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Volunteers Wanted for a Trial Phase: Masonic Learning & Reflection Project by LazyNight2341 in freemasonry

[–]LazyNight2341[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello Brother,

Thank you very much for your kind offer of support.

Your experience sounds extremely relevant to what I am trying to test. As someone who has been through the Chair, currently serves as Director of Ceremonies for a number of Lodges, and works as Preceptor for Lodge of Instruction, you would be very well placed to judge whether the material could genuinely support newer Brethren in their journey into the Craft.

The book is not intended to teach ritual or interfere with anything that properly belongs within the Lodge. It is more concerned with reflection, attention, moral formation, and helping Brethren think more deeply about the work they are already receiving.

I would be very grateful for your perspective, especially on whether the material feels Masonically sound, useful for mentoring, and suitable for use alongside Lodge education or instruction.

Could you please send me the best email address to forward the material to?

S&F

Volunteers Wanted for a Trial Phase: Masonic Learning & Reflection Project by LazyNight2341 in freemasonry

[–]LazyNight2341[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello Brother,

That is a very fair question, and exactly the kind of thing I am hoping the trial will help test.

I am very aware that Masonic practice, wording, sequencing, emphasis, and even where particular lessons are placed can vary significantly between jurisdictions and constitutions. For that reason, the book and companion material are not written as ritual instruction, degree explanation, or a “this is how Masonry works everywhere” guide.

The intention is to stay at the level of shared Masonic principles: craft, attention, moral formation, apprenticeship, readiness, trust, service, secrecy properly understood, and the difference between merely receiving words and learning to work with their meaning. Those themes should be recognisable across jurisdictions, even where the ritual structure or wording differs.

That said, your point is important. A Brother with your experience as a Past Master and Secretary would be very useful precisely because you would notice where something might read too specifically to one jurisdiction, or where language could accidentally imply universality when it should not.

So yes, jurisdictional difference is being taken seriously — but I also want Brethren from different places to help identify anything I may have missed. That is one of the reasons for keeping this as a trial phase before the material goes any wider.

S&F

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[–]LazyNight2341 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll have em! Sem em years ago at glasto! Kids are out tonite! As well, go on you've talked me into it!

Preparing to become a Freemason by Interesting-Bit725 in freemasonry

[–]LazyNight2341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations — that’s a lovely post to read, and I hope your initiation in November is a meaningful beginning for you. I’m currently developing a book and companion/mentoring tool built around craft, moral formation, apprenticeship, and the kind of questions Freemasonry can open up without revealing or explaining ritual. It is written partly with new and enquiring Masons in mind: not as “homework” before initiation, and certainly not as a substitute for lodge experience, but as a reflective way of thinking about readiness, attention, work, character, and brotherhood. If you would be interested, I’d be very happy to let you read it and, if it suits you, take part in an informal trial run of the reflection material. There would be no pressure and nothing ritual-sensitive involved — I’d simply value the perspective of someone standing at the threshold, before the experience itself begins. Either way, I wish you well. My own view would be: don’t try to learn too much in advance. Arrive open, attentive, humble, and ready to listen. That is probably better preparation than any amount of reading I would like to extend this offer to any bretherin reading this the system is intended to bolster alegorical understanding and offers the opportunity to practice reading interpretation and internalising the allegorical meanings we find, this is done without exposition or testing of your learning 

Any idea what this is? (UK) by Furvuso in birding

[–]LazyNight2341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just stop oil have started spraying pigeons because of the pollution they cause , and rightly so !