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How to contact my nearest lodge grandmaster

salehin

Registered User
Hi, I am Salehin. I am currently living in Selangor, Malaysia. How do I make a petition to join Freemason here. If anyone who can help throughout the process that would be really nice.
 

Winter

Premium Member
Closest recognized grand lodge from Malaysia is in India or Taiwan.
This information is incorrect.

Malaysia is one of the very few Muslim countries where it is still legal to become a Freemason. There are Masonic lodges in all states in Malaysia except Terengganu, Kelantan and Perlis. The largest lodge in Malaysia will be located in Bukit Jalil. We cannot help you join. A good place to start is to contact the District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago.

 

JanneProeliator

Registered User
This information is incorrect.

Malaysia is one of the very few Muslim countries where it is still legal to become a Freemason. There are Masonic lodges in all states in Malaysia except Terengganu, Kelantan and Perlis. The largest lodge in Malaysia will be located in Bukit Jalil. We cannot help you join. A good place to start is to contact the District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago.

I stand corrected. Is DGLEA directly under UGLE or another grand lodge? THey are not found form UGLEs list of foreign grand lodges.
 

Winter

Premium Member
I stand corrected. Is DGLEA directly under UGLE or another grand lodge? THey are not found form UGLEs list of foreign grand lodges.
You will not find the DGLEA under foreign lodges as it is part of the UGLE. Look under districts.
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Mike Martin

Eternal Apprentice
Premium Member
Thank you. I have already filled in the application. Let's hope that I get a fast response from them.
Please do not expect a fast response, there are some things that you need to be aware of and the first is that this is not going to be a quick process for you as you don't know a Freemason to ask about joining his Lodge so any Lodge will want to take time to get to know you to be certain that you're reliable and looking to join for the right reasons etc.

Second a masonic Lodge is not some kind of corporate body but a group of men who share the same hobby and of which a handful of volunteers take on the Offices (running) of the Lodge in their spare time while their lives are going on just like everyone else's so reaction times will be slow. The closest thing to "corporate" is a Grand Lodge which might, depending on it's size, have a couple of employees available to answer all the random emails that arrive, so even there don't expect corporate level response times however, you're contact a District Grand Lodge so again not likely to have employees so be prepared for the wait as not having a Proposer slows everything down.

The District Grand Secretary will probably ask you to explain why you want to join and depending on what he thinks of your response he may pass your details to the Secretary of a Lodge. When the Lodge Secretary sees your email, he may contact you or if he is busy he may ask another Lodge member to do so. During that initial conversation you'll be asked a few more questions to check that you're not a "NO" based on the requirements of the Grand Lodge the Lodge is under. If not he will try to find a couple of members of the Lodge to volunteer to get to know you to the point where they are happy signing off that you're not going to harm the harmony of their Lodge. (It took me over a year from first contact with my Mother Lodge to actually being Initiated.) So you just need to understand that you are only starting what can be a quite long process.
 

salehin

Registered User
Well, Thank you for the response, I appreciate for all the information and I'm aware of the circumstances. I am just eagerly waiting for the first contact though. Hope thay whenever they are available they will contact me.
 

Bloke

Premium Member
Being persinsitant is good advice, especially in that location. I would use email and write them a letter explaining why you want to be a Freemason.
 
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