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From The Kekeenowin

Posted in Miscellaneous by John E. Pannell on July 1st, 2007 at 10:54 am

At the SC TOR, I bought a copy of the The Kekeenowin of the Wimachtendienk, by Terry Grove (groveagle@cfl.rr.com).   It is an history of the ceremonies of the Order of the Arrow from 1915 through 1948.  I have slowly started to read through the book and find it very interesting on several levels. 

Though the structure of the Order of the Arrow and its ceremonies are vastly different, the roots of what we know as the Order today can be plainly seen.   Any serious student of the ceremonies or OA historian should own a copy of this work.

In the book Terry Grove gives the text from the “Report of Committee on Ordeals and Ritual 1921″.   It was this committee that decided upon the name of Unami lodge.  There was also another problem to be deal with. During the Summer of 1920 interlopers had access to the Ritual.   This report piqued my curiosity on a few levels.

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“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.”
Albert Einstein


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