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MasterBulldawg

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Years ago I was on another boards with Bro Karen. She gave me a much better understanding of regularity. It's wonderfully short, and if you have not read it before (and I am sure many of you would have) read her "I am Regular" essay http://beacon190.ca/2017/02/11/i-am-regular/


I read her work from the link and it's seem to me she is saying if your organization follow the majority of the Masonic customs and rules then you can consider your organization regular. But I think that is not entirely correct. To me and I'm no expert on Freemasonry but to me it seems that it should be not only customs and ritual work but also pedigree and recognition( by MS GL). Btw I am including PHA in the pedigree as they where originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ireland. Just having customs and ritual work without recognition and pedigree means anyone that has the knowledge of the ritual work and the cash to buy the aprons and jewels could create their own Grand Lodge or Masonic body and claim it to be regular. Also I've noticed no one has brought up the fact that any of these other Masonic organizations do have very, very similar ritual work and customs then at some point someone had to have violated his obligation to share that knowledge. Using that knowledge that you got in a masonic sense illegally to start a new Masonic organization to me invalidates it's claim to be regular. As to the title of brother I believe it is a title but also a gender-specific title. I believe when you bring in the other sex you are changing the very dynamic of a gender specific organizations weather Boys Scouts or Girl Scouts. Just like when women first got elected the Congress it went from congressman to either Congressman or congresswoman depending on the sex of the person that elected. I believe that Co masonry and all female Masonry unless they have the pedigree and recognition and their ritual work is found to be similar and accepted enough to our own is clandestine at the most an irregular at the least. Only in a very abstract way is co Masonry and all female Masonry regular in that they, along with mainstream Masonry are both based on operative Masonry.

Disclaimer: I am no expert on Freemasonry and is based on my limited knowledge and research and is my personal opinion and does not reflect the view of my Grand Lodge or my local Lodge


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