{"id":11354,"date":"2020-03-10T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11354"},"modified":"2020-03-10T12:10:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:10:59","slug":"start-your-own-magickal-lodge-in-southern-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11354","title":{"rendered":"Start Your Own Magickal Lodge in Southern Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Does watching TV shows with “Lodge” in the title make yourself wish that you, yourself, headed a magickal order? Or do you need headquarters for your existing esoteric order?<\/p>\n

Here is a chance to buy the old Masonic hall (originally a bank with lodge rooms upstairs) in almost-trendy Florence, Colorado.<\/a><\/p>\n

One warning. Real-estate listings always lie. The Pour House coffeehouse has moved out, so you will need to find a new tenant for that ground-floor commercial space. You can easily find another antiques dealer to rent it \u2014 more income for building upkeep, purchase of new regalia, and printing elaborate esoteric books.<\/p>\n

As for the Masons, sources tell me that they are about done for. They sold the building, and I think the few elderly members left have consolidated with another lodge in a nearby town.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Does watching TV shows with “Lodge” in the title make yourself wish that you, yourself, headed a magickal order? Or do you need headquarters for your existing esoteric order? Here is a chance to buy the old Masonic hall (originally a bank with lodge rooms upstairs) in almost-trendy Florence, Colorado. One warning. Real-estate listings always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,72,378],"class_list":["post-11354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colorado","tag-magick","tag-temples"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-2X8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11466,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11466","url_meta":{"origin":11354,"position":0},"title":"Thelema, New York, and Esoteric Publishing: A Quick Review of “In the Center of the Fire”","author":"Chas S. 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