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I voted no, but that does not mean we are in danger of loosing the philosophies of Masonry. When we try to "find time" for Masonic education in a Mason meeting, we have failed to understand the charges. If a lodge is filled with bickering and petty administrative discussion, when it is filled...

I like the ruling, it provides that the Grand Lodge did not act appropriately, but allows for the Masons to work out their own internal issues. Its reasonable and I certainly would not want civilian courts deciding who should or could be a Mason. The truth is, with a just a change or two...

The truth is always good as well. It would be good to approach the Senior Warden and say..."Hey I am chomping at the bit to serve the lodge. I have all the lines for (insert chairs). I know those Brothers have to work a lot, will you please consider using me as much as possible to fair empty...

I have officially scheduled to speak Saturday, January 08 beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Round Rock Masonic Lodge #227 located at 111 Masonic Way in Round Rock, Texas in the Austin area. If you are interested in attending they are using an e-vite system. Let me know that you want one and I will...

God, Geometry, and Gnosis...

Man Brother I didn't realize it was that bad of a deal. I honestly can't imagine the SR just opening lodges. I would think they would try to stay calm and ride the wave of megalomania until relations were restored. I will keep you guys in my prayers. I hope that it works out. If the...

Are you saying that Texas would revoke recognition and then try to run lodges with the Scottish Rite's ritual under the Grand Lodge after revoking recognition of the 4th through the 32nd degrees? That seems extra wrong....

I had heard the incoming Grand Master wanted to yank recognition of the Scottish Rite all together....

Bad. I understand the need for secrecy. It is a necessary thing and not evil. The government is us and I don't want us exposed. How can we respect secrecy as Masons and despise it when we use it to protect our well being? I think cowans are cowans...anti-Masonic ones and anti-Americans ones...

Absolutes are rarely good. I am in Louisiana teaching law enforcement classes on earmark money. If the classes are canceled we will still have spent 100 million dollars to train Iraqi and Afgani police...but would have no money spend on American police and fire. I elect my politicians in...

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Enjoy Brother. I have made a huge study of this tome...so PM me if you run up against something...I may have run up against the same thing and sourced it, etc.

The shave and the shop are symbols of traditionalism. I highly recommend Brother Brett McKay's book The Art of Manliness and artofmanliness.com for more information. He wrote the book with his wife by the way, and sexism and racism do not enter into the equation, but it is a return to being a...

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Re: West Virginia Court Rules That It Has The Power To Force Freemasonry To Follow It Ya...it stinks. In many ways we have only ourselves to blame. We are the Grand Lodge.

Re: West Virginia Court Rules That It Has The Power To Force Freemasonry To Follow It Brother I was commenting on the fact that incorporation in the United States has little or nothing to do with it. The judge in a District Court is not likely to take the incorporation status of the group...

Re: West Virginia Court Rules That It Has The Power To Force Freemasonry To Follow It Incorporation has little to do with the Grand Lodge becoming subject to civil court. Fraternities have a special section in tax code, that if incorporated, do so as a Fraternal organization and you are not...

That upside star has been associated with the Medal of Honor for a long time. I would check archives for Arkansas civil service or the like. Except for some OES star regalia, it is unlikely that you would see such a medal in Masonry I would think for fear of disrespecting the long tradition...

Morals and Dogma is one of the best put together encyclopedic studies of comparative religion with social and political commentary that has ever been constructed. The annotated version will be out shortly so we can actually see some of the sources for the first time, which were painstakingly...

Brother I am a purist in this regard. I believe that there are ways in which I would vote. More importantly, because I can control only my vote...I take it seriously. I vote in men who I believe are good men and, quite frankly, of like enough mind to do what I believe to be right for the...