Category Archives: Education

Van Rensselaer Lodge 87 – East Greenbush NY 12061 May 10, 2012 Talk given to craft by the WM Daniel Valenti My Brother’s, I close this year with bitter sweet feelings. Bitter- because we have the second largest membership in … Continue reading →

We speak this word at the end of a prayer to signify that we are in complete accord with the sentiment uttered.  And when we say “Amen” almost unadulterated Hebrew and Greek for this word has traveled through both these … Continue reading →

The last 5 months on the Lodges and Buildings Committee (Grand Lodge NY) have been an eyeopening experience.  It is a sobering thought that many lodges that have declining membership cannot afford to own and operate a building. Take my … Continue reading →

“If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and … Continue reading →

We hear of the Jewish Shekel and Half Shekel mentioned many times during King Solomon’s reign and the building of the Temple. During King Solomon’s time the Shekel and Half Shekel were used as a weight or measure. It was … Continue reading →

Banners Much difficulty has been experienced by ritualists in reference to the true colors and proper arrangements of the banners used in an American Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. It is admitted that they are four in number, and that … Continue reading →

The Mysteries existed for a simple reason: to satisfy the desire of those who wished to know the truth of who we are, what happens at death and what Divinity is. Certain Mysteries achieved widespread fame: those of Demeter and … Continue reading →

Writing is comparatively speaking, of recent origin. A painter, artist, author, columnist or sculptor attaches his signature to the finished product, indeed all works either bear the signature of the author or some distinguishing trade mark. In olden times however, … Continue reading →

This gives us the key to the Vault in which the Principal Sojourner is about to descend. The whole scene is changed; it is no longer the Hell, whether of the “After death” or of the “Mystic,” but the abyss … Continue reading →