Category: opinion
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WB Darin A. Lahners The 1973 film Soylent Green was at the time of its release a shocking dystopian and grim depiction of the future. Set in the year 2022, it shows a society of haves and have-nots in which ecological disaster has caused a greenhouse effect that has rendered most vegetation and livestock…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I recently found myself in a situation where I discovered several items which I felt could either be considered using terms that could be considered offensive or put Freemasonry in a bad light in a Short Talk Bulletin that my Grand Lodge was using as a recruitment…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners “The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Recently, I was informed of a degree in a…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I had the extreme pleasure of being able to give a presentation at the Grand York Rite sessions for the three York Rite Bodies in Illinois this past week. Not only was I blessed with the opportunity to chair the Grand Royal Arch Chapters education committee for…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners This week I ran across a rather sad and confusing incident which has happened in Massachusetts. Instead of trying to relay what happened, I will copy it from the St. Johns Lodge Facebook page: (https://www.facebook.com/St.JohnsLodgeNewburyport). Here it is below: Dated July 9, 2022, @ 6:35 P.M. – Author…
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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 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 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 Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners On November 28, 2021; I celebrated my Ten Year anniversary of being raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Thinking I was being clever, I posted on Social Media a post with the above picture and the caption: “Celebrating my ten year anniversary today…those who know,…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners The Mission Statement Whence Came You? Three simple words. A question follows. What came you here to do? Another Question. You are a Mason, I presume? Another Question. What makes you a Mason? Another Question. However, is the answer to this last question really all that makes…