Interesting video on post modern charity. Philosopher Slavoj Zizek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving. It makes an interesting case of how charity has changed in modern society.
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Answer To Puzzler #5 and the Presentation of Puzzler #6
Here are my answers to puzzler 5 1) Where was GM Hiram Abiff from (his land of origin)? – He came from Tyre whether from Napthali/Dan is still debated. Modern Tyre lies in Lebanon, near its southern border, and forms the country’s fourth-largest city. He was the “master workman” whom King Hiram of Tyre sent to […]
Continue readingKentucky holding despite splinter over Gay Masons.
The Grand Lodge of Kentucky is the latest battle ground in the fight to bring Freemasonry into the 21st century, where brothers are calling other brothers “a flaming faggot” in their sexual orientation. From the Lexington Herald-Leader in the state of Kentucky, the W. Master of Winchester Masonic lodge was asked to resign because of […]
Continue readingThe Lost Symbol in paperback, have you found yours?
At last, the paperback edition of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol hits store shelves on October 19th. The sleeper hit that sent us head long into the adventures of Professor Robert Langdon in, under,and above the greater Washington D.C. capitol to save his mentor and close friend 33rd degree Mason Peter Solomon from the clutches […]
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Answer To Puzzler #4 and the Presentation Of Puzzler #5
I will say that you will all know what an eavesdropper is by now, so I won’t spend any time on this, let’s just concentrate on the word cowan for this discussion. From the affair of Jephthah, an Ephraimite was termed a cowan. Cowan comes from the Hebrew and Egyptian word, cohen which was the […]
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1 Kings 6:7 – In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built. Some metallic substance is demanded after we were taught to wear our clothes, but we had not…(I won’t go into […]
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The origin of the word is a Greek translation of Latin and it does reference exactly what you pointed out (that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens). First degree is also right, but wherein does the answer lie my brother? Acheiropoieta also called “Icons Not Made by Hand” are a particular kind of icon […]
Continue readingMeeting in the Bollywood Sanctum Sanctorum!
Is it me, or does anyone else out there wish some of the meetings were conducted like this? Is guess its how they do it in Jorhat, in the Indian state of Assam. Freemasons Kaun Hai Jorhat Part I Part II. Bollywood GhostHunters – so I appologize in advance for the audio – my guess, […]
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Here is the answer to the previous puzzler. The Seven Liberal Arts were divided into the Trivium (“the three roads”) and the Quadrivium (“the four roads”). The Trivium (Masonically alludes to the three Principal Moral Virtues) and consists of: Grammar–Teaches a man the ability to speak and write truly Rhetoric— Teaches a man to speak fairly […]
Continue readingMasonic Trivia: Puzzle Number One
My Lodge, Pride of Mt. Pisgah #135, MWPHGLTX, is a small, low budget Lodge operating in simple surroundings. But don’t let that fool you. Serious and deep study of Masonry is going on among its members. Not only does Mt. Pisgah spend a great deal of time and effort in instructing its candidates but it […]
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