The latest edition of Coronatio Quadrans has officially landed, and this time, it’s not just another quarterly release. It’s their very first Special Edition, and it’s blooming just in time for the Vernal Equinox.

This quarter, the editorial team has gathered a series of thought-provoking papers exploring one of the most elusive and evocative ideas in all of philosophy, theology, and symbolic tradition:The Nature of the Supreme Being AKA The Great Architect of the Universes.

You’ll find reflections from mathematicians, physicists, historians, mystics, and mischief-makers, each offering their own lens on the ineffable. Among them is my own humble contribution:

“The Ever-Shifting Face of the Divine. Or Why Humanity Keeps Rebooting the Supreme Being in Its Own Image.”

And yes, before you ask, all the usual delights are still here: reviews, competitions, commentary, and the occasional eyebrow-raising footnote.

So if you’re feeling cosmically curious, ceremonially inclined, or just in need of a good Equinoctial read, grab yourself a copy. You might just find the Architect staring back at you… with a wink.

On the longest night of the year, the world feels as though it pauses, just for a heartbeat, between one breath and the next. The veil thins, not in the ghost‑story sense, but in the way a still lake reveals the sky when the wind finally rests. This is the Solstice: the hinge of the year, the ancient turning of the Great Wheel, the deep dark that promises light, the cold that invites warmth, the moment when darkness reaches its fullest bloom before yielding to the returning light.

Our ancestors knew this night well. They watched the sun sink low and wondered if it would rise again. They lit fires not only for warmth, but as offerings, sparks cast into the dark in honour of the unseen forces that guide the turning seasons. They gathered close, shared strong drink, and told stories of gods who battled winter’s grip, of heroes who descended into shadow and returned transformed.

This is the night when hearths matter most. When a warm fire, a strong drink, and good company feel less like luxuries and more like small acts of defiance against the encroaching dark. We gather, we laugh, we share stories, not because the night is long, but because we are choosing to fill it with meaning. We remind ourselves that even the deep dark hums with promise. The Solstice teaches a simple truth wrapped in mythic clothing: darkness is not an ending, but a gestation. A seed buried in the cold earth. A story waiting for its first line.

And then – slowly, almost shyly – the light returns.

Not in a blaze, but in a whisper. A few more minutes of dawn. A gentler tilt of the sky. The promise that brighter days are not only possible, but inevitable. With the light comes joy, companionship, and perhaps a bonfire or two to honour the old ways, flames rising like prayers, reminding the world that we are still here, still watching, still believing in the turning of the Wheel.

In this moment, we stand where countless generations have stood: at the threshold of the year’s longest night, looking toward the first spark of dawn. The myths remind us that every descent has its ascent, every winter its spring, every shadow its flame.

Let’s raise a glass to the turning of the wheel, to the resilience that carried us here, and to the light that is already on its way back.

From the darkest depths, brighter days ahead!

Coronation Lodge No. 2927 has a quarterly Masonic Publication associated with it called Coronatio Quadrans, or CQ for short.

One part of the publication is “Question from the Master” This is where the Lodge’s Worshipful Master asks a esoteric or masonic question to the Lodge Mentor who will answer it in an article in the next edition. After the Mentor answers the question, the “Question” is thrown open to all, and anyone can try and answer it themselves anonymously. The CQ Editors will read all the submissions and pick the best which gets published in CQ.

The Question in the last edition of CQ was “To what extent are Masonic rituals Theurgic Rites?” The question intrigued me, so I decided to enter the competition again. I won, and my prize again was to write a paper on a topic of my own choosing.

The topic I selected was “Ye Sons of the Widow” which is my attempt to answer the question “why do Freemasons get called the Sons of the Widow or Widows sons”

I first asked myself this question when I needed to wrote a short paper as part of the LOLS paper writing challenge during Lockdown.

Coronation Lodge No. 2927 has a quarterly Masonic Publication associated with it called Coronatio Quadrans, or CQ for short.

One part of the publication is “Question from the Master” This is where the Lodge’s Worshipful Master asks a esoteric or masonic question to the Lodge Mentor who will answer it in an article in the next edition. After the Mentor answers the question, the “Question” is thrown open to all, and anyone can try and answer it themselves anonymously. The CQ Editors will read all the submissions and pick the best which gets published in CQ.

The Question in CQ Vol 6 was “To what extent are Masonic rituals Theurgic Rites?“. Just before the Magazine was due to be released the Editors mentioned to me that there had been no entries for this edditions question. So to make sure thay had at least one paper to publish, I knocked up a response to the question.

It turns out they had a few last minute entries, I guess the Editors moaning no one had responded, encouraged multiple people to actually submit something.

So, I won.

“What did you win?” you ask, (yes I heard you. I have explained in an old blog post, I can hear you when you speak out loud while reading this site).

Well my prize is that I get to write an article on any topic of my choice, and it will get published in the next edition of CQ.

ANYTHING!

So now I need to think of what I would like to write about.