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Even if you answer all their questions, they'll still believe you're lying and covering up. Once my wife told a woman that she had to get home because I had to go to Lodge. The woman said "Oh, I'm so sorry." My wife asked why, and she said "Don't they worship Satan?" All you can do is laugh...

I like that.

John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? Yes, Freemasonry teaches us to seek the divine within.

If not, the man has missed the whole point.

I read once that the Grand Lodge of South Carolina has some rules about rings (unconfirmed,) but I've never heard of any other Grand Jurisdiction in the U.S. having any.

What do you mean by "advance?"

I think that in most jurisdictions, wearing your apron outside of Lodge without permission from Grand Lodge, much less as part of a costume, would be very poor form. A modern apron would likely not be "period correct" in any case. A square and compass watch fob would be fine and appropriate.

If you think about it, it's most often two, not three months. You get initiated, a month later passed, and another month later raised. Two months total.

The Minnesota table lodge ritual is available online: http://www.mn-masons.org/sites/mn-masons.org/files/5211.pdf And apparently a newer one: http://www.mn-masons.org/sites/mn-masons.org/files/5871.pdf

There are many Masonic cyphers, even different iterations of the pigpen cypher. The Scottish Rite has one that's pretty official (they even use it on their web site) but otherwise I wouldn't say there's any generally accepted for Grand Lodge Masonry.

First one was a cheapo from eBay.

The "Mason Word" of 17th century Scottish Masonry is far closer to our current "substitute word" than anything that is given as "the lost word" in high-degree Masonry today.

Okay, but if you tried me with York Rite Royal Arch stuff, you'd find me lacking, because I'm not York Rite. So even though I'm a 32° Knight Commander of the Court of Honor in the Scottish Rite, you consider me a "souped-up Fellowcraft?"

In America, a Master Mason is quite complete. I'm a Scottish Rite Mason, and I'm of the understanding that the word we get in the 13° (Royal Arch of Solomon) is a little different than what the York Rite gives in the Holy Royal Arch. So who's right? And what difference does it make, since it's...

Very few of us are under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England.

There's a "Traditional Observance" lodge in the Twin Cities that does this.

Re: For my more seasoned brothers----What would yo Every state has different rules, but here's what Minnesota has to say on the subject:

No, you can't tell the rest of us that we've lost our way, and then step out of the discussion without backing up your statement. How is a tattoo of a square and compasses any different than a ring, belt buckle, etc? My lodge has been fortunate enough to have candidates to go through all the...

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I've never heard anything in any degree tell me that I can't have an S&C tattooed on my body. I have it on my ring, on my belt buckle, on a couple of caps, on the rear window of my car, on a few shirts...always remember that while there are some things that are universal in Freemasonry, there...