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As a separate order, membership in the AMORC is a separate decision. I suggest an answer to the opposite question - Should Masons avoid joining AMORC? To me the answer is no. There's no conflict that I know of when it comes to what outsiders can learn of the AMORC lessons. The AMORC is a lot...

My answer is - You have to ask someone you believe to be a Mason who to become one. In general there are no invitations. You just took the first step. I can go get you a petition for membership if you like. Want to download one on line and print it out?

The ideas of Masonry - To be studied. The content of the degrees - To be experienced cold. That's my take. Ask a friend for his recommendation. Have faith your friend will take good care of you. Step out in faith by going in cold. Get the maximum emotional impact from your degrees. Or...

I happen to think it will be better to read it after you have passed through your degrees. It's highly speculative, a fun read, but I liked going through my degrees cold and it would have set my expectations.

That is one of the better theories on how Masonry transitioned from a guild/union of operative Masons to a band/society of speculative Masons. The results are to be found in our ritual and symbols. Seek and ye shall find. But as you point out ... Exactly. The mystical stuff is there for...

It's a kitchy modern measurement of our impact on the world - How good an actor depicts someone in a biographical movie. Morgan Freeman is as good as it gets among actors.

Did anyone see in the news yesterday that international trade in Somalia Acacia charcoal is currently banned? I read the article to see if they do sustainable growth of the trees/bushes but the reason for the ban is who the profits go to.

My most recent year in the east (2008) I made sure we opened Stated meetings in each degree as often as possible. If an EA attended, EA it was, but as a secondary priority when there was a choice I opened on the degree used the least recently. I did this to keep my line in practice for every...

Very active web page for the Grand Lodge of Chile - http://www.granlogia.cl/

You're aware that Lebanon Cedar is currently an endangered species so there isn't a legal market in it, right? You don't exactly want to write "Smuggled for Br Joe Shmoe" on it. More like "This piece of wood dates from before Lebanon Cedar was declared endangered and was found in an antique...

Palatine Lodge has a very active York Rite chapter that meets at their new building. I'm a member of Barrington 522 and Palatine is in my district. That said I recommend taking your time before joining any appendent body. I've heard many brothers say they wish they had waited longer, few say...

Jurisdiction to jurisdiction variation. In 2 of my 3 jurisdictions and in most of the jurisdictions I have visited the officer work in the opening ceremony for the degrees go 1st longest, 2nd middle, 3rd shortest. Opening in the lower degrees is more work for the officers. The total time and...

As they survey all mysticism across the ages that's a very large topic. Even an rough outline takes a large tome. The expression "New Age" is pretty hilarious when you think about it. Those newfangled pyramid things; back in the day we had stacks of rocks and we were thrilled to have that...

Re: What would you like to see changed in the Maso There's a reason our brethren in previous generations funded endowments to run their buildings and projects, why they limited their buildings and projects to sizes that were covered by endowments. Until some point they knew that membership...

Re: What would you like to see changed in the Maso I was about to respond "That's how it should be. Any organization that requires Masonic membership needs to be approved by GL." Then it occurred to me that many lodges started out as S&C clubs in their geography until they reached critical...

Many GLs publish a Monitor that contains parts of the ritual written out. Many GLs publish a ritual book that contains most of the ritual written out with the tiny amount that is secret blanked out or replaced with underscores. These books do get reissued every so often as jurisdictions change...

Of course the longer the world wide standard is in local use the less this will be an issue. I suggest that the way to handle inertia is to get past it not to increase it. But while you are in the east you are in charge and you get to decide unless someone gets legislation passed to change the...

That's a good opportunity for Masonic education! Give a talk on how Stated meetings in the EA degree has been the world wide standard since the Premier Grand Lodge of England. Talk about the Anti-Masonic movement of the 1840s, the Baltimore Convention and why staying away from the world wide...

Which are not yours. Pray in gratitude that our Masonic for bearers saw to it that freedom of religion has constantly spread farther and farther across the global. Pray that we may participate in expanding it further in the future. Generally the reasons people oppose us is they are crazy or...

Re: What would you like to see changed in the Maso Aren't apron marches allowed by dispensation from the GM in Texas? They are done to the annual meeting at the Alamo at least so it has to be allowed. One of my lodges marches in our aprons at the town 4th of July parade each year complete...