FREEMASONRY AND THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE [ HH 05]
Book details
- Title
- FREEMASONRY AND THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE [ HH 05]
- Author
- Bro Herbert Hungerford
- Publication year listed
- 1929
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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- Free online reader; no registration required
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FREEMASONRY AND THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE [ HH 05]
Author: HERBERT HUNGERFORD
Year: 1929
This Piece of Architecture , "FREEMASONRY AND THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE," by Bro. Herbert Hungerford, featured in the March 1929 issue of The Builder Magazine , asserts that modern Freemasonry has lost its original focus as a comprehensive educational influence, particularly in its alignment with scientific progress and the pursuit of truth. Hungerford contends that the fundamental problem facing the world is the conflict between ignorance and education, and that Freemasonry, with its core theme of leading initiates from darkness to knowledge, was designed to address this. However, he observes that contemporary Masonic activities have shifted emphasis from this vital, character-building purpose to "trivial and incidental matters" like social events ("feeds," "functions") and internal politics. While acknowledging the necessity of social activities, he criticizes the vast majority of lodges for neglecting or entirely omitting the Order's significant educational aims. He argues that "the progress of science" is synonymous with "educational progress," with science being the search for truth and education being the dissemination of that truth. Since Freemasonry's aims are in complete acc