Masonic Formation

Orinda Lodge participates in the Grand Lodge of California's Masonic Formation initiative. Masonic Formation is the continual process of being formed into a Mason, that is, improving one's self as a Mason through an in-depth experience of and engagement with the teachings of the Craft. The Orinda Lodge Masonic Formation Committee supports both new and existing brothers in this important and transformative process.

Masonic Formation Manuals (California)
1° - Entered Apprentice
2° - Fellow Craft
3° - Master Mason

Exploring Freemasonry
Masonic Formation in Second Life

Scholarly Research
Masonic Research Societies by Bro\ W. Bro. Shawn Eyer, PM
Fonts for Masonic Scholars by Bro\ W. Bro. Shawn Eyer, PM

Articles
A Short History of Orinda Lodge by W. Bro. James D. Gibson, PM
The Symbolic Teachings of the Degrees by Robert Macoy 33°
Reading Masons and Masons Who Do Not Read by Albert G. Mackey 33°

Poetry
Poems of W\ Donald E. Weisse, Sr. 33°
  The Sea Captain
  The Trestleboard

Initiation Degrees by D.H. Lawrence
Free Verse by M\W\ Walter MacDougall
Raising by Bro\ Shawn Eyer
The Compass by Bro\ Shawn Eyer
The Struggle for Freedom by Ill\ Albert Pike
The Bridge Builder by William Charles Beller
The Light of the Crypt by Bro\ Fay Hempstead

PIEDMONT no. 521 - PLYMOUTH no. 560 - ORINDA no. 704 - ACORN no. 494
ALAMO no. 122 - EAST BAY no. 489 - HILLCREST no. 573

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