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Post by imakegarb on Oct 4, 2008 18:37:18 GMT
Uh . . . huh?  This section is not for females only. Please, could you explain your question a bit more?\. |
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Post by leonardo on Oct 4, 2008 21:19:41 GMT
Does my posting here make me officially one of the gals? Or me, too ;D |
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Post by maximus on Oct 4, 2008 21:36:47 GMT
It's for discussion of Female-only Masonry.
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Post by leonardo on Oct 4, 2008 21:44:00 GMT
It's for discussion of Female-only Masonry. Not quite true. it is also for Co-Masons, which has both men and women  |
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Post by cosmicthought on Oct 5, 2008 7:41:42 GMT
The title of the page is" Females Only!?"
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Post by leonardo on Oct 5, 2008 7:55:04 GMT
The title of the page is" Females Only!?" The full title for this section of the forum is: Co-Masonry, Female only Masonry Board |
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 5, 2008 17:50:42 GMT
Bro. CT, given your sig line, I continue puzzled There are three wings in the house that is Freemasonry. Co-Masonry (a ka Mixed) is for men and women Female-only (a ka Femalecraft or Feminine Masonry) is for women only (no men). Male-only (a ka Malecraft or Masculine Masonry) is for men only (no women). This forum is for the specific discussion of Female-only and Co-Masonry, which are undiscovered rooms to many of the Malecraft. Otherwise, I imagine (and I have suggested it) that we would have such a room for similar discussion of Malecraft Masonry. Anyone, regardless of Masonic affiliation (if any) or gender, may post - respectfully - in this forum. |
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Post by cosmicthought on Oct 6, 2008 3:56:50 GMT
Imhotep Thank you for the explanation and pardon my ignorance...that is all i needed to know, i read it incorrectly!  LLL |
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 6, 2008 4:23:20 GMT
No worries.
I'm liking your new avatar ;D
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Post by leonardo on Oct 6, 2008 6:29:24 GMT
Imhotep Thank you for the explanation and pardon my ignorance...that is all i needed to know, i read it incorrectly! LLL You are most welcome. |
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 9, 2008 5:10:28 GMT
Yup. I've seen the roll. I've photographed it. It says "shee". And that's all ;D There's been quite a lot of effort to explain it away but . . . well, that's what it says. I spend quite a lot of time on it in one chapter in my book. I had a great time with it  |
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Post by leonardo on Oct 9, 2008 6:28:15 GMT
Yup. I've seen the roll. I've photographed it. It says "shee". And that's all ;D There's been quite a lot of effort to explain it away but . . . well, that's what it says. I spend quite a lot of time on it in one chapter in my book. I had a great time with it Has a time been set for the books release? |
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Post by maximus on Oct 9, 2008 18:24:09 GMT
Yup. I've seen the roll. I've photographed it. It says "shee". And that's all ;D There's been quite a lot of effort to explain it away but . . . well, that's what it says. I spend quite a lot of time on it in one chapter in my book. I had a great time with it Has a time been set for the books release? And can we get autographed copies?  |
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 9, 2008 19:43:31 GMT
The publisher is still going over it and hasn't yet given me a date but I'm hoping it'll be . . . soon.
As for autographed copies, I don't yet know how many *I* get. Some have already been promised in exchange for permission to reprint images. That said, if you visit here and you have a copy you want me to sing, I'll sign it ;D
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Post by maximus on Oct 9, 2008 21:33:07 GMT
That said, if you visit here and you have a copy you want me to sing, I'll sign it ;D Oh, we get to hear you sing too? ;D How about I send it to you, and you send it back? I doubt I'll be in Oregon any time soon. Unless the Apocalypse comes. You have food.  |
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 10, 2008 6:35:36 GMT
Mailing it back and forth would be cool. I hear Bro. Chris Hodapp, if you ask him nicely, will do this with his books (I could hope to be an author as cool as Bro. Chris ). As for sing . . . I do actually sing well, in a Bluegrass sort of way, but I don't plan to sing this. However, it's been suggested I read at least part of it, if not all of it, into an audio file suitable for DVD but it hasn't happened yet. So many plans and ideas (little smile). |
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Post by leonardo on Oct 10, 2008 7:01:58 GMT
Will the book be available from www.play.com? I only ask as they do not charge for delivery on any of their products to anywhere in Europe and other parts of the world whereas the likes of Amazon do. I hardly ever buy from them (Amazon) as their delivery charges to my part of Ireland are very hefty, but with Play.com all deliveries are free. Genuinely! Also they have an outlet in the US www.playusa.com with the same terms. However their US branch does not carry books, yet. Incidentally, www.play.com carry a large section of Masonic books. |
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Post by imakegarb on Oct 10, 2008 17:59:07 GMT
In context, it was a reference to a female candidate " that is to be made mason". I got to photograph it. To my knowledge, my book will be the first Masonic study of this manuscript which includes a clear photograph of the passage in question. I also talk a bit about the scholarly disagreement between William James Hughan and David Murray Lyon over this passage, a disagreement that often is misquoted. And I get into handwriting analysis. I like this chapter |
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Post by ruffashlar on Jan 27, 2009 15:53:46 GMT
Re she / shee
Consider that between the late medioeval period and the creation of modern Craft Freemasonry in the early 1700s, the word mason would have signified two entirely distinct things at once: a builder or craftsman in stone; and a member of a civic order of merit, similar to a chamber of commerce.
There is accordingly every possibility that women were admitted as masons in the second sense; though the definition continued to include both meanings until the eventual creation of the distinctions Free Mason and Accepted [i.e.,, adopted] Mason.
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Post by lauderdale on Jan 27, 2009 20:05:52 GMT
Hello, nice to hear from you again Bro Ruff. Your posts are like buses, nothing for ages then a load come along at once!
Anyway, Fraternal Best Wishes
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