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Lodge Officers Are

On Tuesday September 7th

2010, the 164

chartered, the elected and appointed officers were installed for 2010

above in the first row beginning on the left are, R.W.B. Larry Lambing Installing Officer and

Past Master of Charity-Zeredetha Lodge;

Boydston Senior Warden; R.W.B. Dennis Bonjour Worshipful Master;

Warden; D. Brian Carroll Tiler and R.W.B. Virgil Simpson Installing Chaplain and Past Master

of Kinghill Lodge #376. Both R.W.B. Lambing and R.W.B. Simpson are p

Grand Masters. In the second row beginning on the le

Deacon; W.B. Carl Jennings Treasurer;

Junior Stewart; W.B. Arthur Haynes Marshal;

Jim Brown Installing Marshal. R.W.B. Jim Brown i

current Worshipful Master, Lincoln Lodge

St. Joseph Lodge #78 Website:

Saint Joseph Lodge No.78Ancient Free And Accepted Masons

Chartered October 14

605 Robidoux Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501

Annual Newsletter Vol.164 Issue 1. http://www.stjoe78.com

Submitted by the Secretary

Probably one of the most elusive symbols

in Freemasonry is the "Point In A Circle".

No one is able to date exactly when it

came to be used as a tool for plane

geometry much less know how the

symbol came to be used in spiritual

teaching, which means it was probably in

use before the last cataclysmic ice

which would place it before the great

flood of Noah.

In recent history, Euclid (323-283 B.C.E.),

included it in Book I Postulate 3 of his

book "Elements". Defined as drawing a

circle with a compasses, there is a certain

point in the center of the circle such that

all straight lines from the center to the

boundary are equal. That is. "all radii are

equal". In his Book III Proposition 18,

Euclid teaches that a line drawn from the

center intersects with a tangent and

for Freemasons there are two parallel

tangents. One represented as Saint John

the Baptist and the other as Saint John

the Divine. It has been tradition that Saint

John the Baptist is celebrated on the

Summer Solstice and Saint John the

Divine celebrated on the Winter Solstice.

The Carpenter’s

Theorem

s Are Installed For 2011

2010, the 164th

year since St. Joseph Lodge No.

chartered, the elected and appointed officers were installed for 2010 – 2011.


Zeredetha Lodge; Nighram Johnson Junior Steward; W.B. Marion

ennis Bonjour Worshipful Master; LeRoy Maxwell Junior

D. Brian Carroll Tiler and R.W.B. Virgil Simpson Installing Chaplain and Past Master

Lambing and R.W.B. Simpson are past District Deputy

Grand Masters. In the second row beginning on the left are W.B. Timothy Conard Senior

. Carl Jennings Treasurer; R.W.B. Wesley Revels Secretary; W.B. John Keys

Arthur Haynes Marshal; Junichiro Ichikawa Junior Deacon; and R.W.B.

Jim Brown Installing Marshal. R.W.B. Jim Brown is Past Master, Brotherhood Lodge No.269,

Lincoln Lodge No. 138 and past District Deputy Grand Lecturer.

St. Joseph Lodge #78 Website: http://www.stjoe78.com/

Saint Joseph Lodge No.78Ancient Free And Accepted Masons

Chartered October 14th 1846

605 Robidoux Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501

Vol.164 Issue 1. “Peace & Harmony Prevailing” http://www.stjoe78.com

Probably one of the most elusive symbols

"Point In A Circle".

No one is able to date exactly when it

came to be used as a tool for plane

geometry much less know how the

symbol came to be used in spiritual

teaching, which means it was probably in

ic ice-age

which would place it before the great

283 B.C.E.),

in Book I Postulate 3 of his

. Defined as drawing a

circle with a compasses, there is a certain

the circle such that

all straight lines from the center to the

boundary are equal. That is. "all radii are

equal". In his Book III Proposition 18,

Euclid teaches that a line drawn from the

t and

parallel

tangents. One represented as Saint John

the Baptist and the other as Saint John

the Divine. It has been tradition that Saint

John the Baptist is celebrated on the

Summer Solstice and Saint John the

Solstice.

Traditionally in Sacred Geometry, in ancient

times the point or "inmost center" is

described as the Pre-manifest Creator

"Deity" from which all things originate thus

consciously uniting humankind with the

"Eternal Source" from which all things are

manifest. Thus the expression, "Unity In

Duality". The circle circumventing the point

being the divine nature or lens through

which all things are created in material form

with the Word or "Logos" personified as

Christ Incarnate, proclaiming God's Word or

"Logos", (John 1st

Chapter verses 1

the Nazarite (Num:6:13 and Matthew 2:23)

Christ Jesus, taught to his disciples

in the book of Matthew 6th

Verse 10: “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy

Done, In Earth, As It Is In Heaven”.

The symbol as taught in the Lectures

Freemasonry I will leave for you to

experience personally through the ritual as

it is through your own experience that

establishes its value.

Through a knowledge of this higher plane of

consciousness immediately above, or rather

within, being infinitely more real than the

physical world alone there is Unity In

Duality. This is the potential divinity of

every human-being in the power of the

Indwelling Christ or Christos Principal

Jesus the Christ and his Disciples show

through the Holy Text. And this is how the

early Christians taught until they were

The Carpenter’s

Installed For 2011

year since St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 was

Pictured


. Marion

LeRoy Maxwell Junior

D. Brian Carroll Tiler and R.W.B. Virgil Simpson Installing Chaplain and Past Master

ast District Deputy

B. Timothy Conard Senior

vels Secretary; W.B. John Keys

and R.W.B.

s Past Master, Brotherhood Lodge No.269,

past District Deputy Grand Lecturer.

Saint Joseph Lodge No.78

Traditionally in Sacred Geometry, in ancient

times the point or "inmost center" is

manifest Creator

from which all things originate thus

uniting humankind with the

" from which all things are

t. Thus the expression, "Unity In

Duality". The circle circumventing the point

being the divine nature or lens through

which all things are created in material form

personified as

, proclaiming God's Word or

Chapter verses 1-14), as

Matthew 2:23)

as told

Chapter

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be

Heaven”.

in the Lectures of

leave for you to

experience personally through the ritual as

it is through your own experience that

Through a knowledge of this higher plane of

consciousness immediately above, or rather

within, being infinitely more real than the

physical world alone there is Unity In

This is the potential divinity of

being in the power of the

Christos Principal that

us the Christ and his Disciples show

through the Holy Text. And this is how the

until they were

suppressed by those who did not

understand. The individual must have a

knowledge (Gnosis) as well as faith

With knowledge and faith comes

“The Wisdom of the Indwelling

the form of a Dove.” For is it not

ignorance that is the cause of humanity's

great pain?

It is through a higher plane of

consciousness that we recognize the

Indwelling Christ Principal. There are

numerous references to the Indwelling

Christ in Holy Scripture which I will

expound upon in future installments.

Although some cultures identify this point

of origination for creation differently,

there is a commonality to all Monotheistic

belief systems.

The symbol of the "Point In A Circle",

alluding to mathematics dates long before

the Christian Scriptures or even Pythagoras

and Euclid for that matter. In Egypt about

3,600 years ago, the Egyptian

mathematician Ahmes, formulated a rule

for determining the area of a circle

corresponding to 3.16. In ancient China

Liu Hui, approximated π (Pi), digits by approximating the areas of

polygons to determine the area of a circle.

By measuring the outside circumference of

a circle and dividing the number by the

circle’s diameter, the answer obtained is

irrational or what is called a

transcendental number 3.1415926 >

is not an exact number because it can

be divided into fractions or into its self

whole number therefore it

transcendent meaning it continues into

infinity. To more understand the concept

of the transcendental number, the human

consciousnesses must transcend the

material and conceive the non

pre-existent. And this is the central theme

taught in the symbol being studied.

"Point" within the circle is pre

meaning it is unmanifest or infinite and the

"Cause" of that which is manifest or finite

or material in the universe. The finite

(manifest) world cannot be self

"self-operative" because it does not have

the binding force or "Cause"

therefore there is no absolute order either

singularly or jointly. This explains the

constant change in nature or what would

be called the cycle of life and death of all

that is created. (Continued on reverse)

suppressed by those who did not

understand. The individual must have a

as well as faith (Pistis).

knowledge and faith comes (Sophia),

Indwelling Christ in

For is it not

ignorance that is the cause of humanity's

It is through a higher plane of

consciousness that we recognize the

Christ Principal. There are

numerous references to the Indwelling

Christ in Holy Scripture which I will

expound upon in future installments.

Although some cultures identify this point

of origination for creation differently,

Monotheistic

The symbol of the "Point In A Circle",

alluding to mathematics dates long before

the Christian Scriptures or even Pythagoras

In Egypt about

the Egyptian

lated a rule

for determining the area of a circle

In ancient China

up to 6

digits by approximating the areas of

polygons to determine the area of a circle.

circumference of

circle and dividing the number by the

obtained is

irrational or what is called a

nscendental number 3.1415926 >. ,

is not an exact number because it cannot

into fractions or into its self as a

is called

transcendent meaning it continues into

infinity. To more understand the concept

of the transcendental number, the human

consciousnesses must transcend the

eive the non-material

s is the central theme

taught in the symbol being studied. The

is pre-existent,

meaning it is unmanifest or infinite and the

of that which is manifest or finite

or material in the universe. The finite

not be self-aware or

operative" because it does not have

"Cause" and

therefore there is no absolute order either

This explains the

constant change in nature or what would

death of all

(Continued on reverse)

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