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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners In the First Degree ritual, Freemasons are taught about the point within a circle or the circumpunct. The uncyphered Illinois ritual states: “Lodges in ancient times were dedicated to King Solomon, he being our first Most Excellent Grand Master; in modern times to St. John the Baptist…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Francis A. Hamer was born on March 17, 1884, in Fairview, Texas. His parents were Frank and Lou Emma (Francis). He grew up on the Welch Ranch in San Saba County, Texas. The family moved to Oxford in Llano County in 1894, where Hamer worked at his father’s blacksmith…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners This article is not for everyone. If you are not interested in the topic, then read no further. The purpose of the article is to make you think about how Freemasonry is impacted or could be impacted by the recent acknowledgment of the United States Government that…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Used under Fair Use for Educational Purposes, clip courtesy: Toast of London S2 E4 I have been a fan of absurdist British Comedy since I first watched Monty Python’s Flying Circus as a young adult. I think there are two types of people in America, (or maybe…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners The first references to the Dionysiac Architects appear in the writings of Strabo, a Greek geographer who lived ca. 64 BC – 24 AD, and the Roman Historian Eusebius who lived ca 260 – 340 AD. Both referenced a guild of architects/builders who were called Dionysian Artificers. …
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners It’s said that there is no such thing as bad publicity. That is, it seems unless you are a Freemason. While we do not have to deal with this as much in The United States as they do in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, we still see…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I recently got into a discussion with my secretary about pushing a younger member into the progressive officer line. He felt that we needed to push this member who is currently serving as our Chaplain into the officer line, and encourage him to sit in the Junior…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Being a Worshipful Master is not without its challenges, but the greatest challenge that you can face as a Worshipful Master is losing a lodge member. Not only have you lost a brother, but You’ve also lost someone that as a member of your lodge you were…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners For those of you old enough to have watched “Our Gang” commonly known as “The Little Rascals”, you will be familiar with The He-Man Woman-Haters club. The club was a neighborhood boys club founded by Spanky and was made up of nearly all the boys who appeared…
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WB Darin A. Lahners I want to focus on something closer to home: mental health. One of the taglines that we hear time and time again about Freemasonry is that it takes good men and makes them better. Yet, we often focus on physical ailments in our charitable and self-improvement endeavors and ignore the…