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Submitted by Companion Brian Ragain, RN, Area Coordinator CMMRF Logo and Breast Cancer Ribbon     Dr. Michael Murphy is involved with research involving heart failure associated with anthracyclines, a chemotherapy drug derived from bacteria. Like any other medication, the benefits must outweigh the risks, but for some patients, there can be unforeseen and unwanted

New Decryption Form Signup, Facebook Page, and Youtube Channel General Grand Council Seal     Please let your Councils know about the new signup form for the Decryption. It is available at the link below. The Decryption is an e-mail newsletter sent out regularly highlighting articles added to the General Grand Council Web Page. Decryption

December 2021 General Grand Council Presents T.S. Akers Video T.S. Akers     During December 12, 2021 General Grand Chapter Presents, T.S. Akers presented a presentation entitled \”Mount Moriah: McAlester\’s Lost Masonic Temple\”. The video is available at the link below. The mountains and woods of southeastern Oklahoma have hidden many things throughout history, but

Albert G. Mackey on the Wages of the Workman at the TempleProvided by the Oklahoma Chapter and Council Education E-Newsletter (https://okyorkrite.com/)Extracted from the According to Mackey Column in the June 2022 Issue Albert Mackey (Public Domain) The following entry appears on p. 834 and p. 552 of the 1912 edition of “An Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry

Ronald L. Thomas Ritual Award The General Grand Council Ritual passports are designed to assist you in completing the requirements for each of the degree bars for the Ritual Award. Their purpose is to centralize the documentation for each of the qualifying tasks of that degree and serve as a beautiful memento of your journey.

The Three Epochs of FreemasonryProvided by the Oklahoma Chapter and Council Education E-Newsletter (https://okyorkrite.com/)Extracted from the Articles and Papers Column in the April 2022 Issue The following is a version of the “Historical Lecture” traditionally given during the conferral of the Royal Arch degree in many jurisdictions. There are three epochs in Freemasonry which particularly

Cryptic Cosmology –Video – GGC Presents August 8, 2021 Jeff Bennett   In this presentation titled “Zabud: Friend of the King – A deeper look into the Select Masters Degree”, we will explore the back story, biblical history, and cultural undertones running below the level of the dramatic events occurring in the Cryptic Degree of

Symbolical Design and Historical Summary of the Select Master DegreeProvided by the Oklahoma Chapter and Council Education E-Newsletter (https://okyorkrite.com/)Extracted from the It\’s Monitorial Column in the May 2022 Issue Albert Mackey (Public Domain) The following monitorial instructions on the Select Master degree appear on pp. 35-39 of “Cryptic Masonry: A Manual of the Council” by

Cryptic MasonryProvided by the Oklahoma Chapter and Council Education E-Newsletter (https://okyorkrite.com/)Extracted from the Articles and Papers in the May 2021 Issue The Cryptic Vault by Hugh McCurdy This article originally appeared in “The Voice of Masonry” in 1880 and was most recently reprinted in the Fall 2019 issue of “The Cryptic Freemason” (Vol. 4, No.