how to select topic for masonic papers
A writer seeking a specialty for Masonic research is advised to select a topic that is not already threshed to death, remote enough to offer a sense of lure, yet containing sufficient authentic material to prove fruitful 1.
A writer's professional background or personal interest can guide the choice of subject. For example, architects are encouraged to focus on the architectural writings of figures such as Palladio, Inigo Jones, and Christopher Wren 1.
Researchers looking for concrete historical topics may focus on minute examinations of primary records and old texts 1. Suitable categories of documentary material include masons' contracts, fabric rolls, building accounts, lodge records, state labor regulations, and manuscript constitutions or catechisms 1. Alternatively, works of broader historical, legal, or esoteric scope—such as Ranulf Higden's Polychronycon, Godfrey Higgins' Anacalypsis, Gierke's History of Mediaeval Law, or Hermetic texts—offer fields suited for detailed study 1.
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