A Masonic Pandemic
Part 1
Emanuel J. Stanley (FPS)
MWPHGLofMD
According to the World Health Organization, a pandemic can start when three conditions have been met:
the emergence of a disease new to the population (Bogus White & Bogus Black Masons Working together)
the agent infects humans, causing serious illness (Infects Regular Freemasonry, causing serious damage)
the agent spreads easily and sustainably among humans (It has spread in the AA Community and is now spreading among mainstream like wild fire)
There has been a belief among most Freemasons in the United States & abroad that the issue of spurious Masons is a problem rooted solely in the African American Community. At one time the Grand Masters of Prince Hall Grand Lodge's fought furiously against the wave of seemingly endless bogus grand lodges, supreme councils and Masonic congresses sprouting everywhere in the United States.
On February 25, 2005 another spurious Masonic entity was born, only this time, it was not within the inner city of the USA, but rather on the same soil as the "Mother Grand Lodge" – England itself! In a year's time the fledgling organization, which, began as an affront to the policies & practices in the United Grand Lodge of England, has grown into an uncontrollable juggernaut.
After years of putting off Prince Hall Grand Lodges and in-spite of Prince Hall's unquestionable lineage to the Grand Lodge of England, the United Grand Lodge of England will not recognize a Prince Hall Grand Lodge until it is in amity with the Grand Lodge it recognizes in the same state. In order for the UGLE to recognize the MWPHGL of Georgia, the MWPHGL of Georgia must first be form a compact of mutual recognition with the Grand Lodge of Georgia. The same is true for the Prince Hall Grand Lodge's in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana.
The prolonged recognition of the grand lodge's who are the direct descendants of African Lodge of Boston, has aided and abetted the proliferation and growth of bogus Masonic organizations in the United Stated of America. Their battle cry about regularity could have been silenced eons ago, had the UGLE and other grand lodges around the world done what was right in spite of the fear of reprisal. (writer's note: The Grand Lodges of Australia have voted to recognize ALL Prince Hall Grand Lodge's)
Prince Hall Historians, writers and educators all warned the mainstream community that they would rue the decision to deny Prince Hall Freemasons their proper place in the Masonic World.
Somehow the proverbial "I told you this would happen!" or "pointing a finger" just isn't providing the satisfaction that I thought it would. Perhaps it is because we are now in a crises and one for which if the regular grand lodges do not unite to stop, will cause irreparable damage to Freemasons everywhere on the globe. The denial of regular Freemasons and the refusal to denounce racism has lead us to our very own Masonic Pandemic.
The unthinkable, the unimaginable has now occurred! – members of the so-called Regular Grand Lodge of England ( http://www.rgle.org.uk/) and its Masonic High Council has spread its tentacles across the Atlantic Ocean and landed smack dab in the heart of the America. They have communicated with and issued a charter to Mr. Carlton Brigham, who styles himself as the Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander of the Universal Supreme Council (http://www.regulargrandlodgevirginia.com/ancientandacceptedrite.html). In addition, he is also the Vice President of the Universal Grand Masonic Congress of Scottish Rite Masons, Incorporated, the Grand Master of the Regular Grand Lodge of Maryland, and Senior Grand Officer of the Masonic High Council of the United States of America (http://www.rgle.org.uk/MHC_USA.htm).
Mr. Brigham is no fool. He is a visionary and he fully understands the significance of a charter from England. Prince Hall Masons have stood firm on our regularity of origin based upon the charter of African Lodge No. 459, from the Grand Lodge of England, which is still in our possession. We have rightfully used it to defend our claim to legitimacy and have thumbed it in the faces of every spurious group that raises it head in our communities. Unfortunately, with the granting of a charter from an organization in England (whether bogus or not) will add to the increasing problem of irregular Freemasonry.
This group of African American Masons will taut the fact that they have a charter from England – and the name itself the "REGULAR Grand Lodge of England" will fool many into believing they have joined or are about to join a true Masonic lodge.
This Masonic High Council is on a mission to establish High Councils in every state in the union, and this is according to their own website.
Over 250 black groups are in existence in the United States, couple this with the growth of bogus white grand lodges and regular Freemasonry is on the verge of being exterminated!
The European Masons of the Regular Grand Lodge of England, have in a year, eliminated the color barrier in Freemasonry, the only problem is that, they are bogus in nature.
If bogus groups can do it, what in the Grand Architects creation is preventing regular and legitimate Freemasons from doing the same?
The unthinkable has become reality!
What will the leaders of regular Freemasonry do to stop Masonic racism and to curb the ebbs and flows of the bogus tide?