Solomon’s Staircase Masonic Lodge

In this episode we share the feature article from the fall 2022 California Freemason magazine. Read the full issue to get all the pictures and the rest of the articles not covered in this episode (https://californiafreemason.org/issue/temple/)

Join us as we talk with Worshipful Austin R. Shifrin about his new book, No Common Fire, available on Amazon. Worshipful Austin is also available for in-person or video presentations and can be contacted through his website. If you don’t use social media - there is a mailing list you can sign up for on his website as well. Website: https://austinshifrin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prof...

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Greetings from the East, The individuality of a person needs no bounds, living life without considering the opposing factors that pull us down is the only way to get some meaning out of it. All worthy men who are respected today lived a simple life, which is why they are respected and followed today. They saw adversity in the eye without losing their self-control, to be part of the superficial vic...

Greetings from the East, The unwavering loyalty of a candidate that is priceless to freemasonry is not built in a moment, it develops over time as he knocks at the door of the oldest fraternity and passes through the vital passages to transform into a fine man whose purity of intention and virtue of love wins him acceptance in different walks of life. Vitamin D3 from sunlight also hits the cholest...

Greetings from the East, Awaited still, eagerness persists causing the winter as an endless pursuit, humanity suffers in anticipation & want of new possibilities of nature's renewal. Such was a dream of a fellow Freemason Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist who invented the battery in the year 1800. We are looking at a finer measure of using bio-degradable electrodes in modern battery a...

Greetings from the East, Deflagration results from the partial burning of fuel at subsonic speeds inside an IC engine eventually giving rise to the knocking and damage to the cylinder. The size of a cylinder with a bore-to-stroke ratio is kept in check to reduce such partial combustion. Such a small variant can cause innumerable diseases in the air and can be a chief source of air pollution. Moder...

Greetings from the East The world is shattered by war. Who can hide from it? Even those of us fortunate to be at a safe distance from its horrors and depravity, still share in some part the gut-wrenching misery and devastation, if only in the understanding of how it fractures and damages civil, moral and peaceful humanity. Apart from its rationale, war is also hard to contain. It can, and has pull...

Greetings from the East Social connection, in-person, has always been and will always be a basic human need. It cannot be overstated how important it is that we meet with others to personally exchange and engage, and to have places where we can assemble and establish relationships and friendships. This also involves shared activities and other necessary aspects of life such as involvement in worth...

Freemasonry & Politics Greetings from the East We are correctly told that the discussion of religion and politics is forbidden in the Lodge. The reason why is so obvious that the phrase has become axiomatic, such that any discussion of them could automatically lead to sharp differences and worse. There are good lessons to be learned from whence Freemasonry emerged, and it having had a profound...

Why Freemasonry? The earliest and best known of the English handlers of London Free & Accepted Masonry in the 1720’s, were Dr. Anderson, who wrote the book of Masonic Constitutions, and Dr. Oliver, who wrote extensively on Freemasonry. Briefly, there were other notables at the time of course who simply studied its background and the known initiatory doctrines of antiquity (Ashmole, Desaguliers...

Master's Message As your Master for 2023, I’d like to hear from you. Send me a note at john.mccargar@gmail.com if you have any comments, concerns or questions at all. We have around 170 brother-members many of whom are out of state, many who are possibly unable to attend lodge. But either way, drop me a note and tell me how you are doing or offer some words about your journey at this stage in...

Thank you to Austin Shifrin for spending some time with us to discuss his new book, Black Ink, Farther Stars. His book is available on Amazon around the world. https://www.amazon.com/Black-Farther-Stars-Austin-Shifrin/dp/B0DBCD7PBM “Black Ink, Farther Stars”: The title derives from a mixed metaphor, combining a theurgic practice used by the ancient Greeks to talk with their gods, and the modern us...

In this episode we share several articles on leadership in the lodge. Some for the first time and some from older episodes. Big special thank you to Worshipful Carlos Diez Jr. for his input.

Master's message Jr Warden's message Freemasonry and Religion are Compatible Editor's Notes

Join us for this short episode bringing in the year 2023. Master Elect's Message Jr Warden Elect's Message Editor's Notes

Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry- chapter 62: The Cathedral at Strasburg

Master's message Jr Warden's Message Editor's notes Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy Stoicism & Freemasonry

Master's message From the South Charity Editor's Notes Ask ChatGPT

https://sacred-texts.com/mas/sof/sof20.htm https://www.masonicsites.org/discalceationrite.htm https://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/artoct02/rite_of_discalceation.htm

Master's message Sr Warden's message The Brotherhood of Man Editor's Notes Ask ChatGPT - Why should men become Freemasons?

Master's Article Sr Warden's Article Charity Editor's Note ChatGPT

Master's Article Sr Warden's Article Jr Warden's Article Editor's Notes Estate Planning

Master's message - The Greatest of these is Charity Chaplain's Corner - Charity is a Godly Act (Updated with audio from author) From the West - Charity Springs from Love Charity, oh how Significant Interview with MW Jeff Wilkins one more thing...