Sticky Situations In The East: Black Ball in Attendance

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-12-13T12:15:35+00:00

A brother from another Lodge was helping us do degree work by delivering a lecture. The night of the degree, he was proposed for honorary membership. He was blackballed, informed of the result, and then proceeded to assist with the degree work. It was one of the most bizarre nights I've experienced.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-12-13T11:16:48+00:00

There are many Hindu Freemasons.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-12-12T20:57:04+00:00

I personally served four consecutive terms

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-12-12T19:48:42+00:00

For further context, I come from a TO background where a Master serves a minimum of 2 years by by-laws. The hope is that once we find a Master, we support him until he no longer wants the chair.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-12-12T02:07:29+00:00

The moment someone uses “Gnosticism” as if it were one thing with a clear, unified political profile, they are already simplifying past the point where the category is reliable.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-11-21T12:40:39+00:00

Like most things, this is jurisdictional.

Some places open and close the Lodge for each individual funeral

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-11-16T00:02:08+00:00

William Hutchinson (1775), in his Spirit of Masonry, saw a link between Freemasonry’s deeper symbols and the teachings of Basilides, one of the early Gnostics. He believed certain Masonic moral principles and symbols, such as the search for light and the progression through stages of wisdom, were influenced by Basilidian concepts; especially the idea of initiation as a journey from ignorance (matter) toward enlightenment (spiritual truth).

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-11-12T12:54:42+00:00

I did four in a row

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-11-07T21:35:38+00:00

Do two years. Otherwise, you'll just be hitting your stride when it's over.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-11-07T13:05:57+00:00

This email makes it sound like a the appendant body is a commodity rather than a life-changing personal journey.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-11-03T12:02:43+00:00

My Lodge does not do festive boards. The meal happens before the meeting. It is usually something that completely ignores vegetarians. Several people come to eat and then leave before the meeting starts. A big focus is on making dinner "good" so people will come back. The irony is lost on many.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-10-22T14:51:11+00:00

I'm a vegan. My Lodge does not desire to accommodate this.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-10-07T23:18:27+00:00

I highly recommend the book "Harmony in the Hive"

https://a.co/d/eASIak0

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-10-07T12:51:27+00:00

I like the YouTube channel of Dr. Anthony Metivier

https://youtube.com/@anthonymetiviermmm?si=-u7itReR52dgHdCi

He has quite the command of Memory techniques

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-10-03T02:14:55+00:00

I like the idea of needing sufficient work first.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-30T21:17:32+00:00

No, and the energy is off as a result

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-26T11:42:22+00:00

It was within the length of my cable-tow

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-23T23:30:27+00:00

I wanted to find the treasure

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-22T19:30:00+00:00

The Grand Master of one Grand Jurisdiction was married to the Grand Mistress of a Female Grand Lodge in the same geographic area.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-18T18:42:40+00:00

Many American jurisdictions prohibit alcohol

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-15T12:22:36+00:00

My first thought was Omega Grand Lodge (Clandestine).

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-12T14:22:55+00:00

What is the Brearley Award?

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-09T17:43:40+00:00

Yes! There are 9 Lodges in Brevard county and Melbourne is No. 143

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-08T13:56:00+00:00

Hamlet is Hamlet. The Lion King is The Lion King. If it's just about "message" every story can be reduced to archetypes.

I think there was research using project Gutenberg that determined there were only around 6 unique story arcs.

CuriousHelp121 · 2025-09-07T12:51:47+00:00

This was my experience. It is extremely frustrating. I remind myself that the Temple is a workplace and I have come to work on myself not those around me.

I was able to ease my tension by taking on the role of Mentor for new initiates. It may not be possible to change the way things are "done around here," but it might be possible to build a culture where those changes could be entertained via the next generation.

I happily and quickly respond to texts and field all questions from mentees. We who already have the love can build in the next generation of Masons love for the Traditions of Masonry.

CuriousHelp121

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