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I don't know how the appendant/concordant bodies view it, but remember that in the Blue Lodge, your vows "can never be repudiated or laid aside." If you demit from a Blue Lodge and go inactive, you're a Mason who's not in good standing, as opposed to if you've been expelled, in which case...

I'm curious why you'd say this. I'm Venerable Master of the Scottish Rite Valley of Rochester, and I find my Scottish Rite involvement to be very fulfilling. Even if I decided to do any of the York Rite bodies, I have long decided that I wouldn't do Commandery for several reasons. I don't see...

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We don't need to invent a new way to show the degree; both points under the square, EA. One point exposed, the other covered, FC. Both points above the square, MM. You won't find many places selling rings or lapel pins with the S&C depicted any way but MM style, though. Here's another...

Pretty much every time I leave the house, but I do mix my Scottish Rite "Yod" ring into the rotation. I have three MM rings. One is pretty traditional with a gold S&C set in a black stone, one is our Lodge ring from Brother Gordon Spurlock (like this one, except with our Lodge information...

We're a very casual lodge; jeans or khakis with a golf shirt is fine, a lot of the brothers have Lodge shirts with the S&C and Lodge name embroidered on them. When I was in the East, I wore a tux for third degree nights, but it didn't catch on with subsequent masters.

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There is no shortage of places in my life where there are women willing to tell me how to be a better man. Freemasonry is about men helping other men become better.

I recently purchased a new tablet computer. When looking at the available "apps," I searched for Masonic and found an app for this site. So, I purchased it and signed up. I look forward to gaining light from the Lone Star State.