Freemasonry

The Author has often wondered at parts of our ritual which have no ready explanation, nor any forthcoming, and which are routinely committed to memory and recited when called upon to do so. One such is "The Perfect Points of Entrance" that demonstrate proof of being a Freemason. So he decided to explore how and when this was included in the ritual.
A paper by Bro. Prof. Dr. U. Gauthamadas, Grand Lodge of India.

PS Review of Freemasonry presents the Special Project 2012 GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF TURKEY The Centenary Celebrations 1909-2009
Freemasonry and Brotherhood First International Masonology Simposium 23 October 2009, Ankara SELECTED PAPERS

In the second half of the 20th Century disciplines like philosophy, sociology, law, psychology and political science have included Freemasonry in their areas of research. Although this happened in distinct aspects, it has become a field of attraction in many universities where research centers have been established to inspect this discipline all over the world. Consequently, the term “Masonology” has been proposed with a meaning of “researching Masonic history by scientific methods”, today, it has turned into “researching Masonry, with all its aspects, by scientific methods”. The purpose here is not to prove that Freemasonry is a science but the concept of Freemasonry is being inspected by many Mason or non-Mason scholars using scientific methods.
MW Bro M. Remzi Sanver, Grand Master of the Masons of Turkey

This paper advances a new light on the arrival of Freemasonry to China. Normally that event is explained by the arrival of the British to the Chinese East Coast and by the outcome of the two Opium Wars. The author explores an alternative path of the Masonic entrance in China by looking to Macau and to the documented arrival of a ship of the Swedish Company of Eastern India Islands transporting Freemasons with a charter, given by the Grand Royal Lodge of Sweden to held Masonic meetings in any port they board.
A paper by W Bro A.M.A. Gonçalves 30°, Luz do Oriente #80 Lodge, Grand Legal Lodge of Portugal.

This address was delivered on 26 May 2011 in Sheffield before the members of the Manchester Association for Masonic Research. Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London, awarded Alain Bernheim the Norman Spencer Prize twice (1986 and 1993) and he is presently a full member and an Officer of the Lodge. The Scottish Rite Research Society (SRRS) awarded Ill. Alain Bernheim, 33° the Albert Gallatin Mackey Award "for Lifetime Achievement", a distinction which was awarded five times only since the SRRS was founded and never before to a non-American Brother.

It is a little known fact that during Apartheid in South Africa there was only one organization permitted to fraternize or socialize with Colored people. This organization was Freemasonry.

This paper by Bro. Desmond Lemmon-Warde, Grand Lodge of South Africa, also includes historical documentation.