The Middle Chamber From the three steps to the five steps, we now stand at the landing of of the middle chamber. On this journey we have climbed much – traversing up Jacob’s ladder in the first degree, climbed the first series of three steps and introduced to their significance in our maturity with an […]
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Hidden Wisdom – Not So Hidden Anymore.
If Manly P. Hall’s Secret Teachings had a companion book, I think that Richard Smoley and Jay Kinney’s Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions would be it. Every bit as dense as Hall’s Secret Teachings but much more down to earth and embedded in the “real” rather than the idealized reality – […]
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Interesting views on Catholicism and Freemasonry
I stumbled across this post from John Whitehead, a Catholic Historian in Oxford, in his blog Once I Was A Clever Boy who had some interesting thoughts on Catholicism and Freemasonry. In it he said: Whether Freemasonry is a direct threat in this country [England] or in the English speaking world to Christianity may be […]
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Atlantis Old and New
What if Plato’s account of Atlantis was a metaphor for a much greater distribution and spread of the Mediterranean peoples? From Popular Archeology: Plato’s writings about an ancient advanced civilization may not be altogether fantasy. New scientific research is raising some tantalizing new considerations. Was there indeed a great founding culture and people that gave […]
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The Silver Screen Saint of Freemasonry Nicolas Cage
If Masonry had a patron saint in Hollywood, Nicolas Cage would be the guy. I’ll admit, there are a lot of actors who in the past fit the bill including the stalwarts like John Wayne, Audie Murphy, Ernest Borgnine, Clark Gable, or Roy Rogers. Some amongst that list have been more vocal and out front […]
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The Gift of Irish Freemasonry from WEOFM
The latest video in the 2011 Worldwide Exemplification of Freemasonry is up at the weofm.org website, which is titled The Gift of Irish Freemasonry. The video is presented by the Right Worshipful Brother Bob Bashford, PM, Past Grand Master Standard Bearer, Provincial Grand Librarian, and Editor of the Irish Lodge of Research, under the Grand […]
Continue readingWhat’s your zodiac sign? No, really, what is it now?
In case you woke today feeling different, it could be because your zodiac sign has changed. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: The ancient Babylonians based zodiac signs on the constellation the sun was “in” on the day a person was born. During the ensuing millenniums, the moon’s gravitational pull has made the Earth “wobble” around […]
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The Worldwide Exemplification of Freemasonry
The Grand Lodge of Indiana is doing something exciting. The excitement is coming from a project that the Grand Lodge of Indiana and the Dwight L. Smith Lodge of Research is undertaking with the distinct title of being the Worldwide Exemplification of Freemasonry! Whats happening is a 29 week video series covering the history of […]
Continue readingJared Loughner’s occult delusion
Its been variously reported that Jared Loughner, the Arizona shooter who killed 6 people in his attempt to assassinate Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, had a sinister occult shrine in his back yard beneath a tarp. The photos are inconclusive as to their occult implication, but it does offer a glimpse into a violent paranoid […]
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Symbolism on the Winding Staircase – Five Steps Upon the Stair
Five Steps Upon the Winding Staircase The second degree lecture holds a wealth of esoteric study and contemplation. In the preceding examination we looked at the depth and meaning of the first three steps as the conductor in Duncan’s Ritual and Monitor ushers the candidate into the allegorical chamber of King Solomon’s temple. Now, the […]
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