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It can be for doctors and lawyers to :-) I have learned that Masonry is a philosophical pursuit that has many different approaches even though we might have an approach we prefer. So if a group of guys want to get gussied up like a country club and practice Masonry...good. If a group of...

My bumper sticker says: "Freedom of Thought, Religion and Conscience. Freemasonry its not for Everyone."

We have not exploded into immaterial Nirvana.

I am not certain that a falling candle is any more dangerous than hot exploding glass. That being said, we have knocked over a candle and nothing happened. It was out before it hit. We cleaned up a little wax. No big deal. I would be curious to know if any lodge has ever actually burned...

My lodge uses only candles and our meetings have 6 tall tapers in the East, four in the West and two in the South. We then have two large candelabras in the East. The charter is lighted by three candles. The secretary and treasurer likewise have candles at their stations, and the G in the...

They also have extremely deep alchemical references to a particular land and their god, the Great Work, and that needed for the operation. This formula points to what is needed operatively and speculatively to begin what is knows as The Great Work. This is fitting that it is found in the...

I would like Masons that have barely ever set foot into a real lodge, to start by doing that, before trying to change the world or stir up stuff.

Had a blast as well. Can't wait to return to the Lone Star State and share in Masonry with my Texas Brothers.

The tree as a symbol of knowlege or connection to this present condition predates Judaism. That being said, the teaching, in this regard, was not Egyptian. It was likely Sumarian. That being said, the very mystically inclined writers of this story were translating a message of the perennial...

No naked ladies on the patches here, no recognition needed because they are not Masonic, but they are popular and its not uncommon to see guy wearing a vest for them in some of the informal lodges.

Sorry I will miss you Brother Stewart. Brother Ashton I am looking forward meeting you on the level as well.

Re: Speaking at R Just bumping the thread to remind people I will be in Texas speaking this Saturday. I hope to meet some of you in person.

I have burned out. I am a member of an awesome T.O. lodge that resulted as some of that burnout...then building the lodge burned me out a bit, then sitting as Worshipful Master burned me out a bit. Its okay though. I view it as a Chamber of Reflection in life. We hit frustration or low...

Brother Charles Martin, I like your impulses and your creative mind, but you have never been through the chairs, you very seldom go to lodge, etc. Why not start by a year of going to lodge, find one you like, or can tolerate, be a leader, learn Masonry, etc. Masonry is much more than creative...

He is not the first proof of a speculative Masons though....the GLoS has an older one. :) Anyone know who it is?

The initiatic experience of Masonry. The transference of energy to the candidate from his Brothers through well done, well understood and well executed ritual. We follow this with the practice of the art by educating our members on the art. This includes social interaction outside of lodge...

I think was well reasoned. I agree with some and disagree with others. I think the problem he is truly referring too that exclusive jurisdiction has caused is how to recognize PHA Masonry when claiming there can not be two GL's in the same area state. But there is a Metropolitan Grand Lodge of...

Agreed Brother. Masonry is labor, let us meet it with working tools in hand.

I love my lodge, but if we don't strive to improve as a lodge, then we are not setting the example as a collective. We can tell men to constantly improve and not improve the lodge.

nice....I'm jealous