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Bryan,
Pikes work was in keeping with the tradition of the times as far as citation goes. I am not certain what you mean by, "Why not just honestly mark speculation as speculation and not pretend it to be anything else, then?" How do you "mark" speculation as "speculation?" What is...
Pike was an extraordinary man to which Freemasonry, not just SR Freemasonry owes a great debt. Albert Pike's SR damn near rescued Masonry from the massive decimation of the anti-Masonic period and made it, to some degree, to be "cool" to be a Mason again. There are more than 700 unpublished...
I believe in God (just not the anthropomorphic white dude with a beard who creates things in 7 days as a literal story), and I believe science has uncovered strong evidence of natural selection and evolution. I have no reason to believe the two don't leave in harmony. I recommend Gould's...
1. What would happen if you died today? If you believe that you have a Spirit, where would it go?
I would probably be more relaxed. Yes I have a spirit. Don't have a clue what happens. Hoping for reincarnation.
2. What would happen to those who are of a different religion than your own...
One of our lodge members, Walter Modern Stewart, who has passed to the celestial lodge above, was Manly P. Hall's personal assistant (sort of cool part of his life) and derived his middle name because his family members formed the order. We have Woodmen Road in the Springs because its named...
A religion doesn't do anything in my estimation. Its is only a collection of ideas. How those ideas are applied depend on the individual members. It is why you find intolerance in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc. and find tolerance them as well.
You generally sit in a U shape, have a series of less formalized toast and then encouraged discussion. There is an opening and closing ritual. It happens after tyled lodge and outside of the lodge room so the normal prohibitions on discussion in the temple are not in place and the sanctity of...
The Agape is a formalized dinner after lodge wherein toasting, educational discussion and fellowship are had. The MRF does have some standardized rituals.
Do not limit yourself by personal experience in choosing what “Masonic” education is and I would provide that you need not limit education to things that are “Masonic” unless specifically forbidden by your Grand Lodge. Even then, with Masonry encompassing the arts and sciences there is little...
Man this is TOUGH...I love to read. So I will do my best here. My first choice is easy.
I am going with Morals and Dogma. Next is probably Esoterika. Starting to sweat, but I am going with Alchemical Keys to Masonic Ritual, then Lost Keys of Freemasonry and....not sure I can do this...
I practice with both music and a television going in the background because when I can get through ritual doing that, I can do it period.
Always, always practice by speaking out loud. Don't whisper it or "say it" in your mind. Stand there and say it out loud.
If you must....close your...
I was forced from my church for being a Mason. Told I had to choose. I don't do well with ultimatums. I learned over time, the church does have much to fear from Freemasonry. The Craft creates thinkers, free men of free mind and conscious. These men in turn will question rigorism...
Yes the situation with the Coptics is grave...any situation wherein humans are persecuted because of their philosophical, religious or political opinions is horrible. I will meditate/pray for them. I feel blessed to be in in the U.S. wherein even our prejudices seem paled by comparison.