In the late 70s or early 80s the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction released a promotional video called "The Dynamic Scottish Rite." The video was narrated by Ernest Borgnine, 33°.
At the end of the video the then Sovereign Grand Commander, Henry C. Clausen, gave a brief talk on the philosophical side of the Scottish Rite. Here it is:
Freemasonry is an advance toward the Light: a constant endeavor to take the Divine that is in a man, the Spiritual portion of his compound nature, his Reason and his Moral Sense, and elevate it above, and make it dominant over and master of the human, earthly, and material portion of his nature—his passions and his sensual appetites. In so doing, Freemasonry takes good men and makes them better.
Raison d'ĂȘtre
This blog is intended to be a record of my journey into Freemasonry as well as periodic articles on, about, or related to the subject of Freemasonry.
Manthanein (pronounced man-tha- nine) is a transliteration from the Ancient Greek and means "to learn."
Gary M. Frazier
Esquire
I am a Freemason ۞ I am a member of the Scottish Rite ۞ I am a Fellow of the Grand College of Rites ۞ I am a Christian ۞ I am a lawyer ۞ I have a master's degree in Theology and Apologetics
The Mason to whom Freemasonry is not a grave and serious affair is a false Mason; and if anything in the cremonial seems absurd or trivial, it seems so only to ignorance, which we are glad to enlighten, or to self-conceit, which is not worth enlightening.
-From the Entered Apprentice degree of the Scottish Rite
1 comments:
Wow! Thanks for this video. Everyone should see this.
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