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To me it resolves around drink and imperial organization. Drink - Masonry includes the festive board everywhere but the US (or the Americas?). Somewhere around a century ago the festive board was dropped in some combination of movement towards Prohibition plus WWI rationing support. The US...

If she's crazy enough to heed such claims, thank God you found out early.

You're beyond me in understanding, then. To me if there's recognition there's visitation. If there's no visitation then any claim there is recognition is a word game. I don't care how much a buzzard claims to be a swan - Recognition is fake until the day visitation is allowed. When my...

And yet, try going to a Stated meeting opened in the EA or FC degree and give a Masonic Education talk on the variations on PM jewels and how they all build on the changes in how the metal lights are arranged as we progress through our degrees. "There are EAs present so I'll skip the part about...

Tattoos in general were unpopular in the past. There's a line in the Old Testament telling Hebrews to not go painted like foreigners. It refers to tattoos. What has happened in society is the rules of the Old Testament are no longer treated with the force they once were. Treat this like...

it doesn't have to be "or". It can be "and". Just sayin ...

There is a difference between power and authority. And there is also an issue of how deeply you want to think it through. The GM's authority extends to issues related to Masonry. The GM's power extends to the degree brothers will obey him in excess of that authority. By removing itself from...

I've talked to brothers who had to do that while going through their degrees in a European lodge. Has anyone heard of it in the Americas? Doing a research paper is a very different kind of education than memorizing a proficiency.

Remember when you first knocked on the door? You were told to have patience. Most of us are brothers the rest of our lives so there should be no rush. I've read of jurisdictions where a year between degrees are expected. The jurisdictions I've heard about with this tradition are outside of...

Electric except times I want to go extra snazzy.

Excellent. Take the moral high ground. At this point what is not needed is response by the grand lines, discussion with the grand lines, whatever. The time for that was the year after the current compact was ratified. It's far past that point. What's needed legislation through the standard...

http://loe45.org/ Their web site. http://www.princehall-pa.org/Membership2/Membership.html The petition process for candidates in that jurisdiction. Show up before their meeting and introduce yourself. Ask what you need to do to be sponsored. They'll want to get to know you so start showing...

http://www.grandlodge-nc.org/ NC uses AF&AM http://www.mwphglnc.com/ NC uses F&AM http://bessel.org/masrec/phamap.htm Pray for our Masonic values to prevail in the remaining states. Brother by brother, jurisdiction by jurisdiction. Is anyone aware of any upcoming vote in one of the...

That sounds like the web filters used in most public libraries. While intended to block porn they toss in a bunch of other biases. They block assorted topics including non-majority religions.

There is grass roots discussion in Illinois. Discussing unification has started happening in states that have had recognition for years. I am of several minds on the topic. On the one hand the separation should never have happened in the first place so unification heals an old wound. The...

Re: Straight, Double Edge Safety, or Cartridge Raz I've been in beard mode most of my adult life. I shave every day anyways. If I let my beard grow wild folks have to check my teeth to confirm I'm not a werewolf or bear or something and that's only after under a week. I shave parts daily...

The signs have slight variations jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Squared off versus rounded and the like. Always recognizable.

That Bible presentation was used in a 3rd degree at Victory 1160 Texas Tuesday night. Different lodges use different Bible presentation talks.

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You see the conundrum. How do you get a lodge to take action? You attend lodge, speak for the action and vote for it. Which takes being a member of that lodge. And by the time you can become a Mason you are no longer of age to be a DeMolay. Organizing DeMolay in India would be "paying it...