Solomon’s Staircase Masonic Lodge
By Solomon's Staircase Masonic Lodge #357
Solomon’s Staircase Masonic LodgeApr 23, 2021
SS357: Leadership in the lodge (Season 6, Episode 6)
SS357: June 2023 Trestle Board - Religion & Freemasonry (Season 6, Episode 5)
<li>Master's message</li>
<li>Jr Warden's message</li>
<li>Freemasonry and Religion are Compatible</li>
<li>Editor's Notes</li>
</ul>
SS357: January 2023 Trestle Board: Renewal (Season 6, Episode 4)
Join us for this short episode bringing in the year 2023.
- Master Elect's Message
- Jr Warden Elect's Message
- Editor's Notes
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry Chapter 62 (Season 6, Episode 3)
Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry- chapter 62: The Cathedral at Strasburg
SS357: May 2023 Trestle Board: The Noble Character (Season 6, Episode 2)
- Master's message
- Jr Warden's Message
- Editor's notes
- Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy
- Stoicism & Freemasonry
SS357: Oct 2023 Trestle Board: Ritual Modification (Season 6, Episode 1)
<li>Master's message</li>
<li>From the South</li>
<li>Charity</li>
<li>Editor's Notes</li>
<li>Ask ChatGPT</li>
</ul>
SS357: Masonic Education - The Rite of Discalceation (Season 5, Episode 32)
<li>https://sacred-texts.com/mas/sof/sof20.htm</li>
<li>https://www.masonicsites.org/discalceationrite.htm</li>
<li>https://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/artoct02/rite_of_discalceation.htm</li>
</ul>
SS357: Nov 2023 Trestle Board: The Call to Brotherhood (Season 5, Episode 31)
<li>Master's message</li>
<li>Sr Warden's message</li>
<li>The Brotherhood of Man</li>
<li>Editor's Notes</li>
<li>Ask ChatGPT - Why should men become Freemasons?</li>
</ul>
SS357: Sep 2023 Trestle Board: The Mature Mindset (Season 5, Episode 30)
<li>Master's Article</li>
<li>Sr Warden's Article</li>
<li>Charity</li>
<li>Editor's Note</li>
<li>ChatGPT</li>
</ul>
SS357: Dec 2022 Trestle Board - The Christmas Spirit (Season 5, Episode 29)
<li>Master's Article</li>
<li>Sr Warden's Article</li>
<li>Jr Warden's Article</li>
<li>Editor's Notes</li>
<li>Estate Planning</li>
</ul>
SS357: December 2021 Trestle Board: The Greatest of These is Charity (Season 5, Episode 7)
Master's message - The Greatest of these is Charity Chaplain's Corner - Charity is a Godly Act (Updated with audio from author) From the West - Charity Springs from Love Charity, oh how Significant Interview with MW Jeff Wilkins one more thing...
SS357: The Beehive (Season 4, Episode 11)
SS357: April 2023 Trestle Board: The Operative & the Speculative (Season 5, Episode 28)
<li>Master's Message</li>
<li>Senior Warden's Message</li>
<li>Editor's Notes</li>
<li>The Modern Cowan</li>
</ul>
SS357: November 2022 Trestle Board - Giving Thanks (Season 5, Episode 27)
<li>Master's Article: Giving Thanks</li>
<li>From the West: Thankfulness</li>
<li>From the South: Giving Thanks</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>MOS and Sabrina Montes</li>
<li>Editor's Note: Giving Thanks</li>
</ul>
SS357: August 2022 Trestle Board - You are a Mason, I Presume (Season 5, Episode 26)
Master's Article
From the West
From the South
Editor's Note
The Cornerstone Society
SS357: Some Information on Concordant Bodies (Season 5, Episode 25)
<li>The York Rite and the Scottish Rite Compared</li>
<li>Our English Brethren and the York Rite</li>
<li>Royal Order of Scotland</li>
<li>Allied Masonic Degrees</li>
</ul>
SS357: Various Topics on Masonry: September 2023 (Season 5, Episode 24)
<li>King Solomon</li>
<li>The two saints John</li>
<li>More Masonic Light: The Sublime Degree of a Master Mason</li>
<li>The Lost Master's Word</li>
<li>Consider a Table Lodge and Festive Board
</li>
</ul>
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry Chapter 61 (Season 5, Episode 23)
The Stonemasons of Germany
SS357: Famous Freemasons July 2023 (Season 5, Episode 23)
SS357: Masonic education and leadership (Season 5, Episode 22)
Hiram... A Different Look
Jack Welch on Leadership
The Monument of the Broken Column
Faith, Religion and Freemasonry
SS357: Famous Freemasons, June 2023 (Season 5, Episode 21)
<li>John Wanamaker, an exceptional merchant and Mason</li>
<li>Andrew Johnson, president, Freemason</li>
<li>Boeing and j Earl Schaefer, The aviator Mason</li>
<li>Brother Arnold Palmer</li>
<li>Brother Edward Preble
</li>
</ul>
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry, Chapter 60, Part 2 (Season 5, Episode 20)
SS357: Mackey's revised history of Freemasonry, chapter 60, Part 1 (Season 5, Episode 19)
Chapter 60 - The traveling Freemasons of Lombardy
SS357: Interview with Austin R. Shifrin author of More Light: Collected Masonic Writings 2017-2021 (Season 5, Episode 18)
Big thank you to Austin for his time. A few audio glitches, but you'll get the point.
Title: More Light: Collected Masonic Writings 2017 - 2021
Author: Austin R. Shifrin
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Hardcover -
ISBN: 9781662923791
Date of publication: 3/14/2022
number of pages: 130
price: $21.99 retail
Paperback -
ISBN: 9781662923807
Date of publication: 3/31/2022
number of pages: 128
price: $9.99 retail
Media / coverage:
Book review, Marge Gonzalez - https://www.margegonzalez.net/forum-books/nonfiction/more-light-collected-masonic-writings-2017-2021
Book review, Cameron Bailey, Past Grand Master of Masons in the state of Washington - https://emeth.substack.com/p/more-light-collected-masonic-writings
Author profile, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle - https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/local-jewish-freemason-aims-to-correct-misconceptions/
Description:
This book delivers a collection of the author’s articles from RiteNow, the magazine of the Scottish Rite Valley of Pittsburgh, along with a history of Freemasonry – both worldwide, and in the Pittsburgh area specifically. It provides the reader a comprehensive overview of the roots and tenets of the world's most ancient and honorable Fraternity.
Intended audience:
Suitable for existing members who want to learn more about the fraternity; also, a really good place to start for members of the general public who want to know more about this historic yet secretive organization.
Where it can be bought
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Ingram Content Group
Wheelers Books
and many others... see https://gatekeeperpress.com/retailers/
Libraries where it is currently in circulation:
Harry C Trexler Masonic Library - Allentown, PA
Louisiana Masonic Library and Museum - Alexandria, LA
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SS357: July 2022 Trestle Board - Let Freedom Ring (Season 5, Episode 17)
<li>Master's Article</li>
<li>From the West</li>
<li>From the South</li>
<li>Editor's Note</li>
</ul>
SS357: June 2022 Trestle Board - Practicing out of the Lodge... (Season 5, Episode 16)
<li>Master's Article</li>
<li>From the South</li>
<li>From the West</li>
<li>Editor's Note</li>
</ul>
SS357: May 2022 Trestle Board - Back to the Future (Season 5, Episode 15)
Master's Article
From the West
From the South
Editor's Note
SS357: April 2022 Trestle Board - Beers and Bros, Fellowship in Action (Season 5, Episode 14)
Master's Article
From the West
From the South
Editor's Note
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 59) (Season 5, Episode 13)
The French Gilds of the Middle Ages
SS357: March 2023 Spotlight on California Lodges (Season 5, Episode 12)
- La Jolla #518
- Santa Barbara #192
- Napa Valley #93
- Santa Monica-Palisades #307
- Morning Star #19
- Prometheus #851
SS357: March 2023 Masonic Education (Season 5, Episode 11)
Who was Josephus?
Geometry or Masonry
The Warden's Columns
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 58) (Season 5, Episode 10)
Chapter 58: Customs of the Scottish Freemasons in the 17th Century
SS357: Thoughts on Masonry (Season 5, Episode 9)
How does Freemasonry add value to our lives?
The nature of Masonry
The thoughts of the candidate
The warrior poet
SS357: October 2022 Trestle Board - Seasons of Change (Season 5, Episode 8)
<li>Master's Article: Seasons of Change </li>
<li>From the South: Seasons of Change </li>
<li>From the West: Seasons of Change </li>
<li>Editor's Note </li>
<li>Cornerstone Society</li>
</ul>
SS357: CFM - The Filipino Issue (Season 5, Episode 6)
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 57) (Season 5, Episode 5)
SS357: March 2022 Trestle Board - Whence Came You? (Season 5, Episode 4)
Master's Article
From the West
From the South
Editor's Note
SS357: February 2022 Trestle Board - Masonry 101 (Season 5, Episode 3)
<li>Master's Article</li>
<li>From the West</li>
<li>From the South</li>
<li>Masonry 101</li>
<li>Masonic Musings</li>
</ul>
SS357: January 2022 Trestle Board - From Refreshment to Labor (Season 5, Episode 2)
<li>Master's Article</li>
<li>From the West (Heading East)</li>
<li>Sr Warden Elect's Article</li>
<li>Jr Warden Elect's Article</li>
<li>Charity</li>
</ul>
SS357: November 2021 Trestle Board - Positive Awareness (Season 5, Episode 1)
<li>Master's article</li>
<li>Junior Warden's article</li>
<li>Chaplain's corner</li>
<li>Interview with MW Jeff Wilkins, Part 1 (From freemasonry.org)</li>
</ul>
SS357: Thoughts on Ritual (Season 4, Episode 49)
We share a few articles with discussions on various aspects of Masonic ritual and Masonic etiquette.
SS357: September 2022 Trestle Board - Bright in the East (Season 4, Episode 48)
<li>Master's Article </li>
<li>From the West </li>
<li>From the South </li>
<li>Editor's Note </li>
<li>Donating Retirement Assets</li>
</ul>
SS357: Interview with Wfl. Charles S. Hayes (Season 4, Episode 47)
Join as we interview Worshipful Charles S. Hayes as he closes out his fourth year in the East.
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 56) (Season 4, Episode 46)
Chapter 56 - The Harlein Manuscript as a Germ of History - Customs of the Craft in the Seventeenth Century
SS357: Places with Masonic Ties (Season 4, Episode 45)
<li>Americana Brazil</li>
<li>The Guthrie Oklahoma Scottish Rite Temple</li>
<li>A Walk Through History at Fort Monroe</li>
</ul>
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 55) (Season 4, Episode 44)
SS357: Masonic Education - November 2022 (Season 4, Episode 43)
- AF & AM versus F&AM States
- The Compass and the Constitution
- The Ornaments of a Lodge
- What is the Meaning of Worshipful?
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 54) (Season 4, Episode 42)
SS357: Mackey's Revised History of Freemasonry (History of Freemasonry - Chapter 53) (Season 4, Episode 41)
SS357: Spotlight on California Lodges, Part 2 (Season 4, Episode 40)
- Prometheus #851 - Scottish, Right?
- Alameda
- Crow Canyon & San Mateo
- Barstow Boron #682
- Round Table #876
- Vesper #84