It seems obvious that in all this anprocess of internal enlightenment. So we pass from Mithras, the Hindu tiquity we see a thread in the search for gods, a deity in the pantheon of gods, knowledge and wisdom. Different schools, different views, to a worship that took place in a temple which was an oblong square, and each and different times always had the grade required a certain level of knowl- same apparent goal, the identification of that divine spark, the pathway to self edge and conduct. Through Jewish Gnostics of the sec- improvement, the signpost to bliss and ond century B.C. we have developed eternal life. From where does Masonry form, Christianity. Paul of Tarsus speaks of the Christ in him, having received knowl- where does it branch, does it matter? The edge by divine revelation rather than search remains, and each of us must continue if we truly wish to gain further light. apostolic instruction. Valentinius would likely have directed No one can do it for us. Each of us has Christian thought in a different direction different desires, attitudes, energies, and had he been elected Pope. He had been capabilities, but hopefully the same goal. May you all have a safe and successeducated in Alexandria, a great center of learning and Gnostic belief. His search ful journey. included the Apocryphon of James, containing revelations of the risen Jesus to Sir Knight Robert W. Bruneau is a past his brother, the gospel of the truth, the commander of Commandery 38 in Epistle of Rheginos, Paul’s views on the Gulfport, Mississippi. He can be conresurrection, and the Tripartite Treatise tacted at rwbruneau@yahoo.com. on how the spirit evolves.
Photo of stone carvings on Chartres Cathedral in France were taken by Sir Knight Rich Filippi. may 2018
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