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This podcast is a place for our lodge members to share articles, insights, and Masonic education. We are Solomon's Staircase #357 Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons from Buena Park, California Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

Solomon’s Staircase


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    SS357: Black Ink, Farther Stars: An Interview with Author Austin Shifrin (Season 6, Episode 7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 40:34


    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 use of parallax by astronomers to estimate the distance to celestial objects.The book is 164 pages, and consists of 5 chapters, each a topic that was originally custom-written for presentation to a Masonic audience:“Ritual Across Time and Space” – how theater and the performing arts have been used by different societies around the world and throughout history for cultural and moral instruction.“The Chamber of Reflection: Mortality, Morphology, and Meaning” – how contemplation of death can enrich and inspire our lives, drawing on sources from Paracelsus to podcasts.“The Tarot of Virtue” – how Tarot cards can be used as a visual aid to study the 18 progressive virtues in the system of modern French philosopher Andre Comte-Sponville.“How the Allied Masonic Degrees and Grand College of Rites Complement Each Other” – the history of two lesser-known Masonic institutions, and the unique and colorful rituals that they preserve.“The Stuff Freemasonry is Made Of: Physical Properties of the Old Testament” – How we can better understand the stories of Freemasonry and the Old Testament when we have a better grasp of the physical settings and artifacts being referenced; examining both the hard science, and the lore. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Leadership in the lodge (Season 6, Episode 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 27:02


    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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: June 2023 Trestle Board - Religion & Freemasonry (Season 6, Episode 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 14:46


    Master's message Jr Warden's message Freemasonry and Religion are Compatible Editor's Notes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: January 2023 Trestle Board: Renewal (Season 6, Episode 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 8:12


    Join us for this short episode bringing in the year 2023. Master Elect's Message Jr Warden Elect's Message Editor's Notes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry Chapter 62 (Season 6, Episode 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2024 27:33


    Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry- chapter 62: The Cathedral at Strasburg --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: May 2023 Trestle Board: The Noble Character (Season 6, Episode 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 17:27


    Master's message Jr Warden's Message Editor's notes Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy Stoicism & Freemasonry --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Oct 2023 Trestle Board: Ritual Modification (Season 6, Episode 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 15:33


    Master's message From the South Charity Editor's Notes Ask ChatGPT --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Masonic Education - The Rite of Discalceation (Season 5, Episode 32)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 26:39


    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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

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    SS357: Nov 2023 Trestle Board: The Call to Brotherhood (Season 5, Episode 31)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 14:13


    Master's message Sr Warden's message The Brotherhood of Man Editor's Notes Ask ChatGPT - Why should men become Freemasons? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Sep 2023 Trestle Board: The Mature Mindset (Season 5, Episode 30)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 14:59


    Master's Article Sr Warden's Article Charity Editor's Note ChatGPT --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Dec 2022 Trestle Board - The Christmas Spirit (Season 5, Episode 29)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 10:10


    Master's Article Sr Warden's Article Jr Warden's Article Editor's Notes Estate Planning --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: April 2023 Trestle Board: The Operative & the Speculative (Season 5, Episode 28)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 12:40


    Master's Message Senior Warden's Message Editor's Notes The Modern Cowan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: November 2022 Trestle Board - Giving Thanks (Season 5, Episode 27)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 14:47


    Master's Article: Giving Thanks From the West: Thankfulness From the South: Giving Thanks MOS and Sabrina Montes Editor's Note: Giving Thanks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: August 2022 Trestle Board - You are a Mason, I Presume (Season 5, Episode 26)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 13:21


    Master's Article From the West From the South Editor's Note The Cornerstone Society --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Some Information on Concordant Bodies (Season 5, Episode 25)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 36:25


    The York Rite and the Scottish Rite Compared Our English Brethren and the York Rite Royal Order of Scotland Allied Masonic Degrees --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Various Topics on Masonry: September 2023 (Season 5, Episode 24)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 25:36


    King Solomon The two saints John More Masonic Light: The Sublime Degree of a Master Mason The Lost Master's Word Consider a Table Lodge and Festive Board --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry Chapter 61 (Season 5, Episode 23)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 21:51


    The Stonemasons of Germany --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Famous Freemasons July 2023 (Season 5, Episode 23)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 38:01


    In this episode we share information about brothers Douglas MacArthur, Dr. Joseph Warren, Harry S. Truman, Samuel Penfield Taylor, and Albert Belmont Graham --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Masonic education and leadership (Season 5, Episode 22)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 30:26


    Hiram... A Different Look Jack Welch on Leadership The Monument of the Broken Column Faith, Religion and Freemasonry --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

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    SS357: Famous Freemasons, June 2023 (Season 5, Episode 21)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 30:06


    John Wanamaker, an exceptional merchant and Mason Andrew Johnson, president, Freemason Boeing and j Earl Schaefer, The aviator Mason Brother Arnold Palmer Brother Edward Preble --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry, Chapter 60, Part 2 (Season 5, Episode 20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 29:48


    Chapter 60 - The Traveling Freemasons of Lombardy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's revised history of Freemasonry, chapter 60 (Season 5, Episode 19)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 27:27


    Chapter 60- the traveling Freemasons of Lombardy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Interview with Austin R. Shifrin author of More Light: Collected Masonic Writings 2017-2021 (Season 5, Episode 18)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 31:58


    Big thank you to Austin for his time. A few audio glitches, but you'll get the point. Title: More Light: Collected Masonic Writings 2017 - 2021 Author: Austin R. Shifrin Publisher: Gatekeeper Press Hardcover - ISBN: 9781662923791 Date of publication: 3/14/2022 number of pages: 130 price: $21.99 retail Paperback - ISBN: 9781662923807 Date of publication: 3/31/2022 number of pages: 128 price: $9.99 retail Media / coverage: Book review, Marge Gonzalez - https://www.margegonzalez.net/forum-books/nonfiction/more-light-collected-masonic-writings-2017-2021 Book review, Cameron Bailey, Past Grand Master of Masons in the state of Washington - https://emeth.substack.com/p/more-light-collected-masonic-writings Author profile, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle - https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/local-jewish-freemason-aims-to-correct-misconceptions/ Description: This book delivers a collection of the author's articles from RiteNow, the magazine of the Scottish Rite Valley of Pittsburgh, along with a history of Freemasonry – both worldwide, and in the Pittsburgh area specifically. It provides the reader a comprehensive overview of the roots and tenets of the world's most ancient and honorable Fraternity. Intended audience: Suitable for existing members who want to learn more about the fraternity; also, a really good place to start for members of the general public who want to know more about this historic yet secretive organization. Where it can be bought Amazon Barnes & Noble Ingram Content Group Wheelers Books and many others... see https://gatekeeperpress.com/retailers/ Libraries where it is currently in circulation: Harry C Trexler Masonic Library - Allentown, PA  Louisiana Masonic Library and Museum - Alexandria, LA Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: July 2022 Trestle Board - Let Freedom Ring (Season 5, Episode 17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 10:15


    Master's Article From the West From the South Editor's Note --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: June 2022 Trestle Board - Practicing out of the Lodge... (Season 5, Episode 16)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 9:47


    Master's Article From the South From the West Editor's Note --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: May 2022 Trestle Board - Back to the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 12:51


    Master's Article From the West From the South Editor's Note --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: April 2022 Trestle Board - Beers and Bros, Fellowship in Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 9:52


    Master's Article From the West From the South Editor's Note --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 59) (Season 5, Episode 13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 41:02


    The French Gilds of the Middle Ages --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: March 2023 Spotlight on California Lodges (Season 5, Episode 12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 22:18


    La Jolla #518 Santa Barbara #192 Napa Valley #93 Santa Monica-Palisades #307 Morning Star #19 Prometheus #851 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

    SS357: March 2023 Masonic Education (Season 5, Episode 11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 33:19


    Stated Meetings and Entered Apprentices Who was Josephus? Geometry or Masonry The Warden's Columns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sslodge357/support

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    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 58) (Season 5, Episode 10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 38:27


    Chapter 58: Customs of the Scottish Freemasons in the 17th Century --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Thoughts on Masonry (Season 5, Episode 9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 20:38


    How does Freemasonry add value to our lives? The nature of Masonry The thoughts of the candidate The warrior poet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: October 2022 Trestle Board - Seasons of Change (Season 5, Episode 8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 10:36


    Master's Article: Seasons of Change From the South: Seasons of Change From the West: Seasons of Change Editor's Note Cornerstone Society --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: December 2021 Trestle Board: The Greatest of These is Charity (Season 5, Episode 7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 16:41


    Master's message - The Greatest of these is Charity Chaplain's Corner - Charity is a Godly Act From the West - Charity Springs from Love Charity, oh how Significant Interview with MW Jeff Wilkins one more thing... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: CFM - The Filipino Issue (Season 5, Episode 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 46:24


    In this episode we share articles from the Summer 2021 California Freemason Magazine - The Filipino Issue --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 57) (Season 5, Episode 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 37:16


    Chapter 57 - Early Freemasonry in Scotland --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: March 2022 Trestle Board - Whence Came You? (Season 5, Episode 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 10:19


    Master's Article From the West From the South Editor's Note --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: February 2022 Trestle Board - Masonry 101 (Season 5, Episode 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 15:23


    Master's Article From the West From the South Masonry 101 Masonic Musings --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: January 2022 Trestle Board - From Refreshment to Labor (Season 5, Episode 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 10:55


    Master's Article From the West (Heading East) Sr Warden Elect's Article Jr Warden Elect's Article Charity --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: November 2021 Trestle Board - Positive Awareness (Season 5, Episode 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 15:02


    Master's article Junior Warden's article Chaplain's corner Interview with MW Jeff Wilkins, Part 1 (From freemasonry.org) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Thoughts on Ritual (Season 4, Episode 49)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 29:16


    We share a few articles with discussions on various aspects of Masonic ritual and Masonic etiquette. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: September 2022 Trestle Board - Bright in the East (Season 4, Episode 48)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 15:28


    Master's Article From the West From the South Editor's Note Donating Retirement Assets --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Interview with Wfl. Charles S. Hayes (Season 4, Episode 47)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 30:36


    Join as we interview Worshipful Charles S. Hayes as he closes out his fourth year in the East. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 56) (Season 4, Episode 46)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 29:59


    Chapter 56 - The Harlein Manuscript as a Germ of History - Customs of the Craft in the Seventeenth Century --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Places with Masonic Ties (Season 4, Episode 45)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 19:23


    Americana Brazil The Guthrie Oklahoma Scottish Rite Temple A Walk Through History at Fort Monroe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 55) (Season 4, Episode 44)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 26:36


    Chapter 55 - The General Assemblies and Lodges of Mediaeval Freemasons --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Masonic Education - November 2022 (Season 4, Episode 43)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 20:06


    AF & AM versus F&AM States The Compass and the Constitution The Ornaments of a Lodge What is the Meaning of Worshipful? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

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    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 54) (Season 4, Episode 42)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 34:54


    54 - London Companies and Masons' Company --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 53) (Season 4, Episode 41)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 17:55


    Chapter 53 - The Early English Masonic Gilds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: Spotlight on California Lodges, Part 2 (Season 4, Episode 40)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 17:59


    Prometheus #851 - Scottish, Right? Alameda Crow Canyon & San Mateo Barstow Boron #682 Round Table #876 Vesper #84 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

    SS357: CFM - The Noir Issue (Season 4, Episode 39)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 31:25


    In this episode we share articles from the September/October 2020 California Freemason magazine. https://californiafreemason.org/issue/noir-issue/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sslodge357/support

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