Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry by S Morris

Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry by S Morris

Scottish Rite Journal of the Supreme Council, 33°, S.J. He retired after 25 years as a mathematician with the federal government, has been invited to lecture at over 100 universities, has taught at Duke and Johns Hopkins Universities, and is currently on the graduate faculty at George Washington University.

In addition, he is

-- a Master Mason since 1971,

-- Past Master of Patmos Lodge No. 70, Ellicott City, Maryland,

-- the only American among the 40 members of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London, the premier Masonic research lodge,

-- the founder of the Scottish Rite Research Society and Editor of Heredom, its annual transactions,

-- one of 50 living recipients of the Grand Cross of the Court of Honour of the Supreme Council, 33°, S.J.,

-- one of the forty Fellows of the Philalethes Society, the world’s oldest and largest Masonic research society,

-- an honorary Fellow of the Phylaxis Society, the Prince Hall Masonic research society,

-- Grand Abbot of the Society of Blue Friars, a society of Masonic authors (selecting only one new member per year)

He is author of Masonic Philanthropies: A Tradition of Caring, Cornerstones of Freedom: A Masonic Tradition,

The Folger Manuscript: The Cryptanalysis and Interpretation of an American Masonic Manuscript; co-author with Arturo de Hoyos of Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?; and co-editor (with Arturo de Hoyos) of Freemasonry in Context: History, Ritual, and Controversy and (with R. William Weisberger and Wallace McLeod) of Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic.

Morris is a member of the Shriners, the York Rite, the Red Cross of Constantine, the Royal Order of Scotland, and the Allied Masonic Degrees. And on top of all of this he’s active in Bible study at his church and enjoys Sherlockian studies, sleight of hand, Gilbert & Sullivan, and wine tasting.