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Based on what I see in Minnesota, I don't know how someone could survive more than one year in the Big East. They are somewhere doing something Masonic pretty much every evening of the year, and often out of state. It's got to be hard on the family. And that's not even mentioning the...

All Masons are encouraged to make advancement in Masonic knowledge. We are TAUGHT that the path to light is not complete after receiving the MM degree, that we are encouraged to seek further understanding. The degrees of the York/Scottish Rite are a good way to work on your Masonic knowledge...

I like it!

Well, I've never said that. I'll repeat the "no degree is higher than a Master Mason" line, but I believe that the Scottish and York Rites provide "more light in Masonry" so I'd never say that they are not Freemasonry.

Are you talking about the official 14° ring, or the unofficial double-eagle 32° ring?

The apology was posted on the Facebook page of the Grand Lodge of Washington, so apparently they are the ones who received it. Here's the text: As far as "cease and desist," I don't think they'd have had a leg to stand on legally to try to force MB to stop using it. There's no copyright on...

Mercedes has apologized, saying that the maker of the commercial had no idea that was a Masonic ring, and that they have edited it out for all future showings.

We decided several years ago to have two stated communications a month instead of one. We were getting petitions at a rate that had us conferring a degree every month, leaving no time for anything else (and making long evenings with business and a degree) so we decided to meet the second and...

I am the Masonic Society's "Second Circle" chair for Minnesota. Just to make sure, I submitted a resolution for recognition at Grand Lodge last spring and it was passed. If anybody wants a copy of the resolution to use, let me know.

In Minnesota, whenever Lodge is open, if the deacons are doing any floor work, they're carrying their rods (at a 23.5° angle). The stewards likewise carry theirs when they go to the anteroom to prepare candidates. About the only time, other than installations, that a marshal has anything to...

As I've stated before, I'm extremely active in Scottish Rite. I've never approached any new brothers individually about it. Occasionally, after Lodge when we're just shooting the breeze, I'll make a general announcement that I have Scottish Rite petitions with me if anybody wants one, or ask...

Travel well; enjoy the journey.

I joined Scottish Rite as soon as my Valley started a new class the fall after I was raised.

Lost Symbol is the only one I've read, and I found the ending to be profoundly disappointing. I figured maybe that's why the book was extremely late in being released, that he wrote the whole book and couldn't figure out how to end it, and finally settled on what he did. It made me go "really...

Probably not. They'd just feel more motivated to save you.

The "G" above the East is homemade, I have no idea by whom. All the rest of our stuff appears commercially made, but we were chartered in 1857 and our stuff has been around so long that I doubt anybody knows for sure where it came from. Our ashlars (rough and perfect) I had made by a local...

Also interesting on this topic is the video "The Scottish Key." I got my DVD copy of it from the George Washington Masonic Memorial gift shop (online.)

I don't know if PM's ever had a vote in Minnesota Grand Lodge, but they don't now unless they have the proxy of a WM, SW, or JW who cannot attend.

Be careful, many Grand Lodges restrict the use of gold to Grand Lodge officers. I know that's the case in Minnesota. I see that they have a silver one as well. Check before buying.

Of course, the only defense is the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.