions (Papers)

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The Great Lights: A Poem
By Captain Samuel Whiting ……………………………..…….… 14

Further Light: Light as a Force or Energy in Freemasonry
By WB Arlan Cage ……………………………………..……..… 15

Masonic Philately; An Enlightening Hobby
By WB Thomas Lamb ……………………………………………….. 36

A Travel Through Esoteric Wisdom
By Altay Birand …………………………………………………. 49

Masonic Philosophical Differences in the 21st Century
By SK Palmer …………………………………………..………..67

Descended from Scottish Royalty; he became an American President
By R. W. Dick Philips …………………………………………….79

Gnostic Influences in the Scottish Rite
By Robert G. Davis …………………………………….……..….87

The Transaction Editor

The current Editor is WB Thomas Lamb. Tom is from Edinburgh, Scotland having immigrated to the US in 1966. He is a Naval Architect by profession having over 60 years’ experience in shipbuilding industry. The last 11 years of his career was spent at the University of Michigan where he taught ship design and ship production as well as conducting research. He retired in June 2006 and moved back to Seattle area where he had lived before. He has published a book and edited a book of Ship Design and Construction as well as presenting more than 70 technical papers. Tom still consults mainly to companies in South America, and recently Canada. Tom was raised to the sublime Degree of Master Mason at the Plymouth Rock Lodge #47 in Plymouth Michigan in 2004. After returning to Seattle he joined the Edmonds Lodge #165 in September 2006. After serving in the line positions of Junior and Senior Wardens, Tom was Worshipful Master in 2011. Tom became a 32° Scottish Rite Knight in 2005 in the Valley of Detroit. He was honored by being selected to be a KCCH in 2009. He is an active member of the Valley of Seattle Knights of St. Andrew. Tom is also a member of the Walter F. Meier research Lodge #281, Lodge ALBA #315, Royal Arch Snohomish Chapter No.15, Walter F. Meier Council #22, Scottish Rite Research Society, Royal Order of Scotland and The Philalethes Society.

Tom is a frequent speaker on Masonic topics and strongly believes that the main purpose of Freemasonry is to provide further light through Masonic education. He therefore appreciates this opportunity to as Editor to help play a small part in accomplishing this important objective.