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Thank you for clarifying brother. What I meant was the Baphomet connection to Freemasonry came from the Taxil hoax, but I didn't say that clearly.

No, the whole Baphomet thing came from the Taxil hoax. The purpose of M&D was Pike lecturing on his thoughts and readings that informed the degrees.

When I first saw it, I wondered "why not Fee's for Degree's?" but I didn't say anything because I've been beaten up for being a "grammar Nazi" too many times. As Dave Barry once said in one of his "Ask Mr. Language Person" columns when asked to explain the proper use of the apostrophe: "That's...

Except that, unlike M. Wor. Bro. Prince Hall, George Washington did not start his branch of Freemasonry in the United States. Also, using the term George Washington Freemasonry as a catch-all is rather disrespectful to Grand Lodges in the rest of the world. I don't know the answer to getting...

Is it "supposed to be?" Yes. Is it? Probably not. Over my mild objection my lodge stopped buying lambskin and started getting synthetic several years ago, but the other choice was to raise initiation fees to cover the rising cost of real lambskin.

My Valley (Rochester) spreads the degrees out over ten months, meeting one night most months, two night a few months. We do 17 of the degrees in full form, the remaining 12 are communicated. Minneapolis Valley does all 29 degrees in full form twice a year; you have to go every week for about...

And the L.E.O. in my signature block stands for Lodge Education Officer...lol!

Ours are about half a year's dues per degree. By the way, not all jurisdictions give the same things at raising; we don't give a Bible. The newly-raised brother gets an apron, a certificate, his Minnesota Masonic Manual and a cipher, and a lapel pin. Our petition lists all the fees, so there...

I was a police officer for 25 years, but retired before becoming a Mason. I now teach law enforcement at Minnesota State University.

Quatruor Coronati IS the premier lodge of research in England. Is this the book you're talking about? I'm reading it right now: http://www.amazon.com/Freemasons-Guide-Compendium-Revised-Edition/dp/1581825609

This. My understanding of the prohibition on making Masons of "old men in dotage" has to do with the "free will and accord" requirement. If a man is so addled by age-related dementia that you don't believe he truly is able to understand what he is obligating himself to, you should not make him...

In my jurisdiction, it's economically a good deal for young Masons, but for someone my age it's not at all. I'm in my mid-60s, and an endowed membership for me is not much less than for a man in his thirties.

I'm proud to be a Founding Member and a Fellow of The Masonic Society.

There are lot of coins already available. Why try to get this one place to make one? http://www.ebay.com/bhp/masonic-challenge-coin

Re: Pleiades Lodge #478 Masonic Education Symposiu Yeah, I've got Grand Lodge the first weekend in April, the Midwest Conference on Masonic Education the second weekend in April, so I just can't do another couple of days of hotels and meals that soon. Pleiades Lodge has been really putting on...

In "mainstream" Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, there is only one Sovereign Grand Inspector General per state, and only a total of 33 SGIG who are the active members of the Supreme Council, so some states don't have an SGIG, but rather a Deputy of the Supreme Council, who performs all the...

That's the correct word (other than it should be a double T, i.e., coronetted.)

I'd rather he give me his concerns privately via electronic communication than in front of others.

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Google knows where you are. Seattle Masons might get your lodge high on a "Freemasons" search result, others around the country certainly won't.