Category: membership
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WB Darin A. Lahners I was disappointed by a recent decision made by the Grandmaster of Illinois regarding membership in Freemasonry when it comes to transgender individuals, much like I have expressed disappointment here over similar “decisions” made by various other Grandmasters of other jurisdictions. However, this isn’t a plea for Grandmaster…
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WB Darin A. Lahners Emeritus contributor Robert Johnson published an article this past Wednesday on this blog, The Midnight Freemasons: Not Leadership, which has these key takeaways (From his TL/DR version of the article): Freemasonry as an organization has no stance, responsibility, or obligation to teach Leadership. Leadership can be learned within Freemasonry, but it is…
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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 Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners As we continue to explore Dwight L. Smith’s seminal work, “Whither are We Traveling?”, we begin to explore his answers to the ten questions he posed for self-examination of the state of Ancient Craft Freemasonry in 1963. The questions he asked are as important and relevant now…
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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 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 don’t recall ever happening to me previously in Freemasonry. Granted, I’ve only been a Master Mason since 2011,…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Almost every masonic writer, podcast, or pundit seems to be obsessed with fixing Freemasonry. I include myself in this group. It seems like there’s always…
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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 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…