This may refer to North American workings (did not notice that you were from the UK)
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And just because I don't know all the Masonic acronyms doesnt mean im not a mason.
LOL... think about it.. it is in Emulation Ritual I believe - in the full close of the lodge in the third and refers to a warden's line.Someone asked me..
WC CM U? WTF does that mean?
Bro Keith CWell, I still don't get it. I am willing to wager that whatever it is, we don't have it in PA ritual!
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Is PA ritual based on Preston-Webb or British Emulation work?
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Brethren, I've noticed in my masonic careers their are several questions that Masons ask and answer in pubic when they are being tried or being recognized, these questions are "Are you a traveling man?" Have you seen my dog Hiram?" etc. how do you Brothers feel about this form of trying, and recognition among Brethren in public. please feel free to private message me other "questions and answers" you have came across that are similar to these, NOT THE QUESTIONS FROM MASONIC DEGREE WORK
Lol i have an old AF buddy from Pittsburgh that always said "yinz"...never heard anyone else say that.My Pennsylvanian friends use “yinz” instead of “you all” or “youse”
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I was right with you until the addendum.
The issue is whether we meet on the level as to our Masonic position.
A Master has certain powers when acting in office, varying by jurisdiction. For instance, in my mother jurisdiction, a Master's ruling cannot be appealed. In most, he governs the lodge when it is at work. In many, he can rap a person down. In some, stop the meetings and conduct a disciplinary process for acts in the lodge.
If you have served as Master in the US, I suspect you assented to the ancient charges (in the language of that time), including the "homage" due a Grand Master and his officers for the time being, and "veneration" of the successors of the original rulers. You may have assented to the Ancient Charges. Those indidicate in the language of that century the "reverence" due a Master and wardens.
It is typical in English speaking jurisdictions to have a charge to the brethren at the installation/investiture: " brethren, such is the nature of our institution that as some must of necessity rule and teach, so others must learn to submit and obey."
Importantly, it continues: "Humility in each is an essential duty."
It is common that Masonic lodges are constructed so that officers sit above others during the meeting. That, of course,, means they are physically not on the level. You will agree that in Masonry, our ritual is symbolic. There is symbolic meaning to this physical placement during the meeting.
End of quibble.
Lol i have an old AF buddy from Pittsburgh that always said "yinz"...never heard anyone else say that.
You sure that's the kind of thing you want to post on a public forum?Normally you will hear questions about [REDACTED], or something like that. Follow up might mention [REDACTED], and so on. But I’ve never seen a set standard for that.
Just be careful about posting anything on a public forum that might be used by cowans to pose a Brother.Well I'm 4 years late on this thread. I'm very fresh on my journey, and someone asked me the other day "you look familiar, do I know you?" and I still wonder if he was just asking me, or if he was a brother". I answered "I don't think so".