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I would like to see more Traditional Observance lodges. I watched the the GM set Doric #420 to labor and thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship and the intellectual conversation afterwords. I unfortunately, and still kick myself today, missed Rex Hutchins at one of their dinners. Yes, the same Rex...

Be sure to let us know how it goes, we love hearing stories like this.

Re: I want to work First thing you have to do, which is usually the hardest part, is to walk into your local lodge and introduce yourself. The rest is easy.

The G is also allegorical to the number 3. Being the 3rd letter in the Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic alphabets. The number 3 also has many mystical connotations, being... 1) EA, FC, MC 2) 3 Ruffians 3) WM, SW, JW 4) 3 Knocks 5) Father, Son, Holy Ghost 6) 3 nails during the crucifixion of Christ 7)...

Yeah, I remembered the monitor, I remember seeing all sorts of different things in various GL work, like the skirret. http://www.mastermason.com/lodge850/reading/skirret.htm

Besides, all it takes is for one GL to ask. I'd really like to think that it would be embarrassing for either GL to turn the other away.

Wow, I bet PHA Masons won't be happy with this.

What about the fact that the beehive pictured is a man made one? Could it also be an symbolic of a world created by a Master's Hands while the workers buzz about, not noticing the handy work?

LOL! As a history teacher, I can appreciate this.

I don't think the checkered pavement is explained in the Texas Work. Is it explained in your state?

I don't find it very difficult. I see the OES as the bride of Freemasonry. Where Blue Lodge is the bastion of reason and Enlightenment ideals, the Order is based on emotionalism and Romanticism, yet the two complement each other allowing you to see the Light through both lenses. The work is...

That would only make sense as you haven't been paying dues.

The sad part about this is that they people who would buy those guns would never take a test like this. If one is willing to fight over their differences, they are not the open-minded type.

This is the golden hinge of every Freemason's compass.

Self awareness leads to instinct, instinct leads to free-will. Interesting. Hrmm... Subduing the animal spirit, reminds me of something I heard once... A mystical union perhaps? A wedding of some sort? :001_smile: :laugh: LOL, that's usually when I would put a book like that book down...

The book is a crutch. Some people need crutches for short periods of time but eventually should learn to walk uprightly.

Indeed, a few months ago we initiated a good young man with a big heart and great character who happens to be African-American. I can't be prouder.

Great idea, thanks!

You might want to show them this... ... then I'd go into the discussion on the per capita increase. Hopefully that would show our brothers that, at the risk of sounding like Chicken Little, the sky is indeed falling.

So i have had the honor of investigating the option of creating a 501c3 non-charitable organization for our lodge. We have noticed that with the changing face of Freemasonry, and the current economic climate, fund-raising has become quite a labor intensive task; so we are designing it to help...