Freemasonry is dying a slow death as it is now. Many Grand Lodges and its leadership don’t have a clue and only care about their per-capita.
Leadership Is lacking.
Every year Masons are being expelled for embezzlement. In California, these are not isolated incidents; they are symptoms of a deeper decay in oversight, mentorship, and accountability.
They closed all the lodges in California under Gavin Newsom’s leadership for two years and destroyed all fellowship. Two years without labor, without ritual, without human contact did not merely pause growth, it reversed it. Momentum was lost. Brothers drifted. Candidates disappeared. What had been rebuilding in the right direction was fractured.
At the same time, the mystery that once distinguished the Craft has been willingly surrendered. Ritual, symbolism, and internal workings are now casually exposed on social media by brethren seeking attention rather than understanding. What was once entrusted is now performed. What was once earned is now uploaded.
Freemasonry does not die because men stop knocking.
It dies when those inside forget why the door mattered.
It dies when lodges are so desperate for members the West Gate is left open for all.
The Craft does not need trendiness.
It needs leadership with courage, restraint, and memory.
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