Morals and Dogma Study and Opinion

Greetings and welcome as we continue our study and opinion of Albert Pike’s “Morals and Dogma”. We find ourselves today about half way through chapter 29.     Please recall that “Morals and Dogma” was published in 1871 at a time when America was experiencing her own growing pains post civil war, and at the dawn of the coming industrial revolution.     Pike was a General for the Confederate States during the civil war, and after the war Pike was an astute lawyer who very often found himself in court with claims against the established United States government.      It is important to recall these aspects about Pike as we begin our study today, just as it is important to recognize that Pike’s words, though written in the 1800s, are extremely important today as the United States is experiencing a governance unpopular with the majority of the people.     In the past few months we in America ha...

Greetings, and welcome back to our study of Albert Pike’s Morals and Dogma as we continue reading chapter 29.     This time, we find Pike writing about traits that seem to have vanished en masse, and that is virtue and wisdom.      Where we can instantly “look up” facts on our smart phones much quicker than at any time in history by losing the need for volumes of encyclopedias shelved in our home libraries, we have no certain means to instill virtues or hold becoming wise as a lofty goal.     As a society, we fall into the traps of being entertained above being educated, we seek new viral videos before we seek wisdom.      And now, LET’S READ PIKE!        The law hath not power to strike the virtuous, nor can fortune subvert the wise. Virtue and Wisdom, only, perfect and defend man. Virtue's garment is a sanctuary so sacred, that even Princes dare not strike the man that is thus...

Greetings and welcome back as we begin chapter 29 of Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike.     This time we will read about the virtues of knighthood and we will examine the importance in history of the cross of St. Andrew.     There is a bit od personal history regarding St. Andrew for me where the main catholic church in my neighborhood in Detroit where I grew up was St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. Though I was not raised catholic, the majority of my neighborhood was catholic and attended that church every Sunday, and many of my friends attended St. Andrew’s Catholic School.    St. Andrew’s Church in my old neighborhood held all sorts of festivals and events where the entire neighborhood would attend and were welcomed no matter what religious persuasion you were. I enjoyed many Halloween events there as a kid in their gymnasium as well as so many fall and summer festivals throughout the year.     Because of my lack of understa...

         Greetings Everyone!           The last post found us on page 591 of Morals and Dogma and about a quarter of the way through chapter 28.            As I read through the remainder of chapter 28, I am finding that Pike defines very well the nature of the gods of the ancients and their relationships to us in this modern day. I am not able to add much more to his text regarding the ancient gods, so I will ask my readers to go forward and explore chapter 28 yourselves and come away with an inspiration that I am having trouble finding in this point and time on my journey.     I am currently studying chapter 29, and am inspired by that text, so the next time I post I will be skipping ahead to chapter 29, and together we will read on from there.     We are 4 chapters from completing Morals and Dogma. This has been a three year project for me to read, study and write my opinion...

Greetings and welcome back to our study and opinion of Albert Pike’s “Morals and Dogma” as we continue with chapter 28.     This time we will read Pike’s study of the ancient gods and their relationships between them and to the god(s) we are familiar with today.      “Why do we need to keep studying the ancient gods and religions, anyway?” , you may ask.       You may feel that you are firm in your own belief system, and you may feel as though you have somehow inherited THE true way to believe in and worship within the religion you chose or were raised up to believe in.       There is no issue in feeling that way. And, most Masons should have a respect that you feel that way and most likely many reading this page have the same thoughts as you regarding the study of any other religion except their own.       We should study other belief systems because we usually ...

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Welcome back as we continue reading and studying Chapter 28 of Albert Pike’s “Morals and Dogma”.     Today, we further our thoughts about God and mankind, and we begin with the age old questions “Who am I? Why am I here?"      Some days, I must admit to wondering if this position I hold in existence in the universe is just a waste of time. Then upon further review of the question, I realize that existence is NOT a waste of time, but failing to try and better society, both present and future societies, during my existence is certainly a missed opportunity.    And now, LET’S READ PIKE!        Before the world grew old, the primitive Truth faded out from men's Souls. Then man asked himself, " What am I? and how and whence am I? and whither do I go? " And the Soul, looking inward upon itself, strove to learn whether that "I" were mere matter; its thought and reason and its passions and affections m...