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JM-MWPHGLGA
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Thanks, my Brother!
Popim79624
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Congrat my Brother!!!
acjohnson53
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Your work has just begun Young Master Mason. To forefull your dreams in Masonry, You must seek the real word..Get with who ever petitioned you and put him to work, and don't be scared to sit in them seats when there is one available. Then you will see what's really going. Congrats to you and your cable tow...
JM-MWPHGLGA
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Thanks, my brother. The 3rd degree form many Why's in my thought process. The real word was one of them.
nks
Ripcord22A
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Help me understand...why do you reference candidates cable tow.....on our bramch of the family the cable tow is just an alegorical symbol for a persons conscience.
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dfreybur
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It is not literally a word. Appendent bodies teach words they claim to be the lost one but that misses the point that our degrees are teaching by allegory. So the degrees of the appendent bodies are also teaching by allegory so the words they teach are no more real than the one whispered into your ear the night you were raised to your new Masonic life.
The night you were raised you started a new life. You were lost and are now found. You yourself are now the word. Among many other symbolic meanings.
Go visit a Prince Hall lodge when they are conferring a degree on multiple candidates this may give you some insight on why we use it don't know if GL of state does it the same way or not
Each candidate has a separate degree in my jurisdiction except for the lecture.
Ripcord22A
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So when a PH MASON references anothers Cable tow hes talking about the other candidates?
On 19May my lodge has been invited to an EA at a PH lodge in Albuquerque
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On 19May my lodge has been invited to an EA at a PH lodge in Albuquerque
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JM-MWPHGLGA
Premium Member
In Prince Hall's Degree Ritual, it tells you
In my opinion, the cable tow is in reference to ones self alignment. Let's that brother know the importance of their action to the fraternity.
Are you a Prince Hall mason?
That's the reason I said visit a PH lodge when they are doing degree work with multiple candidates you may find we do things a little different and get a better understanding of why we call one another cable tow
That would be a long night of work better bring a few snacks if it's more than 2or 3
You got it
Bloke
Premium Member
interesting. When we talk about anothers cable tow, we are talking about the demands on his life. Ie "That's beyond my cable tow" means its beyond my knowledge or more commonly my available time or resources.
Used the same way in PH but when referring to another brother as your cable tow if you see the degree work you will understand why we use it that way as well
Bloke
Premium Member
Thanks - I will think on that, but don't think it is expressly in our degrees.