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Most grand lodges have genealogy services where you submit a name and they tell you if he was a member and what lodge he was a member of. This is normally for one man at a time. I have no idea if they will take a tree but I don't expect so.

Take a look at BigDre357's profile. The grand lodge he lists is not a recognized one so likely his statements do apply to his jurisdiction. They sure don't apply to regular jurisdictions. He likely did not know at the time he was petitioning to a clandestine lodge. Please look into healing...

Re: Can a Jewish Brother Wear a Yamaka in a Lodge Out of the chivalric tradition - Removing your helmet to show your face evolved through removing your hood to unblock view of your face to removing your hat to show respect.

W Br Sec pulled out a price list for GL publications and checked his shelf to confirm he had a print copy. Now I have the book on my desk at home. If I'm in Waco at some point I'll stop in and ask for that price list so I know how to order other items in the future. I'm tempted to also get...

That's not a question that is easy to answer. The answer tends to be a matter of individual opinion differing from brother to brother. There is strength in diversity. There is strength in unity. Both true at the same time. Being different from state to state allows experimentation that...

Yet none of those have been in this discussion. You're using points that don't apply in the context of this discussion and have introduced points not relevant to the discussion. That's two different types of logical fallacy - Non sequitor and canard. I get that the topic is one of belief and...

Please also send paper mail. Some lodges are not good at reading their email.

Is there a member login option on the GLofTX web site? I have that on my other jurisdictions and I can order GL publications and forms using those accounts. I'll be at lodge today and tomorrow so I'll ping both to see if they have a copy I can purchase or a way to order. I've got a monitor...

At the founding in 1717 Masonry established tolerance among sects of one religion by way of not discussing them. A brother could easily never learn the sect of another brother. There had been a time when people were forced to convert sect to sect with some deciding to practice in secret rather...

This is correct but it does not work both ways. There is much specifically Hermetic to be found in the degrees and lessons of Masonry. It's there for the looking and up to the individual Mason whether to do that looking. Notice the same combination works for the Old Testament. There is...

I have come to the conclusion that if your lodge can't afford a building nice enough that it shows a positive cash flow on the tax records through rental income, then your lodge can't afford a building yet and should stay a tenant. As reported in the story I favor many lodges and appendent...

Nice. Share it anywhere you wish. Your Facebook or some group one? I currently don't have any plans to open a Facebook account.

Very cool expression. Thanks for the teaching.

His lessons are independent of deity, which makes theism or atheism equally valid in Buddhism. Yet Buddhism is deeply spiritual and has saints. That's why the bit that I quoted is not correct. It does work as a counterexample independent of any one Buddhist happening to be a theist because...

The answer does vary jurisdiction to jurisdiction to jurisdiction so it has to be asked locally. There are rules in some jurisdictions, traditions in others. In the last year on this forum it's been reported that at least one Australia jurisdiction allows wearing symbols after being initiated...

I would be astonished at any such rule. Whether it would be worth writing legislation to change such a rule is a different matter. Small fish perhaps. I've seen a lot of portraits in lodge rooms. MW Bro Truman is very common, as are ones of assorted MW PGMs. When a lodge delivers a GM his...

They sure get itchy when brothers start discussing what Masonry actually is and how our symbols work. I'm past being an apologist for antis and having interest in watering down Masonry for it to have a wider appeal. I suggest that getting itchy means there's a mind expanding experience inside...

The problem with the statement you quoted is it depends on the fact that Buddhism does not exist to be valid as a statement. It's possible for the atheist stance to come with the issue mentioned but the combination is by no means automatic.[/COLOR]

http://www.elpasomasons.net/lodges Click each lodge for when they meet and their current calendar of events.

Thanks for the response Bro admarcus1. It sounds like Mass expected a request but didn't see one so they acted. It's a variation on the theme. To me it reads like an invitation to request recognition but I'm not sure how much of that is my own bias reading that into it.