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Dharma and Freemasonry

Posted on 6 Jul 2022 by Kristine Wilson-Slack

What do Dharma and Freemasonry have in common? Dharma is, according to the ancient Sanskrit, “to hold, to maintain, to preserve.” In the early Vedas and other ancient Hindu texts, Dharma referred to the cosmic law that created the ordered universe from chaos. According to theosophy, Dharma [from the verbal root dhṛ to bear, support] means equity, justice, conduct, duty; right religion, philosophy, and science; the law per se; the rules of society, caste, and stage of life. This definition of Dharma ties immediately to what we know is the goal of Freemasonry: Ordo ab Chao – Order from Chaos.

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Reforming the Gods?

Posted on 21 May 2020 by Kristine Wilson-Slack

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What does one mean when they say, “we or he is attempting to reform the gods?”

To reform something is to take it apart, piece by piece, and use the material to create some new form, some new “thing” that is ostensibly better than the old “thing.” To reform the gods, in the simplest of terms, is to take what we know of our gods and create something new from their forms, from their essence.

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The Socratic Method: Does It Lead A Mason From Darkness To Light?

Posted on 18 May 2018 by Pamela McDown

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“I can’t teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.” So says Socrates, a great thinker of his time in Ancient Greece. He was known for educating his disciples by asking questions and thereby drawing out answers from them, called the Socratic method. The… Continue Reading “The Socratic Method: Does It Lead A Mason From Darkness To Light?”

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