Jamendo

In leiu of the persuit of the Fellow Craft I would like to direct your attention to jamendo.com a free, legal (under the creative commons liscense) music downloading program. All you do is search for the artist via a genre (blues, jazz, etc) and hover your mouse over the album & among other options it will show you these:

Download
Listen

I hope you find it as enjoyable as I have.

Focusing on Arithmetic

Add to your knowledge

Never subtract from the character of your neighbor

Multiple your benevolence to your fellow creatures

Divide your means with those in need.

Taken from here

Introduction

Brethren & All,

I'm still trying to think of what this blog should be about. I want this to deepen my knowledge of craft masonry (exo & esoterically). I hope to post masonic articles that I have written in the near future. I have been knocking ideas around in my head but have yet to get anything down on paper. It will also be about my experience as a Delaware freemason (I seem to see a lot of states/provinces represented online yet somehow I am one of two brothers who has a masonic presence on a forum/blog/etc). I hope to see this grow for our state.

I took the traditional route into masonry and was:

Initiated on October 25th, 2006
Passed on November 29th, 2006
&
Raised on January 24th, 2007

I took 'Further Light' literally and have been searching ever since and have been pleased to find in my mind that masonry is able to be mentioned in the same paragraph with the likes of Hermeticism, Symbolism & Spiritual Awakening.

There's something special about being a Delaware Freemason that in terms of easily accessable lodges could only be surpassed by that of Rhode Island. It's easy to travel here and the brethren get to know one another very fast.

Fraternally,
The DE Freemason

Bio

I became curious about Freemasonry after seeing the square and compasses pictured on a bible at a friends house. I sought admission by talking with a local mason (who is a member of St. John's Lodge #2). He told me to contact the Grand Lodge Of Delaware and two members from my future lodge came out to interview me & hand me a petition.

I was entered on October 25th, 2006
I was passed on November 29th, 2006
& raised on January 24th, 2007

Shortly after my raising I traveled to Masonic Week 2007 where I met and Traveled with Bros. Reed Fanning, Justin Budreau & Sis. Jenna. While there I also met masonic author Chris Hodapp and the Bros who put on the SNIPE degree.

I started educating a young EA on his proficiency around March/April (who now acts as a J/SS). In July of 2007 I was installed as chaplain and have also taken on another candidate who currently is awaiting to be proven proficient so he can be raised to the sublime degree of MM during a Past Master's night this June.

Did I mention I am webmaster for the lodge website and an administrator at The Sanctum Sanctorum?

In my free time masonically I enjoy studying esotericism, finding brothers who would have otherwise "remained at a perpetual distance" & writing this blog.

In my other free time I enjoy being in a relationship, playing guitar/piano, watching NFL/NHL & am studying to pass my A+ exam (to work with computers). You can find more about me personally here.

Welcome

Hello & welcome to my blog titled 'Masonically Speaking'. I hope you enjoy my insights I have on relating information to freemasonry. This blog will focus on the internal light we are all seeking to make glow a little brighter & my travels as a Delaware Freemason. Please feel free to leave a comment about your opinion be it pro or con. If you're a DE Freemason reading this and we've met personally I especially want to hear from you but also enjoy fraternal comments from brethren worldwide regardless of recognition status.

S&F,
Steve
Solomon Lodge # 36
AF&AM Of Delaware

Contact

AIM: themangoduck
Email: steve@musicauniversalis.org

Websites:

http://www.musicauniversalis.org
http://www.freewebs.com/solomonlodge36