No, that’s not the reason. I haven’t greeted another mason in that manner since, oh, last week. As indicated by our young correspondent, it’s a traditional greeting on the Continent.I ask myself the same. Perhaps it is with good reason this GL is considered irregular. Several here think the experiences described were proper and a good thing, to me it sounds more like hazing.
To each their own!
Actually, this is not unknown in European Masonry, particularly continental, or liberal Masonry. They are serious about their craft, even though we do not recognize them. Further, the liberal obediences are sometimes larger than their regular counterparts.5 years 3 balloting and writing assays ? What kind of lodge is this ? And they must not need members that bad.
You've put a funny image in my head !It was a traditional European greeting cheek to cheek as a warm welcome... no idea what you had in mind
It was a traditional European greeting cheek to cheek as a warm welcome... no idea what you had in mind
Absolutely!Saying you were greeted and welcomed in to the craft by 80 brothers would have sounded better
I had some hazing stuff in mind. Not sure why you felt it necessary to say you kissed 80men. That just doesn’t sound right. Saying you were greeted and welcomed in to the craft by 80 brothers would have sounded better
.....and here things differ some what from lodge to lodge in the same city!Some lodges seem foreign here in the states I'll tell ya what.
Very true......and here things differ some what from lodge to lodge in the same city!
I knew what you meant and it's all good. Different cultures(within reason)=different perspectives=good.Ha, yes, pls forgive my enthusiasm the welcome was indeed a very warm welcome, saying I was greeted and welcomed in to the craft by 80 brothers would indeed have sounded better and maybe more respectful, but the fact I was kissed on the cheek by 80 man was, for me at least, a fraternal gesture I'm not used to and surprising. And please, take into account my native tongue is not English and as such not that elaborate...
True!Different cultures(within reason)=different perspectives=good.