Thanks to our Brother and registered member ‘MX2′ for pointing this out – we have have repaired a slight oversight to our website. Please note the following.
May 31, 2009
May 26, 2009
You’ve done it again…
For those who hadn’t noticed The Setting Maul was ’suspended’ twice today due to overwhelming trafffic on our servers. This is due to our listeners downloading episodes of The Setting Maul Podcast. We welcome this type of experience in a way…this means you’re listening and telling other Brothers and subsequently, they’re listening.
So thank you, thank you, thank you!
Keep spreading the word and keep enjoying the shows.
S&F,
Mitchell T. Palmer (a.k.a. Jubelo)
May 24, 2009
Utah Celebrates 150 Years of Freemasonry
Yesterday afternoon, I had the privilege of taking part in a celebration of 150 years of Freemasonry in Utah at Camp Floyd, located approximately 35 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. Camp Floyd has a rich and interesting history, being the home to some 3,500 troops sent to the Utah Territory in 1858 to quell a perceived “Mormon Rebellion.” Being that many of the troops were Freemasons, they successfully obtained a charter from the Grand Lodge of Missouri and Rocky Mountain Lodge #205 was born.
Sadly, the Lodge disbanded just a few years later in 1861 when troops were called away from Utah at the onset of the Civil War. Nevertheless, Freemasonry persisted after a brief interruption and has been here ever since.
Each year, Wasatch Lodge #1 in Salt Lake City commemorates this august occasion by donning 19th Century apparel and conferring the Sublime Degree to a candidate at Camp Floyd. Being the sesquicentennial anniversary of Freemasonry in Utah, we were honored to host the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Missouri and a host of other Masonic dignitaries.
Good times were had by all. What I appreciated most about the event is that it gave me a chance to experience the depth of our Fraternity and catch a glimpse at it’s immense history. One could spend a lifetime researching Masonic history…what a wonderful way to pass the time.
Rumor had it that there was some scrumpy on hand at the event, but I can neither confirm nor deny it’s presence.
A more detailed account of Camp Floyd and early Utah Freemasonry can be found here and here.
Got an interesting story regarding Freemasonry in your jurisdiction? Feel free to email me and I’d love to post it on the site. Thanks for your time!
Brother Steve Angell, aka ‘Peba’
May 22, 2009
Welcome
Brothers assist me in welcoming our newest registered member here at The Setting Maul. Brother “hawaiimason” welcome aboard. I know that phrase has an additional special meaning to a Man and Brother in your particular type of work. Thank you for registering and please accept our gratitude for your past, current and future service to our Country. Enjoy your stay here and if you haven’t listened to all our shows please feel free to download and listen to them on this page.
Again welcome! Thanks for finding your way here and ‘be careful’ in the South – some tend to get jealous concerning your “Beauty and Glory”
Sincerely and Most Fraternally,
Mitchell T. Palmer (a.k.a. Jubelo)
p.s. Thanks for providing the link to your home Lodge. I have added it to our F&AM Lodges page. I also took the liberty to add the URL for the Grand Lodge of Hawaii to our Grand Lodges page. A sort of tradition here.
May 21, 2009
Congratulations to a New Brother
We recently learned via our Facebook Fanpage of a listener’s initiation into the mysteries of Freemasonry. We wish to congratulate our new Brother “H” on receiving the first degree in Masonry. While you are standing on the first step in Masonry in that particular corner please know that we also greatly appreciate your zeal for our Podcast – (as an aside to the rest of you our Brother “H” has listened to every episode of the podcast though he only recently – two or three days back – received the first degree) – thanks Brother “H” for your loyaltly to the Big Show at The Setting Maul and for spreading the word to our other good Brothers within the Lodge of which you are now a member.
Enjoy the voyage!
S&MF,
Jubelo of Tyre (sorta)
May 15, 2009
An interesting perspective on Catholicism and Freemasonry
I don’t believe it is news to any one that there is an interesting dynamic between the Church of Rome and Freemasonry. Since the infamous Papal Bull of 1738, the relationship between the two organizations has been shaky at best.
I recently read an article about author John Salza, a Catholic and former “32nd Degree Freemason.” I always laugh when the media has to accentuate the “Degree” of a Freemason. Mr. Salza purports that he was aggresively recruited into the Craft in the 1980s by some fellow students in law school. His initial intentions were to use the Fraternity as a social networking opportunity with his colleagues.
Mr. Salza then reveals that as he learned more about Freemasonry, he found “theological” reasoning to the objections of the Catholic Church. He became proficient with Our ritual, which led him to question it’s compatability of his Faith. Rather than drone on about the entire article, I found the following paragraph most interesting:
“Some men do know what the Church teaches, but rationalize it,” said Mr. Salza. “I haven’t tried to beat them up with theological arguments, but to appeal to their intellects. Freemasonry places all religions on the same level. If I can get him to admit that that’s an erroneous teaching, I can get somewhere with him…. Christianity says that Jesus was divine, and Islam says that He was not. Masonry holds both those positions. Anybody with some modicum of intelligence will recognize that that’s a contradiction.”
At the risk of revealing my own private beliefs regarding religion, I must interject. My biggest gripe with most organized religions is this intolerance that if you don’t follow one exact path, you are condemned in the afterlife. Mr. Salza fails to explain that Freemasonry is not a religion, but for most a supplicant to their personal belief system. Why must Freemasonry proclaim the divinity of Jesus or affirm the beliefs of Islam? Why can’t it merely provide a basic system of morals that are Universal to us all? The intent of Freemasonry was never to replace religion, yet we see arguments to the contrary all too often.
I realize I’m stating the obvious to you, the faithful Setting Maulers. I just thought it was interesting to see the same old arguments and gripes being recycled once again. Sheesh.
You can find the entire article here for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
May 14, 2009
We are the Voifes Iffuing Fwom the Qwefts of The Wocks…
Brethren All,
It’s been an ass-kicker of a week, but I wanted to thank the Brothers J for putting out a quality product in my absence. I had a tooth pulled on Tuesday morning and the pain was somewhat unbearable for me on the night of the podcast. However, a full bottle of Percocet and some time off work has left me in good spirits. There is nothing quite like an opium derivative to put the Love back in Brotherly Love!
I’ve had a little time to scour the interweb for interesting tidbits regarding the Craft and will try to post something of worth. Don’t want anyone to forget me….
XXXOOOXXX
Brother Peba
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May 12, 2009
Light on Masonry by Arturo de Hoyos
Brother de Hoyos’ book recommended in the podcast.
Click on the image below to find it on amazon.com
May 11, 2009
?Tonight, tonight…?
?…record podcast tonight. And it’s right that we’re pod-cast-ing tonight ?
May 9, 2009
May Podcast Episode
Brothers/Listeners,
The Brothers of The Setting Maul Podcast will be recording Monday May 11, 2009. We know it has been awhile since our last show but we figured we’d give you a bit more time to digest the more than two hours of Setting Maul Podcastery from last time [our one-year anniversary show] in April.
Please come back soon after Monday to download and listen to our upcoming installment.
We’re looking forward to recording more of our ‘Amalgamation of substance and Silliness’ see you on the other side…
Until then enjoy this ROBOT Fish:
Click on the picture for the full story on this ‘Robot Fish’
We remain on the Level,
Jubelo
We have added a new page: “A.F. & A.M. Lodges” – however…
After a brief bit of homework on those of you who belong to A.F. & A.M. Lodges so we could do your Lodge website the [honor] of publishing their url here, we’ve realized that there are those of you who are A.F. & A.M. Brethren. You may have identified yourselves as Brothers hailing from A.F. & A.M. Grand Lodges, however, none of you have identified your specific Lodges – let alone their websites or urls. With that in mind we have this request:
Those Brethren who would like us to include their AF&AM Lodges’ website(s) on our upcoming AF&AM page – please respond to this post with the url for same and we’ll certainly bring you ‘into the fold’ so to speak Setting Maul Website-wise, that is.
Until then, this A.F. & A.M. Lodges page will remain as you see it now…
We thank you for your assistance in this matter!