When you arrived this evening, as Master Masons you stood at the threshold of the higher mysteries of Masonry. Having now been advanced to the Degree of Mark Master, you have crossed that threshold. I do not say this casually, for in partaking in this Degree, you have entered into a matter that has invigorated and hounded the Craft since 1717.
Continue →Fear and Loathing... - 0
Dear Unknown Friend,
When did the network of our unity ever come to a point rendering us incapable of using a phone?
I speak of no one event or individual in particular. I’m guilty of the absence of communication myself, and more times I’ve erred on communicating and doing so poorly. But with the presence of silence [...]
Demits and Obligations... - 0
Dear Unknown Friend
In the context of our ancient art, the obligation is one of, if the not the most powerful works wrought by a Freemason. It is the expression of one’s will, adamant and inviolable, made before all Brothers, sworn before Deity, and symbolically sealed with penalty; and once made can never be un-made, even [...]
Dear Unknown Friend,
During the last Lodge of Instruction for Wasatch Lodge No.1 I made the following comments, which a dear Brother suggested be written down for posterity. Apparently, in all the nonsense I normally spew forth, this is considered worthwhile.
These comments were addressed to those Brothers vying for the role of Senior Deacon at an [...]
Masonry and Alchemy... - 0
Dear Unknown Friend,
Some thoughts, as I poke around a copy of the Register House Manuscript (1696) - documents from the 17th and 18th century clearly establish that many Speculative (perhaps even Accepted) Masons in Scotland (and the UK), believed a connection between Masonry with Rosicrucianism.
Rosicrucianism is a peculiarly protestant (and German) vein of hermeticism, itself [...]