I'm fascinated by it too. It's honestly such a positive thing in my life for so many reasons, not least of which is that it gets this neurodiverse introvert out the house and into company!
I would be interested Cams to hear about your Freemasonry journey. I have just started to follow you so I don’t know if you’ve written about it before did it start with your sobriety?
In brief, I joined my local Masonic Lodge in 1992 at the age of twenty. I went through the three degrees and then stopped attending after starting university in 1993. Following university, I worked overseas.
I got sober in Luxembourg in 2005, and I remember thinking at the time that AA was a bit like freemasonry. Both provide a way of living that's moral, upright and just, and neither has anything to do with religion.
When I returned to Scotland in 2008, I joined the local Masonic Lodge on Arran and began working my way up through the offices. I served as Master of the Lodge from 2023 to 2025 and found it to be a very humbling and rewarding experience. I now serve as a mentor to the current Master, which is rewarding in its own way.
I stopped attending AA meetings during the pandemic and haven't returned. I have the inner strength that I need now, though I do understand the need to be wary of complacency. My writing helps with that. As does freemasonry.
I’m genuinely fascinated by the symbolism of Freemasonry and how it’s lasted for centuries. I don’t know much beyond the surface, though.
I'm fascinated by it too. It's honestly such a positive thing in my life for so many reasons, not least of which is that it gets this neurodiverse introvert out the house and into company!
Interesting to see that you are a Freemason at the same time I’m reading war and peace.
Yeah, I enjoyed reading about Pierre's journey. That's one reason why he's so relatable to me.
I would be interested Cams to hear about your Freemasonry journey. I have just started to follow you so I don’t know if you’ve written about it before did it start with your sobriety?
That could be a long post!
In brief, I joined my local Masonic Lodge in 1992 at the age of twenty. I went through the three degrees and then stopped attending after starting university in 1993. Following university, I worked overseas.
I got sober in Luxembourg in 2005, and I remember thinking at the time that AA was a bit like freemasonry. Both provide a way of living that's moral, upright and just, and neither has anything to do with religion.
When I returned to Scotland in 2008, I joined the local Masonic Lodge on Arran and began working my way up through the offices. I served as Master of the Lodge from 2023 to 2025 and found it to be a very humbling and rewarding experience. I now serve as a mentor to the current Master, which is rewarding in its own way.
I stopped attending AA meetings during the pandemic and haven't returned. I have the inner strength that I need now, though I do understand the need to be wary of complacency. My writing helps with that. As does freemasonry.