Letter from Hiram Abiff
Dear WBro Damien
Everybody here thought that the organisational structure
was sound when Jacob, who fathered 12 sons that were, with the exception of
Levi, allocated a separate territory and the Twelve Tribes of Israel were
founded. The Tribe of Levi was set apart
to serve the Holy Temple.
Ash, Ben, Dan, Zac and Joe and their brothers just wanted
to go and do their own thing, set up their own lodges where they wanted to, and
offer their special tributes providing it did not conflict with the Holy
writ. The Levi were happy with all that
as they were too busy running the Temple which was fast becoming the main
source of income. However, as it often
seems the case, there were a small group within the Levi who thought that they
knew best and liked the power of association being close to the King, the rank
and the privilege. They see themselves
as the Friends of the Court of the King.
The Friends of the Court had undoubted interest and
talent but they were not the only ones with a bit of intellect. They thought the boys in the Tribes were all
a bunch of poor peasant sheppards who could not afford to dine in style all the
time. The Tribesmen thought that the
Friends of the Court were out of touch and could not be seen to represent them. How could they and why should they tell them
what to do? Well they did and it was
disruptive in the kingdom.
Now does history repeat itself? The Romans termed this sort of group the amicus curiæ
(amicus meaning friend and curiæ meaning court), and it has a legal
meaning as well. We had a Brother of
yours trying to unsuccessfully get through the Gate who said that he was from
Lodge Amicus although the curiæ bit had been dropped (but we all know what court). He clearly saw his Lodge as the Friends of
the Court and the only right and proper group to manage your Constitution
having gained voting supremacy. Members
of this one Lodge wanted to tell everybody what anthem to sing and where to
meet! He was not the least concerned
that it did not look right to the average Lodge member nor was he concerned
about the lack of transparency in decision making. No wonder St Peter had a problem with
him. Surely your Constitution ensures
that every Brother has a say in these sort of things.
For goodness sake I hope it gets sorted out as I am too busy explaining
to former terrorists the we do not have virgins for them here and even if we
did, they would not get through the gate.
We don’t time for all that agni, ushas and mitra stuff either.
Yours most sincerely and fraternally
Hiram Abiff, PGM
Heavenly Abodes
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