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I felt that it was deeply meaningful and that it would take a while to sort through the first few levels of meaning. Twenty years later I'm still sorting through level after level of meaning.

At the foundation of the grand lodge system there existed lodges that met by "immemorial right" in that they had been functioning farther back than living memory. The initial grand lodges literally issued their own charters and recognition. The system had to start somewhere and it started in...

Last month my Dad claimed that he is second cousins to Alton the Giant. First cousin means a shared grandparent, second cousin means a shared great grandparent. If true then I would be second cousin once removed. Might be fun to look it up on ancestry.com and see if Dad's claim is correct.

I read a story of some degrees during WWI I don't know if it's historical or apocryphal. General Pershing called up a driver from the motor pool and instructed the Private driver to go into town. The driver was very nervous about his military duties at that moment. As luck would have it the...

How did you do on the test and how far have you gotten in mathematics? I got to contour integrals then hit the wall. Before I did okay at that point on I just didn't get it.

Since our craft lodges degrees deal with alchemy and apotheosis that doesn't really make sense. The mysticism is there for the noticing. I think their degrees might work in the context of exhibition degrees within the Allied masonic Degrees framework. They would be interesting for educational...

I think I'm the one who introduced the term on this forum. I've been using it for many years elsewhere before I encountered this forum. I'm nearly the only one here who uses the term with any frequency. I resist using "mainstream" as both family branches are mainstream. In the case of any...

In Scottish Rite, the Valley of Chicago has been hosting quarterly Table Lodge events for the last couple of years.

I am insufficiently PC on this issued, then. I consider the terms not derisive to the extent they are accurate. Unfortunately modern medicine is impotent in the face of mental illnesses in comparison to its ability to handle diseases of infection or disorders that react well to surgery. For...

Mine does, at least as I read what the sacred writings say.

Thanks! So it has a format like a Table Lodge but since it's not tiled it is not actually a Table Lodge. More formal than the festive board, though.

Re: Fraternal Relations Committee (Grand Lodge of Almost every lodge I've visited as had one, though often their copy was several years old. Because of a consolidation and a name change my Illinois lodge appears as Arlington Heights 1162, Monitor Lounsbury 522 or Barrington 522 depending on...

Could you please describe what the Agape is? I know it from the Iliad as an ancient Greek word for excellence in one's station.

I think she *requires* both our pity and accurate labels unkind or otherwise. She's nuts. Being crazy is a hallmark of anti-Masonry. We must be clear on that point. We also need to pray for her mental healing, feel love/charity towards her in her sickness, wish her rationality and coming out...

By the way, this shows that throwing money at a problem is not always the way to solve it. The US sent men to the Moon by throwing money at the problem but it is not a method that works in general. The problem is policy and how policy leads to incentives, not budget. I'll go farther than...

First ask your lodge if you can make it through your degrees before you go to boot camp. Then ask about between A school and deployment. Next preparing for deployment ask about degrees by courtesy. That's when a different lodge confers one of your degrees while you are in their territory as a...

I like talks 5 minutes or less on what X means to the presenter. Explicitly not a recitation of the ritual work on X! Pick a tool, a furthermore, anything in ritual. Pick a liberal art or science. A simple starting point - We stand up to pray in our meetings. Many kneel when praying outside...

Do you know if he's the subtype with or without hyperfocus? It he's the type without hyperfocus only a few of my suggestions will matter. Those of us with hyperfocus need to cycle our focus. Focus is not the same as attention. Focus is far more intense. We see the majority as having focus...

If you have a conviction it needs to be reported on your petition. Some GLs will automatically reject you if there are any felony convictions others won't. Some lodges in the jurisdictions that allow it will automatically reject you others won't. If you leave it off it will eventually come...

Even more fun - How does that work when traveling across the line of recognition one way or the other? I still don't quite get it - While living in Chicago I attended a reunion with degree teams from AASR-NJ, AASR-SJ and ASR-PHA. None of them had any problems sitting in reunion together.