Whence Came You? - Freemasonry Discussed And Masonic Research For Today's Freemason

This week we're taking on a listener requested topic with Brother Joe Martinez about Freemasonry's connection to ideas like ancient aliens, fallen angels, and biblical legends. We'll wrap it up with some big news about Wilmshurst University. Links: The Book of Enoch Wilmshurst University https://wilmshurstuniversity.com Get the new book! How to Charter a Lodge https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

This week, we dive into Ancient and Modern Initiation by Max Heindel as we read the final chapter in part one, chapter 6, The New Moon and Initiation. According to this chapter, what is the key to success, and when are you closest to God? Then an all-new Masonic Minute with Ill.  Bro.  Steven L. Harrison. You've heard the stories about various people who have reportedly died but continued living--like Elvis and others. What if I told you brother Davy Crockett survived the Alamo? Bro. Harrison gives us the scoop. Then, we'll talk about making decisions the Masonic way. How do the Cardinal Virtues direct us when we make big choices? How do they direct us when making simple choices? All this and more, stay tuned. Links: Midnight Freemasons Article http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2021/02/making-choices-thought-experiment.html MO Lodge of Research http://www.molor.org Tales from the Craft https://amzn.to/3sgkczj Man Hunt https://amzn.to/3bgf5be Get the new book! How to Charter a Lodge https://wcypodcast.co

Join us this week with a special returning guest, Brother Gerald Fortune! Gerald called me on the phone and said we had to talk about America, its direction, and the observation effect as it pertains to the future of the Great Experiment. In this episode, we talk about the weaponization of goodness, the Negative Confessions in Egyptian Spirituality, and more. Don't miss it! App extras include a PDF of the Negative Confessions. Thanks for listening and have an amazing week! Links -  Get the new book! How to Charter a Lodge https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

This week we speak with Past Master Matt Johnson, the curator of FreemasonMarketing.com. Matt tells why he created a dedicated site to provide free tools for every Masonic Lodge to get found in the new century. Plus, we have an all-new Masonic Minute with Illustrious Bro. Steven L. Harrison. Don't miss it! Links: Freemason Marketing https://www.freemasonmarketing.com MO Lodge of Research HTTP://www.molor.org Masonic Video Contest Winner https://youtu.be/M4me91i27xQ Video Marketing https://www.freemasonmarketing.com/internet-marketing/video-marketing/ Quills Secretary Assistant https://www.freemasonmarketing.com/open-source/office-software-lodges/ Get the new book! How to Charter a Lodge https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag

This week, we consider a flower and a man's symbolic nature as we dive into chapter five of Max Heindel's Ancient and Modern Initiation. Then we'll read a piece from the New Age magazine, the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction's publication from 1917--a love letter to the brain of man! All this and more--stay tuned. Links Get the new book! How to Charter a Lodge https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r  

This week--chapter 4 of Ancient and Modern Initiation by Max Heindel, The Ark of the Covenant. What was it? How did a voice emanate from a cloud between two cherubim? What is the Ark concerning the human body? Then we'll have a brand new Masonic Minute with Illustrious Brother Harrison, as he tells us little known facts about Brother Nat King Cole. How did he get that "King" in the middle of his name? Why did his television show get canceled after only two seasons? We move on with a short biographical piece on Enrico Fermi, a Brother who is considered the "architect of the nuclear age." When did he join Freemasonry? What were his views on nuclear technology as a weapon? And what was his legacy for humanity? Finally, we'll wrap it all up with a book review. Newly published to paperback, The Better Angels of our Nature: Freemasonry in the Civil War, by Most Worshipful Brother and Past Grandmaster, Michael Halleran. All this and more…stay tuned! Links: MO Lodge of Research www.molor.org Get the new book! How t

This week we continue our look at Max Heindel's Ancient and Modern Initiation as we tackle chapter three. We'll talk about the east room of the Temple and what it contained. The Golden Candle Stick, The Table of Shewbread, and The Altar of Incense. Then we're going to go into the Allied Masonic Degrees archives and read a paper on sacred geometry from a highly technical and practical Freemason, Ed Rund. What does Ed Rund have to say about the four levels of craftsmanship? The skill level, the knowledge level, the wisdom level, and the sacred level? Find out this and more coming right up. Links: Get the new book! How to Charter a Lodge https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/

This week, did my computer totally explode? Maybe! Did it erase all my files? Who knows? After we hear the full story there, we'll move on to a very special Masonic Minute this week--all about the Missouri Lodge of Research. What is it? When was it formed? What was its history? Then we're going to hear about one of your biggest pet peeves, those ritual vultures who pick at the flesh of those performing—all this and a little bit more, in this abbreviated episode of the WCY Podcast. Stay tuned! Links: The MO Lodge of Research HTTP://www.molor.org The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

This week we're continuing Max Heindel's Ancient and Modern Initiation as we read chapter 2, The Brazen Altar and Laver. What does the Brazen Altar symbolize? What was the Laver? And how is it related to Atlantis? Then, an all-new Masonic Minute with Ill. Bro. Steven L. Harrison. What if a Brother was a leader of a country and banned Freemasonry, and then brought it back, and then banned it again? This week you'll hear all about it. We'll wrap it up with a December newsletter from 1934 written by none other than Manly P. Hall. In it, he discusses the threefold nature of consciousness and the kabbalistic ties to modern psychoanalysis and psychotherapy! Thanks for listening, and have an amazing week! The MO Lodge of Research HTTP://www.molor.org The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show

This week we're cracking open two pieces from way back in the 1920s. First up, ancient and modern initiation. We begin this week by looking at Max Heindel’s work explaining initiation rites and rituals throughout history. The first in a multipart series. We'll tackle the ideas of the Atlantean mystery temple--the Tabernacle in the Wilderness and some of its various parts. Then we're going to demystify Santa Claus, or perhaps we're going to re-mystify Santa Claus. What is Santa Clause’s occult significance? Spoiler alert it's not what you think. Make sure your little elves are not around for this one. All this and more, coming right up. Stay tuned! Links: God-Man The Word Made Flesh https://archive.org/stream/godmanwordmadefl00carerich/godmanwordmadefl00carerich_djvu.txt The Great Books Program! https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program Truth Quantum https://truthquantum.com Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcyp

This week we read an article from Steve Harrison when he asks, “What exactly does hold the universe together? And will it be around forever?” Then, we'll hear from Ill. Bro. Harrison in his all-new Masonic Minute segment-- this week, a love story. Then, we're going to wrap it all up when we talk about the similarities between Freemasonry and Raja Yoga. Is there a connection between Freemasonry’s search for morality and what Yoga teaches? All this and more. Thanks for listening, and have an awesome week! Links: Masonic Philosophical Society https://blog.philosophicalsociety.org/2020/09/07/raja-yoga-and-freemasonry/ Midnight Freemasons http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2020/11/heaven-and-earth-will-pass-away.html MO Lodge of Research http://molor.org Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

This week, I read a letter from my own Area Deputy Grandmaster on the Humanity of Being Brothers. What did we do is kids that we don't do today? Then we'll take a look at a bizarre experiment done at Stanford University-- The prison experiment. We explore the roles of Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and Justice have in such an experiment and what Masonry can teach us about behaviors. Then we'll wrap it all up with a piece from Darren Lahners on creating the ideal Lodge experience. If pizza is available, why do you keep eating ketchup on a saltine? All this and more. Stay tuned! Links: Darin's Piece on Midnight Freemasons http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2020/11/ketchup-on-saltine.html Masonic Philosophical Society Article https://blog.philosophicalsociety.org/2020/08/09/masonry-morality-stanford-prison-experiment/ Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.c

This week, I talk to two Brothers who are expert marketers in the real world. I ask them hard questions about our time-honored slogans. As we get in the weeds of what Freemasonry encompasses, startling revelations manifest. When confronted with the facts about how to actually grow Freemasonry, what can we say? Has Freemasonry forgotten about an entire generation? And ultimately, we confront some hard truths. Plus an all-new Masonic Minute with Ill. Bro. Harrison. All this and more, coming right up. Stay tuned. Links: Be More than a Freemason http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2018/10/be-more-than-mason.html Social Media Marketing - TMR https://youtu.be/CwCsep1t6SA The Elevator Pitch - Midnight Freemasons http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2012/10/the-craft-in-thirty-seconds.html 41 Million Men https://amzn.to/2IVceul Reclaiming the Soul of Freemasonry https://amzn.to/36W2qrV Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.

This week, we dive into the illustrated symbols of Freemasonry. Do they represent elements of the consciousness? Then, we'll read a poem that allows us to reflect on our own mortality. Are we building that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens? Finally, we'll wrap it up with a piece that aims to shed some light on Ms. Harriet Martineau, in her retrospect of the western travels, when she relates the tale of a pirate who was also a Brother. All this and more. Stay Tuned. Links: Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

This week we explore concepts of Masonic leadership using three architects in a paper by brother Doyle Freeman. The “sharing leader,” “the reconciling leader,” “the building leader,” which do you represent? Then we open up another chapter in Alphonse Cerza’s virtual book on Freemasonry when he talks about Masonry's most valuable asset. Is it philosophy? Is it a search for truth? Is it just…friendship? Illustrious Brother Steven L. Harrison stops by with another amazing installment of the Masonic Minute. Baseball legend Mordecai Brown--did a childhood accident keep him from joining the Masons and create possibly the greatest pitcher baseball has ever known? Finally, we'll wrap it up with a piece on the intrinsic symbol of secrecy in Freemasonry. What makes it so valuable? Does its secret relate to the law of attraction? All this, and more--coming right up. Links: 13 Questions Podcast https://13questions.libsyn.com/042-robert-johnson Meet Act Part Podcast http://meetactandpart.com/portfolio/episode-25-talent

This week we explore a piece by Joseph Fort Newton. What does he have to say about a Lodge that simply makes Masons? Then we read a short article from Brother Steven E Patrick. Is there a history of tracing boards on beer mugs? We’ll wrap it up with a piece that explores the early days of Masonry—Apprentice,  Masters, then Fellows? Was the Fellow more important than the Master? Find out this and a whole lot more in this episode coming right up. Stay tuned! 13 Questions Podcast https://13questions.libsyn.com/042-robert-johnson Meet Act Part Podcast http://meetactandpart.com/portfolio/episode-25-talent-development-in-freemasonry/ Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

This week. we hear from one of the founders of the Illinois Lodge of Research, Alphonse Cerza, in his piece titled, “Work, Work, Work.” What does the American way of life have in parallel to the Masonic Lodge? What does Masonic unemployment mean for the profits of a Lodge? Then, We’ll read a piece from a Past Grand Master of Michigan, as he gives a parable of a Cherry Tree. Each branch of a tree-- a tree that represents Freemasonry where each branch represents an independent body. When those branches get full of fruit, fall, and break off, what happens? What other parallels can we draw? Find out this, and a whole lot more, coming right up. Stay Tuned. Links: Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! https://wcypodcast.com/the-shop Get the book! http://a.co/5rtYr2r

This week, we talk about Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace. Was he a Freemason or did he just know a lot? Then we'll take a look at an exclusive piece from the Midnight Freemasons, published by Bro. Darin Lahners. He asks the important question, does Freemasonry develop talent? Why are Grand Lodges everywhere raving about this article? You'll have to listen to find out. Stay tuned! Links: Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v The Great Books Program https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program The Midnight Freemasons Http://www/midnightfreemasons.org

This week. We take apart the word, Elohim. We ask the question, where does it come from? Could it have hidden meanings? And how does it possibly connect to ideas of leadership? Then, we hear the exciting and bizarre conclusion to William Wirt, the first anti-Masonic party nominee. What would you do if you got a phone call asking if you wanted William Wirt's head? We follow it up with some great perspectives from brother Thomas Williams in his new piece, Redefining the 3 Great Pillars. What new meanings could you assign to these pillars? Lastly, we'll wrap it up with some psychology. Hacking the human brain--Freemasonry's been doing it a long time. All this and more, stay tuned! Links: Elohim Pt. 1 https://blog.philosophicalsociety.org/2019/07/22/the-elohim-part-i-the-sons-of-god/ Elohim Pt. 2 https://blog.philosophicalsociety.org/2019/08/31/the-elohim-part-ii-a-crooked-path/ Fund the Masonic Retreat! https://gf.me/u/y36z3v The Great Books Program https://wcypodcast.com/the-great-books-program The Mi

This week, In Defense of Appendant Organizations: settling the competition with the Lodges. Do the Shriners really steal our blue Lodge members? Does the Scottish Rite scout out good ritualists and steal them away? Does the blue Lodge resent all the other organizations? We'll answer that in a new paper from Brother William Boyd. Then, the wildly bizarre tale of William Wirt-- the anti-masonic parties choice to run for president--who was a brother? We'll hear about it in part one of this week's Masonic minute with Illustrious Brother Steven L. Harrison. Then, we'll reminisce a little bit about some of my feelings in relation to going to Grand Lodge sessions… maybe we're not going. We'll wrap it up with a great piece on platonic idealism and why it matters right now in this moment of history. Don't Miss it! Links: The Masonic Philosophical Society http://www.philosophicalsociety.org Our Patreon www.patreon.com/wcypodcast Support the show on Paypal https://wcypodcast.com/support-the-show Get some swag! htt