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Lodge of Zion

The Lodge is where the Institute becomes a people rather than a syllabus—a recurring assembly for study, argument, and the slow accumulation of a shared mind. What is said is kept; the register is the Lodge's memory of itself.

We have been told that if we stop seeking we shall not only find no more but lose the treasures we already have.
— Hugh Nibley

The founding chapter

The Holy Smoke

Before the Lodge had a name, there was a circle of friends who simply gathered—to read, to argue, to laugh, to keep faith with one another and with the questions. They called themselves The Holy Smoke, and they remain the hearth at which the Lodge of Zion convenes: its first chapter, and the living proof that this is fellowship before it is an institution.

About the Lodge

The Lodge of Zion is the gathering body of Dao De Zion Institute — its recurring forum for study sessions, round-tables, and recorded proceedings. It is not a sequence of isolated events, but an accumulating conversation in which each meeting inherits the weight and direction of those that came before it.

Its founding chapter, The Holy Smoke, is the living hearth where the Lodge actually convenes. Accordingly the Lodge is maintained as a register rather than a feed: what occurs is recorded, returned to, and allowed to condition the shape of future meetings. The archive is not supplementary; it is constitutive.

Attendance is limited and requires registration.

Meeting Register

Archive · Record of Proceedings

Index

SeriesLodge of Zion Proceedings

Current year2026

Records entered2

StatusActive

2026

Record no.LOZ-2026-002

DateMay 30, 2026

LocationBeech Residence

AttendeesCMS, KW, AB, JB

TopicCommunity Building, Roles, and Relationships

FiledholysmokeII

Proceedings

Minutes / Notes

Proceedings to be recorded.

Record no.LOZ-2026-001

DateMarch 28, 2026

LocationBeech Residence

AttendeesFounding group | CMS, KW, AB, JB

TopicThe Paths Forward

FiledInitial gathering

Proceedings

Minutes / Notes

First gathering was a hit. We began around 7:45–8:00. The conversation meandered from personal pleasantries and catching up with old friends, to current events, to discussions of philosophy, religion, and morality. Much laughter was had, many inspiring thoughts were shared; Andrew Beech recalled a time he came upon a group of old trees during a particular state of conscious experience, and relayed that they spoke the following wisdom to him: — You are taught by the fathers you turn to the most — which Andrew jokingly said seems like logical, basic advise, but the truth of the statement from such a profound entity had an impact on him. Some cannabis was shared, Papaya Maui.