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It was Long Island and they were Regular Masons initiating a new member into their Craftsman's Club. Not a Craft ritual.

1 book in 25 years? Weird flex, but ok. I have a rather nice library with many of the Masonic books in my collections obtained from estate sales or auctions and not a few from garage sales.

Unless things have changed, there are no Regular Masonic Lodges in the UAE outside of those established on Western military bases and you would need to have access to those bases to join or attend those lodges. Most Arab countries have made Freemasonry illegal or heavily suppress its activities...

Finding out you joined a clandestine organization and then doubling down on its legitimacy. You will likely not find many supporters in a forum mostly full of regular mainstream and PHA Brothers. Not saying you won't find any sympathetic ears. We're not trying to be rude, but your arguments will...

Wonder if we will get the rest of the story because there seems to be much more going on under the surface here.

Learn the work. Learn it so that it is second nature. Poor ritual is one of the number one things that destroys the experience for a candidate. There are lots of resource on the web if you search for memorizing masonic ritual. Here is one to get you going. Good luck and welcome to the Craft.

I found a doc that lists the requirements for Warden and list the Past Master Degree as one of them but I didn't see anything that said it was the VPM degree from the Royal Arch. Maybe they confer the actual PM Degree on their Wardens before they take their chairs?

So it's the VPM degree from the RA. Interesting. I've never seen that as a requirement for a chair in a Craft Lodge in the US. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

Some jurisdictions only have the foggy mirror test to become a Warden or Master. Question, do you confer the PM degree on non WMs or can only PMs be a Warden? I haven't heard of that requirement before. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

Not really! I'm not sure if maybe English isn't his first language or what, but his syntax, or lack thereof, is hard to follow. I was going by some of his other posts saying something about how no man can make someone a Mason or something in assuming he might not be from mainstream Masonry or...

So by your own admission you are not a Freemason, raised in a Regular, or even Regular but Unrecognized, Grand Lodge. Then how are you going to lecture us on how we are doing Freemasonry incorrectly from the outside? Maybe if you provided the texts you're quoting from so we can understand...

Going to go with Brother Glen on this one. Another cash grab purporting to sell you the wisdom of the ancients found nowhere else! Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

So many questions about this post. But most importantly, how does it relate to the discussion at hand. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

If you want to effect real change in your Lodge the best route would have been to accept the JW appointment. (Which seems odd to me as every jurisdiction I have been in the Master and Wardens are elected) You really only have two options here, take a leadership role and be the change you want...

If you're a Mason looking to visit a foreign Lodge, your first contact should always be your own Grand Lodge Secretary. If you are asking how to join, you will need to find a Lodge where you live and ask them. We cannot help you in either situation.

That would imply that a person is not permitted to change religions in their life. People grow and change and sometimes the religion they are raised with no longer makes sense to them any longer so they look for answers elsewhere. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

While Wikipedia is generally considered a horrible research tool it does serve as an excellent resource when looking into a new topic. Especially for topics like this that have such a wealth of information available. The problem you will encounter most in studying the Poor Fellow Soldiers of...

Who chartered your Grand Lodge? Do you have individual lodges under that grand lodge? As far as SOGLIA, that's what came up in an internet search. If your lodge isn't part of it, then another lodge is using your name. Seems to be a lot of irregularities here.

MW Abraham Grand Lodge AF&AM is part of SOGLIA, correct? If I am not mistaken, that entire organization is not recognized by either mainstream Freemasonry or PHA and considered illegitimate. Some of the other Brothers here may be able to shed more light but I do not know much more than that...

Brother Glen beat me to it. Ecstasy isn't made with crack. It's a methamphetamine.