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I've read that the Mayor of London is still addressed using this archaic usage. Masonry uses archaic terms and this is one of them. That said any brother who has sat in charge of a lodge meeting will report that he prayed fervently while he was in the chair. Full of worship was definitely my...

Religious diversity has increased over the centuries. I take it Sweden was recognized extremely long ago in an era when diversity was lower. They are grandfathered in.

Bro Book, According to Br Justin's post in another thread the price Hall lodges operating in south Africa have unified into the national GL. I figure unification together into a single jurisdiction beats recognition...

It is true that there are many brothers who are members of faiths outside of the JCI family. Those brothers do not view it that way. Is there an underlying unity of deity that makes it work that way anyways? Far too theological a question with potential answers that are far too devisive to...

I was unable to convince sufficient PMs at my lodge to sign so I failed this year to submit with the wording I list above. Sigh. If at first you don't succeed, start stumping early next year and try again. I'm not going to stop until all states have recognition and all of my own jurisdiction...

That is the first place to look for recognition but recognition and regularity are not the same thing. Regularity is necessary for recognition but recognition is not necessary for regularity. The policy of the UGLE in the past has been to recognize each US PHA jurisdiction as they are...

Are there city places that serve these wonderful food ingredients? I may be a recent import but I'm all for eating more parts of more critters. Of your entire list the only one I know where to get is tripe in menudo.

The Buddha explicitly taught that he should not be viewed as a deity, but he did not teach whether his followers should believe in a supreme being. I don't know enough about the other topic to judge.

The "here" that the MSB serves is at least the entire US.

The California petition has two lines for members of the exact lodge you are petitioning and two lines for character witnesses. I handed my form to 2 old friends who were 50-year PHA Masons. They read the headings on the lines and signed as character witnesses. That's not a matter of race...

The meeting next year is in San Francisco. In California (and a lot of other states) the two grand lines have been attending each others grand lodge meetings for years. I expect at least WMPHAGLofCA to attend. Here is the list of regular PHA jurisdictions in the US...

The wording in the obligation is different in every jurisdiction. So far I've learned two and am in the process of learning a third. Sure enough that part of the obligation is slightly different in each version. The ones I have learned all say to obey the rules of the jurisdiction I am a...

A question about PHA recognition in Oklahoma in case anyone knows the story - For quite some time the MWPHAGLofOK has been recognized by many/most US GLs. It's not in the list of PHA jurisdictions recognized by UGLE though. I found that strange when I looked it up. Is it just a matter of...

I took universal in the sense of present everywhere. I do figure the divine is present everywhere. I hadn't considered universal in the sense of all deities being one. We all believe in the existence of a supreme being and I don't want to get into the theology of how that works with the fact...

Yet more reason for me to look to the guilds as the actual origin of the craft.

It is fairly common in California to take all three degrees a month apart from each other. In California the third degree proficiency has been optional for a long time unless you get installed into an elected chair, but you will want to learn and present yours anyways as it is required here in...

http://grandlodgeoftexas.org/gmcal Our MW GM is currently attending the GL of Indiana according to his on line calendar.

I've long figured the founders of clandestine jurisdictions know but few of their members have any idea the lodge they petitioned is clandestine. Yesterday I encountered a situation that seems to confirm that. I attended a first degree at a local lodge. I was asked "You're from Illinois...

Those styles had not been invented during the bronze age when the Temple was constructed. One of my lodges has a pair of Egyptian looking columns that are more like the ones depicted in the first post in this thread.

I didn't need Masonry to teach me that all of humanity is one family, but Masonry did repeat that lesson for me. I understand that when a jurisdiction decides to go irregular recognition gets puled from them. Without recognition I won't ever seen one of their members in a tiled meeting...