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Greetings Jim, from just a bit south east of you

I have only heard of this peculiar practise amongst Lodges that come out of the Grand Orient of France and the Co-Masonic (men and women) Order called Le Droit Humain.

Welcome :beer:

Here in England the Compasses number amongst the Working Tools of a Master Mason both exoterically and esoterically. The former being: I now present to you the working tools of a Master Mason. They are the Skirret, Pencil and Compass. The Skirret is an implement which acts on a centre pin...

Re: Any Masonic Lodges on Jordan? In Saudi, it is an illegal activity for a Saudi national to become a Freemason, so as I am sure you will already know there are no regular Lodges available in that country. If he is truly interested in becomeing a Freemason it would be possible when he returns...

The Working Tools are one of the important elements of the Craft due to the fact that they teach how to understand the esoteric nature of Freemasonry and give us a guide as to how we can further interpret the symbolism in our Ceremonies.

If you live in a middle eastern country where Freemasonry is an illegal pastime you will never be able to find a regular and recognised Lodge. It goes completely against the purpose of Masonry to Initiate a person who will then become a criminal BECAUSE he is a Freemason. If you live in a...

Congratulations on your Initiation.

On the understanding that England is much closer to Germany than Texas, around 5,000 miles closer.

Hi Keith and welcome. I'm a bit closer to you.

Lets add a more local one, hello from England.

I work in Freemasons' Hall.

The Forum at the Freemason.com

I have two copies of this book and it remains on the pile of books written about Freemasonry by NON-Masons. This is because NON-Masons can only guess at what they think Freemasonry is as they are not actually Freemasons and therefore have no first-hand experience or knowledge of its degrees or...

This posting of mine to another forum a couple of years ago may help:

Hi Pete, Your screen name seems quite familiar, were you a member of my Forum some years ago?

Not a "secret" but something that all Freemasons are taught as they progress through their Degrees and so isn't usually discussed outside that setting.

Hi Chaps, You may find the info in my signature of interest.

That is what is known as a "cop out" trying to blame the actions/choices of American Grand Lodges on a Grand Lodge thousands of miles away to which none of them are beholden and which has no say whatsoever on how they operate. The Home Grand Lodges only had influence on American Masonry until...

No, not at all. The only point I was making was that when people talk about the recognition issues between American Mainstream and PH Grand Lodges that the Grand Lodge of England (or Scotland or Ireland) has nothing to do with it. To your other point the Basic Principles of Recognition that...