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Use your cipher book, brothers, it's all you need.

I'd rather give my donation to Public Broadcasting, but we all have our preferences.

I will certainly entertain the idea of Council. I just have no interest in dressing up like a cross between a Civil War general and Archduke Ferdinand. ;)

As I have said before, I'm taking my Royal Arch degree because I am a line officer in my blue lodge which also hosts Chapter. Besides, I have enjoyed my Chapter degrees so far. My heart is in Blue Lodge and Scottish Rite though. After long discussion with my father (32nd degree SR) I made the...

As an Episcopalian, there are lots of brothers in any Episcopal church you might visit, and have never known an Episcopal Priest who would have a problem with members of the Vestry or the congregation being Freemasons. I know Roman Catholic Freemasons. They tend to keep it quiet. We...

Got mine, though it has not my mark on the other side, ours goes in the book. Looks, however, like one side of mine.

We wear business suits to lodge here in Maine and officers wear Tuxes for degree work and visitations. Showing your dues card is usually enough though I have heard of people asking for the F.P.O.F.* when visiting. I found my boat's motor hung up on a mooring line earlier this summer. It should...

I agree.

As I said down thread, when I received my Mark Master Degree I was told that I should think about my mark and would have to record it when I receive my RA degree. The Secretary showed me the book so I could get an idea and even presented me with a "practice sheet" to work mine out.

Interesting. I got my "penny" after my Mark Master degree, which shows the name of the Chapter on one side and what one might expect with the Keystone on the other but only must record our Mark after the RA Degree. I will say, there is something nice about the flexibility of Masonry and...

Because I have been a Sacred Musician by profession for over 30 years I often list certain groups I belong to, but never the Masons. I joined the Fraternity not out of mercenary reasons, but for others. I have been known to wear a blue lodge ring, especially when travelling, and sometimes a pin...

I have no Scottish Heritage (though I do have English in a serious way) however it bears mentioning that the Grand Lodge of Scotland has played a part in the formation of some Grand Lodges in North America, not to mention that Scottish Anglicans played the decisive role in the formation of what...

Mine will include a stylized monogram, the "Triple-Tau", and the hedgehog, which appears on my family's traditional coat of arms.

It was explained to me when I took the Mark Master Degree that I would be expected to record my Mark when I receive my RA Degree, which it so happens will be in a quarry this Saturday. I was given access to the "book" so I could see what other Companions had done and encouraged to develop it. I...

Learn from your elders, both men and women, and if your father or grandfather is a Mason, learn from them.

My late partner was a Mason and a direct descendent of Joseph Brant, Freemason, Anglican, and head of the Iroquois League. Just sayin'. Brant was raised by King George III personally. From what I understand about the Iroquois League and the Mohawks (which was Brant's tribe) in particular, peace...

What a nice link. I wish you had given us a preview of it rather than just a link, but wow, what a talent and clearly a well-grounded and serious brother. Thanks for this.

I am 45. I am a fifth generation Master Mason, and a second generation Scottish Rite Mason. You either are or you are not. You can always travel.

I think you're quite correct. The Scottish Rite as we know it in North America has its roots in--correct me if I'm incorrect--in about 1806 in SC with other roots in the British Caribbean. Pike came along later, and is generally considered the primogenitor of what became the Scottish Rite in the...