Past Masters of Enlightenment Lodge #198

    Most Worshipful Brother Raymond H. Dunn, Jr. 

2024-2025

Most Worshipful Brother Ray Dunn was Initiated, Passed and Raised in 1997 in Phoenix Lodge #8, Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is a member of Enlightenment Lodge #198, El Paso #13, and East Denver #160, and Past Master of Enlightenment Lodge #198 in 2012 and 2013. WB Dunn is a 33° Inspector General Honorary in the Scottish Rite, Past Secretary of the Colorado Springs Masonic Bodies, and served as the Director of the Degrees and Reunion General for the Southern Colorado Consistory from 2007-2013. He has served the Colorado Springs York Rite Bodies as King (Chapter), Deputy Master (Council), and Generalissimo (Commandery), and received honor of Knight Ish Sodi (Grand Council Cryptic Masons of Colorado) in 2013. WB Dunn is a Frater of the Colorado College of the SRICF. He has been a student of the esoteric mysteries for numerous years. His primary areas of study and research are Hermetic philosophy, Kabbalah, Alchemy, Gnosticism, and Esoteric Christianity. He often travels to Lodges and provides education presentations on Freemasonry and other esoteric subjects. 

      MWB Ray Dunn served as the Grand Master of Masons for Colorado in 2022. 

              Worshipful Brother Robert Herd

                                        2023

Worshipful Brother Robert Herd is a Founding and Charter Member of Enlightenment Lodge 198, a Traditional Observance lodge in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2012 he served as Grand Orator for the Grand Lodge of Colorado. He is a Past Master of Tejon Lodge 104 in Colorado Springs, and for several years was also an Associate Member of Lodge of Living Stones #4957 in Leeds England founded by W.L. Wilmshurst. WB Herd is a Past District Grand Lodge Lecturer for the greater Colorado Springs area, and served two years as the Membership Committee Chairman for the state of Colorado. 

Other esoteric orders WB Herd belongs to include the Martinist order, where he serves as the Grand Delegate for North America. In 2012, he published The Initiatic Experience: Ancient Pathways that Led to Your Initiation into Freemasonry. 

Worshipful Brother Barry D. Nightingale

2021-2022

• Worshipful Brother Barry Nightingale was born in California, and Initiated, Passed, and Raised in Ute Pass Lodge #188, Woodland Park, Colorado where he was Worshipful Master in 2015. He became a member of Enlightenment Lodge #198, in 2015. WB Nightingale was coroneted a 33° degree Inspector General Honorary, served as past Master of the Lodge of Perfection, and currently serves as the Personal Representative to the Deputy of the Supreme Council for the Southern Colorado Consistory of Scottish Rite. Active in York Rite, he is a Past Excellent High Priest, Past Thrice Illustrious Master, and Past Commander of the Colorado Springs York Rite Bodies. He received the Knight Ish Sodi (Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of Colorado) in 2013. He is Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Colorado and serves as the Governor of the York Rite Sovereign College.  He was inducted into the Red Cross of Constantine in 2015. He is also served as Sovereign Master of Gofannin Council #315, Allied Masonic Degrees.  He is a past District Lecturer for the Grand Lodge of Colorado.  In 2022, WB Barry Nightingale was recognized for his singular commitment and dedication to the Craft; Receiving Mason of the Year for Colorado. 

Right Worshipful Brother Gerald P. Underwood

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Right Worshipful Brother Jerry Underwood began his Masonic journey at Ramah Lodge #165, Ramah, Colorado in November, 2009. After being Raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason in March, 2010, he petitioned for the degrees of Scottish Rite.  Coroneted a 33°, Inspector General Honorary in 2021, RWB Jerry is Past Venerable Master of the Lodge of Perfection, and currently serves as the Director General for the Southern Colorado Consistory.  He is also a member of the Scottish Rite Research Society. 

RWB Jerry is also very active in the York Rite. He is a Past Excellent High Priest, Past Thrice Illustrious Master, and Past Commander of the Colorado Springs York Rite Bodies.  In 2017, RWB Jerry was inducted the Royal Order of Scotland and is a member of Gofannin Council #315, Allied Masonic Degrees and in 2024 he received the Knight of York Cross of Honor.

RWB Jerry’s principle areas of research include Pythagoreanism, Rosicrucian Doctrine, Templarism, Illuminism, Kabbalah, Alchemy, and Gnostic Christianity.  In 2013, RWB Jerry published his graduate Thesis entitled:  “The Silent Revolution: Exploring the Rise of Secret Societies in 18th Century Europe and their Influence on Colonial American Government” at Regis University, Denver.  

In 2018, RWB Jerry was honored as Worshipful Master of the Year for Colorado and      he is currently serving as the Junior Grand Warden for the Grand Lodge of Colorado. RWB Jerry  has been a member of Enlightenment Lodge #198 since September, 2010.

Worshipful Brother Scott Casey

 2014-2015

Worshipful Brother Scott Casey was Initiated, Passed, and Raised in Centurion Daylight Lodge #195, in Monument, Colorado. He affiliated with Enlightenment Lodge #198 in 2008, and served as its Worshipful Master in 2014 & 2015. Fully engaged as a Freemason, WB Scott is an active member of the Scottish Rite as well as the York Rite Chapter, Council and Commandery, and a Frater of the Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis. His personal areas of interest include the studies of Gnosticism, Martinism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Hermeticism. He has also studied Kaballah at length with the Kaballah Centre.

Most Worshipful Brother Raymond H. Dunn, Jr. 

2012-2013

Most Worshipful Brother Ray Dunn was Initiated, Passed and Raised in 1997 in Phoenix Lodge #8, Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is a member of Enlightenment Lodge #198, El Paso #13, and East Denver #160, and Past Master of Enlightenment Lodge #198 in 2012 and 2013. WB Dunn is a 33° Inspector General Honorary in the Scottish Rite, Past Secretary of the Colorado Springs Masonic Bodies, and served as the Director of the Degrees and Reunion General for the Southern Colorado Consistory from 2007-2013. He has served the Colorado Springs York Rite Bodies as King (Chapter), Deputy Master (Council), and Generalissimo (Commandery), and received honor of Knight Ish Sodi (Grand Council Cryptic Masons of Colorado) in 2013. WB Dunn is a Frater of the Colorado College of the SRICF. He has been a student of the esoteric mysteries for numerous years. His primary areas of study and research are Hermetic philosophy, Kabbalah, Alchemy, Gnosticism, and Esoteric Christianity. He often travels to Lodges and provides education presentations on Freemasonry and other esoteric subjects. 

      MWB Ray Dunn served as the Grand Master of Masons for Colorado in 2022. 

Most Worshipful Brother Karl J. Hinkle 

2008-2009

A native of Waco, Texas, Most Worshipful Brother Karl Hinkle grew up in Colorado Springs. MWB Karl began his Masonic journey in 1992 while living in Omaha, Nebraska, and continued following his return to Colorado Springs. He is a Past Master of El Paso Lodge #13.

MWB Karl was the charter Worshipful Master of Enlightenment Lodge #198, serving our Lodge while it operated under dispensation in 2007, and through our first two years under charter during 2008 and 2009. He also holds plural membership in Blackhawk Lodge #11 and is an associate member in the Lodge of Living Stones #4957 in Leeds, England. MWB Karl has been honored to be coroneted a 33rd degree, Inspector General Honorary in the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction and he currently serves as the Deputy of the Supreme Council for Colorado. MWB Karl has received the designation of KYCH in the York Rite, is a past Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons for Colorado and he is a member of Al Kaly Shrine and has been admitted to numerous invitational Masonic bodies. 

   MWB Karl J. Hinkle served as the Grand Master of Masons for Colorado in 2012