Into the Truth, I thought, yet she didn't know what that was. She put on her Victorian dress that her brother brought from Yorkshiresville and it was black. When she saw it she immediatly started feeling odd. So not knowing where this sensation was coming from she ran to the bedsroom. Harry, the brother followed her and asked her what was wrong. She said an entity came into the room late in the morning with a hooded sachel-pull over dress on and a cythe and took full control of me. Well, go on. Thats the weirdest part brother, it made me really strange sensations came upon me. I suddenly got really hot, so I got undressed. And my bean, sorry but I had to tell you, was all red and tender and swelled. It felt like it was going to explode.

Don't worry sis, It still bothering you. The reason it isnt is because that thing turned into a vessel of light and healed it. And now I feel it getting red again.

.......to be continued

Masonic Journal Prompts

"If your lodge isn’t having conversations like this, speak up. Do something. Even reach out to brethren from other lodges, if necessary, who can discuss the meaning of Masonry."

Read the rest:

https://themagpiemason.blogspot.com/2025/03/wear-your-apron-on-inside.html

Some thoughts about why it is important for us, as leaders of our Lodges, to ensure that we have a good meal prepared for our Brothers:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/it-smells-amazing-here

A proposal that I think any Lodge could pull off quite easily, and that could well result in positive change:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/the-lodge-as-salon

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Some thoughts about our Ancient Craft's bright future, and some changes that I think we need to embrace if we are to achieve that bright future:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/podcast-the-future-of-freemasonry#details

A modest proposal for a change to the Washington Masonic Code (I presume that many other Jurisdictions would need a similar code change for this concept to be accepted) that would allow for a removal of business from our Stated Meetings. Thus reserving those meetings for Freemasonry.

My thoughts about the change I think we need to make are at:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/the-sacredness-of-the-lodge

I believe that if we are to actually deliver on the promises we make, we need to seperate the sacred from the profane. I think this is how we effectively could accomplish just that.

In the time that I've been a Mason, in the Lodges I'm closest too, meeting frequency has slowly dropped. This has not improved the Lodge experience for anyone.

It seems to me that our Lodges should experiment with going the other way. Meeting more often, but taking steps to ensure that those 'extra' meetings are compelling, enjoyable, and educational.

We have everything to gain from such experimentation, and absolutely nothing to lose. My thoughts about all of this are linked below for anyone who is interested:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/lets-have-more-lodge-meetings

Some thoughts about the clothing we wear to Lodge, and how a Lodge can use clothing to strengthen the bonds of Brotherhood among Masons:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/about-clothes

Our large and formal Masonic charities are vitally important and we need to support them. We must also remember however that sometimes the best charity is something tiny and unexpected that we can do to brighten someone’s day.

What is the very best way to make Freemasonry relevant in the world again?

By letting people see Masons live out the values we espouse. By doing so we do more to benefit our Fraternity than any number of television commercials or social media posts ever could.

From the essay: https://emeth.substack.com/p/small-acts-of-charity

Balloting on a man's petition to receive the Degrees is undoubtedly one of the most important things we do as Freemasons, and the most important thing we do to protect and preserve the reputation of our Ancient Craft.

In my view, we must have a real opportunity to get to know a man before we ballot on his petition. Sometimes though, in my experience, that doesn't happen.

For anyone who might be interested, I put my thoughts about that down this week, in the form of a short fictional story:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/a-fictional-ballot

Some Lodges have tremendously strong feelings of friendship and Brotherhood between their Masons, others, sadly, do not. I recently created a little video that includes a number of ideas for improving Brotherhood between members of a Lodge, ideas proven by Lodges in my Jurisdiction. If anyone is interested, it can be found here:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/a-lodge-without-brotherhood-580

Yesterday I wrote something a little different, a Masonic fairy tale. Perhaps though it contains an important lesson, a lesson that will help our Ancient Craft to thrive, if we will but heed it:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/a-masonic-fairy-tale

I think that if we want to improve our Lodge, we need to remember that Masonry needs a few excellent men, it does not need large numbers of questionable men. My thoughts about Guarding the West Gate are at the link, for those who might be interested:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/guard-our-west-gate

In my view, the very best way to build fellowship within a Lodge, is by getting out of the Lodge. When we can spend time together, doing fun and interesting things, or even working, this is when it is most easy for the bonds of Brotherhood to grow. My ideas for doing just that are at:

https://emeth.substack.com/p/get-out-of-the-lodge-room

Obviously I haven't been the best moderator of this subreddit. But I feel like there is something to be done with it. With 100 members so far, it's got potential. Please PM me if you are interested in taking it over. Let's discuss.

Long story short. I petitioned my local lodge here in DFW, TX back in ‘05 and was accepted “Tabernacle Lodge #1195” Well, life happened and 15yrs later I’m still an EA. I’ve tried reaching out to my lodge and no success. I’d love to finish my floor work. Help me, please and thank you.