Recent content by calo

Alas, brethren, it appears my settings were not put to receive notifications from this thread so I did not know either of you responded. Darn.... I would have loved have met up with brothers. My wife and I have a home over there and we return often. Perhaps next time.

Clearwater, to be exact. Let's talk about Masonry, Gnosticism, Alchemy and other good stuff.

I don't remember if I've already posted this. If so, here it is again, anyway. If not, feast your eyes. The Valley of Austin has created the first ever working Lodge of Secret Masters. Our inaugural Orator will be the one and only Ill. Rex Hutchinson. Be one of the first to join us and make...

Brethren, Friday, August 22, 2014, The Austin Scottish Rite will be hosting our annual Double Headed Eagle Award banquet. This event is open for everyone to enjoy. Members: Black Tie and Full Regalia Ladies: Evening or Cocktail Dress Seating is Limited to 250 Contact Victor Armstrong for more...

somos aqui en austin, tambien!

Re: What is "within Freemasonry" The blue lodge is inferior to the teachings. The blue lodge is meant to represent the stages of a man's life. The appendent bodies are additions to the degrees. The arcane symbolism with in the SR degrees cant and shouldnt be made available to anyone...

Right. Also, does the term Freemasons include the philosophy, symbols etc.? Freemasonry stems from a lot of sources that all substantially have the same idea; transmutation. (getting closer to that one hundred.....)

You know what? There's no 'G' in the middle of this ring so he's not a Texas Mason and he's only an EA.....so basically, we're cool. We can all just calm down about it.

The traveling certificate is just a certificate and it's only good for one year. It is blank on the back.

The GLoT sells these for $5.

The emphasis isn't on the candidate's fuel. The emphasis was on the instructors (typically cert holders) who hold the meanings at little to no importance. Though, this may not be the case at your lodge.

By instructor, do you mean the one teaching the catechism? If so, I don't completely agree with your last statement and I'll tell you why. In my lodge, we aren't short on A, B & C certificate holders. None of whom (that I know of) teach esoterica. Now, I have two schools of thought on why I'm...

Do you boast about the number of famous and/or influential people that are/were members of the Craft, to the outside world? Do you think it's important or even necessary to acknowledge that there are 'famous' Freemasons? I'm curious because when I ask a guy what he knows about Freemasonry (and...

Depends on what you mean by origins. Do you mean the philosophy or the name?

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