Freemasonry happens to be one of my passions, even though I feel like sometimes I have a love/hate relationship with the fraternity. I am a Past Master of Canyon Lodge #13 in Midvale, Utah. I was Initiated, Passed, and Raised in Canyon Lodge throughout the year-6007 A.L., I was soon after appointed to sit as Junior Steward and moved up through the chairs to sit in the Oriental Chair for the Masonic year 6012 A.L. I am a member of Utah Chapter #1 RAC, Utah Council #1 CCM, and Utah Commandery #1 KT.
I joined Masonry for multiple reasons, one of them was the idea that Masonry maintained much of the ideals that descend from our romantic views of medieval knighthood. I loved the Oration of The Chevalier Andrew Ramsay that really is the seminal moment for the High Grades of Masonry. I don't love it for what it purports of our heritage but what it would become for the Masonic Movement throughout the 1700's.
I am starting this blog for two reasons, for an outlet to write about my Masonic experiences and the thoughts I have about the current Masonic experience, but also to codify an idea of how Masonry descends from and is the living embodiment of the medieval Orders of Chivalry. This began with an article that I wrote for the Journal of the Masonic Society entitled Knights of the Square and Compasses. From that simple piece comes a work that I am hoping to publish that will delineate how Masonry has carried on the traditions of our philosophical forebears and endeavors to make us modern knights of Chivalry.
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If anyone can steer me in the right direction of where this image comes from so that I can credit the artist, it would be greatly appreciated.
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