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There's not a thing you can do about it. The S&C is not, and cannot be, copyrighted. Besides, you might be surprised at how many college fraternities have Masonic backgrounds; many of their founders were Masons, and "borrowed" aspects of Masonic ritual for the fraternity ritual. I suppose you...

As has already been stated, no matter what you tell them, they give you one of two responses: "you're not high enough in Masonry to know what really goes on" or "even if I was right, you wouldn't tell me, because you've taken an oath to cover it up." With that "heads I win, tails you lose"...

If that's your experience, then something is seriously wrong with the way your Lodge is using the internet. The single biggest reason for the resurgence of my Lodge (we currently have a progressive officer line with nobody over 40 years old, and not a single PM in the line, with young brothers...

Brother Gordon Spurlock at Gordon Spurlock's Masonic Rings has a very wide selection of good looking stainless steel rings at very reasonable prices.

If the anti-Masonry of the early 19th century didn't do it, the little bit that's going on now certainly won't. The few anti's out there are certainly not getting any wide-spread public attention.

Because there was very tight control over what was allowed to be taken on the flights; they needed to account for every ounce. They have an inventory of everything that was taken. No Masonic aprons.

Not in Minnesota. I'm a PM, and I've never even witnessed a Past Master Degree. Some have been put on in the area for educational purposes, but it's not a recognized degree.

Neil Armstrong was not a Mason, although his father was. Aldrin did, in fact, take a Scottish Rite flag, but any aprons shown in any pictures were photoshopped in.

The #1 most popular educational event at my Lodge is "Masonic Jeopardy." You can download the game board making software at BYOJeopardy - Create and Play Jeopardy (v1.05). There's some work involved in coming up with the Q&A, but it's worth it.

I'm just glad I'm not in a jurisdiction that requires one of these: or

I don't know exactly where the line is, but I had an uncle (RIP) who was a Mason. His sons told me that he taught them "in business you have to screw your friends, because your enemies won't do business with you." I think he missed the point of Freemasonry.

Well said brother. I'm a college professor, and fairly recently I had a young man in my office for an academic advising session. I have Masonic symbols clearly displayed in my office. This young man is a Muslim. He asked me about the symbols and Freemasonry. During the course of the...

I won't presume to speak for Brother Cliff, but while Masonry doesn't meet the definition of a religion (no dogma, no path to salvation, etc.) for many brothers, myself included, Masonry fills that part of their life that religion does for many others. It gets me in touch with spiritual...

Yep, us too.

My reaction to that book, when I got to the end, was "really? That's what this was all about?" It seemed like he just didn't know how to end it, and came up with a very ho-hum solution.

I can't say without knowing the financial condition of the brothers who didn't reach into their pockets. We are expected to contribute to the relief of a distressed brother to the extent that it doesn't cause an undue hardship to ourselves. The best thing to do is not to judge them, because...

We've never had anybody ask to have them read. I think those who haven't taken the time to look at them don't want to call attention to that fact by making all the other brothers sit through it.

We just have a stack of them by the sign-in book. The WM asks for corrections or additions, then a motion to accept, and it's over. They're never actually read out loud.

No, they still exist. Just not as well known as the Shrine. There are apparently several in California. Grotto Locations - Google Maps

Maybe he's just asking if the same terminology is used. In some other Masonic jurisdictions, they don't use the term "blue lodge" rather "craft lodge."