Search results

Using your analogy, what it really seems the mentality is that we do as you say, give them the title after only a cursory education/presentation, but then we expect them to actually become an architect by learning on the job. Sounds a bit backwards, doesn't it? We espouse masonic education left...

welcome brother!

I don't see why not. I'm sure it has been done hundreds of times over the years. As long as any other fraternal order doesn't require you to dish up any of the secrets of freemasonry, I dunno why it would be a prob.

@Thegentlesoldier: What you describe above is exactly what I hope to never see as a normal routine here, primarily for the reasons @dalinkou says previous to your post. I begin to wonder, why such a rush to get the degrees? If it takes a year or two, so be it. If things play out like @dalinkou...

It is not really illegal to misrepresent yourself sadly. Not much legal recourse. Though if you were to forcibly try to take a falsely worn item, you might be looking at charges. :P My Freemasonry

It's a bit less of an investigation and more of a get to know you visit from some brothers. That really is what it is anyway. Some states may do a criminal bg check, but that would probably be separate. My Freemasonry

short answer: 1-2 months. long answer: after you turn in your petition, it has to be "accepted" at the next biz meeting (anywhere from a day to a month away depending on when you turned it in), then sometime in the next month, the investigation committee will visit with you. after that at the...

also IIRC, you have to get permission from other lodges within a certain radius of you if they exist. maybe to prevent oversaturation of lodges/spreading members too thin in lodges?

works fine on the website, not so much on the mobile app.

It's not just you. I can't see it either. My Freemasonry

I will attempt to clarify/simply (without getting into the intricacies of PHA, other countries, etc): the "33rd degree is a degree given in what is known as the Scottish Rite. It is what is called an "appendant (side) body". It is meant for men who seek *more/further* Masonic knowledge, not...

Probably an average of 8 per year maybe here (in my lodge).

in the CT loony bin world, isn't it the 13 *illuminati* bloodlines?

Re: Question regarding "ongoing" fundraising and m Not being facetious here, but isn't a raffle technically a gamble? I ask because pretty sure gambling would be a no-no in Tejas and I see plenty of raffles happening. Or are raffles considered separate? Hmm My Freemasonry

Re: Membership and participation in Freemasonry to You may think yourself a nobody without a voice, but you speak the truth brother, make no mistake. A lot of lone voices make for a pretty loud roar.

Re: Question regarding "ongoing" fundraising and m I'm curious. Was the fundraiser coming out of the brothers' pockets or were they just expected to help put it on? If it was the sort of fundraiser where the fundraising is coming from the brethren, I guess I could see how they'd skip out. Of...

Basically its an expasive lecture for a part of the FC. It's said it was penned by Pike, but found much earlier (prior to 1875) and even published in GLoMS work. In fact, upon inspection it appears that the corresponding section of the Texas (and I suspect other states') monitorial work for the...

Awesome. For those who have heard it, was it given in entirety or just the "dew drop" section? My Freemasonry

Yeah man, it's easy to give credence to some of that stuff, but especially when you know the truth, you see the CTs as mostly folks who fear what they do not know.

Has anybody ever learned or better yet actually given this lecture before? It'll be a challenge for sure, but I think I would like to give it a go and would like anyone's experience as to how well it was received. My Freemasonry HD