Prestonian lecturer richard berman biography

  • A Freemason for more than forty years and twice Prestonian Lecturer, Ric Berman holds Grand Rank in the United Grand Lodge of England.
  • A freemason for over forty years and twice Prestonian Lecturer, Ric holds Grand Rank in the United Grand Lodge of England and is a Past Master of three English.
  • Ric Berman researches, writes and speaks on eighteenth and nineteenth-century English, Irish and American freemasonry.

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    Friar No. 113 Ric Berman

    by Christopher HodappAt quite literally the very last minute on Thursday, I flew to Washington D.C. to catch a couple of events at Masonic Week: the Consistory of the Society of Blue Friars, and the Friday night banquet for the Philalethes Society.

    The Society of Blue Friars was founded in 1932 for the express purpose of recognizing outstanding Masonic authors throughout the world. Traditionally, the Society convenes each year during Masonic Week in the Washington, D.C. vicinity to induct a new Friar, and its gatherings are open to the public, unless the presenter specifies otherwise. 

    Authors like Arthur E. Waite, Harold V.B. Voorhis, Dwight L. Smith, Brent Morris, Allen Roberts, Thomas Jackson, Yasha Beresiner, Alain Bernheim, Robert G. Davis, Alton Roundtree, Mark Tabbert, Shawn Eyer, Michael R. Poll, Robert D. B. Cooper, Josef Wäges, Piers Vaughan and Adam Kendall are just a few prior Blue Friar honorees. In a rare moment of weakness, th

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