The Masonic Scholar

GOP THREATENS Our Consititution!

The Idaho GOP Committee is saying they will repeal a 17th Amendment which as existed for over a century. It will give THEM the power, and THEM ALONE, to put in whichever Senator they wish. They say it restores the Constitution to make Senators answerable to Senators, and not the people. IT'S TIME TO WAKE THE HELL UP PEOPLE! LETS KICK THEM ***ALL***OUT OF OFFICE. They are answerable TO US, WE ***THE*** PEOPLE. They say it restores the balance of power in Washington to ELIMINATE the people, and CONTROL it for themselves. 

SINCE WHEN is it UNCONSTITUTIONAL to be answerable to the people? Is this a Democracy, or a Dictatorship? I won't allow a small group of Senators to eliminate the people's VOTE, so they can have all the power. It's time to BEGIN THE REVOLUTION if these idiot GOP's are going to start proposing crap like this. WE WANT OUR FREEDOMS, AND OUR VOTE. You don't want to give it to us, THEN WE WILL ELIMINATE you in the voting booths. IDAHO STAND UP.

John Dee's "Monas Hieroglyphica"

I am well aware of how it has been described. I am well aware that not everyone will actually comprehend what he teaches with this astounding symbol. I am ALSO well aware of some very serious Masonic themes Dee touchs in this. See if you can find them!

http://www.esotericarchives.com/dee/monad.htm

For Master Masons only: A Phenomenal Site to Join - The Masonic Society

Click here and follow directions. I am simply astounded by the amounts of knowledge this august group of Master Masons have collectively. What a delight to belong to this group. Worth every single penny.

http://www.themasonicsociety.com/

Value Meal Freemasonry

From a fellow Freemason who wrote this and I thought was very pertinent. ENJOY!

Value Meal Freemasonry

by Frater Cliff Porter on Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:13 am

I wrote this some time ago.
It contains the opinion that we should work to make Masonry a quality experience. It is not meant to be controversial, it is simply meant to say we should value Masonry, but contains some humor, some pun, some irony, and lots of opinion.

Please read it in the spirit it was intended:

Value Meal Masonry

Almost eerie shadows bounced and danced their solemn dance to the candlelight casting its shadows and souls upon the walls of the lodge, the temple. The men moved in silence in a circumambulation around their altar. Dress in tailcoats, their hands gloved, the aprons of the finest lambskin. 

The Brothers took their seats and the lodge was called to order, the ritual perfect and well practiced. The booming voice of the Worshipful Master and wraps of the gavel calling something forward from deep within everyone that the work at hand was important.

Classical music wafted through the air and hung heavy on the deeper notes, the vibration touching the very souls of the men who sat through it. The business of the night was a discussion of philosophy and it went well. 

New Video on the Relevance of Freemasonry in the World By Lil ole me!

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Thebackyardfreemason

The Sanctum Sanctorum: EXCELLENT Masonic Blog

ENJOY!

http://www.thesanctumsanctorum.com/

On the Number Three

Just a fairly quick note for the moment. In the "Transactions" of the Idaho Lodge of Research No. 1965 (March, 1988), an excerpt from the Short Talk Bulletin from 1926 caught my eye. On p. 1 the number three comes up in Masonry a lot, Masonry's three degrees for instance, three steps, three Ancient Grand Masters, etc. And the number three was "the first of the great Sacred Numbers of the Ancient Mysteries..." It was also understood to be a symbol of God. Interestingly enough, it brings out the idea that it is not because God is Triune since three and the theme of triunity is not nearly as old as the symbol of the number three as a symbol for God. The idea came from the triangle, a far older theme than a Trinitarian God. The triangle made of all straight lines is the first geometric figure which is enclosed, only with three sides, not four like a square, etc. It has no loose ends. "And the triangle is the first of these which can be made; as God was always considered as First, and also as without either beginning or end, the triangle soon became a symbol of Deity."

Albert Pike in his Esoterica demonstrated many parallels of the number three and the 47th problem of Euclid which Masonry studies and uses as a symbol. Not so much for showing we are interested in the higher arts and mathematics, etc. (even though we should be), but because it tied back to the Hermetic doctrines about Deity which Pike thinks influenced many of the symbols of Freemasonry. I shall get more to that as I have time. For now this is just an idea that struck me tonight, so I write......

Freemasons at Work & Play NEW Video of June 5th, 2010 FUN!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Thebackyardfreemason#p/a/u/0/oE_kDh_PQ6I

Symbolism of the Bee and Beehives

A pretty decent article on this form a Freemason.

http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/worrel/beehive.htm

Esoteric Symbolism in Freemasonry: The Gnosis of the Cross

Esoteric Symbolism in Freemasonry: The Gnosis of the Cross

 

Kerry A. Shirts, 32°

Eagle Rock Lodge #19

Idaho Falls, Idaho

June 1, 2010

 If anything, anything at all, links Freemasonry with the Archaic Times, and in every possible manner, it is the intense adaptation and use of symbolism in every stage of Freemasonic ritual, ceremony, and thought.[1] Symbolism is the one subject that either brings groans or enthrallment in Masonic scholars. Groans because it appears to go off into wild fancies of naïve incredible speculative silliness, and thrills when some new dimension, idea, or connection is shown with something within Freemasonry. Without symbolism Freemasonry simply would not be able to thrive as it does, nor last with for significant length of time. It is my contention that it is precisely the astounding amount and discussion of the various meanings of symbolism within Freemasonry that sets it apart from any other organization of men. The catch is, Freemasonry encourages individuals to learn and understanding the meanings of the symbols for himself alone. Freemasonry cannot and indeed glories in the fact that it will not interpret meaning for anyone else.

 Everything about and within Freemasonry can be symbolized, since this process gives intellectual narrowness a broader application in life, philosophical shallowness a depth of meaning and intent not possible otherwise, and physical inertness a kick start into action, power, and utility and accomplishment. “The symbols facilitate a deeper and more complete understanding than can be obtained by words alone.”[2] That being said, it is critical to keep in mind that “all words are by first intention signs or symbols