dillon1715
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How long roughly dose it take to get to this lv though the York rite if it's possible to assume?
Secondly, you do not obtain it. It is bestowed as an honorary for years of outstanding service.
Also how much relevance dose ancient Egyption culture have on freemasonry as this is a big part of wanting to become a brother and is a big passion of mine.
I am currently in the process of learning about the 3rd eye and hopefully after years of as you say inner development, I will be able to see things more clearly brother thank you for your open reply.You will need to have read and sensed a lot about ancient Egypt (and Sumer) to find those influences in Freemasonry. Both Egypt and Sumer have a profound impact on Freemasonry and western culture, but successive generations have remade both the ritual and the history to fit with their own beliefs.
Therefore the interested brother needs to penetrate beyond the veils of ritual and material existence to connect consciously to the spiritual influences that flow through both antiquity and the present. This work requires decades of inner development, ritual practice and wide reading.
You will need to have read and sensed a lot about ancient Egypt (and Sumer) to find those influences in Freemasonry. Both Egypt and Sumer have a profound impact on Freemasonry and western culture, but successive generations have remade both the ritual and the history to fit with their own beliefs.
Therefore the interested brother needs to penetrate beyond the veils of ritual and material existence to connect consciously to the spiritual influences that flow through both antiquity and the present. This work requires decades of inner development, ritual practice and wide reading.
If you're in Eurpoe (as this thread is in that section of the Forum) you're going to find it difficult to find the York rite let alone join it.How long roughly dose it take to get to this lv though the York rite if it's possible to assume?
This is partially because a number of other organisations concealed themselves within Freemasonry (rather than go out of existence) and each such organisation has imposed its own messages upon those already present. The result is a multiplicity of meanings, most of which have been adversely modified by later parties.
Such as the illuminati
Since the genuine secrets of Masonry are concealed, both deliberately and by ignorant alterations, I consider it unwise to expect that more is revealed to the candidate in the higher degrees. Indeed as one authority has said: the higher degrees become an increasing jumble.
This is partially because a number of other organisations concealed themselves within Freemasonry (rather than go out of existence) and each such organisation has imposed its own messages upon those already present. The result is a multiplicity of meanings, most of which have been adversely modified by later parties.
The 3 craft degrees, for all their limitations, are the most valuable for the spiritual aspirant.
[QUOTE="Glen Cook, post: 143968, member: 15599"Rectified Rite, Scarlet Cord, Spiritual Knights, RCC, Acon, ROS, or Pilgrim Preceptors
I don't view Masonry as a spiritual construct, but a moral and philosophical body of thought.
I don't accept that other organizations deliberately concealed themselves either.
See http://www.travelingtemplar.com/2011/06/invitational-and-honorary-bodies-of.html for some info.I did google the scarlet cord...i just figured you could explain them better.....ive done reasearch on the AMD and all it did was confuse me