Scottish Rite Freemasonry

"Indeed, we might find echoes of the 'Heliand'’s values in Freemasonry itself, where our Masonic jewelry and regalia, no matter how 'bright and shiny,' are not valued for material reasons, but rather signify foundational virtues such as fidelity, honesty, charity, and compassion­—virtues which bring us closer to the Divine."— M. Dreisonstok

Learn more about how a 9th-century, Old Saxon epic poem depicts Light and wealth in “A Treasure Hoard in the Second Temple: Light from the ‘Heliand,’ a ‘Bright Book'” in the March/April 2026 Scottish Rite Journal

In the digital edition—
📖 https://pubs.royle.com/publication/?i=860555&p=12&view=issueViewer

On the podcast—
🔊 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-treasure-hoard-in-the-second-temple-light-from-the-heliand-a-bright-book--71494622

Illustration: As Christ calms the waters of the sea in Matthew 8:23–27, the "Heliand" audience imagined this scene as occurring on a Viking-style longship. Watercolor by C. Dreisonstok, inspired by Carl Rasmussen’s 1875 painting "A Summer Night Near Greenland around the Year 1000."

Celebrating the Semiquincentennial of the United States of America 🇺🇸 —

Check out “‘Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness:’ The Declaration of Independence at 250” in the January/February 2026 Scottish Rite Journal.

In the Digital Edition:
https://pubs.royle.com/publication/?i=858335&p=10&view=issueViewer

On the Podcast:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-the-declaration-of-independence-at-250--69743175

Image: Independence Hall (formerly Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House), where the U.S. Declaration of Independence was ratified (Photography: M. Dreisonstok)