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Comparing the SR degrees I took in SJ with the ones I visited in NJ the early ones are completely different but after several the differences become small.

There are cypher jurisdictions (California, etc) with most of the ritual in code, the modes of recognition missing and the rest in the monitor written out in full. There are full book jurisdictions (Illinois, etc) that only have the modes of recognition missing. There are mouth to ear...

Just checking - Are you aware that it is the worldwide standard that EAs owe dues, have a vote and are full members of their lodges? Everywhere outside of the US (or maybe US and Canada) follows this worldwide standard. Across the US GLs are moving back towards the worldwide standard in small...

Re: I'm a young man from NYC and I'm 24 years of age ....I am having trouble acquirin Check to see if any of these locations are near you - http://www.ugle.org.uk/about-ugle/ugle-districts-and-groups/districts-and-groups-in-americas/ Also this list -...

Especially the early ones. In SJ the early numbered degrees tell details of what most of us experienced during our 3rd degree.

Welcome to the club! This is something nearly every brother in history has experienced and gone through. Call your mentor. Call the secretary and find out who your mentor is. Some jurisdictions say coach or poster instead of mentor. I can't count the number of calls I made to my mentor...

She's the one with the de facto influence. It has been thus in every jurisdiction I have experienced.

Thanks! That should make Texas less insular than the states where the PGMs form the selection committee for consideration into the grand line.

Thank you! I was master elect the first time when I took the SR degrees. I was about to be elected the second time when I joined the Shine.

Because I expect brothers to be mild in their practices and I see that actually happening. There are Christian brothers who state the Bible is true yet I don't see any of them stoning people who don't keep Kosher. Exactly where the limits are vary from brother to brother but combining depth of...

Greetings in return from another Pasadena! I was WM of Pasadena 272 California F&AM in 1999, raised in 1993. These days I'm "just down the road a piece" from you in San Antonio. Your Pasadena is the manned space one near Houston Space Center, right? My Pasadena the unmanned space one with...

That happens under any oppressive regime so it's not the Islam part that's to blame. It's the fundamentalism part. There are Christian fundamentalist sects that ban their members from Masonry. You name the religion and it's possible to find fundies in it that cause problems so it's not unique...

I lived in Seattle metro about 2001-2. After a 3rd degree completed and the lodge was closed there was a meal. During the meal a couple of the brothers did a "knife and fork" presentation. They jokingly called it the "third and a half degree". All of the PMs present seemed to know the words so...

Last night after lodge closed I had a discussion with the RW district ritual instructor about differences between California and Texas ritual. I quoted a couple of small bits that are present in California ritual that are absent in Texas ritual. He asked about other differences. I pointed out...

Submitting legislation at the annual communication outranks all other tactics. Once the delegates vote there's no higher ranking authority. Over the centuries plenty of issues have been submitted year in and year out until they finally passed. Recognition happened that way. That's the deal...

http://www.ugle.org.uk/about-ugle/recognised-foreign-grand-lodges/grand-lodges-in-europe/ I think the closest regular and recognized lodge to you is in Armenia. I'm not sure how good the roads are but that's a few hundred kilometers depending on where you are. The GL of Armenia is not online...

I was told there were no invitations and to join you had to go ask in person. Within a year there I was asking for a petition. To men who are already Masons "2B1SK1" says something they already know. To men who are not already Masons "2B1SK1" is one acronym among many used by Masons. I never...

I find that very bizarre. Our funeral ceremony is intended to be public to my knowledge. Every masonic funeral I have attended has been open. Maybe the family asked for the ceremony to be conducted privately. My wife knows mine should be open. Active Masons tend to go to plenty of funerals...

Lodges mostly have 1-2 meetings per month where petitions can be handled. Say you submit your petition the day after the monthly meeting. One month until it is read and an investigating committee assigned. Say there's trouble meeting at your home so it takes an extra month. That's a worst...