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The document has some good and bad points. Its claim that Thomas Jefferson was a Mason does not help. Lots of folks would love evidence that he was a Mason but no such evidence ever appears. Its description of Washington and Franklin as "high level Masons" whatever that means does not help...

In an order where our lodges mostly have business/voting meetings once per month and only the most active ones meet twice per month there's a *lot* of that patience stuff going around. The tick-tock of the Masonic clock is like watching the Moon's phases. That month thing again. How about we...

I wonder how many presidents and other officials who served under the Articles of Confederation (before the Constitution) were brothers ...

Just checking if you realize your picture in your profile is sideways. As you progress through your disagrees we'll help you stand uprightly. :biggrin: Note to self - I need to download my picture. I should probably just use my one from LinkedIn as that's a recent one.

That's "Mr Julian" processed through my custom typographical error generator. Sorry about that.

The best form of feedback is counting attendance at events and meetings. Attendance is the sincerest form of support.

It was my understanding that the GL of Scotland and the GL of Ireland were both chartered by the GL of England - With the distinction that like the GL of England some of their founding lodges met by immemorial right. Did they emerge and form their own charters instead? It was also my...

Here's the lodge locator for the GL of MT - http://www.grandlodgemontana.org/directory.html My Julian mentioned being in the military and going "back" to Butte. Some jurisdictions count active duty stints serving out of state as being still resident if you are from there. Probably...

One can be over-prepared for the degrees. The first degree is called "initiation". Candidates in the ancient mystery degrees went into their initiations cold and there is much to be said for the personal impact of doing it that way. Put yourself into the hands of friends, let them to take...

The DDGM in one of my districts is into such topics. He's done an education piece of sacred geometry among others. I've done talks on each of the 7 as well as a talk on all 7 viewed as a pattern. Being an aerospace guy I started out with a graph of a nozzle then switched to a saddle curve...

One of the aspects of Masonry is that we're world wide. All regular and recognized lodges are descended from the founding meeting in London in 1717 when the Grand Lodge of England was founded. Now it's the United Grand Lodge of England UGLE. One of the simplest ways to figure out if a local...

Interesting. I take it clandestine GLs base their ritual on one of the expose books we can find in bookstores. As such their proficiencies would be very close to our own. Having seen proficiencies done in multiple jurisdictions as I've traveled I know there's a lot of variation in them. It...

I had MM plates when I lived in Illinois. The added price is similar to the added price in Texas. If you want expensive plates try California or Georgia. More digits. If you want cheap plates and it's not your only vehicle NC lets you renew whether you're still a resident or not ...

Most excellent news! Masonry is the world's oldest and largest fraternity. Once healed and therefore not clandestine you will be able to attend lodge anywhere in the world. Anyone who has traveled for work can report how good it is to be among the brethren in a strange city. Anyone who has...

Start with this web site. ZA is a part of the United Grand Lodge of England http://www.ugle.org.uk/about-ugle/ugle-districts-and-groups/districts-and-groups-in-africa/district-grand-lodge-of-south-africa-north/

As International is clandestine I suggest you approach one of the regular and recognized lodges in your area. Request "healing". You may need to go through your degrees again or they may let you do your proficiencies over again.

http://www.pronto.com/product/10mm-black-tungsten-carbide-freemason-p_2057670186 That looks like mine. Very affordable.

Many jurisdictions do not allow wearing the S&C until a MM. Not that there's any way to enforce the rule in most cases. There's an EA symbol that can be worn - I've seen it as a lapel pin. There's the way the S&C are displayed in the FC degree - I've only seen that carved into the sides of a...

http://www.ugle.org.uk/about-ugle/ugle-districts-and-groups/districts-and-groups-in-africa/district-grand-lodge-of-ghana-5/ That web site gives the contact for the District Grand Lodge of Ghana.

That mostly shows that in the US one can become President without learning the content of elementary school social studies. Who knows if either pres Bush ever read the Federalist Papers (required reading when I was in junior high school), the Anti-Federalist Papers (every bit as important but...