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 itโs too early to assess this, I will attempt to answer his questions, because they are questions that all of us have thought…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor Darin A. Lahners, PM Brethren, as I write this, the world as we know it is falling apart. Supermarkets are stripped bare. People are panicking due to fear of the unknown. My Grand Lodge here in Illinois, along with a lot of other jurisdictions, are suspending stated meetings and other lodge…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners If you recall when the working tools of an Entered Apprentice Mason were being explained, you were told that we are to make use of the twenty four inch gauge for the noble and glorious purpose of dividing our time. As it is divided into twenty four…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor Darin A. Lahners Three weeks ago I was sitting with a candidate about to undertake his Entered Apprentice degree at historic Homer Lodge #199 in Homer, Illinois. Something happened that evening that I donโt recall ever happening to me previously in Freemasonry. Granted, Iโve only been a Master Mason since 2011,…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners August 19, was what would have been the 98th birthday of Star Trekโs creator, Gene Roddenberry. As luck would have it, I injured my back somehow last Wednesday which put me in bed for the better part of that evening and most of Thursday. There was a…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Read Part 1 HERE Read Part 2 HERE There are spoilers! Talking about the Starks, Letโs discuss a few of the Stark children. Bran Stark is paralyzed after climbing a tower in Winterfell and witnessing Jamie Lannister having intercourse with his twin sister Cersei. Jamie pushes Bran…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Spoilers Ahead! I am, as well as many of you, very excited to see the how Game of Thrones ends on HBO. The television series is based upon the Fantasy book series called โA Song of Ice and Fireโ…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I was in a local gas station here in the booming metropolis of Saint Joseph, Illinois, when the clerk remarked, โThe Masons? I didnโt even know you guys were still around.โ It took me a minute to realize that I was wearing one of my shirts from…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Iโve been studying our rituals and history for quite some time now, and Iโve discovered the secret meaning of our Freemasonry. Freemasonry is teaching us about Zombies. In fact, all of the degrees you take are training you for the inevitability of you rising from the grave.…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Joseph Brant was a Native American war chief of the Tribe of Mohawk who sided with the British during the American Revolutionary War. Born in 1742, while his parents were on a hunting trip, he was born on the banks of the Ohio River. He was named…