‘Our Stations and Places’

    

Sure, the First Manhattan District has the eldest lodges, and the Tenth Manhattan has the exotic lodges, and the Ninth has all the lager and schnitzel, but the Glorious Fourth Manhattan has the Book Club!

Its next meeting via Zoom is scheduled for Wednesday, July 27 at 8 p.m. Master Masons only. Contact the Square Club for login information.

It’s a classic but not very old (1938) text this time: Our Stations and Places by Henry G. Meacham, which he dedicates to “the Seekers of Light and the souls with a hunger to grow.” As you might infer from its title, this book is a guide for lodge officers. (Seems to me to be a trusted source on the Craft in the eyes of religious kook anti-Masons—so you know it has to be good! And, humorously enough, the book includes an appendix titled “Why Freemasonry Has Enemies.”)

Updated by Michael Poll for Cornerstone Book Publishers in 2019, Our Stations and Places is available from that publishing house and your preferred online retailer, or via Grand Lodge Services. Expect to pay around $17.

Meacham was Grand Lecturer of our Grand Lodge eighty or so years ago, and Grand Lodge published the book.

My congratulations to the Book Club for selecting a title that has practical value to the Masonic reader. With our lodge installations upon us, Our Stations and Places provides idiomatic New York lodge and Grand Lodge understandings for new and advancing lodge officers. Some of the ideas sound dated, but that’s okay.

     

‘Rosicrucian book sale and other news’

     
Michael Poll of Cornerstone Publishers offers the following tremendous sale on three essential Rosicrucian titles. From the publicity:

Rosicrucian Bundle

Originally $62.40

On Sale for $37.44

The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross, by A. E. Waite
(6×9, softcover, 652 pages)

Photographic reproduction of A. E. Waite’s classic 1924 work on the Rosicrucian Order. Waite presents his view of the development and history of the Rosicrucians from the very early days in the Middle Ages and takes them through their various incarnations. A fascinating and detailed work. Many consider this the finest book on the Rosicrucians available.

The Masters and The Path, by C.W. Leadbeater with foreword by Annie Besant
(6×9, softcover, 252 pages)

C.W. Leadbeater offers an enlightened study of the Path of Discipleship under the Guidance of the Ascended Masters. While existing in our troubled world, we can see in this work the place of initiation and its role in both our spiritual and physical selves. Beautifully written in a manner to both guide and instruct, this classic book is of timeless value to all students of Initiation and Guided Wisdom.

The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians, by Magus Incognito
(6×9, softcover 156 pages)

This book provides a classic understanding of the teachings of the Rosicrucians as well as general Rosicrucian thought. Written by William Walker Atkinson, using the pseudonym “Magus Incognito,” this reprint of the 1918 edition is a valuable addition to any Rosicrucian student or those interested in their teachings. Includes: “The Soul of the World,” “The Planes of Consciousness,” “The Seven Cosmic Principles,” “The Aura and Auric Colors,” and much more.


If we do not buy books, there will not be books to buy, so take advantage of this generous sale price, and spread the word, and continue celebrating the Rosicrucian quadricentenary.

And speaking of esoteric books, in other news, the Esoteric Book Conference has digitized lectures from its recent annual events. Hear directly from Brian Cotnoir, Trevor McKeown, Paul Hardacre, Pam Grossman, and many more. Click here.

And there’s a new EBC lapel pin:

Not actual size.