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A great post and something that I learned when I returned from Afghanistan, I am of course heavily involved in the York Rite, and love its rituals. Still the points here are spot on. http://adviceforesotericmasons.blogspot.com/2013/07/many-young-masons-come-to-me-extremely_23.html...

Do you honestly believe that this is the only time this has happened, even in the last ten years? Arizona was burning down last year, the Grand Master fired his deputy, indef suspended a rival of his, and fired his legal council, (I will copy and paste the letter from the legal council below...

Unmasonic and Irregularity are two separate things, the GLofAK not recognizing the shrine isn't an irregular activity or any landmark in Freemasonry. GLofAK wasn't invading another jurisdiction, nor recognizing Masons who have been expelled. Grand Lodges are expected to police their Grand...

I don't think so, the episode I remember they looked at a Worshipful Master chair from a lodge that demised in the local area, and they acted as if they had no idea what it was. S&F, -Bro Vick

Pulling recognition is usually done when there is a jurisdiction dispute or violation, recent examples of this include Ohio and West Virginia (Frank Haas being initiated in Ohio after expulsion from West Virginia), Washington DC and NY (Lodges in Lebanon, and accepting members after expulsion)...

Sent you the contact info for a Brother in the area, let me know if you didn't get it. S&F, -Bro Vick

Not quite Freemasonry, but I thought it would be of interest... http://news.yahoo.com/king-david-era-palace-found-israel-archaeologists-141207932.html

My Lodge when formed, used a loophole in Grand Lodge Law to get the #10, they somehow kept their name and took the number #10. Needless to say the law was quickly rectified afterwards. :) S&F, -Bro Vick

Do you mean that one is against it and the other is no? S&F, -Bro Vick

Ohio was the first state to do it, one day classes have the same retention rate as Masons who individually take the degrees (~30%). Personally I think that New Mexico has the right idea and its treatment of the one day classes, they have the most judicious application process. I am not blind...

I never wrote that a member of the Jewish faith could be a member of the KT, I said that you could be Jewish and still be a member of the York Rite, that the Templar degrees while having a prerequisite of being Royal Arch and Cryprtic could easily not be there as the Orders of the Temple don't...

My concerns is that it comes across as the same as the Regular Grand Lodge of North Carolina, which put out similar notices of its regularity and had a long list of "Grand" Lodge officers. This is the scam where an Army SFC was selling the Memphis Rite in Iraq for $1500 to troops over there and...

I used the book as a lead in, not to say that this is the first time I have heard the issue debated, nor will it be the last, but given that in Texas most installations are happening right now it seemed like a good topic of discussion. Excellent point that it goes back to the West Gate, still...

After reading Bro Porter's book, he asserts that the progressive line is helping further the demise of our lodges as it allows men that have no business being in the east, to sit there, simply because they did their "time". We don't want to not elect them to the next station for fear of hurt...

I agree, I am knee deep right now in AMD, but really the OKM, has a really neat history, and has some of the better degrees if performed properly. S&F, -Bro Vick

It goes far beyond that, when a man in this part of the world decides to become a Mason, they are radically changing their life, and it has ripple impacts on their family, and community. Even if the country allows Freemasonry, generally the lodges meet in secret for fear of community...

I am confused are you wanting comparing and contrasting between the Webb ritual and Scottish Rite Craft Rituals? What are you wanting? S&F, -Bro Vick

Morals and Dogma has it uses beyond Freemasonry and individuals who study western philosophy and theology tend to read portions of it as necessary. The biggest problem was the Pike never had any real research applications and training, so he never cited anything, which makes it difficult to...

Where did these Grand Lodge officers come from? Are they from recognized Grand Lodges? S&F, -Bro Vick

From Mackey's Enclopedia on what is Esoteric: That secret portion of Freemasonry which is known only to the initiates as distinguished from Esoteric Freemasonry, or monitorial, which is accessible to all who choose to read the manuals and published works of the Order. The words are from the...