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These may have been posted here before (and if this is a repeat I apologize), but here are a couple Masonic poems I enjoy and have framed. I just wanted to share for everyone's enjoyment. Last Night I Knelt Where Hiram Knelt Last night I knelt where Hiram knelt and took an obligation. Today...

I have to agree with the rest; if the working on meeting nights is a perpetual thing, and you want to be active, I don't see any other option other than finding a lodge that meets on nights you can attend. I know in my case, within a 30-minute drive there are lodges that meet Mondays, Tuesdays...

Re: Wife having a problem with Freemasonry, she wa This is not a disparagement of anyone's church, but just a way to shed some light on churches in MY area: Around here, you won't generally hear anything negative from established Presbyterian, Methodist, or Baptist churches that have met under...

Re: Wife having a problem with Freemasonry, she wa I would never presume to tell someone how to handle their household affairs, but ... let's take Masonry out of the picture and insert playing softball, fishing/hunting, racing, any particular vocation or avocation, etc. ... if she knew this...

If you really want to jack with the WM, when you give the word, don't start with the letter/syllable he is expecting!

Josh, I totally agree with everything. Sharp, square turns are essential. Fortunately for us, 3/4 or more of our lodge are veterans, so we've all had plenty of experience marching. Let the WM set the pace. You don't have to be at an exact spot on an exact word, but ideally you will be bringing...

History of Freemasonry in Tennessee - Snodgrass The Book of the Chapter - Mackey Better Angels of Our Nature - Halleran the lodge history I am writing the brief lodge history I have that was published in 1914

I apologize for this being extremely lengthy. I am work on a lodge history, and this is an excerpt from my book. I have the fortune of belonging to a lodge that was without question the home lodge of one U.S. President and where a second likely received his degrees. I hope you find this...

Is it an EA? Use your pocket knife. The candidate will certainly remember!

Here, there is quite a bit to an inspection. I honestly don't know about checking the minutes, finances, etc., because I have never been involved in that end. I do know he looks around the lodge to make sure you have all the necessary furniture. But from a ritual standpoint, you have to be able...

Congratulations. Although different, now that you have the EA lecture, learning the FC lecture will seem much easier.

York Rite is an extension of, and historical part of, the Blue Lodge degrees. The degrees take you back to the time between when you were a FC and a MM.

The gentleman to which I am referring could competently open and close the lodge, but it was far from smooth. By the time he was master, he was in his 70s, long removed from his lectures. He tried to beg out of being master, stating his lack of ability to do memory work like a champ. His lodge...

As for holding certain proficiencies to hold office as some jurisdictions require, I don't like that at all. One of the best masters, if not the best, we've had in my time as a Mason couldn't do any degree work with much proficiency. We still laugh and say he couldn't open the lodge if he was...

All three of my Blue Lodge degrees were done individually, and all had an impact on me. Going through the York Rite festival and not being the active candidate didn't have much of an impact. It was only after I started doing YR work that I understood the degrees. I truly didn't appreciate the...

In the Blue Lodge, we never have more than one person at a time for a first section. If we have multiple candidates on one night, they all go through the first section individually, then we bring them all back in for the second and third sections together in the EA and FC. A MM is a little...

What we do for Lodge of Sorrow is open it for the whole year. Immediately following officer installation in December, the newly installed master will open a MM lodge and say "this lodge has been called and opened for the purpose of opening a Lodge of Sorrow to remain open during my term of...

In Tennessee, we don't have such certificates (at least that I am aware). We have a Lecturer's Card which means you can give the questions and answers for all three lectures. You should have this at a minimum if you are going to teach someone. Our main "certification" is a Proficiency Card which...

For us, stated meetings and degree work completely separate. Our stated meeting is the first Tuesday of each month, and that's only for regular business. We usually do whatever degree work someone needs on the second Tuesday. We could have has many meetings a month as we want. If need be, we...

One shot shouldn't give someone problems. I was just illustrating the point that in the heart of the Bible Belt, you'd better not even bring up to another lodge member that you drink unless you know for sure the other person does, too. Some jurisdictions have beer/liquor in the lodge. Around...