Solomon’s Staircase Masonic Lodge

In this episode we share a few articles discussing the value of Freemasonry and the need for change. As always these are the opinion of the authors, but we are sharing this information to get you to think. What would you like to see done in your lodge that isn't being done? What changes would you like to see? What value do you get out of Freemasonry? What would bring you more value out of Freemasonry? Take some time, think about these things, and let us know.

Join us in part 2 of our series about the opera from Brother Mozart, The Magic Flute.

Tettlebaum, Marianne. “Whose Magic Flute?” Representations, vol. 102, no. 1, 2008, pp. 76–93. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/rep.2008.102.1.76. Accessed 15 May 2020.

Erckmann, F. “The Jubilee of the 'Magic Flute'.” The Musical Times, vol. 62, no. 945, 1921, pp. 766–767. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/908954. Accessed 15 May 2020. 

Tettlebaum, Marianne. “Whose Magic Flute?” Representations, vol. 102, no. 1, 2008, pp. 76–93. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/rep.2008.102.1.76. Accessed 15 May 2020.

First article: https://www.biography.com/military-figure/davy-crockett 

Second article: http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2014/12/brother-davy-crockett-rest-of-story.html 

Third article: https://grandlodgeoftexas.org/david-crockett-king-wilderness/

The intro is from the online Ecyclopedia.com and the article is from Silber, Gordon R. “In Search of Helvetius' Early Career as a Freemason.” Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 15, no. 4, 1982, pp. 421–441. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2738438. Accessed 9 May 2020.

The following article is from Walgren, Kent L. “James Adams Early Springfield Mormon and Freemason.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), vol. 75, no. 2, 1982, pp. 121–136. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40191603. Accessed 4 May 2020.

http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/psalm133.html 

http://longmontmasons.org/tag/psalm-133/

http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/2091 

https://www.biography.com/explorer/meriwether-lewis 

https://franceshunter.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/lewis-clark-as-masons/

http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2018/02/brother-john-wayne-on-political.html. 

https://www.universalfreemasonry.org/en/famous-freemasons/john-wayne. 

https://www.biography.com/actor/john-wayne

The following is the abstract from the article: The Nazi persecution of Freemasons presented a conundrum; Freemasonry was condemned by party ideology, but individual Freemasons possessed skills as professionals that were essential to the success of the regime. what would have otherwise been a mutually beneficial relationship sought after by both parties was prevented solely by the fact that these professionals were Freemasons. The process of negotiation and accommodation as the party continually redefined what it meant to be a Freemason, in an attempt to find a way to balance ideological purity and practical necessity, reveals the ad hoc nature of the Nazi government. Thomas, Chris. "Defining "Freemason": Compromise, Pragmatism, and German Lodge Members in the NSDAP." German Studies Review 35, no. 3 (2012): 587-605. Accessed April 21, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/43555802.