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I've long figured the founders of clandestine jurisdictions know but few of their members have any idea the lodge they petitioned is clandestine. Yesterday I encountered a situation that seems to confirm that. I attended a first degree at a local lodge. I was asked "You're from Illinois...

Those styles had not been invented during the bronze age when the Temple was constructed. One of my lodges has a pair of Egyptian looking columns that are more like the ones depicted in the first post in this thread.

I didn't need Masonry to teach me that all of humanity is one family, but Masonry did repeat that lesson for me. I understand that when a jurisdiction decides to go irregular recognition gets puled from them. Without recognition I won't ever seen one of their members in a tiled meeting...

CoMasonry - In an emergency I'm not going to exchange dues cards. At a meeting I'm not going to attempt to pass one of their tilers or as a tiler allow one of their members to pass. There's plenty of room in between to be okay attending social events together. I have in the past been friends...

It's not sane to believe conspiracy theories. I will add you to my list of folks who I pray for their mental healing. It's close to the only response I ever give to any anti.

The expression "Masonic intercourse" means exchanging the secrets so it does translate to visitation (plus instruction) not to recognition.

I've got "class ring" style PM, SR and Shrine rings. Yet when I bought my black tungsten PM ring I've worn it continually since. Interesting how that worked out.

For a random member they pretty much attend based on how much they value the fellowship - I attend Stated meetings and don't care that they are about paying the bills because I put a high value on the fellowship. Then I do Masonic Education talks because I want Stated meetings to be about more...

That's a matter of history and lineage. It's not a matter of why we stopped using it because jurisdictions in our lineage never have used it. It's a matter of why should we import it from foreign jurisdictions not in our direct lineage. The jurisdictions that sponsored the lodges that formed...

California does not use the symbol. A few jurisdictions use it in a later degree. You already get its meaning.

Wear a ring with the symbol of a degree you have earned. Don't wear a ring of a degree you have not earned. If you don't know you have earned a symbol, you have not. That simple. The symbol of the Entered Apprentice was explained to you in the first degree lecture and if your lodge does a...

It was beyond by ken that such a committee had not been meeting for decades. In my other jurisdictions the committee is the elected grand line officers plus a couple of at-large members who are announced at the end of the annual appointments. While a MW GM can announce his own programs, it is...

Masonry skipped a generation about late boomers. Across history masonic popularity has had multiple grow and shrink eras but as they tend to last several decades in each direction many think any current trend is likely to continue. What we're seeing now is a reversal from a downward trend to...

My mother lodge is Pasadena 272. These days I live in Texas. The ritual has assorted differences jurisdiction to jurisdiction but it mostly the same. First learn your own proficiencies then consider visiting in other jurisdictions so you know enough that you can tell the differences. Watch...

The simplest and most common meaning works like this - Religion: My cult. Cult - Your religion if it is any other than mine. There are various 10 point scales and other judgment systems. Here's one - http://www.cultwatch.com/howcultswork.html No matter how it's defined, Masonry is not a...

May is the deadline to submit legislation or the Dec annual communication. I posted in another thread the exact wording I will submit at my own lodge this week. If more lodges copy, sign and submit I would like that.

I am interested in the wording of the proposal that passed. The one I will submit next week includes correcting recognition agreements with all states and blanket recognition going forward. I figure it's the right thing to ask for.

http://bessel.org/masrec/phablanket.htm Here is a list of "George Washington Affiliation" jurisdictions that have issued blanket recognition of PHA GLs whether they return the favor or not. I'm glad to see it happening in more states. May it happen in all US states.

In your own lodge absolutely and it is encouraged. In other lodges it depends on the rules of your jurisdiction. Commonly you need to go with a Master Mason to introduce you to attend first degree events in other lodges. Almost the entire world and most of the US, business meetings are held...

Nothing hypothetical about that. Visits of that sort happen all of the time. As Arkansas does not recognize PHA in Arkansas they don't recognize PHA anywhere. This means the lodge he is visiting is a "George Washington Affiliation" lodge for like of an official term (I refuse to use the word...