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Join Grand Master Arthur Weiss on Facebook Live for a special Happy Hour as we salute the launch of California Freemason Magazine’s Spring Drinks issue!

Why lifting a drink represents the pure, distilled essence of Freemasonry.

The inside story behind one of the most curious pseudo-Masonic rituals around.

A jiggerful of Mason drink slingers mix the perfect craft cocktail.

A SoCal Mason shares a beloved family tradition: a good drink.

Winemaker Karl Lehmann on seeking life’s perfect blend.

At Club 50, Phillipe Milgrom gathers Masons for a taste of the good life.

Whiskey expert and priest Steve Beal on communing with the divine.

Pour a draught with these antique Masonic drinking vessels.

Sidle up to the bar at the Turkey Roost, where everybody knows your name.

After a year on Zoom, what can Masonic lodges learn from the worst year ever?

A wine-loving Mason mixes business with pleasure.

A small-town California lodge makes a big-time impact.

We say farewell to an accidental Masonic icon.

A time-traveling, continent-hopping pub crawl of the fraternity’s most important watering holes.

A 20-something on Masonry in California compared to his native Peru.

Grand Master Arthur Weiss toasts a historic Masonic tradition.

The Masons of California cast their eyes past the lodge doors—and toward 2025 and beyond.

Meet the generation of California Masons bringing the fraternity into a bright new era.

What will a Masonic lodge look like in the future? The answer is already here—and it probably won’t be in a lodge.

The fraternity learns to deal with—and thrive in—the Zoom era.

For a generation of Freemasons, the place to turn for info isn’t in person, but rather online.

A historic lodge celebrates 150 years on the Central Coast.

Meet a San Diego Freemason staying in touch from a world away.

Robotic pets. Smart toilets. VR goggles. The Masonic Homes have become a nerve center of hi-tech gadgetry.

The fraternity learns to deal with—and thrive in—the Zoom era.

A Sacramento insider on why when it comes to Masonic philanthropy, all politics is local.

What the Masonic youth orders can show us about going virtual.

Grand Master Arthur Weiss casts his eyes on 2050—and beyond.

When a tiny apartment with a big-time literary past came up for rent, William Arney found himself walking in Sam Spade’s footsteps.

Meet the Invisible Lodge, the most mysterious Masonic group in the known—or unknown—world.

For more than 150 years, the Folger cipher had Masonic experts stumped—until Dr. Brent Morris and his team at the NSA took their turn.

A Master Mason gumshoe taps into his inner Philip Marlowe to hunt down the truth.

Mystery writer James Lincoln Warren is an expert author of the hardboiled crime story.

A historian probes the enduring appeal of Masonic secrets.

A traditional observance lodge pulls out all the sartorial stops with a new custom tartan kilt.