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  1. catsale

    Greetings from Tahlequah, Oklahoma! Cherokee Lodge

    Re: Greetings from Tahlequah, Oklahoma! Cherokee L Greetings. I am from Oklahoma and part Potawatomi. With Houston Lodge #1189.
  2. catsale

    Visitation Between Prince Hall and Regular Lodges

    Re: Visitation Between Prince Hall and Regular Lod Wow, this is good to know. I am proud to of my brothers in Oklahoma's grand lodges for setting up visitation between PH lodges and "regular" lodges. I think that is the right spirit of masonry. I grew up in Oklahoma and still go up there to...
  3. catsale

    Visitation Between Prince Hall and Regular Lodges

    I just saw the very powerful film, 12 years a slave. I think it is time that the Grand Lodge of Texas had a legislative vote in 2014 session to allow visitation between regular lodges and prince hall lodges. If the masons truly believe that the inner characteristics make the man, then why do...
  4. catsale

    Music in the degrees

    Well there is a funeral dirge in one degree. So I guess there could be background music to go with the singing.
  5. catsale

    Music in the degrees

    Probably not. Wondering if music is used anywhere for any purpose.
  6. catsale

    Music in the degrees

    The music does not even have to be from a live instrument like an organ. Could be tape recorded or be played from a digital music file. I suspect you could play background instrumental while someone is circumambulating around and then cut the music when talking needs to happen. Or play music...
  7. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    Your probably right, rural can be more conservative than urban on some issues, so perhaps allow some lodges the option of being traditional observance lodges and implement the idea.
  8. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    True. But I had a book showing pictures and symbols of masonry. Pictures of things like a black and white checkered floor, a sword, some working tools, a stained glass window with a bee hive, pictures of a lodge room in France, a picture of a CoR. Stuff like that. So I was just going off the...
  9. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    Well eventually, Texas GL should vote on this, I suspect that a majority of the votes would support. I remember when I went through my EA degree, while I was impressed with many parts of the degree (lecture, obligation, the way I was duly and truly prepared, and also the fact that everyone...
  10. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    May 15 ? Wow, thats like 7 months early to think about it. That makes the US Congress look like amazon.com :) But thanks for the note on that, maybe issue dead and burried now for next 18 months.
  11. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    You guys know what they say in business. Innovate or die (innovation is not a bad word, it is how organizations like Apple computer reinvent themselves all the time). Its ok to innovate and improve, perhaps the goal of GL meetings should be to aim for some measure of consistency, but...
  12. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    Well thats too bad perhaps that can be legislatively addressed this year. But thanks for the clarification. I don't participate in the other masonic bodies because I barely have time to commit to blue lodge. But i have been trying to do that well (2x or 3x a month). So ramping up in appendant...
  13. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    So lets get some clarity here. Is this kosher then for immediate use? In this order of events? Or do you guys think we have to get a grand lodge vote on this. Or not sure. I think the order is.. (a) Master of ceremonies reads the usual stuff from monitor to candidate to make sure they ready (b)...
  14. catsale

    Are You A Traveling Man?

    For quizzing someone that you think is a mason, I assume the answer is Yes. And then if they ask where are you traveling from and where are you going, the answer would be from west to east. This is not official ritual as I was taught, but I think it is an informal charge and counter charge...
  15. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    One area of "innovation" (dirty word in masonry) that I see is where lodges can hold a degree in different locations. For example some lodges can hold a degree in a cave, on a battleship, in the alamo. Now I think these are cool and in no way detract from the uniformity and solemnity of the...
  16. catsale

    Music in Lodge

    What lodges in Texas use music in some of their degrees. I would like to visit a lodge (hopefully in Houston area) to watch.
  17. catsale

    Chamber of Reflection

    So is something they could bring up for a vote at a future grand lodge meeting to resolve? If so, does anyone that is intending to visit the grand lodge annual meeting this year plant to bring this up? Or is this strictly a decision by whoever is the current grand master?
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