Laudable Pursuit

Author : Knights of the North
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780557007226

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Laudable Pursuit by Knights of the North Pdf

Laudable Pursuit is an examination of the state of Freemasonry in the United States, and a plan of action for rejuvenating lodges in the 21st century. Based on topics raised in the 1960's by renowned Masonic author, Indiana Past Grand Master Dwight L. Smith - and then promptly ignored by the fraternity ' this new work is intended as a starting point for the future direction of Freemasonry.Written by the Knights of the North, a Masonic "think tank" of new and veteran Freemasons, and edited by Christopher L. Hodapp (bestselling author of Freemasons For Dummies), Laudable Pursuit is presented as a possible course of both progressive and traditional action for those interested in returning Freemasonry to its once noble stature in U.S. society, as well as equipping the fraternity to suit the new century. First presented as a paper before Lodge Vitruvian No.767 in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2005, Masons everywhere have found it to be a thought provoking signpost to the future.

Author : P.D. Newman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780578194004

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Alchemically Stoned - The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry by P.D. Newman Pdf

P.D. Newman's bold and daring theory provides a radical interpretation of Masonic symbolism. In the tradition of Wasson, Hofmann and Ruck, in ""The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries"" (1978), and Heinrich's ""Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion, and Magical Foods"" (1995), Newman suggests that practical psychoactive pharmacology, rather than philosophy, lies concealed in the root of some of our allegories and mysteries. Admitting to being more than a mere theoretician, Newman draws from his own personal experiences, and a wide range of sources, in presenting his theory in a logical manner, which merits consideration. - Arturo De Hoyos, 33* Grand Archivist and Grand Historian Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction

Author : Shaun Bradshaw,Ben Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 173262142X

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A Path to Providence by Shaun Bradshaw,Ben Wallace Pdf

Masonic Education has regrettably been reduced to teaching protocol, traditions, and catechism while ignoring the esoteric essence of the ritual. Esoteric, from the Latin word esotero originally esoterikos in Greek, simply means secret within or hidden within. Freemasonry's essence is esoteric and is universally defined as a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols designed to help a person improve. The primary purpose of Masonic Education should therefore be to assist initiates in delving deeper into the allegories and symbols at the core of Freemasonry's rituals. In doing so, they are encouraged to each draw their own designs to become a "better person", i.e., a free builder. Will Freemasonry rise to the challenge now as it did in the past? Given current conditions in the United States, we will need the concerted efforts of many free, enlightened, and engaged citizens who are committed to build more beautiful, stronger, and wiser selves and communities. I am confident the Middle Chamber Program will be a powerful tool in the noble effort to arouse the spirit and mind, to awaken the creative energies of large numbers of initiates by connecting them to the Freemasonry's hidden mysteries. Welcome to the Mystic Tie!

Author : Thomas Homer-Dixon
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307363176

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Commanding Hope by Thomas Homer-Dixon Pdf

Calling on history, cutting-edge research, complexity science and even The Lord of the Rings, renowned thought leader Thomas Homer-Dixon lays out the tools we can command to rescue a world on the brink. For three decades, Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of The Ingenuity Gap and The Upside of Down, has examined the threats to our future security—predicting a deteriorating global environment, extreme economic stresses, mass migrations, social instability and wide political violence if humankind continued on its current course. He was called The Doom Meister, but we now see how prescient he was. Today, just about everything we've known and relied on (our natural environment, economy, societies, cultures and institutions) is changing dramatically—too often for the worse. Without radical new approaches, our planet will become unrecognizable as well as poorer, more violent and more authoritarian. In his latest work (dedicated to his young children), he calls on his extraordinary knowledge of complexity science, of how societies work and can evolve, and of our capacity to handle threats, to show that we can shift human civilization onto a decisively new path if we mobilize our minds, spirits, imaginations and collective values. Commanding Hope marshals a fascinating, accessible argument for reinvigorating our cognitive strengths and belief systems to affect urgent systemic change, strengthen our economies and cultures, and renew our hope in a positive future for everyone on Earth.

Author : Gerard G. Nahum
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480822924

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Eli’S Children by Gerard G. Nahum Pdf

When an envelope arrives in the mail filled with letters of acceptance, congratulations, and salutations from Laurelton University, Joshua Clafston is transformed from someone quite ordinary into a blossoming prodigy. Now no longer a boy or even an adolescent, Josh finally takes the first step on the irrevocable road to manhood. After he embarks on his journey into the unique, uncensored world of higher education, Josh is soon immersed in the uncertainties, angst, and exhilaration that accompany his academic demands and social obligations. While learning how to negotiate the line between pretension and maturity, he obtains sage advice on what to do when life does not turn out according to plan. Joshs fellow students, who are intellectually curious, playful, politically active, and eccentric, help to shape his ideas, hopes, and perspectives on life. As Josh searches for grounding and truth in his Ivy League education, he grows and changes through experiences that include losing his innocence, discovering the steadfastness of true friendship, and realizing the limits of love. Elis Children weaves together a tapestry of inspiration, purpose, friendship, justice, love, tolerance, and betrayal as a college student attempts to answer the age-old questions of life and learns to embrace the notion of love.

Author : New York State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066366489

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Proceedings ... by New York State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : New York State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PRNC:32101050721925

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Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society for the Year ... by New York State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2998863

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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly Pdf

Author : Calvin C. Jillson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015059156219

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Pursuing the American Dream by Calvin C. Jillson Pdf

Marked by continuity, renewal, and expansion, the image of the Dream, Jillson contends, has been remarkably constant since well before the American Revolution - an image of a nation offering a better chance for prosperity than any other. His book reveals how that Dream has motivated our nation s leaders and common citizens to move, sometimes grudgingly, toward a more open, diverse, and genuinely competitive society.

Author : Jaime Lamb
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781732621404

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Myth, Magick, and Masonry by Jaime Lamb Pdf

In MYTH, MAGICK & MASONRY, Jaime Paul Lamb develops four thought-provoking interpretations of the symbolism and allegorical content of Freemasonry and some of its appendant bodies. By viewing the craft through the interpretive lenses of ceremonial magick, solar and astrological lore and symbolism, classical mythology and the Roman Mystery cult, Mithraism, Lamb establishes four distinct vantage points from which to survey Freemasonry. Thereby, Jaime Paul Lamb enables Masons, new and old, to develop a more nuanced appreciation of the Craft and a deeper understanding of the Fraternity's priceless initiatory heritage.

Author : Jaime Paul Lamb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Freemasonry
ISBN : 1732621411

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Approaching the Middle Chamber by Jaime Paul Lamb Pdf

An exploration of the wealth of hidden knowledge and symbolism contained in the "Middle Chamber Lecture" of the Freemason Fellowcraft Degree.

Author : Michigan State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : NYPL:33433007598133

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Transactions of the State Agricultural Society, with Reports of County Agricultural Societies by Michigan State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : Michigan state agricultural society, Lansing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PSU:000053066848

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Transactions by Michigan state agricultural society, Lansing Pdf

Author : Obi Nwasokwa
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781514452691

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Witness to Greatness by Obi Nwasokwa Pdf

It is the very stuff of legend. A man from the very bottom of the American caste emerges, seemingly out of nowhere, captures the nations imagination and improbably -- within four odd years, defies gravity and rises to the dizzying height of the American presidency thereby becoming the first non-white in history elected to lead an overwhelmingly white nation. A Cinderella like fairy tale? No. Thats the story of President Barack Obama. Seismic and epic, it is a biblical tale of the trials, travails, tribulations and dazzling triumphs of the rejected stone that became cornerstone of Moses as pharaoh. Reviled and vilified like his legendary idol, Abraham Lincoln, whose election sparked the American civil war, Obamas election likewise triggered a cold uncivil civil war. That notwithstanding, his achievements are impressive even historic. Regarded as a Gettysburg-like pivotal moment in American history, Obamas metaphorical conquest of the American presidency is a monumental achievement, a crossing of the Rubicon and a historic 1066-type turning point matched in its sheer historic weight and majesty only by the achievements of Washington and Lincoln. It reboots American democracy and heralds a new Yes We can! era of American and world history with new and expansive possibilities already evident in the unusual and iconoclastic demographic profiles of many of his wannabe successors. It gives credence to the creed All men are created equal and confers legitimacy on American democracy. It redounds to the credit of the nation, and burnishes her image as the pacesetter in the quest for interracial harmony. Citing these and Obamas many other achievements such as saving a moribund economy and reforming healthcare, the author predicts that Obama will be revered as one of Americas greatest presidents.

Author : Jason Jividen
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501756870

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Claiming Lincoln by Jason Jividen Pdf

Abraham Lincoln is clearly one of the most frequently cited figures in American political rhetoric, especially with regard to issues of equality. But given the ubiquity of Lincoln's legacy, many references to him, even on the presidential level, are often of questionable accuracy. In Claiming Lincoln, Jividen posits that in much twentieth-century presidential rhetoric, especially from progressive leaders, Lincoln's understanding of equality is slowly divorced from its grounding in the natural rights thinking of the American Founding and reinterpreted in light of progressive history. Claiming Lincoln examines the manner in which rhetoricians have appealed to Lincoln's legacy, only to distort that legacy in the process. Focusing on Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson and touching on Barack Obama, Jividen argues that presidential rhetorical use and abuse of Lincoln has profound consequences not only for how we understand Lincoln but also for how we understand American democracy. Jividen's original take on Lincoln and the Progressives will be of interest to scholars of American politics and all those invested in Lincoln's legacy.