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Together We Build
Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternity and we certainly have a very diverse membership in Arizona and we should welcome and celebrate our diversity. This concept is first introduced to the newly made mason in the Entered Apprentice degree during an explanation of “Brotherly Love”, one of our three principle tenets. It reads in part, “Masonry unites men of every country, sect, and opinion and causes true friendship to exist among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance.” For me, this is one of the most enjoyable benefits of being a Mason and one of the most important to foster in our Lodges as well as in life.
The Motto or Slogan this year is “Together We Build”. I believe this is of vital importance to our Fraternity, our Communities and our Country. Coming together and working with each other in the best interest of whatever endeavor we undertake builds and produces a far better outcome. One that should and will create a greater sense of Pride in our accomplishments through our shared efforts.
….Jim Baker, Grand Master of Arizona Free & Accepted Masons.
Brethren,
This last edition of Arizona Masonry for the 2022-2023 Grand Lodge Year is devoted to Masonic education and Lodge improvements. My article expresses some of my views regarding the lessons conveyed through our ritual and the importance of the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Our Masonic ritual teaches us or rather reminds us of the lessons taught to us in our youth. It doesn’t tell us what to believe but how we should behave, how we should conduct ourselves as good men and Masons. Using the Trivium of the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences which are, Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic, we teach the lessons of the ritual, and the candidate uses the Trivium whether consciously or not to learn and understand the ritual.
Grammar has different meanings and I'll use this one for our study of the ritual. Grammar is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in a natural language. When we gain the knowledge of how our ritual is put together and the meanings of words unfamiliar to us the words become easier to memorize and communicate. Once that task is mastered, we can use logic to determine if this is factual knowledge and can be trusted. Understanding our ritual is the true meaning of learning the ritual and not just memorizing the words. Having used grammar and logic in learning and understanding the ritual ourselves, it has prepared us for perfecting the use of rhetoric to instruct and persuade our students of the truths it contains. Applying the skillful use of rhetoric in communicating to the candidate as well as all in attendance at our degrees the lessons of Freemasonry and of moral and ethical behavior completes a circle of knowledge that should stay in perpetual motion through generations.
I have often thought the order of the Trivium in our ritual should be Grammar, Logic, and
Rhetoric rather than Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic. After using logic, I believe the order is correct as it applies to the candidate receiving the lessons from the instructive tongue with an attentive ear. The teacher uses Grammar and Logic in developing their Rhetoric. The candidate is presented with the Grammar and Rhetoric of the ritual and uses Logic to understand the lessons of the ritual.
Grammar, logic, and rhetoric are the basis for learning, thinking, and communicating for any student, especially a Freemason. It is vitally important we should endeavor to master these first three liberal arts in learning the ritual and communicating its principles to our candidates.
I believe that by adhering to those principles and passing them on to the next generation of Masons we will attract men of diverse backgrounds and interests that will come together for selfimprovement, mutual aid, and respect for each other and build a brighter future for all Mankind.
2022-2023
If you knew our Past Grand Master Rex Hutchens, you knew that his lifelong project was working on the Tucson Scottish Rite Cathedral and the adjacent library. No wall was left unadorned, no corner was too small to fill with meaning and depth. Rex loved developing deeply moving masonic spaces. Indeed, most of us associate our “Lodge” with the Lodge room or building. We will say things like “at the Lodge” or “In the lodge” referring to the building or space. Even though we know that the Lodge is the group of brothers—not the space. The fact that we tend to blend the two together is the first hint at how important our spaces are. How deeply we care about them.
In the early days of Freemasonry, Lodges often met in Taverns. In 1717, when 4 lodges gathered together in London to form the first Grand Lodge they met in the Goose and Gridiron Tavern in London. But as Freemasonry matured, Lodges looked for ways to move out of the tavern atmosphere and began building spaces that would allow them to celebrate the deeper meanings of the oaths and rituals we perform.
Dalkeith Kilwinning Lodge No. 10 in Scotland claims to have the oldest continuously operating masonic Temple in the world – with portions dating back to 1766. Phoenix Lodge No. 94 in Sunderland, England claims to have the Oldest purpose built Masonic Temple in the world-dating to April, 1785. Later that same year -in the newly liberated United States of America, Masons Hall in Richmond, Virginia would lay its cornerstone –making it the Oldest continuously operating purpose built Masonic Temple in the United States today.
The oldest Masonic building still being used in Arizona is Schieffelin Hall in Tombstone Arizona, built in 1881, which remains the home of King Solomon Lodge No. 5. The early 1900’s saw a building boom for Masonic Temples in Arizona. The cornerstone for the original Masonic Temple in Prescott, Arizona was laid in 1907- and dedicated in 1908. But in the 1980’s the building was sold. Sometime around 1911 or 1912, Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 12 built their Masonic Hall in Bisbee and Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 19 built their Masonic Temple in Douglas, Arizona. In 1913, White Mountain Lodge No. 3 would hold their first meeting in their new Temple in downtown Globe, Arizona. The cornerstone for the Tucson Scottish Rite Masonic Temple was laid in 1915 and it was dedicated in 1916. And the Masonic Temple in Flagstaff, Arizona was built in 1918. All five of these Masonic Buildings are still in use by Masonic Lodges today.
This special connection to our Sacred Spaces begins at the dedication of a Masonic Temple. Elaborate Cornerstone ceremonies for new Masonic Buildings are open to the public; Corn, Wine
and Oil are used to prepare and dedicate a cornerstone in freemasonry – a tradition as old as the craft. They are said to be symbols of Prosperity, Health and Peace. Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Masonry harkens back to biblical symbolism of corn, wine and oil and says that “..in the pilgrimage of human life, you are to impart a portion of your bread (or corn) to feed the hungry, to send a cup of your wine to cheer the sorrowful, and to pour the healing oil of your consolation into the wounds which sickness hath made in the bodies”. By dedicating our buildings with these deeply meaning rituals, we are saying that these spaces are more than the bricks and mortar that enclose the building – they are Sacred Spaces in which we carry out our Masonic Duties.
The doorways we enter, the rooms for our rituals, and the buildings where were meet – were built with the symbolic tools of freemasonry and provoke a never-ending sense of curiosity. The ceremonies we participate in are amplified by the spaces where we meet. Years will melt away and each of us will come to the end of our toilsome journey – but these ceremonies will endure as memories. Perhaps Carl Sandburg, celebrated Poet of Chicago, said it best”
“I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago…..”.
Fraternally, Bo Buchanan Grand Editor Arizona F. & A.M., 2022-23
This is the last installment in a four-part series on the Tetraktys of the Pythagoreans. This enigmatic figure, as we have shown, is a model illustrating the organization of space through the emanations of the Grand Geometer: from a point, to a line, to a superficies and, finally, to a solid. We discussed its significance, in both the geometrical (operative) and metaphysical (speculative) senses. In Part One, we began by examining the point, which issues from the first, or top tier of the great Tetraktys, and noted how this position (for it is more of a place than a thing) symbolizes God, the Monad and the individual Mason. We then considered the line, which is a straight segment connecting two points and is denoted by the second tier of the Tetraktys. We discussed how the line represents the Dyad, in the Pythagorean tradition. In the last installment, we addressed the third ‘Tetraktyan’ emanation: the plane, or superficies, which represents the synthesizing triad. We will now turn our attention to the culmination of this great Pythagorean cosmogonical figure: the solid.
The Solid
When the point of the Tetraktys is joined by another, a line segment is formed. Adding a third point creates a two-dimensional plane. Four points, joined together by their vertices (corners), are necessary to produce the simplest convex polyhedron: the tetrahedron, or triangular pyramid. This is the segue into solid geometry, which is the geometry of three-dimensional space. The introduction of the fourth point adds depth to the length and width of planar geometrical figures. Concepts such as volume – the measurement of occupied space – now become applicable.
A solid is generally divided into two types: polyhedra and non-polyhedra. Polyhedra necessarily have flat faces (superficies) and include shapes such as cubes, pyramids and prisms. Whereas non-polyhedra have at least one face that is not flat; this includes shapes such as spheres, cylinders and cones.
“Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason”
…...Pythagoras
Meta-geometrically, the most significant convex, regular polyhedra are the five Platonic solids: the tetrahedron, the hexahedron (cube), the octahedron, the dodecahedron and the icosahedron. Though they are referred to as being “Platonic,” the Neoplatonic philosopher credits their discovery to Pythagoras. These shapes have been studied by geometers for thousands of years. Plato, in his Timaeus, equates each of the solids to a classical element: fire to the tetrahedron; earth to the hexahedron; air to the octahedron; water to the icosahedron; and, finally, aether (the quintessence, or “fifth element”) to the dodecahedron.
These fit neatly into Aristotle’s cosmological model, which posited the four Empedoclean elements in the sphere of the Earth (the sublunary sphere, “below the Moon”) and aether as being the composition of the stars and planets, due to their unchangeability and incorruptibility. The Operative and Speculative Denominations
As we have established in this series of articles, the Pythagorean synthesis of the quantifiable and the qualifiable is evocative of the operative and speculative denominations of the Craft. The operative stonemason is engaged in the erection of the physical, concrete temple; whereas the speculative Freemason is concerned with the building of a metaphysical, abstract Temple. This is mirrored in the Pythagorean approach to geometry, which also had both an operative and speculative component. We saw above how the Platonic solids, for example, had both a practical (operative) and philosophical (speculative) application.
We’ve previously addressed how the Tetraktys, as a cosmological model, illustrates how things come into being, or how they manifest intelligibly. Bringing this notion into the sphere of Masonry, we note that the operative Mason studies the two-dimensional plans from the architect’s drafting table and executes them in the building of an three-dimensional edifice. Analogously, the speculative Freemason contemplates the metaphysical designs on the Grand Geometer’s trestleboard and actualizes them in the building of his individual mnemonic Temple (through memory work) as well as the egregorical Temple (through fraternalization and labor) to which all Freemasons energetically contribute.
Bless us divine number, thou who generated gods and men! O holy, holy tetractys, thou that containest the root and source of the eternally flowing creation”
…...The Pythagorean Oath
Thus, throughout this series, we have contemplated the great Tetraktys and used it to further investigate the operative and speculative denominations in the Craft. Most importantly, we have shown that the Pythagorean marriage of the quantifiable and the qualifiable, as an actionable project, did not wholly end over 2,000 years ago with the dissolution of their sects, but survives in societies such as Freemasonry.
Fraternally, Jaime Paul Lamb
Worshipful Master, Ascension Lodge No. 89, Author of “Approaching the Middle Chamber”
In the year leading up to Covid, Paradise Valley Silver Trowel #29 was dealing with repeated graffiti and vandalism. As the lodge was looking for a solution to prevent further vandalism, Brother Ivan Ananyev came up with an idea: to improve the fence and gate to something that would be far nicer in appearance than standard chain-link fencing. Ivan Ananyev is a master wrought iron artisan with decades of experience. He is an artist and a blacksmith who enjoys esoteric philosophical conversation. Now retired, Ivan offered to design and fabricate a gate that would be uniquely Masonic in theme.
THE GATE OF OPPORTUNITY as described by Bro. Ivan: “A person in his life is always faced with problems, desires, dreams etc… which he wants to resolve. Symbolically, this is expressed as a gate or a door through which he must pass. That is, to solve your problem or achieve what you want. Many deceive themselves, trying to get around them. This seems to be the easiest option without wasting time and energy. But trying to get around, they get into even bigger problems. The gate is our inner world and the two pillars between which the door/gate is located symbolizes the dualism of the mind. Heaven and Earth are placed on top of the pillars, symbolizing desires and their materialization. The secret Masonic language is expressed in symbols that I have placed on this door. In our rituals, if you remember or even notice, we are constantly knocking on doors and there are a lot of them. Let us remember how many doors we have knocked upon and begin to think through the symbolism, relating this to himself and his mind. What obstacles does he have to overcome in his personal inner life. The most secret word that every freemason knows denotes; appeal to The Great Architect. Give me the love that no one else has experienced in life, so that the ice in my heart will melt and I can continue and complete the construction of my temple.”
Brother Ivan presented this idea to the lodge along with a basic drawing. The lodge agreed and approved the project, subject to Grand Trustees approval. The Grand Trustees approved, in fact the Grand Trustees suggested that an even larger amount be approved as we were already seeing the start of higher prices due to the supplychain issues and the panic buying that in which many people were already engaged.
A more detailed draft drawing was created and presented to the lodge with the intent that it be used for the formal proposal for permitting with the City of Phoenix.
At a time immemorial, Brother Ivan completed the man sized gate and the Trustees of PVST felt that it was a true work of art and as such deserved to be displayed inside the lodge instead of outside where it would be subject to being defaced or vandalized.
At the end of March, the gate was installed as the new outer door to the Tyler’s Room. After it was installed, it was treated to artistic brushing (painting) to highlight the artistic details.
Brother Ivan continues to work on the metal-work for the parking lot gate as well as the grid-work that will be placed on the cinder-block fence.
“We, The Officers, Trustees, and Members of Paradise Valley Silver Trowel Lodge #29, invite you to
come join us and see the Tyler’s Gate either when we are meeting for a degree, or at one of our Stated Meetings. Our Stated Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and Gavel Drop at 7:30 p.m. Drop by our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pvst29 or visit our calendar at https://pvst29.org/ calendar/ for information on when we are meeting for degrees or other events. You are also invited to see us when we get the rest of the fence/gate project completed – We’ll let you know with an email by way of the Grand Lodge.”
Written by Richard Jensen, PM – Secretary PVST29 with input from WM Mustafa Karamujic, PM, SW Jovan Boskovski, PM, and of course our artistic brother: Ivan Ananyev.
“The G is a big part of our ritual, it should be illuminated” says Harley Goodson, PM of Ascension Lodge No. 89. The G stands for God or Geometry, or both. It is generally recognized that a square and compasses with a G in the center is the symbol of Freemasonry. No one is exactly sure when this happened but Masonic scholars generally believe it happened here in the United States between 1730-1758. Go into any lodge room in Arizona, even the United States and you’ll find a G prominently displayed in the East. In most lodge rooms, the G is illuminated. But not at the Phoenix Masonic Temple. The idea of creating a lighted G has been part of the discussion at the Phoenix Masonic Temple since time immemorial. Until now, no one has taken up that challenge. Vic Olson, Temple President and Master of Arizona Lodge No. 2 remembers a recent discussion “When Ascension Lodge first became a chartered lodge…...they told me they wanted an illuminated G and they would take it on”. That was in 2018. 5 years later, the vision is about to be revealed.
WBro. Harley Goodson has been leading the redesign efforts of the Temple G and remembers when the antique original G was taken down from the ceiling in order to restore it: “The original G it was hard, because I didn’t have the G in my hands I had all these questions, I didn’t have the proper dimensions so I had Vic take it down and put up the temporary one. In the process, (we saw) the original one we were going to light up looked like it had been kicked around on the floor it was rattle canned gold”.
As an artist, Brother Harley had a vision of what he wanted a new G to look like “My vision was to make it look like it had always been there, not an afterthought, not a modern day embellishment to some historical
classical building so you couldn't tell the difference”. Part of that classical look means making it blend in with the surrounding Quarter-Sawn oak chairs, pedestals and desks. For this, Harley focused on the wood ring “that was where we brought in some of the classical aspects, was in the wood. We were thinking of something that would bring the room together. We were able to stain and match it to the existing furniture we took one of the drawers from one of the desks so we had something to color match it to. “
During the creative process, Harley reached out to many different vendors for different parts along the way “Working with all these people in various fields: woodworker, metal fab, neon lighting...as the work progresses...I’ve gotta go back to each one and share my ideas and see their drafts, and then I share my ideas again.”
Now, the project is almost complete. The pieces are being put together, the temple is being prepared and soon it will be revealed. So I asked Harley, why has this project been so important to you? He answered “This is going to be a huge CenterPoint and focus….to do something that lives beyond our time and to know that my hands were
My love for the building, my love for the craft, you know, I’m an artist – to be able to leave something that is going to be there past me, just like being the charter master of Ascension….that’s something that will be there beyond my time…..
Fraternally, Bo Buchanan Grand Editor Arizona F. & A.M., 2022-23
This past year, the Arizona weather saw fit to strike our lodge building with a bolt of lightning resulting in an attic fire. I will never forget the morning, my phone started to buzz constantly almost as if what a doctor on call would experience, yet at that moment I was unable to look down at my phone. Almost 45 minutes passed and the moment I looked at my phone, ready to enjoy lunch with several brethren I consider mentors and heroes in the fraternity, I froze in absolute shock and sadness and stuttered to utter the following: "My lodge is on fire..."
Without hesitation, I drove full steam straight to the scene to discover our home, which contained the memories of many great men and brethren, was struck by lightning earlier that morning, and an electrical fire ensued. I recall my eyes tearing up when looking inside the side door and seeing the east where many of our brethren gathered weeks before for my brother's third degree, one of the last to happen at our home before this occurred.
One of the Worshipful Brothers who raced to the scene from his home, he wanted to run in to grab the charter off the wall and was screamed at to get back until another brother who works for the city recognized him and advised the firefighter to retrieve it for him as he was unaware of the importance of the framed precious document.
“My Lodge is on Fire!”Image created using Artificial Intelligence Image Creator The East after the Fire, the lodge room at the Peoria 31 Masonic Temple.
Mackey's Encyclopedia states the Phoenix represents the following:
"The old mythological legend of the phoenix is a familiar one. The bird was described as the size of an eagle, with a head finely crested, a body covered with beautiful plumage, and eyes sparkling like stars. She was said to live six hundred years in the wilderness when she built for herself a funeral pile of aromatic woods, which she ignited with the fanning of her wings, and emerged from the flames with a new life. Hence the Phoenix has been adopted universally as a symbol of immortality "
From that which seemingly ended, came a new life, one of vibrancy, illuminance, and a symbol of hope and immortality. Our actions should reflect this when striving to achieve the goodness of the soul using the tools of this beautiful craft.
One could look on this as a disaster of an unrecoverable magnitude. But it’s our responsibility to recover from this unfortunate event. The Lodge has been gutted to clean up the damage with only the walls remaining leaving a firm foundation on which to build a new “temple”.
Like the mighty Phoenix that rose from the ashes, Peoria Lodge No. 31 is in the process of raising itself in two respects: the rebuilding of its physical and its spiritual structure within the membership.
It is well known that Freemasonry played a significant role in the old west. Consequently, many Masons were instrumental in the development of the State of Arizona. Many of the early settlers of Arizona were Masons, and they used their Masonic connections to help them build new communities and establish new governments. Masons also played a role in the development of Arizona's economy and infrastructure. In the 1860s, Masons helped to build the first roads and railroads in Arizona. Masons also helped to establish schools and hospitals in Arizona. Florence, Arizona, hometown to the current Grand Master Jim Baker, is a great example of a Town built and grown with the help of the Fraternity. One of the first Masons to arrive in Arizona was Charles Debrille Poston. Poston was a former U.S. Army officer who had served in the Mexican American War. In 1858, Poston led a group of settlers to the site of what is now Phoenix. Later he was made Registrar of the United States land office at Florence. During his time in Florence, he became interested in building a Parsi fire temple on a nearby hill, paying for the construction of a road to the summit. The temple itself was decorated with a blue and white flag depicting a red sun and built upon the ruins of an older Indian structure. Construction ended when Poston ran out of funds. He attempted to raise additional money, even writing to the Shah of Iran. Poston was initially buried in a pauper's grave in Phoenix. His remains were removed from Phoenix and moved to Florence, Arizona, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and buried on Primrose Hill,
renamed, Poston Butte where he had never completed his "Temple to the Sun". He was entombed in an official ceremony led by Governor George W. P. Hunt, another Mason.
Levi Ruggles was a soldier, pioneer and moved to Arizona Territory in 1866. Ruggles was a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War, and he served in the Battle of Shiloh. After the war, Ruggles moved to Arizona Territory and became a U.S. Indian Agent. He was responsible for negotiating treaties with the Apache and other Native American tribes. In 1869, Ruggles founded the town of Florence, Arizona. He served as the town's first mayor, and he was instrumental in its development and growth to be the County Seat of newly formed Pinal County. Ruggles was a Mason, and he was involved in a number of other civic and charitable organizations during his lifetime.
William Elliot Guild was an electrical engineer in the U.S. Army Signal Corp member who came to Arizona in 1872. (Left from Paw Paw Michigan traveling by train to San Francisco, boat to San Diego, and horseback to Arizona He must have really wanted to get here). He was charged with erection of the Heliographs on the mountains in the southern part of the State used by the Government to locate and fight the Indians. He then was a telegraph operator at the old Stanwix station near Maricopa, AZ, one of the first stations established in the State. He moved to Florence and was a Banker, the Postmaster (1880), President of the Florence Water and Ice Company, Chairman of Board of Supervisors, and Chairman of the Republican Committee in Arizona. He was also a Charter member and the 2nd Master of Gila Valley Lodge No. 9.
In 1912 Arizona became the 48th state in the Union. That year John William Baker was one of the 12,414 people that moved to the newest State. He came from Brushy Knob, MO and after returning from WWI he married Helen Sylvester and had three children. He realized his dreams and owned and operated J W Baker Garage from 1921 through 1957 on Main Street in Downtown Florence.
John Baker was an avid businessman and a partner in the local Ford dealership from 1928 1936. He was active in his community, being a member of the Odd Fellows, Rotary, and the American Legion Post 9 and Gila Valley Lodge 9. He also served on the Florence School Board, Town Council. John Baker was also a Mason and was the 31st Master of Gila Valley Lodge in 1925.
While his son John did not follow his footsteps into the Fraternity, he was the first person on site and helped extinguish fire that engulfed original Gila Valley Lodge building in 1948 where he received lacerations from flying glass saving as much of the paraphernalia as he could.
One relative who did follow in his footsteps was John's middle son, Jim. Jim Baker grew up in Florence and attended Florence High School, graduating in 1975. After high school, he attended Central Arizona College and then began his career
as an automotive technician. In 1980, he took over the family auto repair business, originally started by his grandfather and later continued by his father. Like his father and grandfather before him, Jim was an active community member, serving as a member of Kiwanis and as the Commander of Sons of the American Legion Squadron 9. Similar to his grandfather, he joined the Gila Valley Lodge No. 9 and was raised in 1999. Jim later served as the 105th Master of Gila Valley and the 141st Grand Master of Masons of Arizona."
Youth, Manhood and Old Age
History of Freemasonry, Vol. 2
Most Worshipful Grand Master Jim Baker (9)
Deputy Grand Master George Rusk (20,75)
Senior Grand Warden Michael A. Dale (17)
Senior Grand Deacon Roger C. Biede III (9)
Senior Grand Steward David A. Sahady (1)
Grand Secretary Gregory A. Vasquez (15)
Deputy Grand Secretary James R. Leppert (85)
Deputy Grand Secretary James W. Rowan (43)
Grand Secretary Emeritus Wilbur E. Robertson (20)
Grand Chaplain Michael D. Valecourt (16,43)
Grand Marshall Adam B. Pitman (30)
Grand Bible Bearer John B. Brooks (70)
Grand Standard Bearer Yosef B. Acosta (5,53)
Grand Tyler (pictured) Bryan Sawyer (22)
Grand Tyler (present) Eric Smith (9)
Junior Grand Warden Leigh J. Creighton (4)
Junior Grand Deacon Eric D. Dupree (86)
Junior Grand Steward James Xie (43)
Grand Treasurer Ronald W. Richards (32,41,89)
Grand Treasurer Emeritus Michael N. McGee (50)
Grand Secretary Emeritus George H. Stabelin Sr. (15)
Grand Lecturer John W. Welsch (7, 14)
Grand Orator Antonio L. Lugo (31)
Grand Editor Robert(Bo) F. Buchanan III (2)
Grand Pursuivant Wayne S. Thatcher (42)
Grand Organist Gordon Stevenson (20)
Grand Sword Bearer Michael L. Fluty (5,53)
Grand Counsel Ricard L. Brooks (85)
Grand Photographer G. Allen Nichols (43,85)
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