tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post5770882817180066707..comments2024-03-19T00:43:35.769-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: Levant Preceptory Confers Templar OrderChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-68931113923828944242008-04-29T11:29:00.000-04:002008-04-29T11:29:00.000-04:00This is so cool! WThis is so cool! WUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04689403800739696626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-83947998725374692222008-04-15T13:34:00.000-04:002008-04-15T13:34:00.000-04:00US Templarism settled down after the Civil War int...US Templarism settled down after the Civil War into a preoccupation with drill teams, something that Masonic Templars outside of our borders don't really understand. But in many, many US Commanderies, new members come looking for, well, knights. And when they don't find any vestige of the medieval Templars, they are disappointed.<BR/><BR/>Levant Preceptory does indeed seem like the SCA - and that's partially the point. The drill team Knights were at first nervous that we would draw away support from their active participants. The opposite is true - we have drawn in the interest of many Knights who wouldn't participate in the drill teams (out of financial reasons, no interest in marching, or just not willing to meet in a parking lot at 6AM on a Sunday). Levant is not hurting the drill teams. In fact, I can name several of us who became officers in the Commandery this year out of a new sense of enthusiasm specifically because of Levant.Christopher Hodapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-73130046813833023912008-04-14T17:33:00.000-04:002008-04-14T17:33:00.000-04:00Sounds like the Society for Creative Anachronism.Sounds like the Society for Creative Anachronism.San Diego Freemasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138769022498075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-8678050501636922092008-04-14T12:23:00.000-04:002008-04-14T12:23:00.000-04:00Looking good!Looking good!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787092364477664570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-2552015279942746562008-04-14T11:39:00.000-04:002008-04-14T11:39:00.000-04:00Aw, any pansy can stomp around in a Temple. But re...Aw, any pansy can stomp around in a Temple. But real men march around in 70 pounds of chainmail, steel helmets with broadswords on a 38 degree day with 15 mph winds in a tent! And their monks wear sandals so their feet are blocks of ice by the end of the day!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, the event was a templar festival day at the Indiana masonic home, and Levant's conferral of the Templar Order in medieval garb in a tent was followed by a hog roast and medieval dinner (no cutlery but your dagger, if you had thought ahead), complete with minstrels. Unfortunately, April in Indiana is a demonstration of the lion/lamb analogy.Christopher Hodapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-29336321350184603592008-04-14T10:15:00.000-04:002008-04-14T10:15:00.000-04:00Glad it went well, Jim.Glad it went well, Jim.Jeff Naylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936426528270255900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-40920775070331786312008-04-14T08:20:00.000-04:002008-04-14T08:20:00.000-04:00Those guys look kick-@$$. But why not in a temple?...Those guys look kick-@$$. But why not in a temple?<BR/><BR/>/MunkholtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-1412234522775712102008-04-14T00:05:00.000-04:002008-04-14T00:05:00.000-04:00The weather was miserable. It was cold, damp, and ...The weather was miserable. It was cold, damp, and in the high thirties by the time we got around to conferring the Order of the Temple. Aside from that, the actual conferral could not have gone much better. The Templar Feast that followed was magnificent. You were never far from our thoughts.Jim Dillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361288577984845965noreply@blogger.com