This time of year, Christmas for Christians, Chanukah for Jews and Ramadan & Eid-El-Fitr for Muslims, is a joyous time of year where peace and harmony and good will to men and women hold court. It reminds me of the every day life of a Mason. This soul filling feeling of great peace and the […]
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The key to academic success – Spirituality!
This story is something that a lot of groups should pay attention to as the relationships of religious/spiritual interests and academia have grown cold in many places. Of particular note is that as this piece comes out of UCLA, one of the first 12 structures of the community of Westwood, where the school resides, was […]
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The Akatsuki mission to Lucifer, the light bringer
Japan is sending a probe to Lucifer. Well, not the Biblical Lucifer, but the Roman one, the celestial body that heralds the rising and falling Sun in the sky, and they plan to get there aboard the Venus Climate Orbiter – AKATSUKI. In more esoteric terms, especially to any Scottish Rite Mason of the 19th […]
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Masonry Through the (Rear-view) Looking Glass
JABBERWOCKYby: Lewis Carroll(1832-1898) ‘WAS brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the […]
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The Song of Saint John
From Masonic Odes and Poems by Rob Morris LL. D. 1864 How blest is the home Where the Brotherhood come! How charming the time and occasion! The love that was born, In the heart of Saint John, Now warms up the heart of each Mason. It is you, Sir, and you, Friendly Brothers and true, […]
Continue readingHappy Hanukkah
We are a few days into the holiday this year, but I wanted to take a moment to wish all those of the faith a happy holiday. And, for those not of the faith, to give a brief look at what the holiday is about and why its symbolically relevant to Freemasonry as it represents […]
Continue readingMasonic Weekly Digest: 12/03/2010
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Continue readingFreemasonry In Civil Court: From The Mailbag
Brother AB: What do you think we can do about this other than to return to teaching Masonry the way it is supposed to be taught, The more involved we become in public affairs, the more public we become. There are far too many folks that for one reason or another blame Masons for all […]
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Hard Ball Masonic Politics Imparts Grief
Once again West Virginia is in the spotlight of Masonic news and as usual it’s all bad. This Grand Lodge is the only US GL to expel a Junior Past Master for his policies while in office. That foolish act has resulted in a civil court case that will start on 12/6/2010. In the meantime […]
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It is true without lies, certain and most true; That which is below is as that which is above, and that which is above is as that which is below, to accomplish the miracle of the one thing. It is true without lies, certain and most true; That which is below is as that which […]
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