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In California the scripture quotation for the perambulation is assigned to a "Singer or Speaker". I never saw them sung during the time I resided in the state. At least the second degree quotation is a different passage than the one used in Texas. When visiting a third degree in Texas I was...

I recently relocated from Illinois. The district education officer is a position required by the current WM GM. I don't know if it will be voted on to continue. I expect it would fail - Illinois delegates have resisted expanding positions for GL that appear in the by laws. I do expect...

To answer the question about becoming a member - That depends on the jurisdiction Some jurisdictions are by invitation, mostly in Europe. Some jurisdictions require you to ask to be become a member, mostly in the Americas. How it works in Asian jurisdictions I don't know but it will work one...

Bro Bill, Is the process for dual affiliation the same as the process for multiple affiliation? I have no idea if my CGS needs to be routed Sec to Gr Sec to Gr Sec to Sec. Is the fact that I can attach it to my petition a way of getting around the routing through two GL offices? For that...

UGLE tends to not approve of appendent bodies. It looks like to them there are craft lodges and that's it. Except they're okay with some of the York Rite degrees. It doesn't quite add up the way Americans tend to see it but it is a part of a long established pattern. As far as OES is...

The good thing about my suggestion having zero standing of any sort is it does not matter if anyone agrees or disagrees with it. It brings the issue to mind and I'm happy that any brother thinks it over agreement or not. So thanks for disagreeing with me! Discussion of unification is...

I only know that a fair number of jurisdictions around the world have a single affiliation requirement so I was not surprised to learn of it. Which doesn't answer your question sorry.

Interesting and nice variation of practice in the jurisdiction. The 47th problem is the Past master symbol in a lot of jurisdictions outside of the US and a few within the US. Neither of the two where I hold membership but traveling for work I have seen the 47th problem on lapel pins and I...

This is happening in blue lodge as well. It's amazing the interests some of the young fellows have. Is there a valley within 2-3 hours of San Antonio that does this? I may well affiliate if there is. I see no sign of it in the monthly bulletin I get from my valley in California. We...

When California recognized there were some items that caused delay before visitation started. At the time the PHA GL was California and Hawaii at the time so Hawaii had to vote for recognition as well. That took an extra several months. There's now a recognized PHA GL in each state. Then the...

My valley teaches that the degrees they present are "further not higher".

When I've read on newsgroup soc.org.freemasonry about them they are Masonic documents endorsed by the GL confirming you are a Mason in good standing. So it should be a big dues card by another name. Lodges outside of the US or maybe outside of North America apparently use patents not dues...

Early in the thread was a post that the world is moving from national to corporate. To the extent this is true it breaks so many previous models many mistakes will be made. To the extent this is true discussion of issues using a national model are fruitless in the international arena. That...

I grew up near Niagara Falls NYS and the family gardened annuals and perennials. I settled in California LA metro long enough to garden decoratives, herbs and fruit. Last week we went to Houston to get a specific type of decorative citrus tree that I'd grown found of in CA - Buddha's Hand...

A further advantage having come from jurisdictions that have had visitation for years - Scottish Rite degree teams do visits among valleys as well. I've been to a reunion that had degrees from 3 SR jurisdictions. I have seen the PHA Scottish Rite degree that depicts brothers Prince Hall and...

I first used the term going on 20 years ago when I first heard the word "mainstream" applied to one regular GL but not the other. The term has no standing of any sort. I have no idea if I was the first to use the term but I'm not the only brother I've encountered to use it. All of the...

Thanks for this clarification Bro Byron. I am a Past Master life member of my mother lodge in California, a Past Master life member of my lodge in Illinois and an honorary member of another lodge in Illinois. I have no intention to ever demit from any of them. This choice on my part means I...

Stated meetings in the first degree and charging dues to EAs and FCs has been the worldwide standard since the early years of the Grand Lodge system. It's all of the rest of the world not just Canada. The US changed away from the worldwide standard about 1840 during the rise of the...

Re: why are Catholics "excommunicated" The objection to Masonry varies widely among the clergy. There are a lot of Catholics and Orthodox in my mother lodge in California and they've never had any issue. One of my Illinois lodge's attends an annual Saint John Day service at a...