The Communicator

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Communicator The Official Publication of the Valley of Seattle Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

volume 60, No. 03 206-324-3330

May / June 2013

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Freemasonry and the Royal Family Pg 9

May Event

Elias Ashmole

Special Offer

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Scottish Rite Communicator Valley of Seattle

www.seattle-scottishrite.org

SCOTTISH RITE OFFICERS

NEWS FRoM THE SUPREME COUNCIL

Ronald A. Seale, 33°

Sovereign Grand Commander Alvin W. Jorgensen, 33° Deputy, Orient of Washington Sat Tashiro, 33° Personal Rep. of S:.G:.I:.G:. stashiro@comcast.net Greg Goodrich, 32° K:.C:.C:.H:.

General Secretary & Communicator Editor secretary@seattle-scottishrite.org Norman Miller, 33° Treasurer George Lofthus, 32° K:.C:.C:.H:.

Almoner PRESIDING OFFICERS Harold Federow, 32° Venerable Master, Lodge of Perfection Bryan Bechler, 32° Wise Master, Chapter of Rose Croix Grover Partee, 32° K:.C:.C:.H:.

Commander, of Kadosh Steve Dazey, 32° Master, Seattle Consistory Jeff Harden, 32° K:.C:.C:.H:.

Chief, Knights of St. Andrew Scottish Rite Masonic Center 1207 N 152nd St Seattle, WA 98133-6213 206 324-3330 voice 206 324-3332 fax Brian Lorton Building Manager brian@seattle-scottishrite.org Lorna Schack Administrative Assistant lorna@seattle-scottishrite.org The Communicator (USPS 485-660) is published by the Seattle Valley of Scottish Rite, 1207 N 152nd St., Seattle, WA 98133-6213, for the benefit of its members, bi-monthly and is mailed as a non-profit publication to all members of the Seattle Valley and to specified other interested parties. $2.00 per member is assessed for the publication of The Communicator. Periodicals postage paid at Seattle, Washington and at additional mailing offices.

The material contained within this publication is intended for the education and enjoyment of the members of the Masonic Fraternity and all material published becomes the property of Seattle Valley of Scottish Rite. Permission to reproduce material from this publication for Masonic publications is hereby granted.

Postmaster: Send address changes to — The Communicator at 1207 N 152nd St., Seattle, WA 98133-6213.

We are pleased to announce that durable plastic membership cards will be printed for all members for 2014. The cards are intended to be permanent and will replace the paper cards issued in years past.

Here are a few things you should know about the new cards: •

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Life Member will be printed on the cards for those who are life members.

Life Member cards will have a different design and will not be dated.

Cards will be reprinted for those who receive Honors.

Member since [Date] will be printed on the cards. For example: Member since 1999 Beginning with 2015, membership cards dated stickers (2015) will go on the plastic cards to show that a member has renewed for that year.

News from the Personal Representative

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he longer days and the slow but welcome warmth of the sun are sure signs that spring is underway and that summer is around the corner. It is also time to reflect on the events of the past six months as we prepare ourselves for the dark season in our valley when our fraternal activities will slow down until the beginning of fall.

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raternally, our Lodge of Perfection conferred the 4º and 14º to two classes of new members, and our Rose Croix will be conferred the 18º in May to a class of over 10. I want to extend my appreciation for the support of Venerable Master Harold Federow and Wise Master Bryan Bechler, for their many hours of dedication and support this year, and to those many brethren who participated in these many degrees.

We would also like to acknowledge those many affiliates from neighboring valleys, who have also joined our valley since the beginning of the year, and to extend our appreciation of the support and help they have made these past months and will make in the coming months and years.

Rite Care of Seattle held a Beer and Brats fundraiser on April 13, with twelve microbreweries present to provide samples of their brew. The fund raiser was considered greatly successful for a first time event, he parking lot was overflowing and all who participated or attended had a great time. We also had support from the Nile Shrine Shurtah who provided some of their members to act as security for the event. The volunteers, including the office staff, Rite-Care staff, their many friends, et al were key factor in the success.

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The next Rite Care fund raising event will be the Beyond Words luncheon to be held in the fall, with the tentative speaker being Bonnie Dunbar, the astronaut of the Apollo missions.

Let us not forget that Rite Care is our charity, and that the success of our Valley Rite Care clinic is our responsibility.

As we move forward we would like to encourage members with the background to join support of the Rite Care, our charity, through volunteering at these events and perhaps to join our Seattle Valley Rite Care Advisory Council.

At our April stated meeting, we performed a brief ceremony where we formally recognized our own recently retired SGIG, Illustrious William R. Miller, 33° and named the small lodge room on the second floor of the building in his honor.

We have had outstanding speakers this year to speak at our stated meetings, including a speaker from the Theosophical Society in April, with Margaret Starbird, a writer of Masonic-themed books, speaking at our May meeting. Our numbers in attendance keep rising showing that we are headed in the right direction. We will continue to invite speakers of note and on relevant topics of Masonry and Scottish Rite for the remainder of the year. We are inviting Masons in the area to attend when we have speakers in an open setting.

Summary of Coming Events

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e have scheduled the 30º and 32º in the coming fall months for our 2013 class, who will be capped at the end of the 32º.

Masonic education continues to be theme this year, as the candidates progress from degree to degree. We are scheduling candidate meetings between the degrees to add more Masonic and Scottish Rite light. We will be evaluating new ideas and available technology as we perform the various degrees, recognizing the time pressures of our current generation of members, and as we operate the Valley.

We will have the Feast of Tishri in the fall and complete our events with our Scottish Rite Christmas Party which was such an outstanding success this past year.

Invitation

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s we enter this new phase of Scottish Rite Masonry, we need each of your individual support to man the various committees and to become cast members of the degrees of Scottish Rite which are so necessary for our continued success and growth. Please contact your Secretary, Brother Greg Goodrich KCCH, at our office 206-324-3330. We appreciate the time pressures, as noted above, and undertaking new initiatives to make them less time-consuming, Fraternally, Sat Tashiro, 33° Personal Representative of the Deputy

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rethren, as we approach the summer months there are a few events that you will not want to miss.

n May we have a special guest speaker, Margaret Starbird. Mrs. Starbird is a well know author and public speaker who lectures on Mary Magdalene and Freemasonry. This is another event that is open to the public and one that you will not want to miss!

On another note, we are looking for members who have a deep interst in our Philanthropy.

We are seeking individuals who are interested in serving on the Seatttle RiteCare board and actively particiapate with RiteCare fundraising and other activities. If you or someone you know of might be intersted, please contact either myself or the PR for further information.

You will also notice that on page 12 we have new binders for sale. Many members have asked for these and we have a limited supply available. They come in two different price points at $15.00 and $20.00 each. If you are interested stop by the office during business hours or before and after stated meetings.

Lastly, we now have the abililty to take credit cards for payment of dinners, binders, dues, etc. However, we can only do this in person and NOT over the phone. In addition, to cover the cost for using this convenincae, you will have to pay about 3% extra. So a binder, for example, will cost $20.60 if you use a credit card or $20.00 if you use cash or check.

Fraternally, Greg Goodrich, 32째 K:.C:.C:.H:.

General Secretary

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Freemasons: Guardians of the Great Secret of the Middle Ages Special Presentation from Renowned Author Margaret Starbird

Join us for dinner and a special presentation from Margaret Starbird.

(presentation is open to all, including wives & non-members).

Tuesday, May 21st at 6:30 pm Seattle Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 1207 N 152nd St. Shoreline, WA 98133 RSVP REQUIRED Dinner $15.00 - Please RSVP to 324-3330 or email lorna@seattle-scottishrite.org Margaret Starbird holds an MA degree in comparative literature and did graduate studies on a Fulbright Student Fellowship in Germany and also at Vanderbilt Divinity School.

Starbird gives lectures and retreats world-wide and is the author of several books, including "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" the book that launched Dan Brown's research for "The Da Vinci Code."

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Elias Ashmole’s initiation . . . . and some more questions.

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here are many questions in the long history of Freemasonry which perturb scholars and to which there really are no definite answers. For instance, it is now well established that Elias Ashmole was the first English speculative free mason initiated in July 1646. Could he have been initiated in an operative working Lodge? It is also known that he was an intellectual, a wealthy man of standing. Why did he become a Freemason? Furthermore when organised Freemasonry began in London in June 1717 it consisted entirely of ‘gentlemen’ intent on drinking and dining and having a good time in general. What happened in between times? How and why the change, between 1646 and 1717, from an apparently aristocratic institution emerging 70 years later as nothing more than a Gentlemen’s Club at best? The first English Constitutions by James Anderson were published in April 1723, some 6 years after the formation of the Grand Lodge of England. Until then we appear to have been enjoying festive aspects of freemasonry quite happily without minutes, rules or regulations. Why was it found necessary to publish so many restrictive sets of laws for the comportment of freemasons? By their very nature, the answers to these questions remain theoretical only.

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shmole was born in May 1617 in Staffordshire, England. A talented and ambitious man, he was able to fulfil many of his dreams after his second marriage to the wealthy Lady Mainwaring, 20 years his senior.

He retired at the age of 25 and pursued personal interests thereafter. During 1645 and 1646, crucial years in the English Civil War, Ashmole’s political and military careers developed on parallel lines. In March 1646 he was made a Captain in the King’s Army and he witnessed the defeat of King Charles by Cromwell three months later.

He returned to Smallwood and on 16 October 1646 Elias Ashmole was made a freemason in Warrington. This is the evidence of the first initiation of an English speculative mason. That is, notwithstanding the fact that those present and listed would have certainly been initiated at an earlier date. It took place at 4.30 in the afternoon. The precise time can be given because he kept a daily diary now housed in the Bodeleian Library in Oxford. But many questions arise regarding his initiation. What was the exact nature of the Lodge in which Ashmole was initiated?

In the whole of his extensive manuscript annotations there are only two references to his Masonic activities, dated 1646 and 1682. The names of those present in 1646 as listed by Ashmole in his diary are uncontested. None of those present belonged to the stonemasons’ trade. The Lodge, however, will have consisted of several additional members not present at the initiation and who may well have been working operative stonemasons. There are two perennial questions raised with regard to Elias Ashmole’s initiation.

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hy did he join? And why is there no other mention of freemasonry in his extensive diaries until his visit to London in 1682? The answer may lie in that freemasonry was not an organisation of particular consequence or sufficient importance for Elias Ashmole to make additional annotations. Ashmole may have joined because by nature he was a joiner. He could not have resisted the temptation to discover the nature of what even then was a mysterious association and he may well have found nothing of consequence in the fraternity for further comment or record. There is the added possibility that in the quite and secretive ambiance of a Masonic meeting he was able to meet with unrecorded intellectual colleagues to discuss those aspects of esoteric and hermetic studies

Page 7 very much experimental in the scientific world at the time. Ashmole was an extraordinarily accomplished man.

By 1648 he had extended his studies in Astrology and Anatomy to Botany and Alchemy. This last subject was to occupy him considerably and he wrote several books on the subject, the first in 1650.He was undoubtedly fascinated with esoteric and hermetic studies. He often consulted oracles. Yet Ashmole made a point of not allowing his enthusiasm for alchemy to obscure his historical research and he never saw himself as a practicing alchemist.

He may have attended meetings unrecorded in his diary until the summons to the Masons Company in London in 1682.

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t is now that he mentions freemasonry for the second and only additional time in the 2000 odd pages of his diaries. The entry is dated 10th March 1682, thirty-five years after his initiation. The same curios questions arise in this instance as they did with regard to the first entry. What ceremony did Ashmole exactly attend in London? He was The Senior Fellow among them thus he was a speculative freemason gathering in an operative environment of the Masons Company of London. What was he doing there? The recorded ceremony of the acception in the Masons Company has yet to be explained. It appears to be a ‘club within the club’ to which selected individuals were admitted as members. Ashmole’s presence here may be seen as evidence, or at least suggest, that Ashmole’s own lodge into which he was initiated in 1646 was of a similar composition. Elias Ashmole, in 1646, may well have experienced in an operative Lodge an aspect of an acception ceremony he was to attend several decades later in London.

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o we find that Ashmole may have found access to an esoteric content in some or other aspect of the Craft proceedings. He may have had colleagues similarly inclined. There are interesting hints in the diary annotations at the nature of Masonic activity at the time. Colonel Henry Mainwaring, with whom Ashmole was initiated, was a Roundhead parliamentarian friend, diametrically opposed to the Royalists who Ashmole supported. The implication is that freemasonry, from these very early days, recognised no political boundaries. The structure of the Lodge is also hinted at by the significant reference to Richard Penkett as a Warden. Furthermore Ashmole took his obligation on the Sloane Manuscript, an ancient charge in manuscript, which was expressly composed for the ceremony of his initiation. Thus we see that the structure of freemasonry has been reasonably consistent through the centuries. Thus whilst the structure or format of the institution did not change over the years, the content, the ritual and ceremony and, more importantly, the academic quality of its membership, may well have been diluted.

The departure of academics and their replacement by ‘Gentlemen’ may have caused a decline in quality over the years. By 1717 the Society may well have altered completely, emerging finally as just another one of he many London clubs of the period.

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lthough the Premier Grand Lodge was formed on 24 June 1717, it was not until exactly 6 years later, on 24 June 1723 that the first Secretary to the Grand Lodge, William Cowper, was appointed. It is only after this date that minutes of Grand Lodge began to be kept. There are no records of any kind of the activities of Grand Lodge before June 1723. The historic report of the events that took place on that fateful day in June 1717, are only to be encountered some twenty years later, in Anderson’s second edition, The New Book of Constitutions published in 1738. It is from these Constitutions that we know that on the day at the feast, the Brethren by a Majority of Hands elected Mr Anthony Sayer Gentleman, Grand Master of Masons. Anthony Sayer (1672-1742) proclaimed George Payne (d 1757) as his successor in 1718; these two Brethren were the only two commoners to be elected Grand Master.

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very early indication points at our Society as a fun, food and charity institution from the start. The lack of any minutes and rules or regulations at the start is in line with an organisation not taking itself too seriously.

Six years of unregulated activity. At the time there were several dozen other similar institutions. What was it that assured the success of Freemasonry beyond any of the other contemporary organisations? The answer is simple: the Freemasons were able to recruit members of the nobility, and soon, Royalty itself, to join the Craft. There was a price to pay, however: constitutions. Nobility and aristocracy would not join a Society without orderly regulations. This fact, however, leads to the more important and difficult question: what inducement did a member of the aristocracy have at the time to join freemasonry? Since 1718 the appointment of Grand Master was only afforded

Page 8 to Brethren of great distinction, of the aristocracy, nobility and royalty. The first of these, the third Grand Master to be elected in 1719, was the Reverend John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744). He graduated from Oxford with a Doctorate of Civil Law, having taken his holy orders in 1710. Four years later he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and became the Curator of this most prestigious scientific institute. Here then, the question already posed has to be repeated. What could have possibly been whispered into the ear of so prominent a man as Desaguliers, the author of books on experimental philosophy, closely associated with the aristocracy and Royalty, as to persuade him to become a freemason? It is my view that Freemasonry and the Royal Society had very little indeed in common at this or any other time. There is no real evidence, beyond the circumstance surrounding Ashmole mentioned above, that we freemasons have had secrets associated with Hermetic philosophy, the Kabbalah or other similar mystical schools of thought. Outsiders have maliciously associated our organisation with a series of tasteless activities, ranging from sorcery and witchcraft to idolatry and devil worship.

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he Royal Society, on the other hand, during this early period at the turn of the 18th Century, focused its scientific research on what was then referred to as alternative philosophy the same experimental philosophy in which John Theophilus Desaguliers, our Grand Master to be, excelled. Here were a group of scientists, respected through the world, whose daily research, in simplistic terms, revolved around esoteric and hermetic studies and the secrets of nature. There was a standing understanding that the revelation of the one yet to be discovered secret of nature could transform the scientific world. It would allow the fulfilment of the study of alchemy and convert basic metal to gold. Through the one secret of nature, yet unknown, communication with those who had passed beyond would be possible. It was in this environment of serious study that the Royal Society members would have heard of the formation of a body calling themselves Freemasons, who had a secret known only to them. It is possible that, notwithstanding the conviction that the secrets of any such inconsequential body as the Freemasons, could not be of any scientific importance, someone had to ensure that that was indeed the case. Although Elias Ashmole and his ilk had been both Freemasons and members of the Royal Society before the turn of the Century, their views and outlook of Freemasonry would have been clearly of a different perspective to that of the organised Freemasonry that was launched in June 1717.

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ohn Theophilus Desaguliers, Curator and respected member of the Royal Society, was selected or may have chosen himself to investigate this newly set up organisation. On being initiated into our secrets and mysteries and admitted a member of the Craft, the new candidate, Bro Desaguliers, would have quickly discovered that there were no secrets among the masons, beyond traditional forms of recognition. Here, he would have found the true spirit of brotherly love, relief and truth prevailing. His very high social standing will have certainly induced the Grand Lodge to offer him the highest possible office from the outset, which he may well have accepted. This would explain why there appears to be so little, if any, information about Desaguliers prior to his appointment as Grand Master in 1719.

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nchanted by the camaraderie of our institution and true to his obligation, on his return to the Royal Society, Desaguliers would have rather persuaded his colleagues to join the fraternity than disclose the inconsequential secrets he had learnt and sworn to observe. This then may well have been the beginning of the involvement of the aristocracy in our midst. The Constitutions were written at the instigation of Desaguliers who, no doubt, had the future of the Institution at heart and the Aristocracy, nobility and royalty in his head. He brought with him Lord Montgomery our first Noble Grand Master. Clearly with the presence and membership of such distinguished Brethren some rules and regulations for the comportment of the Brethren became necessary. Thus Grand Master Desagulier instructed James Anderson to compose or ‘digest’ the Constitutions and secure the continued patronage of Nobility and Royalty, which England has enjoyed ever since.

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here are an infinite number of unanswered and unanswerable questions in the rich history of freemasonry and they will continue to baffle and delight historians for ever.

- By Yasha Beresiner, PGStB (UGLE)

THE ROYAL CONNECTION

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“HRH THE DUKE OF KENT’S WISE COUNSEL, IN WHAT HAS BEEN A TURBULENT TIME FOR ENGLISH FREEMASONRY, HAS BEEN INVALUABLE”

In 1737, HRH Frederick Lewis, Prince

With members of the Royal Family carrying out a vital role in Freemasonry, John Hamill counts the line of princes and dukes who have played their part over the past three hundred years.

of Wales, was the first Royal Family member to become a Freemason.

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his past year, the nation rightly celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Majesty Queen The Queen, but there is another significant royal and masonic anniversary of which many of the Craft may not be aware.

It was the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the initiation of HRH Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, the first memebr of the English Royal Freemasons, on 5 November 2012. The eldest son of King George II, Frederick Lewis did not come to the throne, as he died in 1751 at the early age of forty-four. This was some nine years before the death of his father, who was succeeded by Frederick Lewis’s son George, who went on to reign for sixty years as King George III.

Frederick Lewis was made a Freemason in what was termed an ‘occasional’ lodge, presided over by the Reverend Doctor JT Desaguliers, Grand Master in 1737. In the fashion of the day, the prince was made both an Entered Apprentice and a Fellowcraft at the meeting. A month later, another occasional lodge was held and he became a Master Mason. Due to lack of records for the period, we have no information as to what Frederick Lewis did in Freemasonry, other than that in 1738 he was Master of a Lodge. We know this because in the same year, the Reverend Doctor James Anderson published the second edition of The Constitutions of the Free Masons, which has a wonderfully flowery dedication to the prince ‘now a Master Mason and Master of a Lodge’.

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RAPID PROMOTION

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t would be interesting to speculate if Frederick Lewis discussed Freemasonry within his family, for one of his brothers and three of his sons went on to become Freemasons. The youngest of his sons, Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland (1745-1790), had rapid promotions. He was initiated at an occasional lodge on 9 February 1767; was installed as Master of the Horn Lodge in April 1767 and in the same month elected a Past Grand Master of the the premier Grand Lodge.

In 1782 he became our first Royal Grand Master and held that office untill his untimely death in 1790. He was also the first Royal Brother to enter the Royal Arch, being exalted in the Grand Chapter in 1772 and was its Grand Patron from 1774 until his death.

Henry Frederick introduced the next generation of royalty to the fraternity, with sons of King George III becoming Freemasons. Three of them went on to serve as Grand Master: George, Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent and King George IV) succeeded his uncle as Grand Master in 1791 and served until he became Prince Regent in 1812, when he was succeeded by his younger brother Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. At the same time, their brother Edward, Duke of Kent, became Grand Master of the Antients Grand Lodge. With two royal brothers at their head in 1813, the two Grand Lodges came together as the United Grand Lodge of England, with the Duke of Sussex as Grand Master. Sussex was determined that the union would succeed, and put in place a number of procedures that today still form the basis of the government of the English Craft and Royal Arch.

The death of the Duke of Sussex in 1843 marked a twenty-five-year period without Royal participation for the simple reason that – with the exception of Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert – there were no princes of an age to join. That situation was happily rectified in 1868 when the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) became a Freemason on a visit to Sweden. In 1869 he was elected a Past Grand Master and in 1874 became Grand Master, holding office until he came to the throne in 1901 when he took the title of Protector of Freemasonry.

INVALUABLE SUPPORT

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he Prince of Wales was soon joined by two of his brothers, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of Albany, and brought in his son, the Duke of Clarence. The Duke of Connaught succeeded his brother as Grand Master in 1901 and was to be an active ruler until 1939. He was supported by his son Prince Arthur and by his great nephews, the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor); the Duke of York (later King George VI); and the Duke of Kent, father of our present Grand Master. The Duke of Kent succeeded as Grand Master in 1939 but his rule was cut cruelly short when he was killed in an RAF air crash in 1942.

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oday, English Freemasonry is fortunate to still have Royal support. HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh became a Master Mason in Navy Lodge, No. 2612, of which he is still a subscribing member. HRH The Duke of Kent has been our Grand Master since 1967 and his wise counsel and great support in what has been a turbulent time for English Freemasonry, have been invaluable. His brother HRH Prince Michael of Kent has given long service as both Provincial Grand Master for Middlesex in the Craft and as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons.

To look back on two hundred and seventy-five years of Royal support is a wonderful sight and something that English Freemasons hope will continue long into the future.

Reprinted with permission of FREEMASONRY TODAY, The official Journal of the United Grand Lodge of England.

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Clockwise from top left: Edward, Duke of Kent; Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland; Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex; and Prince Arthur of Connaught.

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William R. Miller, 33째 Lodge Room

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n Tuesday April 16th, Ill. Sat Tashiro, 33째, officially unveilied the William R. MIller, 33째 Lodge Room in honor of our recently retired S:.G:.I:.G:., Bill Miller.

he ceremony was well attended by members of the Seattle Valley and we were honored to have Ill. Brother Miller present along with other honored guests from The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Washington, Most Worshipful Grand Master, Dean W. Heinemann accompanied by the Senior Grand Warden, Right Worshipful Sam Roberts.

Unveiling of the Lodge Room

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Ill. Bro. William R. Miller, 33째 & Ill. Bro. Sat Tashiro, 33째

Members and Guests

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Seattle Valley Scottish Rite Clubs

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rethren, If you reside in Seattle’s Eastside or Seattle’s Southend, please read and heed the following article.

he Seattle Valley Scottish Rite Membership is embarking on a new and inovative program.

We are in the process of establishing individual “clubs” for the two areas mentioned above.

We are hoping to make it easier to attend meetings and be active in the Craft once again. We realize that Shoreline is not an address conducive to a smooth or easy commute during the high times of the evening commute, so we are bringing the lodges to you.

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e have actually had a few meetings at Lakeside Lodge chaired by W.B. John Hannaman and B. Tomas Aquino at Southgate Lodge. As far as we can asertain, the members have recieved the idea well, however we need to increase attendance in hopes of achieving a good solid body in both areas. Our overall goal is to get to a point where these individual clubs can perform a degree in full ceremony and /or any other events or functions that may present themselves .If any of this piques your interest further, please contact John Hannaman at 425-351-0566 or Tomas Aquino at 206-721-5022.

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Messages In Memorium Brethren, please remember these, our own, and all the Brethren who have traveled beyond our physical borders to that undiscovered country.

Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit Duane Boivin 02/26/2013 Maurice Epstein 3/3/2013 Joseph Franken 05/09/2012 Perry Greenwood 1/31/2013 George Horton 03/10/2013 Henry Mcgill 03/04/2013 Karol Schot 12/11/2012 Jack Streckenbach 2/21/2013 Bill Warner, 32° KCCH 1/31/2013 Bud Wheat 3/02/2013

Don’t Forget

For all our Stated meetings, you have to RSVP with the office at least two days before the stated meeting if you plan to eat dinner. You can also purchase your dinner ticket on-line at: www.seattlescottishrite.org/ dinner.html Save $5.00 by sending in your RSVP early...

Dinner tickets are $15.00 in advance or $20.00 at the door.

Happy Birthday!

Congratulations from all your Scottish Rite brethren to our members who have reached a very important birthday!

FORREST TOWNE 5/1/1916 JULIAN EVERETT 5/9/1921 JEROME WACHSMITH 25/1921 DOUGLAS CROSBY 5/1/1923 JAMES STANSELL 5/19/1923 MARTIN GROSSMANN 5/24/1923 HARRY REYNOLDS 5/25/1923 RAYMOND BARCLAY 6/23/1915 ROGER MILLER 6/7/1918

ABE ASHCANASE 6/24/1919 DONALD MANION 6/8/1920 RICHARD MARGERUM 6/17/1920 KENNETH THOMPSON 6/9/1921 JOE PEHA 6/10/1921 WILLIAM DONLEY 6/22/1921 RONALD GRIFFITHS 6/24/1921 RONALD HOEFER 6/7/1922

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Schedule of Events

May 2013

Saturday May 11th, 9:00 am Saturday May 11th, 1:00 pm Tuesday May 21st, 6:30 pm

www.seattlescottishrite.org Executive Council 18th Degree Stated Meeting - Presentation from Margaret Starbird

June 2013 Saturday June, 1st - 9:00 am Saturday June, 1st - 12:00 pm

Executive Council Family BBQ

Rose Croix Retreat November 1st - 3rd 2013

From Friday, November 1st to Sunday, November 3rd the Seattle Valley Rose Croix will be hosting the 8th annual Scottish Rite Men’s Retreat at beautiful St. Andrew’s Lodge on Hood Canal overlooking the majestic Olympics. For only $200 you will be served 6 delicious meals, including a salmon dinner on Friday night and prime rib on Saturday night in addition to the two nights lodging!

This yearly event will afford you a rare opportunity to listen, and to communicate your thoughts and ideas with your brothers, and to explore and deepen your understanding of esoteric Masonry. The keynote speaker will be IB Mark Conlee who will be giving a presentation on the historical context in which speculative Masonry developed in England and Scotland during the 17th Century. If any other brother who is planning on attending wishes to present a Masonic topic, please contact Wise Master Bryan Bechler, Chapter of Rose Croix.

Please call Lorna at the Scottish Rite Office (206) 324-3330 for reservations. For more information about St. Andrews, please visit the website: www.saintandrewshouse.org.