As I reflect on my work as Instructional Specialist for the Literacy Council, the faces of former students come before me: the Ukrainian priest who was tortured by the KGB on more than one occasion; the Salvadoran mother of three whose husband left her; the lady from India whose husband had pushed her into a…
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Arminius Bulletin
Aus dem Osten – January 2014
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Brethren and Gentlemen, It is with humility and yet pride that I greet you from the East. My family (both paternal and maternal sides) has been active in District of Columbia Free-Masonry in unbroken succession for nearly 100 years, and to take a leadership role in a Washington, D.C., Lodge is not a duty I…
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2014 Dues
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Brethren, a friendly reminder: According to our by-laws, dues are due on 30 September. If you have not paid your dues, please remit a check payable to “Arminius Lodge” for $45 to the Lodge’s mailing address: Arminius Lodge #25, F.A.A.M. c/o: Frederick S. Vogel, PM 2234 North Tuckahoe Street Arlington, Virginia 22205
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Aus dem Osten
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Brüder und Freunde, Grüezi mitenand—zum letzten Mal! The elections have come and gone, and we’re ready for a new slate of officers to take the reins for the upcoming Masonic year! Thanks to all the Brethren who have served so faithfully during this past year, and thanks to all who will assume offices in 2014.…
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Solstice
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The Ritual and Practice of our gentle Craft speak little of holidays proper, other than those days commemortaing the two patron saints of guild Masons – St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. Yet Masonic writers such as Albert Pike are not silent on the subject of Christmas and speak more especially on…
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A Masonic Perspective on Easter
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Abstract: Although Masonry is not a religion, much of its symbolism stems from a variety of religious traditions. The nineteenth-century Masonic philosopher Albert Pike discussed in his book Morals and Dogma how elements we associate with Easter, such as the Cross, correspond to the symbolism found in other belief systems of Antiquity. Die Freimaurerei ist…
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Lessing and the Masonic Ideal of Tolerance
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An important figure in German Free-Masonry is Gotthold Ephriam Lessing. Lessing was a dramatist whose works such as Minna von Barnhelm andEmilia Galotti are performed in Germany even today. Lessing also wrote a work called Ernst und Falk, a philosophical discussion between a Mason and a non-Mason. In the 1770’s, Lessing – like many figures of the German Enlightenment…