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Read all about it at http://sahibshrine.org/shriner_primer.pdf The Shrine is a fraternal organization. The organization was started to provide Masons, with an opportunity to have fellowship, fun, and dining, etc. outside of the tyled lodge. Most people seem to forget that the organization...

There is a "Lodge of the Arts" in Seattle. The lodge was originally set up, to offer Freemasonry to men who worked in the theaters, and other artistic endeavours. Back when there were many newspapers, and the same newspaper would have multiple editions, the lodge was set up to meet in the...

Good advice. Check out our national organization www.arrl.org also contact your local radio club. The club can advise you about how to study for the license exam, and how to get equipment. It was one of my ham radio friends the late Don Tuggle N4AOC, who first introduced me to Freemasonry.

I highly recommend "A Pilgrim's Path" by John Robinson. I think it is one of the finest books ever written about Freemasonry, by a non-Mason. It contains no spoilers. The book presents an even-handed and fair presentation of Craft Masonry. Robinson was not a Mason when he researched and wrote...

Check in at the Chaplains office. Freemasonry is not a religion, but Chaplains often provide admin support for the FM groups on the camps here. Also, seek out other Masons, and ask. I found a Navy Chief, and he showed me the group here at Eggers.

I once men a Mason, who belonged to a lodge, which had a "cap" or limit, on the number of members in his lodge. I was astounded, to hear of such a practice. What do you think? Should there be a limit on the number of men in a lodge? 150 years ago, when America was mostly a rural nation, lodges...

The degrees you mention are the degrees presented in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, USA. You cannot take the Scottish Rite degrees in a Masonic Lodge. You must take the degrees in the Scottish Rite temple in your area of residence. Some Scottish Rite Valleys (the...

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In the USA, nearly all Masonic lodges are DRY DRY DRY. When Freemasonry was first began in the USA, alcohol was served during refreshment. Only with the disaster of Prohibition (1922-1933) did the lodges in the USA ban all malt/vinuous/spiritous beverages. When the 22d amendment was passed, and...

Check out the Grand lodge of California webpage. You can call, write, or email the lodge. Tell them that you are interested in petitioning, and ask for advice. The lodge officers and lodge secretary, will advise you.

You must understand, that nearly all USA Grand Lodges forbid alcohol in the lodge building. Some Grand lodges (ex: Michigan) permit the lodges to rent out the building to non-masonic events, like square dances, and the celebration can have alcohol. This is a strange phenomenon! Only in the...

A couple of points: In the USA, nearly all Masonic lodges are "bone dry". No alcohol at all ,no wine no beer, zippo. I find it bizarre, to see grown men, at a table lodge, toasting each other with Nehi grape juice. If you want a libation, and masonic fellowship at the same time, then you join...

Re: Membership and participation in Freemasonry to Mandates are sometimes necessary. Example: The Grand Lodge of North Carolina voted some years ago to extend full fraternal relations to MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Not all lodges were thrilled with this action. But, the Grand...

Some, but not all of the appendant/concordant bodies have a charity. The Shrine was started in 1876, for fun and fellowship. But the first Shriner's hospital was not opened until 1922. The Scottish Rite goes back hundreds of years. The Scottish Rite USA(southern jurisdiction) instituted the...

You need to understand, that most USA lodges forbid alcohol, and games of chance (even a penny-ante poker game). So if you wish to enjoy a libation, and play some cards, you have to join the Shrine or the Grotto. If you wish to research some specific aspect of Masonry, like Masonry during the...

Craft Masonry exists in many countries, but it is not worldwide. Some of the appendant bodies operate in other countries, besides the USA. The Shrine is in Canada. USA, Mexico, Republic of Panama, and England now has a Shrine temple. There are Shrine clubs in other countries. When I lived in...

Re: Membership and participation in Freemasonry to ===Subordinate lodges do NOT "give" authority to their Grand Lodge. Grand Lodges give authority to subordinate lodges to operate. Grand Lodges have constitutions/by-laws and regulations. Lodges are not independent, they operate under the...

Re: Membership and participation in Freemasonry to Or we could allow lodges to do what they feel works best for them and not force anyone into doing anything against their will? --Every subordinate lodge MUST follow the rules/constitution/by-laws of their Grand Lodge. When a Grand Lodge issues...

Re: Membership and participation in Freemasonry to I would love for more Grand Lodges to follow Ohio's example, and mandate (force) all subordinate lodges to have some internet presence and/or web page. The internet is the "wave of the present", and I cannot fathom why so many lodges have not...

Re: Membership and participation in Freemasonry to You will find that most lodges have a "buzzard's row", who will hold up, derail, and stop any new project or idea that comes along. The usual response is "We never did it that way before" or "We never had an internet page before". Once this...