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I was initiated in Sept. of 1997, and raised in Dec. of that same year (3 months). At that time, you were REQUIRED to wait one month between degrees in Texas, now that waiting period is only two weeks. It still takes our EAs a while to learn their EA work, but some of them can and do get raised...

Very nice! Thanks!

It depends. If you are talking about degree parts, I like to give the lectures, so that means the WM station in the East. If it's a stated meeting, or I'm not taking part in a degree and just observing, I like to sit in the North to balance out the lodge.

Looks like he belonged to Ararat Shrine Temple in Kansas City, MO.

You can wear it, in Texas at least, once you are raised. There are a few versions of a ring presentation ceremony floating around out there (I know because my instructor gave me a copy when I was learning the lectures and floor work after turning in my MM proficiency).

I was an unaffiliated Mason for 9 years and when I decided to return to the Craft, my Lodge told me that meant I could only sit in a tiled meeting, but that I was free to visit the lodge, have dinner, etc., and get to know the brothers before I petitioned. As a matter of fact, my Lodge does this...

Why not use the sash/baldric as a sword sling? (that's what the KofC's do...have a separate sash/baldric for social wear)

I agree. The Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Regalia is just a little better (still has the goofy hat though) The cape, sword, and chapeau are not always required either: I might have stayed with the York Rite had the regalia been cheaper. The base part of the KofC 4th Degree regalia is a...

Re: Straight, Double Edge Safety, or Cartridge Raz Artofmanliness cemented the deal, but I was first exposed to it via Leisureguy's blog (http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/). Leisureguy wrote a book about wet shaving (I hear it's good) and is a regular poster on The Shave Den (and probably other...

I don't recall if I had to learn the Tyler's Oath as part of my proficiency, but I know my instructor made me learn it after I was raised because he knew I was going to go for an "A Certificate" (which I did get in 1998, and had it lapse in 2000--I'm working on getting it again). When I came...

Re: Straight, Double Edge Safety, or Cartridge Raz I use all of the above, but rely primarily on a DE. Straights give the absolute best shave, BUT it takes longer and you will cut yourself more (it's the nature of the beast...the original DE razors were marketed as safety razors for that very...

I'm not a line officer, yet, but should I ever become WM, I have a wide brimmed pork pie hat. I wear it now when I'm acting as WM in a degree. Personally, I think the sitting WM should wear whatever kind of hat he feels comfortable in, as long as it meets the requirements for the Grand Lodge...

I'm with you. I was entered, passed, and raised in 1997. I took the York Rite degrees in 1998 and joined the Scottish Rite in 2002. I demitted form the blue lodge in 2004 for a variety of reasons and returned this year. I went suspended in the Scottish and York Rites and have no desire to return...

Welcome! What part of town are you in? Houston is blessed with Lodges all over (some are quite active).

I would assume that they are talking about opening a representation of the Grand Lodge prior to leveling a cornerstone...that would be a tiled event...so no public allowed.

The term everyone is looking for, and I haven't seen mentioned here is "natural law," which is a Medieval term used to describe those laws written by God in nature and capable of being discovered by the assistance of reason alone (and hence a law upon which all could agree). "God's law" as being...

There are several books by the same author, Carl Claudy, that I cannot recommend highly enough: Old Past Master, Master's Wages, and Foreign Countries are other gems of his.

Here is my five: The Monitor of the Grand Lodge of Texas Introduction to Freemasonry, Carl Claudy (3 small volumes, I've seen one-volume editions available) The Lodge and the Craft, Rollin Blackmer EDIT: The Freemason at Work, by Harry Carr -- bar none, one of the most comprehensive books on...

Not to mention the real persecution, and even martyrdom, that occurs in other parts of Africa and other parts of the world.

I took the Scottish Rite degrees in Houston (and went suspended when I got a dimit from the blue lodge--recently readmitted in the blue lodge), the initation fee was around $250 (or thereabouts) and dues were $60 a year. My current blue lodge dues are $120 and that's all I can afford.