Posted in Druidry, Masonry, philosophy on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In May I am giving a presentation at Lake Harriet Lodge in Minneapolis about the relationship between Freemasonry and traditional British druid orders. This is a talk that is easier to give to Masons than to druids because while Masonry requires one to be circumspect about details of ritual, druidry does not. Nevertheless, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Alban Eilir is the Welsh druidic name for the Vernal Equinox. It is a joyous celebration of one of the two points in our astronomical year when light and darkness are held in perfect balance. I’ve been asked whether druids “worship nature” and I usually reply that they do, but you have to [...]
Posted in Masonry, myth on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Alrighty. Now this is going to be really arcane. The Grand Lodge Education Officer in Minnesota, Right Worshipful Brother Ed Halpaus posed this poser in a recent emailing of his called Masonic Matters. Someone noticed that on the base of the pillar called Jachin (one of the two outside Solomon’s temple), there [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
What else do I call it? I spent much of the morning running errands and then came home to find another student application to Avalon Center. I have very mixed feelings about what to do with these applications, considering the state of the Center. I do not want to misrepresent what we have here, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been going through all of the degress of the Lodge of Perfection in the Scottish Rite, re-reading Rex. R. Hutchens book A Bridge to Light as part of the Guthrie College of the Consistory study program. I would like to write some short commentaries of my own on each of the degrees, and this [...]
Posted in Masonry, magic on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just acquired a DVD ROM of the Internet Sacred Texts Archive and for the first time am reading the Gardnerian Book of Shadows. This is, as I understand it, reliably reproduced from Gardner’s own rituals. What is immediately striking to anyone who has been initiated as a Freemason are the obvious borrowings [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In the U.S. we are awash in politics. In such a presidential election year as this, the mass media cannot talk about anything except political debates. The debates are not very good. The participants mostly use them for repeating slogans and “talking points” instead of actually thinking and demonstrating their ability to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, the holiday season is over. It really puts me out of work for two weeks at least, if not indeed for the whole time from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, because I have to put in more time taking care of my daughter home from school and doing family things. My dear wife took [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Today I received quite a blow. A letter via electronic mail from the daughter of a close friend saying that she had passed away on Nov. 4th, the very same day I celebrated Samhuinn with my druid grove. I arrived at the celebration angry at having gotten lost on the way, and now [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Last night was my first meeting with a group of brothers who are working to found a new research lodge. In masonic parlay, that means a lodge that will not have to own its own building, collect dues and so forth, but will operate on a more limited basis directed at specific goals, in this [...]
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