Wednesday, March 4, 2020

‘Salon de la Rose-Croix this month’

     
The Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library will host its third annual Salon de la Rose Croix, featuring unique conversation, poetry, art, and music, later this month at Masonic Hall.

That will be Thursday, March 26 at 6 p.m. in the French Doric Room on the tenth floor. Photo ID is required to enter the building. Admission is free, but book your seats here. Masonic Hall is located at 71 West 23rd Street in Manhattan.

Milosz Jeziorski will begin the salon with his lecture titled “In Search of The Golden Fleece: The Warrior Philosopher’s Path Towards Immortality.” Tony Crisos will present a musical performance, and then Angel Millar and Adrienne Chrysovergis will read original poetry. A question-and-answer period will conclude the evening. From the publicity:


Milosz Jeziorski
Bro. Milosz Jeziorski is a composer, visual artist, and podcast producer who often creates under the name MJDorian. His professional accolades include winning Best Original Score at VisionFest film festival for his music to the feature film Ontologica, as well as collaborations with up-and-coming singers and rappers of New York City for his debut dark pop album Catharsis. His current passion project has been writing and producing a podcast series titled Creative Codex about history’s great creative geniuses. Milosz’s foray into Western esoteric traditions began with Freemasonry in 2012, and now includes the distinguished honor of serving as Master of Compact Lodge 402.

Angel Millar
Bro. Angel Millar is the author of The Three Stages of Initiatic Spirituality: Craftsman, Warrior, Magician, and other books. He is a well known lecturer on the subject of the Craft, and has spoken at Masonic Con, Attleboro, Massachusetts; Masonic Con, Pasadena; 300: Freemasonry’s Legacy, Freemasonry’s Future event at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Virginia; at the Grand Lodge of New Jersey; and at lodges around the United States.

Bro. Tony Crisos is a composer, guitarist, lyre player, philosopher, writer, and lecturer. He studied philosophy at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Performance from Berklee College of Music, and his Master of Arts in Music Education from Boston University.

Tony Crisos

Crisos was raised in March 2016 in Advance Service Mitzpah Lodge 586 in Queens, and now is a member of Compact Lodge 402. He has been an active member of the fraternity, including in both the Scottish Rite and York Rite. Crisos contributes his time and energy to philosophy, Freemasonry, and the Western esoteric arts. He has presented lectures on Masonic subjects to Advance Service Mitzpah Lodge, to the RW John C. Ross School of Instruction, to the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Library, and at the Apollo Festival of Masonic Arts in Virginia. He is an active member of the Aesthetic Rose+Croix Order of the Temple and the Grail (also known as the Aesthetic Rose+Croix), and is founder of the modern incarnation of the Salon de la Rose + Croix tradition currently taking place at the Livingston Library. Crisos has published several articles online including “The Spiritual Meaning of Music from Ancient Greece to Today” in 2016, “Myth, Catharsis, and the Riddle of The Sphinx” in 2017, “The Sufi Mysticism of Music, Sound, and Vibration” in 2017, “In Search of Light: A Journey Through the Mysteries of the Great Gods” in 2017, and “Three Ancient Greek Texts for the Warrior-Philosopher” in 2018. Today he is lecturing on Greek philosophy and the ancient Mystery Schools, writing a book on the ancient Greek lyre, and actively performs with both his instruments in the New York City area.

Adrienne Chrysovergis
Adrienne Chrysovergis is a licensed insurance agent, running her family-owned insurance brokerage since 2002. She oversees all aspects of the business, from sales to customer service. She received her B.A. in English from Adelphi University, and loves all things related to words, including reading and writing poetry. She is also an active member of the Aesthetic Rose+Croix, and she is working on a series of poems inspired by ancient Greek theology.

Nick Kampouris
Nick Kampouris is a New York City-based artist and designer. His artworks include portraits with a contemporary/urban feel, as well as representational and nonrepresentational abstract pieces. You can find his art in magazines, film, and private collections.
     

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