Category: history
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners One of the most iconic images that immediately makes one think of Christmas is the Christmas Tree. The influence of Pagan rites can’t be debated when it comes to the Christmas Tree. The celebration of the Winter Solstice was important to many pre-Christian faiths. Traditionally, the Solstice…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners One of the things that Masonic Researchers seem to obsess over is how Freemasonry came into existence. As romantic as the thought of us being from the lineage of the Knight’s Templar or Mithraism or the Ellucian Mysteries or the Egyptian Mystery Schools or Enoch or Ancient…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Many of you may have at some point in your life found yourself in a similar situation to one I had recovered from recently. On November 27, 2018, I had to have my tonsils removed. I’m a 45 year old man. When I wrote this, I was…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Many of my fellow Midnight Freemasons have no idea that I belong to another secret society. Ok – so it’s not really a ‘secret society’, but I play in a draft simulation league using the Diamond Mind Computer Baseball Game along with 20 other so like –…
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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 Thaddeus S.C. Lowe was born on August 20, 1832 in Jefferson Mills, New Hampshire. He had no formal education, but demonstrated a thirst for knowledge which would culminate with his career as an inventor. At the age of 18, he attended a lecture given by Prof. Reginald…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I’ve been studying our rituals and history for quite some time now, and I’ve 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.…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners The afternoon after the morning session of Grand Lodge Sessions in Illinois last past, fellow Midnight Freemason Greg Knott and I found ourselves exploring Springfield. Our journey began at Oakridge Cemetery, which is best known for being the location of Lincoln’s tomb. After paying our respects to…