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This is the first I have heard of a PHA Lodge that cannot trace its lineage to the Premiere Lodge of England. The type of Lodge you describe, based on my experience, would represent an anomaly in PHA Freemasonry.
I'm not aware of MWPHGL witholding recognition from a corresponding GL in any state. That being the case, you would be welcomed as a Brother at any PHA Lodge.
The history of Prince Hall Freemasonry is the History of Black America. RWM Absalom Jones is the first African American Priest in the World Wide Anglican Communion, establishing St Thomas African Episcopal Church (my church) as the first free Black congregation in the U.S. in Phila., PA, 1792...
This answer to the question is both challenging and highly nuanced. Assuming I grasp your underlying premise, I will share that I have met several Muslim and Jewish Freemasons who have chosen not to progress beyond the Lodge of Perfection in the SR or the Council in the YR.
Here's an...
Scottish Rite Valley office should be able to connect you to 14 Degree Ring. L&J Masonic Jewelry can get you connected with the other: http://www.landjmasonicjewelry.com/
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I've travelled AASR thru 32 & YR thru R&SM. I prefer SR, but in PHA AASR NJ we still get the K--H, which makes a big difference IMHO.
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The Color Red is historically significant for Early Africans in the Americas. It is the color of the Yoruba Orisha, Shango - The Protector/Warrior. The initiation experience of his society is widely believed to have been the only one of its type to survive the middle passage. As such, it...
...Interested to learn what "standards" are operating in Lodges where the majority of our Brothers are not Christian. Does the cultural ethos of the nation influence practice and/or assumptions in any way?
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Requirements vary state by state, year by year. I've seen OES require the bloodline, then go "open bloodline," then close the requirement again, in Ohio (PHA).
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Should read LBJ "was" included...
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President, was born on August 27, 1908, on a farm near Stonewall, Texas. He was sworn in as the Chief Executive on November 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. A year later...