In this episode, we discuss the 6th Degree - "Intimate Secretary" from "Morals & Dogma: The Annotated Edition". Transcripts, Chapter Markers and Show Notes for all episodes are available from our website - WayOfTheHermit.com.

It is highly recommended that you read the chapter in order to fully follow our discussion.  "Morals and Dogma" is available from these sites: 

• Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma: Annotated Edition (to purchase)
• Morals and Dogma (free but unannotated online PDF)
• Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma (Audible audiobook for purchase)

For the remaining degrees, we are supplementing the  "Morals and Dogma" material with selections from the Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor & Guide and A Bridge to Light. 

Diagrams:

• A Brother Discovers Hiram of Tyre in a Heated Conversation with Solomon (engraving by Pierre Mejanel, ca. 1887)

Overview

• Introduction (01:14 )
• Mythological Setting of the Degree (01:52 )
• Morals and Dogma (04:50 )
• Be Zealous and Faithful (05:56 )
• We are Not Born for Ourselves Alone (06:42 )
• The True Mason is Disinterested and Generous (09:57 )
• The True Mason is a Peacemaker (10:45 )
• Scottish Rite Ritual - Monitor and Guide (13:57 )
• A Bridge to Light (14:20 )
• Why Act the Peacemaker? (15:29 )
• The First Awakening (16:43 )
• Cultivating Peace Within Ourselves (18:48 )
• The Power of Imagination (19:57 )
• Take Me to the Pilot (21:58 )

Links:

• Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor & Guide (Amazon)
• A Bridge to Light (Amazon)
• How to Calm the Voice Inside | Eckhart Tolle Teachings (YouTube)
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Amazon)
• Oprah & Eckhart Tolle  - A New Earth (Chapter 1 of 10 on Podcast App)