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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Last night I was honored to be a part of the Royal Arch Degree at Admiration Chapter No. 282 in Homer, Illinois. It was my first time playing a semi-important part as the Master of the 2nd veil. But as with all degrees I participate in, the…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners It’s difficult for a self – proclaimed geek like me to admit that I knew very little about the character Black Panther before seeing the movie. He was in my mind always somewhat of an enigma. I knew about his suit, that he was from a place…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I have recently encountered a situation within Freemasonry that I had hoped that I would never encounter. I have always been steadfast with my belief that we need to Guard the West Gate. That there are certain men that lack the character to become Freemasons. While my…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I recently gave a presentation to a Group of Boy Scouts from Homer Illinois, Troop 42 at Homer Lodge #199. I called it the Secret Meaning of the Symbols of Scouting. I decided that I liked my research so much that it would make a great article…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Todd Creason recently wrote a wonderful article about the importance of having a good reputation. You can find it here: http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2018/02/the-importance-of-good-reputation.html. What he said below really got me thinking: “Men of good reputation and solid character used to be more common than they are today. We don’t…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I recently had the honor of participating in an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for the son of my Senior Warden at St. Joseph Lodge #970. What made the event even better is that it was held in our lodge room. I have known this young man…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners In mythology, the monomyth or hero’s journey, is the common template of a broad category of storytelling that involves a hero who goes on an adventure, and returns a changed individual. Originally put forward by Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, the monomyth can be…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor Darin A. Lahners Upon a recent viewing of the movie, The Da Vinci Code, I discovered something that had alluded me up until now. Dr. Langdon (played by Tom Hanks) was discussing the symbol of the sacred feminine with Sir Leigh Teabing (played by Ian McKellen). The feminine V which was…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin Lahners The first article I wrote for the Midnight Freemasons was about my trepidation on becoming Worshipful Master of my Lodge. I wrote out my mission statement and emphasized how I wanted to make the lodge a place where brothers and their families wanted to spend time. I have…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darrin A. Lahners *Editors Note* WB Lahners originally sent this to me in one post. I thought it best to split this up into a few pieces. Deciding where to break it apart was difficult, however I feel that we accomplished this so that one can read a part and contiue…