by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners In the First Degree ritual, Freemasons are taught about the point within a circle or the circumpunct. The uncyphered Illinois ritual states: “Lodges in ancient times were dedicated to King Solomon, he being our first Most Excellent Grand Master; in modern times to St. John the Baptist…
by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners In Orphic cosmology, the universe was conceived of in a cosmic egg. The idea is that the cosmos was initially a self-contained embryo, which at a certain point hatched, the upper half of the egg formed the Heavens, the lower half formed the Earth. After that ensuing…