Any Freemasons on this forum..?

[Pondoro]

I am...for 21 years, we practice the so called scandinavian system. All the Scandinavian states + Iceland have independent Orders. The scandinavian Orders are christian Orders and differs from the anglo-american system in that way..

However, there are lots of similarities and many visit for instance the Order in London..

 

[Ontario Hunter]

I was raised in 1979. Have been inactive for a long time but a past master skeet shooter has got me going again. My home lodge is in Montana.

 

[whitetail]

I’m a member of Fellowship Lodge #345 in Joplin, MO and I’m the director of the 29th degree of the Scottish Rite in the Valley of Joplin. I’m also a member of the York Rite as well as the Shrine Trust in Springfield, MO. Great organizations and philanthropy!!

 

[wesheltonj]

My father is, but I am not - much to his disappointment. He was very active up to about 2 years ago. He’s KYCH.

 

[geoff rath]

I was, but when I perceived strong divergence from social conduct within my Lodge, I left. Could have transferred to another, but so disappointed at the time ... Sadly, the craft has lost its call here. I try to follow its, and Christianity's teachings in my conduct since. One way, is that I never write under a nom-de-plume, if I can't acknowledge what I write, or say then it does not get published.

 

[shotgungibbs]

I belong to West Union, Ohio Lodge #43, and the Valley of Cincinnati Scottish Rite for over 20 years. My father was, and my son is as well.

 

[CAustin]

I am...for 21 years, we practice the so called scandinavian system. All the Scandinavian states + Iceland have independent Orders. The scandinavian Orders are christian Orders and differs from the anglo-american system in that way..

However, there are lots of similarities and many visit for instance the Order in London..

Yes. Webb Lodge #166 of Augusta Ga

 

[Wemshie]

Lodge of Friendship, No 100 in the UK.

 

[Wheels]

Yes. Webb Lodge #166 of Augusta Ga

Did you move?

I have done some really lousy masonry before. Does that count.

 

[Hookboy88]

I was raised in 2011. Home lodge in North Carolina

 

[Countrylife]

I was raised in 2019 at lodge #473 in Texas.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

I was, but when I perceived strong divergence from social conduct within my Lodge, I left. Could have transferred to another, but so disappointed at the time ... Sadly, the craft has lost its call here. I try to follow its, and Christianity's teachings in my conduct since. One way, is that I never write under a nom-de-plume, if I can't acknowledge what I write, or say then it does not get published.

Geoff, I write under a pseudonym per some safety concerns. On another outdoors forum that was all but totally unmoderated, three regular posters were a bit scary. That forum eventually went belly up (surprise!) and I moved on to a Montana based elk hunting forum. Two of those clowns stalked me over there but the moderator made quick work of them. I do post pictures of myself and I usually (but not always) respond to private messages with my real name.

I understand why some folks post photos with faces blurred or blacked out. Employers or classmate animal lovers can cause problems for hunters. I kept some trophies and hunting/fishing related stuff in my office when I worked for the US National Park Service and I caught some flack for it. Few supervisors in that agency appreciate the management value of hunting. Oh well. Did it cost me my job? Probably not. My lack of incompetence usually sealed my doom with that outfit. The cream doesn't float to the top in USNPS. More like the stuff in the toilet bowl.

 

[Robmill70]

Harmony Lodge #18, Olympia Wa

 

[Lion Hunter 86]

I belong to West Union, Ohio Lodge #43, and the Valley of Cincinnati Scottish Rite for over 20 years. My father was, and my son is as well.

Small world brother, I’m a member of Manchester,Ohio Lodge #317,
Waco Texas Lodge #92 and the Scottish Rite Valley of Cincinnati.

 

[spike.t]

How come people in so many different outfits....

 

[SFRanger7GP]

Raised in Phoenix #8 Fayetteville NC and "walked across the hot sands" with the Sudan Temple.

Safe travels

 

[deewayne2003]

Raised in 2003

 

[Ontario Hunter]

How come people in so many different outfits....

In the old days most of us were brought into the lodge relatively young by coworkers, sometimes even employers, or family members. Then life took us other places. I kept membership in my home lodge mostly for sentimental reasons (Dad was a member and my brother has been master several times). Also the lodge needed the money (less so today). Over the years since being raised (becoming full member) I have attended lodge in many states and sometimes regularly when I was working for the US Park Service. But I never demitted from my home lodge. Only recently I joined a local lodge here in Ontario. So I am a member of both lodges.

These days it seems most of the recruits are retired guys (no women allowed). So finding brethren with multiple memberships is, I would think, less frequent.

In Masonic Lodge one has the opportunity to advance within his lodge (going "through the chairs" to master) or outside his lodge, i.e. joining Shriners, Scottish Rite, or York Rite. Or, he might move up to the Grand Lodge for each state or province.

 

[Rare Breed]

Would have enjoyed being one but never invited

 

[mdwest]

You don’t get asked or invited per se..

There is a quote… “to be one, ask one”

You need to ask a mason about being a mason… that’s the first step…