Overview of this issue's contents:

President's Message: Leaving the Status Quo Behind

News of the Society

Conferences, Speeches, Symposia & Gatherings

Masonic News

Letters

The Gentleman Mason compiled by Jeff Naylor

From the Editor: All Great Truths Begin As Blasphemies

Special Reports
What's Wrong With The Lost Symbol by Rex Hutchens

Lectures of Pleasure by Jay Hochberg

Masonic Treasures: The Perfect Ashlar by Christopher Hodapp

Articles
Restructuring American Freemasonry, Part I by Mark Tabbert

Order of the Royal Ark Mariner in England by Yasha Beresiner

Beyond the Tracing Board: Masonic Education Outside of the Lodge by Randy Williams

Fiction
The Inexperienced Ghost by H. G. Wells