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At what point?
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dew_time
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To me your statement says your not a mason until you've reached the 3° or maybe even higher degrees.
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JJones
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I'll elaborate now that I don't think I'm going to get blown away by a tornado. 
You're made a mason when you take the EA obligation. Those of us who remember the catechism should recall what was done with us at the altar and what was said to us in the NE corner.
It's pretty black and white, at least in my mind. You're either a mason or you're not. The masonic teachings are to be implemented in our lives and this should, in theory, make us more independent, reliable, well rounded, and charitable men. We are given more responsibilities as we develop but I'm not convinced that more responsibilities more one more or less of a mason.
Different degrees are, or should be, representative of the personal development masonry should instigate in us.
Just my .02 though, as always. :001_tongue:
You're made a mason when you take the EA obligation. Those of us who remember the catechism should recall what was done with us at the altar and what was said to us in the NE corner.
It's pretty black and white, at least in my mind. You're either a mason or you're not. The masonic teachings are to be implemented in our lives and this should, in theory, make us more independent, reliable, well rounded, and charitable men. We are given more responsibilities as we develop but I'm not convinced that more responsibilities more one more or less of a mason.
Different degrees are, or should be, representative of the personal development masonry should instigate in us.
Just my .02 though, as always. :001_tongue:
Brother Anthony
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I'm an entered apprentice and consider myself and have been told I'm a Freemason.
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MarkR
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You are a Mason when you take your 1° obligation. However, since you're an apprentice, you're not able to travel and work as such without the supervision of a Master Mason. That's why you can't visit another Lodge without a MM who saw you initiated who can vouch for you, and why you shouldn't wear Masonic jewelry yet. But once you are an EA, you are called "brother" and you are a Mason.
widows son
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In Canada, since work is done in the first degree, an OB EA can sit in the lodge. He is also a dues paying member at this point and is very much a Mason. I'm not sure on the traveling aspect, I didn't travel on my own when I was an EA.
CStevenson
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From what I have heard, different countries/regions will have different opinions. In Texas, from the first degree on you are a Mason. However, as a EA, you just have recieved only a part of the benefits of a MM. Is an EA a Mason, in Texas, yes. Will he recieve further benefits of being a Mason as he moves up throught the degrees, again yes.
Pscyclepath
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You are a Mason from the point when you complete the EA obligation. You might have noticed a change in what you were called from that moment forward. The rest of it, from Fellowcraft to master mason and beyond, to York rite, Scottish Rite, or whatever, is simply a never-ending quest for more light and understanding thereof.
RWApplebaum
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You are considered a brother or mason after you receive the grip and word of EA. after that point you can prove yourself a mason.
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dew_time
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I am looking forward to fully understanding what this all means!! Right now it all seems like a riddle but I'm time will make it clear too me.
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Well said, Brother Mark. My mentor/instructor made fairly clear to me after just a few days of instruction, that, as an Entered Apprentice, there were certain things that I was not yet entitled to know, therefore, I could not visit another lodge unless I was in the company of a Master Mason and he was certain that the lodge would be opened in the first degree. I was also taught the Tiler's Oath after about two weeks of instruction. It took about another week to figure out why, because he never told me what it was for. Go figure!
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Bro_Carl
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Look online to find the grand lodge in your state and the site will usually list the local lodges in your area with either a phone number or email address, or you can stop by your local lodge before the next meeting, meet the brothers and inquire about joining
Br Carl
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Seymour, CT
Br Carl
Morning Star #47
Seymour, CT
AnthonyPomilia357
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You become a brother when you are brought to the light of the Entered Apprentice degree (1°). You are an official Freemason when you receive the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason (3°).
Master Mason from Metamora/Hadley Lodge No. 210 of the GL of MI
Master Mason from Metamora/Hadley Lodge No. 210 of the GL of MI