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Having your light taken

Bill Lins

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Please can you help me join the Freemason? I am in Ghana Accra and I would be very grateful if you could link me to someone in the fraternity.
The United Grand Lodge of England has a large number of Lodges in Accra. You should be able to locate & contact them locally or look them up on the UGLE website.
 

Bill Lins

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Apparently you will need to find someone you know there (& who knows you) who can do so. Good luck.
 

Brother_JSavage

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A Mason represents the Craft when he publicly displays the emblem of a Master Mason. It is almost like accepting the job of being one of the many the voices of the Fraternity when out in the public's eye as an individual.

You are going to be approached and asked questions by non masons. You best be able to answer those questions accurately otherwise you should not make yourself visible. Remember the name given to the Entered Apprentice.

Here is my take on it. If the questions are regarding his official proficiencies then he should not be a Master Mason until such time that he can prove it via examination in open lodge.

If these are chatch-a-kism questions out of a book not sponsored by the MWPHGL then shame on his Brethren for belittling him.





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Brother_JSavage

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Well that's goes back to the beginning of the craft when we became E.A. When it states "Never been tried Never denied and ready to be tried again" and with him becoming a MM he should know his books so if is ever tried he won't be denied as being a Mason on a M.M. But if he show them his dues card he shouldn't have to give up his masonic jacket


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Glen Cook

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Well that's goes back to the beginning of the craft when we became E.A. When it states "Never been tried Never denied and ready to be tried again" and with him becoming a MM he should know his books so if is ever tried he won't be denied as being a Mason on a M.M. But if he show them his dues card he shouldn't have to give up his masonic jacket


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Not all rituals are the same. That is not in the EA in my jurisdiction.

The points made previously are that there is no place for a trial absent claiming the privileges of a Mason, to include entering lodge.

Not all GLs have dues cards, I don't show mine without need, and no one except the Government takes my property.
 

Ripcord22A

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Well that's goes back to the beginning of the craft when we became E.A. When it states "Never been tried Never denied and ready to be tried again" and with him becoming a MM he should know his books so if is ever tried he won't be denied as being a Mason on a M.M. But if he show them his dues card he shouldn't have to give up his masonic jacket


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Ive heard...."often been tried...."
As Glen said above, no one trashes my property

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oldjumpmaster

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Unfortunately, this was a common theme in many of the Military Lodges in Europe. It deals with catechism and a question and answer session. For instance, if an individual would place a Masonic emblem on their car it was not unusual for brothers to be met with examination by an individual using their hand to cover up the emblem while receiving answers to their questions. If answered correctly they would uncover their “light” or emblem, if they could not answer the questions it was common that the emblem would be removed from the car. Hence, “protecting” your light. Basically, if you cannot pass an examination you should study and gain proficiency before displaying masonic emblems. Though many brothers attempted to utilize this method as a form of forcing proficiency, regrettably, it sometimes left a bad taste in an individual’s mouth.
 

Warrior1256

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For instance, if an individual would place a Masonic emblem on their car it was not unusual for brothers to be met with examination by an individual using their hand to cover up the emblem while receiving answers to their questions. If answered correctly they would uncover their “light” or emblem, if they could not answer the questions it was common that the emblem would be removed from the car. Hence, “protecting” your light. Basically, if you cannot pass an examination you should study and gain proficiency before displaying masonic emblems. Though many brothers attempted to utilize this method as a form of forcing proficiency, regrettably, it sometimes left a bad taste in an individual’s mouth.
As I have said before, if someone that I have never laid eyes on before starts asking me questions that will require me to divulge lawful, Masonic information I'd refuse to do so. If that person then decided that because of my refusal that they were going to "take" my personal property....they would have a really big, and probably painful, problem.
 

Glen Cook

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Unfortunately, this was a common theme in many of the Military Lodges in Europe. It deals with catechism and a question and answer session. For instance, if an individual would place a Masonic emblem on their car it was not unusual for brothers to be met with examination by an individual using their hand to cover up the emblem while receiving answers to their questions. If answered correctly they would uncover their “light” or emblem, if they could not answer the questions it was common that the emblem would be removed from the car. Hence, “protecting” your light. Basically, if you cannot pass an examination you should study and gain proficiency before displaying masonic emblems. Though many brothers attempted to utilize this method as a form of forcing proficiency, regrettably, it sometimes left a bad taste in an individual’s mouth.
Should that happen to me on base, their CO and I would be having a word.
 
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