The information I got was that he was barely a mason.
I think he felt powerless in his life, disenfranchised. And he seen freemasonry as a means for empowerment but when he found out it wasn't the kind of empowerment he wanted, he seeked it elsewhere. I get the suspicion that he might've turned to darker practices, which he might've been the victim of....
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A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands. Proverbs 14:6
I was quite struck by the lyrics of this song (more than usual). Perhaps the UK uprisings of late as well as Norway brought them more sharply into focus for me.
Maybe we keep our distance too much. It only takes one ..
From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight.
From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace, it's the voice of every man.
From a distance we all have enough, and no one is in need. And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease, no hungry mouths to feed.
From a distance we are instruments marching in a common band. Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace. They're the songs of every man. God is watching us. God is watching us. God is watching us from a distance.
From a distance you look like my friend, even though we are at war. From a distance I just cannot comprehend what all this fighting is for.
From a distance there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves, it's the heart of every man.
It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves. This is the song of every man. And God is watching us, God is watching us, God is watching us from a distance. Oh, God is watching us, God is watching. God is watching us from a distance
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
