Conversations With My Father, Freemason 32nd Degree Past Worshipful Master

I will discuss the conversations I had with my late father who was a freemason and went through the chairs to become a 32nd Degree Worshipful Master. I will talk about the initiation, the secret hand shakes and qualifications.

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[richcapo]

The Scottish Rite will take any Third Degree Mason who is willing to pay its membership fee -- in the Southern Jurisdiction, that's five or so hundred dollars -- and spend two or so days watching a series of morality plays that illustrate the beliefs of the Rite. Over the course of these days, degrees four through thirty-two are conferred upon ALL candidates, not a select, exclusive few.

As for blacks and Masonry: Most lodges, including my own, allow blacks to join (thank God).

[mia0899cs]

@richcapo Thanks for the comment as it is very interesting, I'm glad that they allow blacks and minorities to join:)

[richcapo]

Some corrections: Masons are prohibited from asking people to join the fraternity. A man must petition the lodge of his own free will. Also, there's nothing elitist about the Scottish Rite, which is the appendant body that offers degrees four to thirty-two, with an honorary thirty-third degree that is reserved for brethren who have contributed greatly to the Rite or Masonry in general through service (like working the lights at Reunions, leading charitable activities, et cetera). CONTINUED

[mia0899cs]

@richcapo I don't know why my father didn't pursue the 33rd degree. He was a Shriner and Tall Cedar. It could have been because of working a lot and he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

[samadamsronzio]

Cool :) 

[mia0899cs]

@samadamsronzio Thanks:)

[richcapo]

@pizzylee1978 Are you aware that you're quoting a hoax?

[pizzylee1978]

"the masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the luciferian doctrine"- Albert Pike. they worship lucifer people dont be decieved. they purposely call their leaders "worshipful master" to mock Jesus knowing full well no worship should be drawn away from God. watch a video here on youtube called "Masonic Secrets From Their Own Books". its book after book written by masons outlining their luciferian agenda/doctrine. Praise Jesus Christ !!

[richcapo]

@diablo9333 Hi, diablo9333: There's no evidence that the Illuminati exists these days -- it's gone from being an institution to nothing more than a colloquialism, so don't sweat it. And don't sweat Masonry, either. We have no political power anymore and we're not even all too interested in basic nepotism these days. We're purely social and philanthropic.

And if you're wondering: I'm a Knight Templar, not what conspiracy theorists deride as a "porch Mason."

Take care.

[diablo9333]

When you bring up the idea of the Illuminati in this I think it is automatically a bad thing. Unfortunately I don't think your father was involved in a good society. However I do not think your father would have been a bad person for joining them. I think that maybe he didn't know enough as a 33rd degree to know about the bad things going on within it. I don't believe everything written about Freemasons because it is easy to contradict things when you are unsure.

[richcapo]

@delagrazia "thats not true Who would inform u about the lodge(to petition) if someone doesnt tell you?"

Look up lodges in the phone book, go online, or stop by one you see. It's not difficult. It's what I did in fact.

[delagrazia]

@richcapo thats not true Who would inform u about the lodge(to petition) if someone doesnt tell you? a petition might b necessary next however proposing u and informing u is not a bridge of free will of course

[richcapo]

@ACatal1 Incidentally I would love if Masonry had actual historical roots in antiquity, especially the antiquity of the magic mystery schools. That would be great in my opinion! (More so if magic were real, which alas it is not.)

[richcapo]

@ACatal1 Symbols aren't history in other words.

[richcapo]

@ACatal1 Craft Masonry is strictly Old Testament/Tanakh, not Bablyonian or Egyptian. The Royal Arch uses a triune name for God that incorporates Babylonian and Egyptian mythology, but still bases it ritual on the the Old Testament/Tanakh. Cryptic Masonry is entirely OT/T like Craft Masonry. And the Templars take their mythology from Christianity. The S. Rite uses concepts from many myths. The Shrine, Islam. And that's it -- it's all myth; no historical link to any of those faiths.

[richcapo]

@ACatal1 Which to many Masons is no big deal, because they are willing to defend all religious faiths. I would just as readily join a Muslim "Templar" order or a Buddhist one or whatever despite swearing my allegiance to no particular religion. My commitment to religious tolerance demands that of me.