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The Great Seal of the United States is a patriotic symbol and in the US patriotism is far more popular than it is in some other countries. I notice that the original poster is listed as living in Serbia. If I were a native Serb I may well refuse to conclude that any public display would ever...

It's not supposed to be fair. One brother is supposed to be able to exclude any candidate with or without valid reasons and that's not fair. In fact it does occasionally happen that brothers exclude candidates for improper reasons. It doesn't have to be about prejudice. A brother might...

There has also been pressure from appendant bodies to speed up their supply lines. A percentage of the men who go through our degrees do so to get into one of the appendant bodies and in those cases I'm okay with fast degrees. Most brothers don't come in with specific plans for the appendant...

Local fundamentalist clergy incited riots against the new religion. That has happened with a number of founders of new religions.

I don't expect the Shrine to issue a new version any time soon. Chuckle.

In comparison the Anno Lucis system commonly used in Masonry puts the building of KST solidly in the bronze age at a time when the only iron available at all was meteoric nickel-iron - Naturally occurring stainless steel sorta. If hardened skillfully, bronze tools do work on limestone but they...

Every theory must have numerical error bars to describe its current level of uncertainty - How many digits of accuracy are there in its numerical predictions. Most fields of science do not see mention of these error bars in public discourse. The example that is in public is climatology - The...

Chortle. Sea bag? Rune bag? Lunch bag? Oh wit, it's in the sport section. Never mind ...

That's an issue for non-masonic discussion. We don't discuss sectarian religion in our assemblies. It deals with how and why the mystical becomes the mundane and how they are not separate topics but rather different phases of the historical development of the same topics. That's why I also...

Ah the exuberance of youth. Keep it up but also consider that rabbis who teach the Kaballah often require their students to be at least 40. In mysticism there are advantages to both youth and maturity and they are very different advantages. Take your time but it is likely you will find more...

Re: Blakes Easy Chicken and Dumplings (Slow Cooker I figure this is the flavor difference between very low flavor breasts versus more flavored legs and thighs. Even worse if the breasts are skinless and boneless. There's far more flavor if you cook with the skin and bones, then remove the...

Re: Wife having a problem with Freemasonry, she wa Yet that is exactly what his wife did. Sad how that works. If it were only about Tuesday I would recommend affiliating with a different lodge. A friend who was elected a deacon in his church switched from our Monday lodge to a Wednesday...

Re: Blakes Easy Chicken and Dumplings (Slow Cooker I think it works even better with cream of mushroom soup or golden mushroom soup. At home we use legs and thighs instead of breasts. Thanks for the recipe!

Be sure to ask. When asked a lodge will typically remit your dues to bring you to good standing if you want to demit. If you're broke it tends to be automatic. If you have the money but not the time it depends on the generosity of the brethren and the brethren tend to be generous when asked...

MW Bro Franklin invented the matching funds donation system to help raise funds to found the University of Pennsylvania. When I read his biography it mentioned that and moved on. For most of us such an innovation might be the shining achievement of our lives. For MW Bro Franklin it was a...

The GL of Hawaii has adopted a healing ceremony. A description was posted on this forum a few months ago.

It's going to vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction so descriptions by brothers who have been healed can give you a general idea of what is involved. To find out for sure contact a regular and recognized lodge near you. You're in Los Angeles so that's the MWPHGLofCA or GLofCA.

Many clandestine GLs are registered as non-profit corporations in their state of origin. As such they are legal according to state laws. We also use the term "laws" referring to our own constitutions and bylaws. They are not legal in this Masonic sense. Asking if it's "legal" is ambiguous...

Welcome to the family once adopted brother.

Oklahoma PHA - Recognized in 2004 by GLofOK and plenty of other recognizing states since. Recognized by the Conference of Grand Masters Prince Hall. Not yet recognized by UGLE. As UGLE tends to rubber stamp recognition the next year there is likely to be a strange history behind recognition...