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When I was ready for my first degree proficiency I waited until there was another first degree at my lodge. I presented between the lecture and the closing. I did the same for my second degree. For me it took just under a year from initiation to raising. I haven't seen an all the way in one...

Re: Just married, looking for words of wisdom and Do you remember the three ways our ancient brothers served their employers (and the three emblematic representations)? Serve your lady in those three ways. There are all sorts of other words for it. Respect, partnership, cooperation, you...

A couple of MWGMs I have encountered liked working a crowd. They'd work at encountering brothers unawares so there's no chance to stand. I prefer standing to greet pretty much anyone new. Some specifically say to not stand. I try to remember who those friends are but often forget in favor of...

Different people find different meanings in the same symbol. Is this why to state that symbols mean nothing? I suggest that symbols have context and that context defines a range of meanings. When inspecting a symbol for meaning we should ponder a range of meanings. Which meanings are...

To this day Oriental 33 remains one of the most active lodges in the state of Illinois.

Bro Brown, In general LinkedIn groups are by request. Search for Masonry as a string in group names and request memberships. If you are the Kenneth Brown near Sumter, SC listed as "Music Professional" I have sent a contact request. LinkedIn groups do support inviting contacts so I can invite...

The first time I heard of it was on the My Freemasonry board so it's not a common symbol in all jurisdictions. Now that I've seen a photograph of it I recognize that I've seen it on plenty of cars in Texas. I don't know how many jurisdictions use the symbol but it's not in common use in...

Attempting free thought and avoiding partisanship by drawing on principles of republics and pointing out that both large parties have done something very much like this in living memory. if I have articulated my points cogently they should work independent of the current piece of legislation...

Actually, just because you were given a cipher is does mean your only choice is mouth to ear. Each symbol might mean any of several words so you need to know what the words are to be able to read it. Ciphers really are "a valuable aid to the memory" and not more than that. The written out...

I see B.A.Mason catalogs and instead of seeing shoes I see advice on what mundanes should become.

Which must automatically happen in a cipher state as well. You need to know the words to be able to read a cipher as the same symbol can mean several different things. This difference is independent of the method used. Poor instructors do ritual instruction and only that. Good instructors...

Northern India might be close enough for you - http://www.ugle.org.uk/about/districts-groups Asia tab DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF NORTHERN INDIA District Grand Master Vishwanathan Nagarajajn District Grand Secretary Tilak R. Passi Address 33A Pocket B SFS Houses Vikaspuri Extn New Dehli 110 118...

It's the coolest specialty lodge I'm aware of, but I'm biased as I started my career doing ground link software for a NASA satellite. Research lodges are all specialty lodges in that they don't do degrees. There are RLs that specialize further. There's at least one that does Civil War era...

It used to be a tradition in California. Not a requirement as such but a number of lodges were composed of brothers with similar backgrounds of various sorts. One of the lodges that my mother lodge absorbed before I petitioned had been a police lodge so to this day we have plenty of current...

Those topics have been standard in the printed Trestleboard or newsletter I receive from my lodges. If anyone is willing to do a write-up on them. It's often harder to find someone to write a paragraph on something that's fit to print than it is to decide what's private.

You're affiliating in one more jurisdiction according to one of your other posts. There will be something about it when the paperwork settles. Thank brother Byron for pointing to a very important word that is not often considered in discussions of this sort.

One of the openings I have learned invites the Masters and PM to sit in the east. Having at least one there as a prompter and mentor helps a lot. My times in the east I asked a senior mentor PM to sit as Chaplain for that reason.

Before asking if there's one before the GL meeting I looked it up in Mapquest. 4-5 hours each way from my place. Hmm. Is there one before GL? Merry to meet, sad to part, merry to meet again. Merry to meet again, again, merry to meet again!

I got my first MM ring at a pawn shop. I liked bringing it back into the family. I got my SR ring on eBay. I liked bringing it back into the family. My two PM rings with the two slightly different PM symbols I got new. Since I got the tungsten one I've worn it every day to the exclusion of...

Merry to meet, sad to part. Merry to meet again, again. Merry to meet again.