The Lost Dutchman Degree!

Nothing can compare to watching a third degree played out in front of the Superstition Mountains! The 5th annual Lost Dutchman degree held by the East Valley Lodges was nothing short of a success once again. Congratulations to our newly raised Master Mason!

This month, we share an excerpt from the March 2023 Trestleboard of Sy Harrison Lodge No. 70

A Castle and a Community

John B. Brooks, PM, Junior Warden Brothers, for those that did not make the fifth Tuesday in January there was an interesting movie on the building of a 13th century Castle, and a group reconstructing one in a 20 plus year project. and you ask me “what might that have to do with Modern speculative Masonry?”

In operative masonry, the mortarmen, quarrymen, stone cutters, and master masons laying the stones were part of a larger community that included carpenters, smelters and metal smiths, as well as a number of skills and professions that support the project. Whether it was a castle or cathedral, the operative mason was an integrated part of society or community .

So, again how does this relate to modern speculative masonry?

Just as the operative mason builders were a cornerstone of their communities, so might the lodge of speculative masons be in our time, yet we need to remind ourselves that our efforts are supported by others both in our masonic family and interaction with our communities, the success or life of a lodge of masons is not insular and if we turn only to ourself we will shrink and diminish and perhaps as a lodge even disappear .

Finding ways to connect with our masonic family and community may be different from lodge to lodge, yet I do believe if we do not, we may not continue. I have no doubt that the how and in what ways to connect and participate may lead to lengthy discussion and perhaps even debate, and that itself may lead to healthy growth.

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