Category: Darin A. Lahners
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners A first degree tracing board not unlike the one used by Dr. Travis Taylor It saddens me when I watch a television program and Freemasonry is painted in a negative light, especially in cases where our gentle craft is linked to false theories or concepts. Recently…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Yesterday, August 15, 2020, was Masonic Visibility and Pride Day here in Illinois. The event was sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Illinois and Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois. The Grand Lodges asked that all Brethren help them “celebrate by wearing clothing (e.g. t-shirts, polo shirts,…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I was sitting at my desk in the AITS building on the south end of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s research park when I received either a text or instant message from fellow Midnight Freemason contributor Greg Knott. Greg worked at the Main Library at that point,…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WM Darin A. Lahners Freemasons have been and will continue to be a target for conspiracy theorists because we are as they say, a secret society. As a freemason, and an avid follower of conspiracy theories, I guess I fall into the category of a hypocrite. For me, reading about and…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners My first installation at St. Joseph #970, before I became a Grumpy Past Master The very first article I wrote for the Midnight Freemasons blog was entitled “What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Worshipful Master’s Edition which can be found here: http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2017/06/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting.html. I talked about my fears…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners It may be a surprise to some Freemasons that Hiram Abiff wasn’t always in a prominent role in the Master Mason Degree. In fact, the first reference to the Hiramic legend occurs in 1730 in Samuel Prichard’s Masonry Dissected. In this work, Prichard refers to Hiram as…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” is a song by the American rock band R.E.M., from Athens, Georgia, which first appeared on their 1987 album Document. The song’s satirical title pretty much sums up my current state of mind,…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners *Editors Note* Originally published in 2018 here on the Midnight Freemasons Blog, I thought with a recent publication in the Fraternal Review, I would republish it here. It was read on the WCY Podcast as well in April of 2020, episode 442. It has a lot to…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I had a local brother, Jim Licquia, email me this weekend asking me to write a column to address some questions he had. While it’s too early to assess this, I will attempt to answer his questions, because they are questions that all of us have thought…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor Darin A. Lahners, PM In the Entered Apprentice degree, one of the things that stood out to me was the following question and answer after you as the candidate first knock at the door of the preparation room to note your desire to become a Freemason. It is a question posed…