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The passing of the torch from the men now 70+ to the Baby Boomers and Gen X. Lots of the same core values, but quite different life experiences.

Men in their mid 30s to mid 40s are, in my opinion, the perfect age to get started in the Fraternity. You are young enough that you are still a kid to the greybeards, and old enough to enjoy being thought of as such :001_smile: At least that has been my experience - I'm 37. Average age...

Such a good idea that something like that is already in the works :34: Back a few pages, a bunch of you fellas skipped over something - I will try and draw your attention back to it. Would my good Texas PHA Brethren be kind enough as to look up and post how much their dues and endowements cost...

I will say two things: 1. There are extremes to everything. 2. Speaking about Texas, as Texas only here - the more I dig, the more I find that the ball is well and truly in PH's court. I'll post specifics at some point soon (some of the things were communicated to me on the square, or it...

Half (and that is a conservative number) of all the stars in the universe are binary or multiple star systems. Sirius is the brightest star(system) in the sky. Consider odds. Now consider the odds that an alien species would be of similar size as us. Live in the same time as us (this brief...

Congratulations, Brother! Keep it foremost in your mind that the man who teaches you the work you will always remember, and almost every man I know has a bond with that person that lasts forever. Remember that this is a man who one day (hopefully many years from now) you will be at his...

The man who first tapped me for our progressive line was a Muslim man who was WM of our lodge, for the second time. Short answer - definitely.

Bro. Freyburger - really I'm in your camp about finding excuses to visit vs excuses not to anyway, and so most of it is academic anyway as far as I'm concerned. In your shoes, I'd like to think I'd do just what you are doing and glad you are, for what its worth. Bro. Upton - In my opinion...

So far I've stuck with my mother lodge, but I'm probably going to affiliate with a couple more over the summer. Where I'm at there are lodges all over the place - and many have unique flavors. There is Holland #1 downtown that I visit for esoteric training and know a bunch of the fellas there...

Urban, but if you were blindfolded en route to the lodge and didn't ask what the fellas do for a livin you'd be hard pressed to know it - small, tight knit, and down home atmosphere :) Could be because we rent our space from our local Shrine center, and a whole bunch of us are Shriners.

No thanks :biggrin: Anyway, just jesting - we don't really traffic in "dark spells". Sorry!

Hail, wizard! If you gather to yourself three perfect leaves of a maple tree which is dying (they do not have to be the last leaves, but 3/4ths of the tree must be dead and still intact), combine them with a paw of a squirrel with two tails with a pint of liquid three parts olive oil to one...

There are several states that have recognition without visitation, Texas is not the only one. Oklahoma, Kentucky and a couple of others that I can't recall offhand. And a bunch of states have no recognition at all. See the attached image for the ones that don't have recognition at all yet...

In truth, unless the MWPHGLoTX has specific recognition and visitation, specifically, with either your California or Illinois GL then, well. Every PH jurisdiction is a different jurisdiction, just as every "mainstream" jurisdiction is different. So its like saying France has a treaty with...

Well PH has its own Shrine as I understand it: http://www.aeaonms.org/ The "Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine" (A.E.A.O.N.M.S) - which is a different organization than "Shriners International" http://www.shrinersinternational.org/ Shriners International is "Ancient...

I don't know much more than the general bit about the Brits bringing Freemasonry to the States in traveling military lodges back in the 1700s. Personally I didn't join the craft till after I was done with my tour. There are some Brethren about though that are currently serving in military...

As an aside, I served in one of those units, which still exists today. 9th Cavalry, Headhunters Battalion, under 3rd Brigade (Grey Wolf) of 1st Cavalry Division. It has a lot to do with why the issue matters to me, because I was, in fact, a Buffalo Soldier and am proud to have been so. The...

*nods, I edited my post as you were responding - was afraid you might take the question the wrong way and wanted to tone it down overall. Anyway - good luck and no offense intended.

I mentioned this because you might find out a fair bit about the sentiment of the people on this forum by doing so. If you choose to ignore it, fine. I had a feeling you'd respond the way you did though, which is why I made a point of saying "Not saying a new one isn't worthwhile, but you...

As others have said, there are a bunch of threads about this on the site here. It has been discussed a lot. Not saying a new one isn't worthwhile, but you might be surprised to find that a pretty massive majority of folks who frequent this site are pretty strongly for strong relations, ending...