EE XX OO RR II EE NN TT EE Trestle Board for East Denver Lo dge No. 160, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Colorado Winter 2011-2012 In Pursuit Of Our Past As We Move Toward Our Future Volume 1, Issue 8 East Denver Lodge No. 160 A.F. & A.M. of Colorado 1370 Grant Street Installation of 2012 Officers Denver, Colorado 80203 ___________________________ On December 21, 2011, East Denver Lodge No. 160 held its Lodge Officers for 2012 installation ceremony for the 2012 Officer line. The Installing Paul Dickerson......................Worshipful Master Officer was WB Tim Hogan, Past Master of East Denver Lodge No. Bert Beaudin……........................Senior Warden 160. The officers for 2012 are: Gary Turner……..........................Junior Warden Dave Schweitzer...............................Treasurer Paul A. Dickerson........................Worshipful Master R. Gregory Starr...............................Secretary Bert E. Beaudin...............................Senior Warden Russ Smith….............................Senior Deacon Mark Tenorio..............................Junior Deacon Gary S. Turner.................................Junior Warden Kevin Mizer..............................Senior Steward David C. Schweitzer, P.M..........................Treasurer Joseph Burns............................Junior Steward R. Gregory Starr......................................Secretary Theo Jones........................................Chaplain Russ P. Smith...................................Senior Deacon Demitric Boykin...................................Marshal Rob Jones..............................................Tyler Mark F. Tenorio.................................Junior Deacon ___________________________ Joseph P. Burns...............................Senior Steward Committees for 2012 Kevin R. Mizer.................................Junior Steward Financial Advisory Benevolence Demitric Boykin.........................................Marshal WB Tim Hogan, Chair WB Paul Dickerson, Theo S. Jones, P.M....................................Chaplain WB Dave Schweitzer Chair Rob. R. P. Jones, P.M.......................................Tiler WB Paul Dickerson Bert Beaudin WB Greg Starr WB Dave Schweitzer WB Greg Starr The ceremony was preceded by a formal dinner, attended by Joe Burns nearly 70 members and guests. Audit Grievance Bert Beaudin, Chair WB Paul Dickerson, Chair Gary Turner Russ Smith Proficiency Scholarship WB Nick North, Chair WB Paul Dickerson, WB Greg Starr Chair Greg Starr Joe Burns WB Dave Schweitzer WB Nick North Visitation By Laws Joe Burns Bert Beaudin Russ Smith Greg Starr Gary Turner Russ Smith Mathew Ingalls ___________________________ Trestleboard Editor R. Gregory Starr “Ex Oriente” is the monthly Trestle Board of East Denver Lodge No. 160. For submission guidelines or to be added to the mailing list, please email the Secretary at: [email protected] 2012 Officer Line for East Denver Lodge No. 160 Postal Mailing Address: East Denver Lodge No. 160 Additional photographs of the installation are presented later in this issue. P.O. Box 181099 Denver, Colorado 80218-8822 Ex Oriente Winter 2011-2012 Ex Oriente Ex Occidente Worshipful Brother Paul Dickerson, Worshipful Master Brother Bert Beaudin, Senior Warden Greetings Brothers! Brethren – First off, my best wishes to each of you for a prosperous, rewarding, and joyous New Year. As we move into the third year as a Traditional Observance Masonic tradition informs us that our ancient body, my thoughts and prayers are focused on East brethren held their lodges in the highest hills and Denver No. 160’s continued evolution. We are the lowest valleys. growing in ways that would have been scarcely imaginable a mere decade ago; our collective In all mystical teaching there are frequent allusions objectives have been refined, and the tasks set to mountains. The Vedists of India have their before us are nothing short monumental. If sacred Mount Meru, the Greeks have Mount understood in its truest sense, the very utility of our Olympus, the Israelites received there great law on work is the complete and absolute restoration of the Mount Sinai, and the Christians have the Mount of Craft to its rightful place in the pantheon of the Olives and the Sermon on the Mount, just to name a Mystery Traditions from which it sprang. The few. responsibility that comes with such an endeavor is immense. Unity of purpose, open communication, These mountains are not of any physical place but and a sustained sense of advancement are among are allusions to the heights of the spiritual work the tools that have helped to lay our foundation, and being undertaken by the school of initiates and the my since hope is that we will continue to build with light received therein. the same harmony, love, camaraderie, and respect that have characterized our work in recent years Take a moment and remind yourself of this truth the and distinguished us among our community. next time you prepare to enter lodge and join your brethren in holding a lodge on the highest of hills I also want to congratulate the newly elected and and returning masonry to its rightful elevated appointed officer line for 2012. It’s a great honor to status. have been chosen to serve as Worshipful Master - an honor that is both deeply moving and profoundly LVX, humbling. I promise to rule and govern with the equal regularity so eloquently inculcated in our Bert Beaudin, S.W. obligations. Above all, I think that we can each embrace the knowledge that our shared efforts impact the greater good of all humanity and that the One Mind which is our common blessing functions as it should when Brethren dwell together in unity. Lodge Contact Information Always remember that our work is a truly universal effort; an ongoing exercise in equilibrium that Name Email Telephone extends to the infinite reaches of the heavens. The Paul Dickerson [email protected] 303.257.7841 great Hermetic philosopher Éliphas Lévi wrote in The Bert Beaudin [email protected] 303.478.7789 Paradoxes of the Highest Science (1856): Gary Turner [email protected] 303-419-9889 Dave Schweitzer [email protected] 303.907.8652 Greg Starr [email protected] 720.280.5048 “Arrived at perfect equilibrium, the man may walk or run without fear of falling. One must be someone to deserve to exist, but one is someone to do something; we exist only to act; we think to speak. Reason also is the Word, but the Word is not only speech, it is life and action. We are strong, to labor; we are learned, to Page 2 Ex Oriente Winter 2011-2012 (Ex Oriente, continued) De Clerico WB Greg Starr, Secretary teach; we are physicians, to heal the sick. We do not light a lamp to hide it Brethren, under a bushel, as Christ said. The light should be placed on a candlestick; each Dues – Dues notices went out in November, but one owes himself to all, as all owe many Brothers have yet to pay for 2012. If you are themselves to each. We must not hide experiencing financial hardship, please contact me. away the talent of gold; we must carry Arrangements can be made to keep you in good it to the Bank. To live is to love, and to standing. love is to do good. We should desire the progress of humanity, the prosperity of Trestle Board – Per guidance from the Worshipful our country, the honor of our family, Master, the East Denver Lodge No. 160 Trestle Board the welfare of all the world. He who “Ex Oriente” will no longer be printed and mailed. It interests himself in no one is a dead will be distributed electronically and made available man who should be forgotten.” on the East Denver website, www.eastdenver160.com. In LVX, Paul Dickerson, W.M. All members of East Denver No. 160 are welcome to submit articles to the Trestle Board – it is not Ex Cancro restricted to just Master Masons. Brother Josh By Brother Gary Turner, Junior Warden Herrera, our newest Entered Apprentice has submitted his second article reflecting on Archetypes. Brethren – Articles on philosophy, esoteric sciences, history, personal reflections, poetry, book reviews, film reviews, music reviews, travel logs, etc. are all Reflecting on our Installation of Officers so close to the welcome. Submission deadlines are the 15th of the Christmas Holiday observance, it comes to mind that month prior to the upcoming issue – e.g. Articles for the moment of the Winter Solstice occurred at 10:30 May are due by April 15th. PM on the night of that installation. A fact the significance of which is lost to many Masons. Also, in the latter part of the year, the Trestle Board For most, the Solstice simply represents the date with will be Quarterly instead of monthly, as after Summer the shortest amount of daylight and longest night of Recess, we only have ~6 stated meetings left in the the year. "Solstice" is derived from the Latin phrase for year. If you have a view regarding this change, "sun stands still." For after months of its daily arc please let me know. changing, the Sun’s path seems to remain stable for a couple of days, before beginning its journey back to the opposing Solstice. From a scientific perspective the Last Wishes – I have received another notice of a Solstice is described thus; “The December solstice Brother’s passing, months after the event. His family occurs when the sun reaches its most southerly had no idea whom to notify of this Brothers passing. declination of -23.5 degrees. In other words, it is when Please make sure you have your funeral the North Pole is tilted 23.5 degrees away from the sun… (it) occurs annually on a day between December arrangements clearly defined in writing, so your loved 20 and December 23. On this date, all places above a ones are not left struggling to try and find numbers, latitude of 66.5 degrees north (Arctic Polar Circle) are addresses, etc. If you wish a Masonic funeral or Rose now in darkness, while locations below a latitude of Croix funeral (for Scottish Rite Brothers), state as 66.5 degrees south (Antarctic Polar Circle) receive 24 much in your will. This will make sure your desires hours of daylight…The sun is directly overhead on the are known and the Lodges are informed of your Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere during passing.