EP 141 Where Is Freemasonry Going? Dwight L. Smith’s Warning to Modern Lodges

Where is Freemasonry going?In this episode of Masonic Muscle, Past Master Jeff Bayer and I begin reading through Whither Are We Traveling? by Dwight L. Smith, Past Grand Master of Indiana.Smith wrote this document decades ago, but the questions still hit hard today. As we read through Part 1, we ask whether his warnings still apply to modern lodges, modern Masons, Masonic education, lodge meetings, leadership, standards, and the direction of the Craft.This episode solves one Masonic problem:How can Masons tell whether the Craft is moving forward — or just drifting while calling it progress?We discuss:Dwight L. Smith’s Whither Are We Traveling?Masonic driftlodge purposeMasonic educationlodge meetings and businessobservance and standardsBrotherhood and responsibilitywhether Smith’s warnings still apply todaywhy modern Masons should revisit hard questions from the pastThis is not nostalgia.This is diagnosis.If the same problems keep appearing generation after generation, then maybe the issue is not the calendar. Maybe the issue is that Masons keep refusing to answer the hard questions.A free PDF copy of Whither Are We Traveling? is available through the Masonic Restoration Foundation.Have an origin theory, Masonic question, old document, book recommendation, lodge problem, or research lead?Write to me at:[email protected] Masonic Muscle on Instagram:@masonicmuscleFollow Masonic Muscle on Facebook.Subscribe and follow Masonic Muscle on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.Share this episode with one Brother who still cares where the Craft is traveling.