https://tnlor.org/articles daily 0.75 2025-03-06 https://tnlor.org/articles/1824-tennessee-masonic-manual monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://tnlor.org/articles/lafayettes-grand-tour monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://tnlor.org/articles/the-two-pillars monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/802b7d3e-5406-4fa7-be13-e05d3d65a16a/Screenshot+2025-02-20+at+11.47.53%E2%80%AFAM.png Articles - The Two Pillars - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/5f378461-088e-47c2-bff8-05ae7a90d45b/Screenshot+2025-02-20+at+11.48.12%E2%80%AFAM.png Articles - The Two Pillars - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://tnlor.org/articles/the-four-masonic-elements monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/f9166bb6-55f2-4066-9047-db409a070d51/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.55.12%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Articles - The Four Masonic Elements In a 1946 article found in The Philalethes, Barbour discusses the use of the four elements as trials in the Rite of Misraim. Pike and Cummings (2001) spent a great deal of time in combating the legitimacy of this rite and that of Memphis in the United States. They clearly assert the spuriousness of the Rite of Misraim, the Rite of Memphis, and the one formed through their union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/082c93f6-8593-4fc5-89b4-0ec783d6dc9e/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.56.47%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Articles - The Four Masonic Elements - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/ed70f03e-1b7b-4ba7-835e-1da498803a20/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements The first trial of a candidate for the first degree is that of earth. The proselyte is delivered to the lodge by the individual who recommended him to Masonry. The profane is promptly left in the hands of a conductor, who blindfolds the proselyte and leads him about the lodge in the allusion of descending into a deep pit or catacomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/438614ed-975e-4ea7-8333-40485f5275a9/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.56.59%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements The first journey represents trial by air. During this journey the candidate is conducted three times around the lodge. He is caused to traverse objects on the floor as if passing over rocks and through hollows. All the while, sounds of thundering and loud clasps are made about the journeyman. The candidate is stopped by the Junior Warden and made to make an alarm by striking the Junior Warden on the left shoulder three times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/ca209f98-418d-49d2-862e-d3289c9dea7b/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.57.04%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements The second journey represents trial by water. During this trial, the candidate is conducted three times around the lodge. After each circumambulation, the candidate’s right hand is dipped in a laver of water. The lodge is completely silent during the journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/6d4d7eff-5d6f-45ad-acbb-cbb9f616b554/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.57.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements The third and last journey represents trial by fire. To best convey the venture taken by the candidate on the third journey, much of the description to follow is taken directly from Pike’s (1996) Esoteric Work of the 1st through the 3rd Degree. According to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The profane is once again conducted three times around the lodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/08e905a8-4aa8-4fdb-aa67-48cd02d0122f/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.57.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements In recent literature, the four elements have received considerable attention for their prominent inclusion in Dan Brown’s (2000) work Angels and Demons. The book fictionally connects the four classical elements with the practice of an Illuminati conspiracy and assassin. On page 360, Brown depicts what he refers to as The Illuminati Diamond, an artistic creation forming the words Earth, Air, Fire, and Water into a square figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/7a26d95a-e275-47b4-8f60-881fe369c90e/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.57.21%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements It was Empedocles (494-435 BC) who is accredited with combining the theories of his predecessors and developing a four-prong theory of the elements, although Buddha’s teachings of the four elements pre-date Empedocles’. In Tetrasomia or Doctrine of the Four Elements, Empedocles postulated that all things were made up of various combinations of earth, air, fire, and water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/943c2afe-a761-4fcc-9f53-1228106720c7/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.57.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements Within the American/York Rite’s “higher” degrees is a very clear example of how units of four were associated with each other. In the Royal Arch Degree, the candidate is caused to pass through four veils, each representing one of the principal tribes of Israel. The first veil represents the tribe of Dan and is represented by a blue banner bearing the representation of an eagle. The second veil represents the tribe of Rueben and is represented by a banner of purple bearing the representation of a man. The third veil represents the tribe of Ephraim and is represented by a scarlet banner bearing the representation of an ox. The fourth veil represents the tribe of Judah and is represented by a banner of white bearing the representation of a lion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/0ff8e522-3f44-4a64-bde3-f9be42159ddc/Screenshot+2025-02-19+at+12.57.33%E2%80%AFPM.png Articles - The Four Masonic Elements Elias Ashmole was born on the 23rd of May 1617 at Lichfield, Staffordshire England (Beresiner, 2004). Ashmole was made a freemason in 1646 within the lodge at Warrington (Koltko-Rivera, 2007). From an early age, Ashmole found a fond interest in esoteric teachings. He had a passion for botany, astronomy, and alchemy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/677afba72f60a10b2e58f195/1db28458-54a7-4c2d-bcac-015bc79aa637/1200px-Christopher_Wren_by_Godfrey_Kneller_1711.jpg Articles - The Four Masonic Elements Christopher Wren was born October 20, 1632 (McGregor, 2005). 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