Brotherhood of Light Program

The “Brotherhood of Light” education program is designed to be a self-paced, self-study course, divided into five sections corresponding to the History, Symbolism, Ritual, Jurisprudence, and Philosophy, of Freemasonry. Each section is comprised of resources and a test related to that specific topic.+

The content of the program was jointly developed by members of Texas Lodge of Research and the Committee on Masonic Education and Service, assisted in web-based implementation by members of the Texas Grand Lodge Internet Committee. 

Required reading:

• Masonry in Texas – Dr. James D. Carter
• Education and Masonry in Texas – Dr. James D. Carter
• Education and Masonry in Texas (1846 – 1861) – Dr. James D. Carter
• Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Texas (1837 – Present)
• Monitor of the Lodge – Grand Lodge of Texas (2021)
• Lightfoot’s Commentaries – Grand Lodge of Texas
• Illustrations of Masonry – William Preston
• The Craft and Its Symbols – Allen E. Roberts
• Sharing Freemasonry – The Grand Lodge of Texas
• Manual of Freemasonry – Taylor (1901)
• Taylor – Hamilton Monitor of Symbolic Masonry (1908)
• Lightfoot’s Manual of The Lodge (1934)
• Laws of the Grand Lodge of Texas (2022)
• Grand Master’s Decisions – Grand Lodge of Texas Law Book (2022)
• Textbook of Masonic Jurisprudence (Albert Mackey PDF 1865)
• Parliamentary Procedure of the Constituent Lodges of the Grand Lodge of Texas (PDF)
• Monitor of the Lodge – Grand Lodge of Texas (2021)
• Ten Short Lessons in Masonic Philosophy – The Grand Lodge of Texas (PDF)
• Illustrations of Masonry – William Preston (PDF)
• The Meaning of Masonry – W. L. Wilmshurst 
• Morals and Dogma – Albert Pike