IN this series, we seek to uncover the hidden meaning found in the artistic works of numerous Masters, including Michelangelo, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, William Blake, Georges de La Tour, and Raphael. First, by outlining a basic structure for analyzing art through an esoteric lens; thereby, utilizing both observation and intuition, symbolically represented by the concrete and abstract minds.
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WOR. Bro. David Lettelier was a life-long Mason. Born March 21st, 1959, his was a life spent in service to the expansion of the Craft he loved so dearly. A Past Master of Northside Lodge No. 283, in St. Petersburg, Florida and member of numerous appendant bodies, Bro. David lived and breathed for Freemasonry.
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IN this series, we seek to uncover the hidden meaning found in the artistic works of numerous Masters, including Michelangelo, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, William Blake, Georges de La Tour, and Raphael. First, by outlining a basic structure for analyzing art through an esoteric lens; thereby, utilizing both observation and intuition, symbolically represented by the concrete and abstract minds.
Category: Freemasons, Universal Co-MasonryTags: Art, Classical Art, classical elements, Co-Masonry, esoteric, esoteric and exoteric, esoteric freemasonry, Esoteric Symbols, Esotericism, Esoterics, exoteric, Freemason, Freemasonry, Freemasons, Georges de La Tour, Hidden in Plain Sight, initiation, Manly P. Hall, Manly Palmer Hall, masonic, masonic symbolism, Masonry, Masons, Michelangelo, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Religion, Universal Co-Masonry, Veiled, William Blake
Posted on 4 Feb 2021
by jonathandinsmore
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Freemasonry upholds the virtues of Temperance and Equality; its principles remind us of the inherent Unity of all of Humanity: One Brotherhood of Mankind united under God. The Craft instructs its initiates to avoid extremes by finding a middle path and to practice the Golden Rule with our fellows.
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Selected aphorisms from “The Book of the Lodge” by George Oliver (1782-1867)
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Let’s lift the idea of Freemasonry as being purely masculine, and look the world of Hermetic principles and gender. Where does the Feminine find itself within Freemasonry?
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This is the first installment in a series exploring the effects of Masonic ritual. Here the author explores the nature of ritual, particularly in relation to Freemasonry.
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This is the first installment in a series exploring the effects of Masonic ritual. Here the author explores the nature of ritual, particularly in relation to Freemasonry.
Category: Freemasons, Universal Co-MasonryTags: A.P. Sinnett, alchemical substance, Annie Besant, Brothers, Bubble, Ceremony, Clean, Cleaning, Co-Masonry, Co-Masons, Delphi, Eleusinian Mysteries, Encyclopedia Britannica, esoteric, exoteric, freemasonic, Freemasonry, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, hierophant, hierophates, Ilisos, Lodge, Man, Mason, masonic, Masonry, Mass, Pure, Purifying, Quantum Field Theory, Ritual, Spirituality, Symbolic, Thought, Truth, Universal Co-Masonry
This is the first installment in a series exploring the effects of Masonic ritual. Here the author explores the nature of ritual, particularly in relation to Freemasonry.
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This is the first installment in a series exploring the effects of Masonic ritual. Here the author explores the nature of ritual, particularly in relation to Freemasonry.
Category: Freemasons, Universal Co-MasonryTags: A.P. Sinnett, Annie Besant, Brothers, Bubble, Buddhism, C.W. Leadbeater, Ceremony, Co-Masonry, Co-Masons, Einstein, esoteric, exoteric, freemasonic, Freemasonry, General Theory of Relativity, Lodge, Mason, masonic, Masonry, Mass, Philosophers, Ritual, Samaññaphala Sutta, Spirituality, Symbolic, Theosophical Society, theosophy, Thought, Truth, Universal Co-Masonry