vtmason
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Post by vtmason on Mar 21, 2009 0:36:10 GMT
My facts come from various sources that are only available to members of regular/recognized world masonic jurisdictions. Cool. I'd qualify then
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imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Mar 21, 2009 4:54:52 GMT
Heck, they hav'nt heard of woman Freemasons, except as a distant rumor. Yeah, I hear rumors about the Malecraft, too. I don't believe them Bro. Brandt, I most impatient await word of weekend details. And, yup, it's Friday
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afterthought
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Post by afterthought on Mar 21, 2009 6:20:57 GMT
Getting educated masonically is a good move for everyone. Masonic education is found in ritual. The rest are various adaptations of profane bureaucracy.
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Post by maximus on Mar 21, 2009 13:20:02 GMT
I have just read all 47 of your messages since you joined less than one month ago. Virtually all of them are replies to messages posted. Have you anything you wish to post that is original to you? I don't see what this has to do with the price of tea in China.
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imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Mar 21, 2009 17:41:08 GMT
Ah, Bro. Arch, Life is education for every Freemason. And there is but one Can*py of He*ven, so we're always THERE.
I do agree, though, that Ritual always trumps.
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afterthought
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Post by afterthought on Mar 21, 2009 18:20:15 GMT
Imakegarb, I agree. The Ritual holds all that is needed.
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vtmason
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Post by vtmason on Mar 22, 2009 13:35:19 GMT
Imakegarb, I agree. The Ritual holds all that is needed. I disagree to a point. The ritual does indeed hold all that is needed but sometimes we need to be guided and inspired by other forces, to unlock and get a better understanding of it. This often comes from outside the tyled lodge in the forms of well written books and well informed brothers and sisters
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imakegarb
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Post by imakegarb on Mar 22, 2009 22:47:24 GMT
Yup, this is so. We are, in quite a few places in Ritual, much encouraged to seek information outside the Lodge (Second Degree REALLY big on that). So we are "free" to seek guidance and wisdom outside the lodge.
However, I maintain that, where there is contradiction (such as when a GL says a Brother, who clearly is a brother, isn't), Ritual trumps.
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Post by brandt on Mar 23, 2009 13:03:40 GMT
I have yet to find a subject that is outside of the scope of Masonic education. Some topics make people uncomfortable, so be it.
Brandt
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