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Here's an excerpt from an article I wrote a few years ago. It might be of some help to you.
Cracking the Freemasons Code by Robert L.D. Cooper
This has become one of my “go to” books to recommend when people ask for a recommendation. Brother Cooper is the curator of the museum and library of...
I can't say I think much of requiring a degree from a concordant body in order to advance in Blue Lodge. Membership in an appendant/concordant body should be completely irrelevant in Blue Lodge.
I don't think anybody mentioned Maryland. There's a Reheboth in Delaware. That's what we were reacting to. You have to go a couple of pages deep in his profile before you see the "Windhoek" part.
We're doing the KCCH in St. Paul in a couple of weeks, and 33° a month later in Minneapolis. A trip to Minneapolis in late November is often an adventure!
And yet, the NMJ did a regular Annual Session in Cleveland last month, including the 33° conferral in a packed auditorium, but the SJ did their annual session with only the Supreme Council present, and no 33° conferral. Meanwhile, my SJ valley is conducting business as usual, conferring and/or...