21st Century

Items that reflect on Freemasonry as it exists in the modern world and into the future.

Freemasonry 2.0: Masonic Blogs

There are many Freemasons around the globe who have embraced the idea of internet communication through the creation of Masonic blogs; and with today's post I will be looking at a number of these sites to bring your attention to the best Masonic blogs that I feel the internet currently has to offer.

Freemasonry 2.0: A Look at Four Masonic Social Networks

Social network sites such as Facebook and MySpace have emerged as a new medium of communication that is both immensely popular and incredibly useful for our day-to-day modern lifestyles. Unsurprisingly, there are a number of sites promoted directly at Freemasons that are attempting to ride this wave of popularity for social networks. Some of these have proven to be more successful than others, and I will be giving an overview of four of the more predominant ones today.

Freemasonry 2.0: Surveying the Masonic Technorati

Web 2.0 is well and truly entrenched within modern culture and social communication, but what then is Freemasonry as a whole doing to embrace this technological evolution? Is it taking advantage of this new user-centered experience that the web has become? Surely, as a fraternity, it should be well placed culturally to do just that...

The Virtual Lodge Room: Freemasonry in Second Life

With modern technology we are starting to see things emerge that were quite literally impossible until very recently. One such avenue, and something which always raises a lot of controversy, is the idea of virtual lodge rooms. In particular, I am going to look at a few examples of this in the virtual world called Second Life...

What is a 21st Century Freemason?

Given the title of the site and its intended focus, it seems useful at this early stage to put forward some of my own thoughts about just what it is that the term 21st Century Freemason actually means. As with everything in Freemasonry, it means different things to different people; but I think there are a few themes that ring true amongst many brethren who are active today.