Where is such Masonry as you describe now worked?
I believe a simple, and yet most comprehensive, answer may be: Masonry, in her highest and most subtle expression, was then and IS now
at work with and within each
MASON AT HEART (the neophyte) who is found [to be ready] after being lost (cf. Luke 15:11-32), IMHO.
In the light of this viewpoint: at a lower and denser expression, Operative Masonry in the material region of the physical world, such as i may have briefly described, is found potentially at the core of current Speculative Masonry, since this last one is but the crystallized form of the former one; a
crystallization process that was perceived beforehand ( «
... We have the Mason Word and second sight, / Things for to come we can foretell aright. » in 1638) and has occured (adapted) in face of the secularization of man's society, derived from the
materialist ideology, currently ultra-materialism, which started to emerge (ca. 18th century) as man and the world (ie. the western world) was experiencing the necessary deepest immersion [focus] in the material-physical domain (with great advantages to the developing intellect, but creating the
darkest times from the Spiritual standpoint, damaging almost every aspect of Life on this entire planet through the actions of his/our [man's] intellectual pride and arrogance).
Now (as the 9º towards the coming Age are we stepping into, IMHO), the reverse process must be started as the spiritualization of matter is
in already in motion. And this takes us back to your question: "Where"? Indeed, where to find the
Spirit that is able to
revitalize the current outer form (Speculative) of Masonry? Shouldn't it be such a
Cosmo-Conception that satisfies-illuminates/enlightens both
mind and
heart through the explanation of the current lost meaning of the Sacred Symbols in the most
holy presence of THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE?
Rays from such Spiritual or Wisdom teachings are already among us, entrusted to worthy ones:
true Operative Masons in the world, working in Silence, whose self-denial allowed them to resist the temptation of attracting the vanity of this world: cf. 1 Corinthians 3:18-20; 21-23: NO publicity or money seeking in exchange of those
pearls, offered
gratis. Worthy ones who follow the commands of the Christ, namely: "
Preach the Gospel [of the Coming Age] and Heal the Sick," IMHO.
Please, allow me also to share a most sublime poem - IN MY MIND'S EYE A TEMPLE, LIKE A CLOUD by William Wordsworth in 1827 - i have found a few years ago, which may not be far from my brother Mason's goal:
IN my mind's eye a Temple, like a cloud
Slowly surmounting some invidious hill,
Rose out of darkness: the bright Work stood still:
And might of its own beauty have been proud,
But it was fashioned and to God was vowed
By Virtues that diffused, in every part,
Spirit divine through forms of human art:
Faith had her arch--her arch, when winds blow loud,
Into the consciousness of safety thrilled;
And Love her towers of dread foundation laid
Under the grave of things; Hope had her spire
Star-high, and pointing still to something higher
Trembling I gazed, but heard a voice--it said,
"
Hell-gates are powerless Phantoms when 'we' build."
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P.S.: This post of mine was reworded a few times due to English lang. issues... in hope that this exposition gets through in a constructive way. Thank you.