Spring 2022: The After Life Issue

For Freemasons, Death Is Not the End

Freemasonry offers a framework to living a better life. That’s why it holds so many lessons for confronting death—and whatever

At a Masonic Cemetery, a Forever Home

In rural Tuolumne County, a new effort to bring a pair of Gold Rush era Masonic cemeteries back to life.

Underwater, Reminders of a Masonic Cemetery

Buried among the rocks and rubble of San Francisco’s Aquatic Park breakwater, a reminder of a long-lost Masonic graveyard.

These Morticians Are the Last Masons You’ll Ever Meet

It takes a special temperament to succeed as a mortician—and one, it turns out, that Freemasons are well suited to.

Three Masons Working as Death’s Doormen

Meet three Masons with an intimate familiarity with death—and the other side.

At a Hollywood Cemetery, a Masonic ‘Forever’ Lodge

The Masons moved out ages ago, but their aura remains at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

He Studied Near-Death Experiences. They Taught Him About the ‘Great Beyond.’

A psychologist from the Masonic Center for Youth and Families is an expert on near-death experiences—and what they tell us

For Masonic Artifact Collectors, They’re Another Man’s Treasure

To some, collecting Masonic artifacts, rings, aprons, and jewelry isn’t just a hobby. It’s a craze.

Lodge Profile: La Jolla No. 518, the Masonic Diplomat’s Lodge

In San Diego, get to know a diversity-focused lodge where membership is an international Masonic melting pot.

For 2022, Masons4Mitts Returns with a Focus on More than the Mitt

Masons4Mitts returns for another season with the support of the Masons of California and the California Masonic Foundation.

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