The Freemasons' Page of Reason:

Dedicated to the search for the philosophy, history, purpose and great figures of Freemasonry

PURPOSE:

This web-page is devoted to providing Masonic scholars the opportunity to have reviewed or to have published their papers which are devoted to recording and explaining the history and philosophy of Freemasonry. In the event that you have a paper that is suitable for publishing through this page, send it by E-mail to the address below. Only papers formatted pursuant to APA style, or the style approved by either the Texas Lodge of Research or Quatuor Coronati, will be accepted for publication. Submitted papers must contain endnotes citing authority. Papers lacking a scholarly bent and/or appropriate references will be disregarded and discarded. Judgment of the editorial board is final.

Persons submitting papers waive all rights to them. The editorial board does not commit to return any paper or respond to any communication. Persons submitting papers thereby agree that their work may be disseminated, copied and used by any person for any purpose. The purposes of this web-page includes the assistance of the free flow of knowledge and information around the world at no cost. Persons submitting papers should keep this in mind. In effect, the submission of a paper results in the author giving up all of his rights to that work.

In addition to papers submitted for publication on this page, links to sites of interest to Masonic scholars will be included. If you would like your site to be linked to this page, please email us your URL for review. If you have a paper to submit for review or publication, or if you have comments or suggestions, email me at reid.mcinvale@gmail.com

PUBLISHED SCHOLARLY PAPERS

Double-click on one of the following links in order to read the selected paper or review, then select "Back" on the menu bar of your browser to return to this page:

Circumambulation and Euclid's 47th proposition, By Reid McInvale

Roman Catholic Church law regarding Freemasonry, By Reid McInvale

Recommended web sites of interest to Masonic scholars:

1.PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MEXICAN FREEMASONRY,PART I

by Paul Rich and Lic. Guillermo De Los Reyes:

http://www.h-net.msu.edu:80/~latam/essays/mason1.html

2. TOWARDS A REVISIONIST VIEW OF POINSETT: PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MEXICAN FREEMASONRY, PART II

by Paul Rich and Lic. Guillermo De Los Reyes

http://www.h-net.msu.edu:80/~latam/essays/mason2.html

3. HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

by Roger M. Firestone

http://www.ccsf.caltech.edu:80/~rfire/masonry/history.html