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There are irregular Scottish Rite and York Rite bodies out there too, but far less than irregular Lodges. The SR in the US is broken into two governing bodies, the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction and the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Other countries may have one supreme...

Uhh, you can't really explain it in just 2 words. The Scottish Rite is just a different collection of degree systems, though this system is practiced in roughly the same form wherever you happen to come across it. The SR degrees are wholly different and range from 4-32 with 33 being an honorary...

I heard an analogy recently that kinda hit the point home: A guy's kid, let's call him Jimmy, wanted to become a boy scout. Unfortunately, Jimmy was so busy with sports and other activities that he didn't have time to go to scout meetings, work on merit badges, on campouts, etc. The local...

York Rite could be called (and is called in some places) the American Rite. It's pretty much an American thing, though the degrees themselves aren't exclusive to the US. The degrees didn't really originate here and are practiced elsewhere in the world of course. The "York Rite" is just how those...

Degree proficiency, memory work, catechism, etc.

In TX, EAs are given a year to complete their work, so the 6 month remark sounds off to me as well.

Yah that's what I thought you meant. Basically I was saying that if you hold member ship in two jurisdictions, one which allows visitation and one which does not, the allowed visitation in one does not shield you from the repercussions of breaking the same rule in the other. That's the...

Newsbot is Skynet's little brother. It's become self aware, hah.

You are still required to submit to the laws of your jurisdiction. If you join a lodge under another grand one, that doesn't negate the former. Is that what you're asking?

I keep meaning to visit the PHGL building and take a tour. I'd contacted somebody some time ago and never received a reply, then several months later got one saying my email had been overlooked. Just haven't had time to get over there since then. I work just a couple miles away from it here in...

No it won't. Pretty much all members are aware of the generation gap in Freemasonry (im 32 so roughly our fathers' generation skipped out). It's pretty common. Don't worry.

A parent? I don't understand. I get the gist though. You need to find a local lodge and contact them. Where are you at? Maybe we can point you to one.

I joined quite some time ago so I forget how it went down exactly.

You'd be surprised how much many men have benefitted in terms of public speaking and such by being a Freemason. Being a Lodge officer helped me more than speech class ever did, hah.

Here, he may continue to attend meetings, degrees and such, but cannot continue to the next degree until a petition for advancement has been voted on by the Lodge.

Nothing wrong with that!

I'm a member there and I seem to recall having a to wait some time before my account was activated as well. I don't remember if I contacted somebody or I just kept checking until it worked.

I assume by your avatar that you're in Texas?

Perhaps in yesteryear I would say 18, but nowadays 21. I feel as though we as a society do not mature as quickly as we used to. An 18 year old a century ago, might have a family, work a farm, go to war, etc. Now though, I just don't see the same level of growing up, even in my own generation.

I'm also here north of FW. I'll ask around.