1 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:07,500 Thank you for downloading this episode of our podcast. 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,000 Hi and welcome to the podcast for Solomon staircase. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,800 Masonic lodge, number 357, where we talk about all things related 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,600 with Freemasonry including hermetic teachings. 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,500 Philosophy reason spirituality and much more we're located in 6 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:29,900 Buena Park. Southern California, tuned in as 7 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:32,700 we continue to update our podcast with informative talks 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,900 and articles for Mason's worldwide. 9 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:44,300 And those who would like to inquire within What does the 10 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:46,500 study of architecture? Teach us by? 11 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:50,100 David are Doan Deputy Grandmaster and of course this 12 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:53,000 is from 2004. He is now a past Grand Master. 13 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:58,200 Masonry uses symbols and allegories to remind us of the 14 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,800 lessons taught by our individual faves architecture traces, its 15 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,000 roots to the study of nature and the observation of her beautiful 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,800 proportions that led man to study symmetry in order this 17 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,200 enabled man to imitate God's divine plan and build great 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,900 structures. Thus the art of architecture was 19 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:19,100 born The tools and Implements of architecture. 20 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,600 Most expressive were selected by our craft to impress upon the 21 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,300 memory of each of us. Why isn't serious truth? 22 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:28,200 So that down Through the Ages man, will remember the important 23 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,000 tenets of our craft, the study of architecture teaches us that 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,300 man uses his own experience and the knowledge of God's divine 25 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:38,500 plan to learn how to change to meet the needs of his time. 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,100 In the beginning, man, used wood and mud to build shelters over 27 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:45,500 time by studying the art of architecture and with the 28 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:48,700 experience of time, And learn to use, stronger materials, from 29 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:51,900 the Earth, from wood and mud. He learned to use wood and 30 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:54,400 stone. Then refined minerals from the 31 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,600 Earth to make iron and then steel to build even stronger and 32 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,100 taller buildings. Today's largest building, still 33 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:02,500 follow the rules of architecture. 34 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:05,300 That imagery imitate the Symmetry and Order of God's 35 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:07,900 divine plan. Had man, not learned from his 36 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:10,900 experiences and adjusted to the needs and improve the tools of 37 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:13,100 his time. We would still be living in mud 38 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:16,200 huts. Not all of the man's changes 39 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,800 have worked, but those that truly follow this imagery in 40 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,300 order of the divine plan, have advanced architecture and 41 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:25,100 improved, our lives. This is an important lesson of 42 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:28,300 architecture that is often. Overlooked change, is not only 43 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:30,000 good. It is necessary. 44 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:33,300 You are Grand Lodge leadership. Team is tackling the challenge 45 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:35,600 of making changes. That will allow our fraternity 46 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,600 to adapt to the times in which we live while maintaining the 47 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,200 Symmetry in order that is at the heart of what we as Mason's. 48 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,000 Hold dear. We must not focus on how we have 49 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,400 done things. But rather why we do things and 50 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,000 what principle it supports the Symmetry and Order of our 51 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,900 fraternity is evident in the lessons, we teach and in how a 52 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:56,400 man lives his life as a Mason instead of depending on our 53 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,600 candidates to memorize a few lines from each degree, we need 54 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,200 to improve the way in which we teach our members, the meaning 55 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,400 of the symbols and allegories of The Craft. 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,500 It is not how we were made a Mason that matters. 57 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,300 But rather how well we live our lives as Mason's it is by the 58 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:15,000 amiable discreet and virtuous conduct has Masons That we teach 59 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,200 the world, the goodness of our great fraternity by changing to 60 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,800 meet the needs of our times, while maintaining the Symmetry 61 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,800 and Order of our craft, we demonstrate that we understand 62 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,100 the lessons. Architecture teaches us about 63 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:34,300 God's divine plan. Cornerstone ceremonies carrying 64 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:38,200 on a masonic tradition by Richard Berman, friends and 65 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,900 Brethren is been a custom among the fraternity of free and 66 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:44,200 accepted Mason's from time immemorial to assemble for the 67 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,100 purpose of laying the foundation stones of certain buildings. 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,800 One requested to do so by those having Authority. 69 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:54,800 With these words, Grandmaster, Howard D Kirkpatrick commence, 70 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,600 the solemn Masonic Cornerstone ceremony for Temple. 71 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,400 High School in Vista, California hosted by Vista lodge number 687 72 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,300 the January. 31st event was an opportunity for local Freemasons 73 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:09,000 to celebrate the construction of a new school in their Community 74 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,500 located, 40 miles, north of San Diego. 75 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,800 Four members of The Craft. These dedication ceremonies, not 76 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,899 only promote our freedoms. But they also remind us that all 77 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:22,700 enduring things, buildings, and people alike must be built on a 78 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:25,900 firm foundation. The tradition of Mason's laying 79 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:29,400 cornerstones for American public institutions is nearly as old as 80 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,300 the Republic itself. This is hardly surprising. 81 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,900 As many of the early leaders of the United States were members 82 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:39,100 of The Craft in 1791, a team of surveyors used a masonic 83 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:41,600 Cornerstone to help, Mark the borders of the new city of 84 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,800 Washington, d.c. And the following Year, brother 85 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,800 Peter casanov, a of large number 9 of Maryland, led a Cornerstone 86 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,500 ceremony to Mark, the start of construction of the president's 87 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:56,800 house known today as the White House on September 18, 1793 88 00:04:57,100 --> 00:04:59,500 former President, George Washington was present at the 89 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:01,900 ceremony honoring. The building of the US Capitol. 90 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:05,500 The grand Affair was attended by hundreds of Mason's and created 91 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:08,500 a strong symbolic link between the craft and the Democratic 92 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:10,600 institutions of the new American Nation. 93 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,100 There have been four other Cornerstone ceremonies to 94 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:17,700 celebrate expansion of the original building and in 1993, 95 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:21,000 more than 350 Mason's gathered in Washington, to celebrate the 96 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,600 capitals Bicentennial. The first Cornerstone ceremony 97 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,500 in California was held in September 1848, even before the 98 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:31,100 state's admission, to the union, to dedicate the county 99 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:34,900 courthouse of Sacramento County for more than a decade. 100 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:37,500 The building served as the California capital until a new 101 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:39,300 structure was commissioned by Governor. 102 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:43,000 John G Downey, a 34 year. Old, Irish immigrant who had 103 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,500 come to the West Coast in the wake of the Gold Rush Downey. 104 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:49,900 California is first foreign-born governor was an active Freemason 105 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,900 and he invited his brothers in the craft to host, a Cornerstone 106 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:57,600 ceremony on May 15th, 1861, by all accounts, the dedication of 107 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,500 the new Capitol building was a major event attended by members 108 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:03,900 of the California Assembly, and Senate city and state officials 109 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:07,700 and Freemasons from across the state that evening Downey hosted 110 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:11,600 a formal dinner for more than 400 guests in 1978. 111 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:14,500 State capitol was again the site of a Cornerstone ceremony to 112 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:16,800 Mark the first major renovation of the structure. 113 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,900 Following a 1971 earthquake, California spent more than 68 114 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:23,800 million dollars over the course of seven years to restore the 115 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,400 building to its original Splendor. 116 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,200 According to California construction link. 117 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,900 This was a full restoration of the historic portion of the 118 00:06:30,907 --> 00:06:33,400 capital. The interior was gutted and they 119 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,100 did a seismic retrofit and restoration of all the 120 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:41,100 historical features, the 1978 ceremony over which then 121 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:42,300 grandma. Or Donald B. 122 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:44,400 McCall. Presided was every bit as 123 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,200 dignified as the original dedication more than a century 124 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,300 earlier. The day started with an 125 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:52,200 awe-inspiring procession featuring a Fife and Drum Corps, 126 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,300 members of the California, National Guard schoolchildren, 127 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:57,600 the 59th United States Army Band. 128 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:00,700 The top state officials joined by hundreds of brothers and 129 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:04,000 honoring the renovated State Capitol building later that 130 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,900 afternoon dozens of dignitaries were on hand for the solemn. 131 00:07:06,900 --> 00:07:10,500 Rededication ceremony on the capitol grounds officers of the 132 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:13,300 Grand Lodge used there. Jules to symbolically assess the 133 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:16,500 soundness of the structure and the Cornerstone was laid with an 134 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:20,200 offering of corn wine and oil. The evening banquet was chaired 135 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,700 by chief judge and brother, Thomas J McBride of the eastern 136 00:07:23,700 --> 00:07:26,300 district of California for the ninth Circuit of federal 137 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,300 district courts. One of the best-known elements 138 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:31,200 of the Masonic. Cornerstone ceremony, is the 139 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,600 casket a sealed container placed inside the building's 140 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,700 foundation. So an enduring record may be 141 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:39,900 found by succeeding generations. To Bear testimony to the 142 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:44,600 untiring unending Of the free and accepted Mason's, a list of 143 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,200 the contents of the casket. Often referred to, as a time 144 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,000 capsule is often read aloud during the ceremony. 145 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:54,000 The 1978 Sacramento casket contains items from the 146 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,900 original, 1861 vessel, including coins newspapers, and the 1860 147 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:02,400 proceedings of the Grand Lodge of California. 20th century 148 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,800 objects, include letters, from President, Jimmy Carter and 149 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,300 Governor. Jerry Brown a state seismic 150 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:10,400 study and two bottles of California wine, although 151 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,200 Cornerstone ceremonies Are less common today than in previous 152 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,100 decades. They are still an important part 153 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:19,500 of masonry in California from 2000 to 2003 more than 100, 154 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:23,100 dedications were held for public institutions, such as libraries 155 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:27,100 schools, museums veterans homes, and fire departments as well as 156 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:30,200 for Lodges and the Masonic homes in Union City and Covina 157 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:34,299 advances in construction. Technology have eliminated the 158 00:08:34,299 --> 00:08:37,600 need for functional cornerstones in most modern buildings but the 159 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,100 need for symbolic cornerstones remain strong. 160 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:43,400 Not only in architecture In the public and private lives of all 161 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,100 Americans. In an era, often defined by 162 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:49,300 moral, ambiguity, it may be more important than ever to have an 163 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:52,600 unyielding unwavering reminder of the principles of the craft, 164 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:54,500 it is through ancient Traditions. 165 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,000 Such as the Cornerstone ceremony. 166 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 That today's Freemasons can forge a link between the past 167 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,300 and the present and strive for a future Guided by wisdom and 168 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:12,400 justice. A Look at California lodges 169 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:17,500 distinctive architecture. Eureka lodge number 16 in Auburn 170 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,200 one of Auburn's finest examples of the beaux-arts style of 171 00:09:21,208 --> 00:09:23,300 architecture. This building has been the home 172 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:27,800 of Eureka Lodge ever since it was built in 1917 an Eclectic 173 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,600 neoclassical style beaux-arts architecture flourished between 174 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,000 1885 and 1920. Combining ancient Greek and 175 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,100 Roman forms with Renaissance ideas, the profusion of columns 176 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:42,400 grandiosity of these Just made beaux-arts a favored style for 177 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,200 museums and government buildings. 178 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:48,100 The original construction used low temperature or soft fired 179 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:51,300 brick for the walls and Timbers that were milled in the Dutch 180 00:09:51,300 --> 00:09:53,900 Flat Alta area and transported by rail. 181 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:57,800 To Auburn the front facade. Overlay is made of sand, molded 182 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,400 terracotta from the Placer County firm of gliding. 183 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,600 McBean the temple. Is the last remaining building 184 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,700 of Auburn's original Central Square. 185 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,500 In an effort to help preserve this historic building the 186 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:11,000 native sons of the Golden West, I hated it. 187 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,900 As a point of historical significance on September 12th, 188 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:17,700 1998. Petaluma Hamilton. 189 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:20,900 Lodge number 180, in Petaluma Petaluma. 190 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:25,300 Large number 77 was granted a charter in February 1855. 191 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,000 The lodge met in various rented facilities in downtown Petaluma 192 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:33,300 following, the Civil War, several Brethren formed 193 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:37,700 Arcturus, lodge number 180 in 1866 which rented the same 194 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,200 facilities and shared paraphernalia with Petaluma 195 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,900 Lodge in 1879. The two largest purchase a lot 196 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:47,100 at the corner of Main Street and West Avenue after having the 197 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:50,300 Cornerstone placed by Grand Lodge, the three-story red 198 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:53,500 brick, Italian elegant, a building with its unique cast, 199 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:56,700 iron front facade, and the clock tower on the roof was completed. 200 00:10:56,700 --> 00:11:01,600 In 1882 in 1898, the to Masonic Lodge is merged informed 201 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,500 Petaluma lodge, number 180, like many italian. 202 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,900 I'd a building's, the lodge features decorative pair of 203 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:11,400 brackets and cornices tall, and narrow paired Windows, a 204 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,500 balanced symmetrical facade, and a square cupola. 205 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:17,200 In the depression, the original wooden clock. 206 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,300 Cupola had deteriorated funds were not available to repair or 207 00:11:20,308 --> 00:11:22,800 replace the tower. When the townsfolk learned that 208 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,200 the tower would be torn down, they decided to save It. 209 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:28,200 Ultimately a solution was created that transferred title 210 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,900 of the clock tower to the city. And the wooden Tower was 211 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:33,600 replaced with a copper cupola as it is today. 212 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:37,700 The state, the city still sends one of their electricians once a 213 00:11:37,708 --> 00:11:42,800 week to wind the clock. Santa Monica Masonic Center more 214 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,600 than 200 members contributed to the construction of the Santa 215 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,400 Monica Masonic temple, which was officially dedicated on May 8th 216 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:54,000 in 1923, architect W, ASA Hudson, a member of the lodge 217 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,200 designed the building the two-story structure included, 218 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,100 six commercial spaces on the first floor along with a large 219 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:02,400 laundry room. Banquet room and several 220 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,600 clubrooms exclusively for La juice on the second floor in the 221 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,800 pre-dawn hours of Monday, January 21st. 222 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:12,900 Or disaster struck this beautiful Monument to masonry 223 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,000 the Northridge Earthquake as it is now, known caused extensive 224 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,200 damage to the exterior and left the interior of the building and 225 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,700 ruin at a stated meeting. Six months later, the lodge 226 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:25,100 members voted to embark on a project that would restore the 227 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:27,200 temple to its pre earthquake condition. 228 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:30,200 They secured the architectural services of mr. 229 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,400 James F, Kearns to prepare the design for the Reconstruction 230 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:35,400 and to coordinate, the engineering and permitting 231 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,400 efforts, three years and two point three, five million 232 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,000 dollars later at the temple. Was restored to its original 233 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,200 Splendor with the additional safety of seismic reinforcement. 234 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:47,100 The building's interior is especially beautiful. 235 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:49,900 The lodge room is adorned with Masonic symbols that Grace the 236 00:12:49,900 --> 00:12:53,000 walls and ceilings Upholstery. And curtains are made of an 237 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,500 elegant blue, plush fabric, the ante rooms and Tyler's quarters 238 00:12:57,500 --> 00:13:00,500 are also lavishly fitted. The large Club room is 239 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:03,200 embellished with an impressive fireplace and the adjoining 240 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,400 Billiards, and luncheon rooms are appointed with nice 241 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,700 Furnishings, would dram and handsome, wallcoverings, the 242 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:12,300 official In Ceremonies for the renovated Temple were held May 243 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:15,700 18th, 1997. Coincidentally, the same date is 244 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:21,800 the original dedication. Nearly 75 years earlier Moral 245 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:27,000 architecture by John L Cooper the third Grand secretary and 246 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:29,200 John. L Cooper the third is now also a 247 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,900 past Grand Master. Freemasonry sometimes take 248 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:36,100 surprising turns as it unfolds, its Beauties to a candidate. 249 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:38,800 Just when he thinks he has figured out the general 250 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,500 direction of a train of thought he's taken in a different 251 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:45,000 sometimes startling Direction. So it is when a fellow craft 252 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,700 Mason. Here's for the first time, the 253 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:50,500 interest that Freemasons have an architecture as an honored. 254 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,300 Apprentice he is introduced to the idea that he is building a 255 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:56,000 spiritual house. A house not made with hands 256 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,900 Eternal in the heavens. He is symbolically placed close 257 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:03,100 to the master of the lodge. When He re-enters it and is told 258 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:05,600 that he is this place so that he will learn how to build his 259 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,600 future, moral and Masonic edifice. 260 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,700 For the first time, he is told of the connection between 261 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:13,700 architecture and morality. A theme pervasive in 262 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:16,200 Freemasonry. In the lecture of the fellow 263 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,300 craft degree, the candidate is told that Freemasonry consists 264 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:22,600 of two fundamental concepts operative, masonry and 265 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,500 speculative masonry. The lecture then goes on to 266 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:28,100 describe the way in which operative Mason's build and 267 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:31,100 after explaining how such knowledge is necessary for the 268 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,200 Building of physical structures. He is then told that today 269 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,200 Mason's build non-material structures by shaping the 270 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,900 material of their lives into something as useful as the 271 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:43,600 physical buildings which shelter us from the inclement sees of 272 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,200 the whether a speculative Mason is to subdue. 273 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,200 His passions act upon the square. 274 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:52,500 Keep a tongue of good report, maintain secrecy and practice 275 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:55,100 charity. This brief introduction is 276 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:57,500 followed by a more lengthy discussion of architecture 277 00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:01,100 itself and especially classical architecture with its emphasis 278 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:05,800 Since on Symmetry and Order upon form and Beauty Mason's of the 279 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,400 17th. And 18th centuries were 280 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,600 fascinated by classical architecture, the architecture 281 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,100 of ancient Greece and Rome, they contrasted the principles of 282 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:16,500 this type of architecture. With those of the Middle Ages, 283 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:18,500 the so-called Gothic architecture that was so 284 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:22,500 different without understanding. Why classical architecture was 285 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:25,500 so important to those who created our lectures, we cannot 286 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:28,100 truly understand what they were trying to tell us and as a 287 00:15:28,108 --> 00:15:30,800 result, much of the lesson is easily missed. 288 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:35,100 As an example, take the five orders of architecture the 289 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:38,200 senior Deacon explains the five orders to the candidate, but 290 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,400 nothing is said, as to why they are important to him as a Mason. 291 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,800 If he is perceptive, he must be puzzled because he was earlier 292 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,700 told that Masons today are philosophical or speculative and 293 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:51,100 surely this bit of information pertains to operative. 294 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:53,500 Masonry. Unless the candidate is 295 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:56,100 professionally an architect or intends on becoming one. 296 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:58,400 This bit of information is surely not very useful. 297 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,500 Or is it, is there something hidden here for the candidate to 298 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:05,700 learn by induction? I believe there is and here is a 299 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:09,600 meeting to consider classical architecture is classified into 300 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,900 categories by the types of columns that supported as well 301 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,700 as decorated the building. Although the Romans were 302 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:18,500 familiar with the arch, they generally used it only in 303 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:22,400 utilitarian architecture, such as aquaducts temples and other 304 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,000 public buildings, followed the traditional means of supporting 305 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,200 the roof by a series of closely spaced pillars or columns. 306 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,200 And the Romans followed the Greeks in creating a sense of 307 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,000 order and Beauty by carving, All The Columns of a building in a 308 00:16:34,008 --> 00:16:37,100 similar manner. The earliest buildings used the 309 00:16:37,108 --> 00:16:40,300 simple technique of fluting of columns to make them seem slim 310 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:43,100 and graceful despite the sturdiness needed to hold up the 311 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:46,300 great weight of the stone roof. To keep the columns from sinking 312 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:48,400 into the ground or punching through the roof. 313 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:52,100 They develop the concepts of caps capitals on the columns, 314 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,100 the way in which these capitals were carved, determined the 315 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:59,200 orders and architecture to, which our lectures refer the 316 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,900 simplest is no Capital at all or only a rudimentary one the 317 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:06,099 Tuscan which although a late development took Simplicity to 318 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:09,700 one extreme the most ornate of the three types was the 319 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:13,400 Corinthian a capital decorated with a canthus leaves, making 320 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,099 the column to appear as if it were a living growing support 321 00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:20,000 for the building, the Doric, added a plane capital and the 322 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,300 ionic added a scroll like carving to the Primitive Capital 323 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,800 the composite intern Blended the acanthus leaves of the 324 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,300 Corinthian with the scroll like capital of the Panic in this 325 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:33,200 manner, classical architecture came to understand the five 326 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,700 orders of Architecture. Is there a symbolic meaning here 327 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:39,700 from Mason? I think that there is our moral 328 00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:42,900 and Masonic, edifice, our lives that we are building our in 329 00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:46,100 reality supported by symbolic columns, that raise our effort 330 00:17:46,100 --> 00:17:49,300 towards the heavens, there is an understanding that if what we 331 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:52,200 build remains low and unimposing, it will never 332 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,500 Inspire any others to imitate what we have built, but by 333 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:59,100 raising the superstructure on Columns of beauty as well as T 334 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:02,100 are moral and Masonic edifice soars into the sky. 335 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:06,700 We choose the style in which we build, but all have an equal 336 00:18:06,700 --> 00:18:10,000 value for all. Hold up the superstructure, our 337 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,400 understanding of Life, maybe of the simplest Variety cusk in. 338 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,800 If you will, all the other hand, Others May build with great 339 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,100 Simplicity. But also with great symmetry 340 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,700 their lives are marked by consistency in order. 341 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:25,400 They are the Doric and ionic columns, simple honest. 342 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,600 But also with the beauty of their own Others, May achieve 343 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,400 great things in life. Sometimes many great things 344 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:35,500 symbolized by the The end of the composite, but all of us share 345 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:38,200 the same values, the same understanding of Freemasonry, 346 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,200 regardless of which order in architecture. 347 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:44,000 We use one definition of Freemasonry is that its moral 348 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,900 architecture if so. Then one of the beautiful 349 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:49,700 lessons we learn from the five orders of Architecture is that 350 00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:52,100 diversity and how we build is of immense value. 351 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:56,100 We are not all of the same religion or the same race or the 352 00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:59,500 same language, but we all erect buildings of superb Beauty. 353 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,800 According to our understanding of the art we truly are Are 354 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,900 engaged in building that house, not made with hands Eternal in 355 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:17,200 the heavens. Reaching for the sky Masonic 356 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,200 principles and modern architecture by Richard Berman. 357 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:25,400 Imagine a 58 story, Manhattan. Skyscraper inspired by Masonic 358 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,800 values and designed to incorporate the symbols and 359 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,000 principles of the craft. If San Francisco. 360 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,800 Architect Eve gie cam low. Had his way that building would 361 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:39,000 already exist envisioned. As a 600 foot higher round glass 362 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,700 Atrium, inside a breathtaking glass and Steel Square 363 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:44,200 structure. The blueprints also call for a 364 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:48,200 pyramid-shaped Lobby, Masonic inspired columns and ponds to 365 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,600 reflect the Sun and the Moon, each side of the building, Serve 366 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,500 a different function, residential retail office and 367 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:57,100 hotel. And the top floors would make a 368 00:19:57,100 --> 00:20:00,400 village in the sky made up of retail shops and public areas 369 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,300 while the high-rise may sound like a flight of fancy. 370 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,600 The iranian-born French educated guy, has already designed dozens 371 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,600 of award-winning structures, including Mansions hotels and 372 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,600 even Resorts that are heavily steeped in the symbolism. 373 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,200 And philosophy of Freemasonry while contemporary Masonic 374 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,900 ritual, and design traces, its roots to the Builders of the 375 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:22,400 ancient world. The Link is usually a symbolic 376 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,100 one for gie. Who is master of Le Parfait 377 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:29,100 Union number 17 in San Francisco for four years and Grand 378 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:33,000 standard-bearer of Grand Lodge nationale Francais, masonry is 379 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,900 the central inspiration for his architectural work by designing 380 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:39,800 a space with substance. He says something happens to the 381 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:44,000 space, like something happens to a lodge when it is open meeting 382 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,000 guy in front of his office in San Francisco's, trendy Marina 383 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,100 District. It is immediately apparent that 384 00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:51,200 symbolism plays a central role in his life. 385 00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:55,000 If impeccably dressed in a purple French cuff shirt, a 386 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,200 turtle tie for good luck. Blue, blazer, and press 10 387 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,600 slacks. The eye is immediately drawn to 388 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,500 the large gold icon stitched on the breast pocket of his 389 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:06,700 Immaculate jacket. The 46 year old architect 390 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,700 explains that the design is a fusion of a winged lion, his 391 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:14,000 family's Royal Crest for and by the initials GC representing 392 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Gia, Campbell lineage. He makes little if any 393 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,500 distinction between the design as a corporate logo and a symbol 394 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:21,600 of his answers. Street. 395 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,800 Once inside the building the door to his office features, a 396 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,600 modified version of the emblem in which the Griffin has been 397 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,500 replaced by the Masonic Square compass and triangle various 398 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:35,200 versions of the image are found throughout his office to most 399 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:36,600 Americans. The concept of a family. 400 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,900 Crest is a historical curiosity for EG IE. 401 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:42,700 It is the core of his personal and professional identity. 402 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:45,700 One of the seven royal families of Persia. 403 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:48,500 His family has been one of the Iran's most prominent families 404 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:51,800 for more than 700 years in the early 20th century. 405 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:55,200 The Klan was an early supporter of Iran's effort to modernize 406 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,500 its political system and adopted the surname of gie camo, which 407 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:03,900 is often shortened to GI in place of his Noble Titles since 408 00:22:03,900 --> 00:22:07,000 their Exile from Iran. In the late 1970s, the crest has 409 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,700 served as a tangible symbol of the family's Heritage in 1953, 410 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,300 Hadar geek, amlo completed the second of his two doctorates at 411 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:19,200 the prestigious école, DES beaux-arts, in Paris, and return 412 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,500 to Tehran to launch his career. As an architect, His work 413 00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:25,000 received immediate, Acclaim and earned him, the title, the 414 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,800 father of Iranian architecture. Before the age of 40, the young 415 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,600 designer one commissions to create major public buildings, 416 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,000 including the country's Senate, and he became official architect 417 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,400 to the Imperial Court and aide-de-camp to the shop, by the 418 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,800 mid-1970s, his construction and architecture business was worth 419 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,700 more than a billion dollars. However, the overthrow of the 420 00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:48,200 Shah in 1978 forced the family to relocate to Paris and 421 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,700 re-establish their business outside of Iran to honor their 422 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:53,100 hair. Agent Homeland, the family 423 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:57,500 selected, the gie Royal Crest as the new corporate logo upon. 424 00:22:57,500 --> 00:23:01,300 Hey tars death in 8 1985 28 year-old eve took over the 425 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:03,800 family business and for nearly 20 years has built an 426 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,800 international reputation as an architect in his own right. 427 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,500 He's designed numerous internationally renowned pieces 428 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,200 and his work has been featured in more than 20 magazines. 429 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,300 And newspapers Eve has received awards from the Swiss government 430 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,000 and the city of San Francisco dedicated, October 26th, as hate 431 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,600 our guy. And Sons day in recognition of 432 00:23:23,608 --> 00:23:26,000 the company's contributions to architecture in Northern 433 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,600 California while still a student. 434 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,100 In Paris, you became a Freemason at age 21, because he was 435 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:35,800 attracted to the crafts, ethical structure and symbolism, he 436 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,000 explains that his Muslim father and Jewish mother raised him in 437 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,900 a very spiritual environment Guided by the principles of 438 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:44,100 masonry. Even though Hadar did not become 439 00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:48,600 a Mason, until he was in his 50s Eve's explains in Iran, most 440 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,600 businesses and political leaders were Mason's. 441 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:53,300 My father didn't want Wine because he didn't want to use 442 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:57,400 the craft as a stepping stone or for monetary gain only after he 443 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:58,600 was established. Did he feel? 444 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,200 It was right to become a Mason as important as his family has 445 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,400 been in his career evi, he credits the values and symbols 446 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,100 of The Craft as the Cornerstone of his artistic Vision. 447 00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:11,300 There has been a significant benefit to my membership in 448 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:13,300 masonry. Every week, I would go to the 449 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:16,500 lodge entering the space. I am moved from being in the 450 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:18,300 room. I am able to keep my focus on 451 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:21,300 the spirit of the design rather than just the Practical value. 452 00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:23,900 Two of his buildings in the Bay Area. 453 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:26,700 Exemplified guy has commitment to incorporate a masonic 454 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:30,600 elements in his design. The astrolabe house a 6,000 455 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,800 square foot mansion in San Francisco's, Bernal. 456 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,800 Heights, neighborhood was inspired by ancient Persian 457 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,900 navigational, tools and features columns and other symbols of 458 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:42,800 Freemasonry inside and outside of the structure, The Chateau 459 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,700 gholston, a guy home in nearby Walnut Creek is in the shape of 460 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:49,200 the square and compass and features a pool in the shape of 461 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,500 the All-Seeing Eye and a winding staircase as Symbolic 462 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:54,300 representation of the Vela craft agree. 463 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:58,000 The house is surrounded with series of three five and seven 464 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,800 columns inspired by a numerological aspect of 465 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,700 Freemasonry while circulating through the house. 466 00:25:03,700 --> 00:25:06,500 Visitors are continually LED through a circumambulation 467 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,500 similar to the one experienced in the degrees of Masonry. 468 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:14,000 What are the benefits of a masonic house key is this would 469 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,300 be like, asking why we go through the Masonic ritual. 470 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:19,500 Each time we visit a lodge. The answer to me is very simple 471 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:22,200 and obvious, our Spirits are lifted and exalted. 472 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,700 Each time, we experience Masonic spaces and this contributes to 473 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:27,200 our well-being, and our happiness. 474 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,500 As an architect, I have always tried to derive my designs from 475 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:32,400 the many aspects of our great craft. 476 00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:36,300 Even yeah, he has incorporated Masonic symbols in a wide range 477 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:39,600 of projects from hotels and Romania to resorts in Costa 478 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,200 Rica. Elements are occasionally over 479 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,700 but the majority of them are subtly incorporated into the 480 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:49,200 structures in looking at his past and plan projects, it is 481 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,500 evident that you ve is always trying to create structures that 482 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:55,000 include as much of the crafts to influence as possible. 483 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:57,800 The proposed, Masonic skyscraper, which in all 484 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,400 likelihood will never be built, would be the Pinnacle of 485 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,100 achievement for an architect, who has dedicated his career to 486 00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:06,500 transcending traditional Notions about architecture by creating 487 00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:09,200 buildings that raise the spirit of those who step inside. 488 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:15,100 Architecture, aims at eternity, Christopher, Wren, and the New 489 00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:19,300 London by Richard Berman, the Dome of London st. 490 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:22,400 Paul's Cathedral is one of the most recognizable and beautiful 491 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,100 structures in the world standing more than 350 feet high. 492 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,600 The building is a powerful symbol of England, and the 493 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,000 Anglican communion. No less extraordinary is the 494 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,100 Freemason who built it. Christopher Wren. 495 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:38,800 Ren was born in 1632 to a clerical family and was raised 496 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,200 in Windsor Castle where his father served as personal 497 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:45,000 chaplain to the king of England, as a child ran invented, a 498 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,900 pneumatic engine and a weather clock. 499 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,100 And while a student at Oxford, he conducted important research 500 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:53,900 in mathematics Optics, physics and medicine before. 501 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:57,200 The age of 30, he was named civilian professor of astronomy 502 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,900 at Oxford where Isaac Newton used his research in the 503 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:03,400 formation of the theory of gravity and recognition of his 504 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,000 contributions. Charles the second Ren's 505 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000 childhood Playmate at Windsor Castle named him a founding 506 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,700 member of the Royal Society a group of England's most 507 00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:16,200 distinguished scientists in. 1663 Ren traveled to Rome and 508 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,100 began scholarship in the field in which he would make his 509 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:23,000 lasting Mark. Architecture inspired by a 1500 510 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,200 year old book by Vitruvius namesake of the Masonic Lodge in 511 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,600 Petaluma, Ren developed, a keen interest in the theatres and 512 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,800 temples of ancient Rome. Over the next three years he 513 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,600 established himself as England's foremost. 514 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,000 Architect and designed buildings at Oxford and Cambridge that are 515 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,400 still being used today. In September 1666, large 516 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,300 sections of London were destroyed by the great fire and 517 00:27:45,300 --> 00:27:48,900 run at age. 34 was appointed by Charles, the second to rebuild 518 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:52,600 the city, all the Dome of st. Paul's the fourth Cathedral to 519 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,300 be built on the site is the most famous of his architectural 520 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:57,300 designs. Ren supervise, the 521 00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:00,500 Reconstruction of more than 100 important buildings including 522 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:02,300 churches. The There's hospitals and 523 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:04,900 institutions such as the Royal Naval College. 524 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:08,200 While many more of his utopian ideals for urban planning were 525 00:28:08,208 --> 00:28:10,800 never implemented. It is fair to say that modern 526 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,300 landed would be fundamentally different without his vision 527 00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:16,600 ingenious rent. Like the ancient Roman Builders 528 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,700 who admired viewed architecture is more than the creation of 529 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:23,000 functional structures. He saw public buildings as the 530 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,100 ornament of a country that makes the people love their native 531 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:28,500 country. Indeed, he Incorporated many 532 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,900 elements of Roman design into his own buildings. 533 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,600 The Dome of st. Paul's is modern after the Roman 534 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,700 Pantheon and several other churches in theaters, include 535 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:39,800 design elements from the ancient world, not surprisingly 536 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,900 religious leaders who were uncomfortable with the Greek and 537 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:45,500 Roman influence rejected. Many of his blueprints Wren was 538 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,600 given the title surveyor general of the Kings Works in dedicated. 539 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,500 The rest of his life to rebuilding his home City in 540 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:54,200 1673. He resigned his post at Oxford 541 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,200 because his high workload in two years later began work on st. 542 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,100 Paul's in recognition of his contributions to the country. 543 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,100 Wren was knighted by Charles the second that same year, Ren's 544 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:08,400 major, churches include st. Mary labo, St. 545 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,600 James and st. Clement Danes were completed 546 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,600 before 1690, although St. Paul's, his largest and most 547 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,400 ambitious project was not finished until 1710. 548 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,500 Although records are spares. It is generally accepted that 549 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:25,100 Christopher Wren became a Freemason on May 18th 1691 at a 550 00:29:25,108 --> 00:29:27,700 ceremony at st. Paul's which was still in the 551 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:30,700 early stages of construction regular services in the 552 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:32,500 completed. Sections of the building did not 553 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:37,400 begin until 1697 John Aubrey, a fellow of the Royal Society and 554 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,100 an eminent naturalist term, the ceremony, as quote, a great 555 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:43,500 convention at st. Paul's Church of the fraternity 556 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:46,200 of adopted Mason's where Sir Christopher Wren is to be 557 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,800 adopted as a brother. There have been kings that have 558 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:53,100 been of this sodality and quote. It is Philly fitting that the 559 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:56,600 most eminent architect of his day and perhaps of all time was 560 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,000 a Freemason, after all the craft is based on principles of 561 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,300 geometry and That date back to Antiquity and ran was a major 562 00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:08,200 figure in incorporating Greco-Roman elements, including 563 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,600 the large domes into contemporary English 564 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,900 architecture. Christopher, Wren died in 1723 565 00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:17,000 at the age of 91 and extraordinary life span by the 566 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,500 standards of the day. In a fitting tribute. 567 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:21,300 He was the first person interred at st. 568 00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:24,300 Paul's Cathedral, which today holds the remains of eminent 569 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:27,000 Britain such as the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Nelson. 570 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:31,400 Ren wants will wrote architecture aims at eternity T 571 00:30:31,700 --> 00:30:34,700 today, nearly 300 years after the completion of his glorious 572 00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:36,500 Masterwork? It seems he may have been 573 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:47,800 correct. Brothers, in architecture, The 574 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:52,100 Three Degrees Of Walter Bliss, and William Fayetteville for 575 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:55,200 over 40 years, the Grand Lodge of California made its home at 576 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,600 25, Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, while not occupied by 577 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,600 Masons. Today, it still stands as an 578 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,000 enduring Monument to masonry and to an important milestone in the 579 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:09,400 creative development of the men who designed it Walter Danforth. 580 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:14,100 Bliss was born in 1872 in Nevada and attended MIT where he met 581 00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:17,300 William Baker Fayetteville, More than five years of senior 582 00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:19,700 Fayetteville was born in California, but a grown-up in 583 00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:22,800 Western New York State. The two friends left MIT and 584 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,200 1895 and began work at The prominent. 585 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,300 New York Architecture, Firm of McKim Mead and white. 586 00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:31,200 Three years later, the pair formed, a partnership of their 587 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:35,700 own and selected San Francisco as their base in 1902, Bliss 588 00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:38,700 petition, California lodge number one in San Francisco 589 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:41,600 Fayetteville petition the same Lodge, 10 years later with 590 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,500 bliss, as his first line signer, just, as their Masonic history. 591 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,100 Eels, their progress through the three degrees of masonry 592 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,900 architectural historian, see their professional work in three 593 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:52,800 degrees were stages of development. 594 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:56,400 The first is a period strongly influenced by their MIT 595 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,500 education. During this time, they 596 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:01,900 demonstrated enthusiasm for the classic style, creating a solid 597 00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:04,500 foundation for their new practice, obtaining commissions 598 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,100 for the Oakland library to bank buildings and several 599 00:32:07,100 --> 00:32:10,200 residences. The second stage illustrates a 600 00:32:10,208 --> 00:32:13,000 more uninhibited form of architecture, incorporating 601 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,400 various Styles and creating a sense of diversity. 602 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:18,800 Sent to Europe by Charles F, Crocker, who commissioned them 603 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,600 to design the st. Francis Hotel, they studied the 604 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,400 finest, hotels in London, and Paris on their return. 605 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,600 They designed the now famous hotel, which was built in 1904. 606 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,700 They were commissioned to enlarge the hotel in 1907. 607 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:35,000 And again, in 1913 by this time, they had entered a new period 608 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,100 described by the architect and engineer of California magazine, 609 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,900 as an early, Italian manner, where brick terracotta and 610 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:44,600 similar materials, are wrought in two forms of unexpected 611 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,200 Elegance. The And this Temple is said to 612 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,800 Mark the beginning of this third and final stage, the Masonic 613 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,900 temple marks, the culmination of work to date, architect BJs, 614 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:58,100 Cahill wrote in his 1914 review. Turned out by a firm whose most 615 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:00,500 important service to architecture is yet to come 616 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:04,200 since the Grand Lodge relocated to, its current headquarters on 617 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,400 Nob Hill in the 1950s. The Van Ness Temple has been 618 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:11,200 sold retrofitted and reopened as a Performing Art Center, but 619 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,600 with the exterior, preserve nearly as it was originally 620 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,800 designed it stands as a testimony. 621 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,900 To the development of The Men Who conceived it. 622 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,400 The two brothers in architecture who were masters of their craft, 623 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,900 Thank you for listening. If you like what you heard, 624 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,800 Please Subscribe and leave us a comment. 625 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:34,700 We enjoy hearing from our listeners. 626 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,300 If you really like what you heard, share this podcast with 627 00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:40,600 your friends and Lodge members. Visit us online at Salomon 628 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,200 staircase, dot-org