David Duke
Premium Member
Just want to introduce myself and tell everyone hello. I have been looking for a site such as this so that I would be able to communicate with other brethren and try and soak up light through online osmosis. There is not much greater pleasure in life than in visiting other lodges and sitting with brothers in peace and harmony but work and lack of available time sometimes make it difficult to do. I know of no other organization in which you can walk into a room and be welcomed with open arms.
I was initiated in November of 1996 and raised February 27, 1997, I remained active in lodge for 2-3 years but as a long time friend of mine once said "life got in the way" and I stopped attending. In January of 2009 a friend of mine informed me he was being initiated that night at a neighboring lodge and asked that I attend. I did, and while watching the degree I quickly recalled the beauty of the rituals and began wondering why I didn't attend my own lodge. To try and make a long story a little shorter I realized that our next stated meeting was the following night and I went and other than being asked where the heck I had been a few times I was received as if I had been attending regularly. I have hardly missed a stated or called meeting since, I went to my original mentor and asked him to teach me again, he simply said, "You know my rules" and gave me a warm embrace; I have since relearned all of my work and even sat for and received an "A" certificate this past January.
Thanks for listening to my rambling and a special thanks to the operators/moderators for making this site possible.
I was initiated in November of 1996 and raised February 27, 1997, I remained active in lodge for 2-3 years but as a long time friend of mine once said "life got in the way" and I stopped attending. In January of 2009 a friend of mine informed me he was being initiated that night at a neighboring lodge and asked that I attend. I did, and while watching the degree I quickly recalled the beauty of the rituals and began wondering why I didn't attend my own lodge. To try and make a long story a little shorter I realized that our next stated meeting was the following night and I went and other than being asked where the heck I had been a few times I was received as if I had been attending regularly. I have hardly missed a stated or called meeting since, I went to my original mentor and asked him to teach me again, he simply said, "You know my rules" and gave me a warm embrace; I have since relearned all of my work and even sat for and received an "A" certificate this past January.
Thanks for listening to my rambling and a special thanks to the operators/moderators for making this site possible.