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Well like I said Brother. It is something I contemplate, but wouldn't say that I have made up my mind. I think I lean on the idea that the being a true Mason requires a daily life lived as such and that simply having a dues card would not entitle a man to being considered a Mason. That...

It doesn't seem to cause problems, but if the idea is a discussion of Masonry then a Masons only forum can be nice. Of course at TSS we only allow regular Masons and the time I spend vetting each member is a huge pain in the butt.

Raised June 2001

Our masters where a Stetson Derby.

M/D is no longer copyrighted. But do not copy stuff only 10 years old!! The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978...

We often hear that something is Masonic or un-Masonic. But what does it mean to be a Mason? What parts of the obligations are more important or the most important? Does a man who swears disqualify himself as living like a Mason? Does that man who fails to educate himself and argue...

Hey Skip, Long time no see. Man since you and the boys from E5-11 were all over LRUS...creating fake posters, editing content and all the other devious things you guys pulled in the name of Christ; I had not seen you in a while. Brethren I have been an e-Mason since I was a Freemason. I...

Your lodge should invest about 2,500 in an attorney who will have your insurance company pay the rest. I have some good contacts in that regard if you want a "Masonic" lawyer to handle it.

You can feel free to say as you wish. I understand your emotional response to the subject. You can "school" me all you like. I didn't write a book to stop learning, I wrote a book to share the process of learning that I am undergoing with others. There is an edge to your tone and an...

From a message from Jvarnell I have always found it interesting that some will be cruel in private and not in public while trying to convince someone to be "Masonic." I don't think men need to agree to be Brothers. I also don't think that sending a private message with personal pokes and...

I think to in our American culture especially, we have infused in our collective consciousness a distaste for the idea of class and a love of the underdog. It makes sense, we broke the royal class system supposedly when we formed our country. However, immediately it returned and provided much...

Hello and welcome.

Depends on the GL

Thank you for the vote of confidence, but I am not up in the Masonry ranks Brother. I think you are arguing semantics at this point. Before we had klassenbewusst to describe our situation in the Marxist form that you are using, we had natural tendencies to divide and even to self segregate...

Leadership and class are often the same thing...ergo the ruling class. Active Mason versus lazy Mason is an informal class. We honor good ritualist, active members. We give pagentry to Grand Lodge officers. We most definitely celebrate class division. It is not necessarily bad. But with...

Masonry is a lot of things. An organization, a philosophy, a lifestyle for some (certainly the philosophies should be), and even a religion for some.

Statement made in reference to "classes." There are also classes in Masonry. We must not just look at wording, but at practice and there most certainly are. This is okay. Submission is a part of enlightenment and in allowing submission does not mean we allow weakness. But there are...

Thoughts and prayers.

Never read them. We have six stated communications a year wherein we handle business. We post the minutes from the LOI's (Specials) and the previous stated. Our SR bodies and YR bodies now skip the minutes as well.

16 lodges in Colorado use the Chamber of Reflection that I am aware of. It is always before the EA degree. You are welcome to our lodge anytime we have an EA if you would like to experience its use.