http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/12/18/suggested-reading-list/ Masonic Thinking and Working Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/12/18/suggested-reading-list/#comment-6510 emeraldi42 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:34:08 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/12/18/suggested-reading-list/#comment-6510 Prexy: Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely have to pick that one up. AEdifico: A Message to Garcia! DAMN, I forgot that one! Prexy: Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely have to pick that one up.
AEdifico: A Message to Garcia! DAMN, I forgot that one!

]]> http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/12/18/suggested-reading-list/#comment-6493 AEdifico Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:52:52 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/12/18/suggested-reading-list/#comment-6493 Add: The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio, Euclid's Window by Mlodinow, Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney, A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard.... I am glad that Emeraldi remembered this conversation. I think The Bard also has much to offer the 'non-masonic' portion of our lexicon, as well as some of the other classics. It never ceases to amaze me how little today's Masons know about the classical education that our forefathers endured...and how we are just now starting to re-invent the wheel. I think we have a lot of work ahead of us... Add: The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio, Euclid’s Window by Mlodinow, Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney, A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard….
I am glad that Emeraldi remembered this conversation. I think The Bard also has much to offer the ‘non-masonic’ portion of our lexicon, as well as some of the other classics. It never ceases to amaze me how little today’s Masons know about the classical education that our forefathers endured…and how we are just now starting to re-invent the wheel.
I think we have a lot of work ahead of us…

]]> http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/12/18/suggested-reading-list/#comment-6488 Prexy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:09:49 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/12/18/suggested-reading-list/#comment-6488 Great list! There are many more I would add as well, but one that jumps out right off the top of my head is Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics. In my opinion, whoever wrote portions of our ritual was directly influenced by this work. This is especially apparent in the lecture of the first degree when the cardinal virtues are discussed. Lots of food for thought in your list. If only more Masons would realize that Masonry is a lot broader of a topic than just things directly related to the Craft. Great list! There are many more I would add as well, but one that jumps out right off the top of my head is Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics. In my opinion, whoever wrote portions of our ritual was directly influenced by this work. This is especially apparent in the lecture of the first degree when the cardinal virtues are discussed.
Lots of food for thought in your list. If only more Masons would realize that Masonry is a lot broader of a topic than just things directly related to the Craft.

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