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And you turned in your work in a lodge under the Grand Lodge of Texas, I presume? Where the minimum time between degrees is two weeks (if I remember correctly). You do realize that other Grand Lodges have different requirements? Some might even REQUIRE a member to spend 6 months or more in a particular degree before progressing to the next.
Originally posted by felonius
If it takes some one a WHOLE YEAR to make their FC they either have learning issues or are so lazy as to be lucky to still breathe.
My FC took about 3 weeks study after work 5 days a week for about 2 hrs a day with the brother that taught me my work.
Actually, that's a poorly founded assumption, not a "fact" as you claim.
Originally posted by King Seesar
What's wrong with a new world order well the fact it would be run like a dictatorship
Originally posted by swordwords
It seems obvious that a vast majority of Freemasons have no real grasp as to what their organization is about, in the same way that most Christians don’t understand the true nature of their religion. They are innocent pawns. So, those that are to be trusted with the greatest of the Freemason secrets must naturally be tested as to trustworthiness, so they give them a “secret” and see what they do with it. If the OP is being truthful, then I suspect that he has just failed his test big-time. Goodbye 33rd degree forever. But, what the hell, look at all the flags he got.
Originally posted by JoshNorton
Actually, that's a poorly founded assumption, not a "fact" as you claim.
Originally posted by King Seesar
What's wrong with a new world order well the fact it would be run like a dictatorship
Originally posted by swordwords
It seems obvious that a vast majority of Freemasons have no real grasp as to what their organization is about, in the same way that most Christians don’t understand the true nature of their religion. They are innocent pawns.
Originally posted by Serizawa
reply to post by undo
Start a new thread, I didn't come on here to read about the Egyptians and star gates.
Originally posted by fianna
reply to post by undo
can you start another thread maybe callled im a loon. cause im sick of reading your off topic garbage go jump in a stargate and i hope you get you stuck.
Originally posted by fianna
reply to post by undo
it takes nearly 25 years to get to the highest grade in my rite. i dont know how you guys do it so fast. 7 Years is hardly anything.
Originally posted by undo
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While its traditions look back to earliest history, Masonry in its current form appeared when its public events were noticed by the residents of London, England in 1717. Although Masonry - particularly in its earliest days - had some elements of secrecy, the first 'exposure' of the supposedly highly-secret Masonic ritual actually appeared in 1696!
Originally posted by undo
Originally posted by Doomzilla
reply to post by undo
Can you join the dots for me ? science wasnt my cup of tea . Are you saying the masons have a higher knowledge ?
edit on 11-2-2011 by Doomzilla because: (no reason given)
i dunno what they know. i only know they have quite a few of the pieces i have found, due to their interest in the world's religions, perhaps. or it could be they have held this scientific knowledge of the universe and understood its metaphors and symbols, were laid out in ancient texts and special events like passover and hajj, for example. and that it inevitably explains the creation of literally everything, religious texts are like a basic education in the symbols which describe how literally everything works.
i'll figure it out! (and note, i'm not a mason, and don't belong to any secret orders. AND i'm female. i just started studying the bottomless pit references, trying to figure out what it was, and i ended up studying all this other stuff. most of which wouldn't have been possible, had it not been for science being willing to share at least some of their findings. )edit on 11-2-2011 by undo because: (no reason given)
iii. Groups of works and currents dealing with perennial philosophy, Hermeticism, alchemy, astrology, Kabbalah, Christian theosophy, and so on, which can be subjected to historical studies. Although our Craft ritual does not refer directly to such traditions and teachings, rightly or wrongly many esotericists believe that there are allusions to them throughout the teachings and symbolism of our rituals. Some historians, both Masonic and non-Masonic, hypothesize that various esoteric traditions and ideas influenced the founding and/or development of Speculative Masonry, especially when considering the plethora of rites and degrees with overt references to such traditions that began within a few decades after the founding of the Grand Lodge of England. Such references continue to exist today in certain degrees of the appendant rites, but they do not require Masons to accept the doctrines or practices of any specific religion.
2. What are Masonic esotericists and what do they do?
a. In all other respects they are usually ordinary Masons, and typically are serving the fraternity in every jurisdiction, appendant body, and official capacity. They pursue esotericism because it is a personal interest, and not because they believe it is a requirement of Masonry.
Originally posted by undo
reply to post by Doomzilla
i don't think the abyss is the sea, so their interpretation that the sea represented people, i don't think is quite correct. it's a misunderstanding. i think it's wormhole, and it appears enoch thought so too, just based on his description.
it appears some ancient people like enoch KNEW, but the entire thing was all goofied up by the idea that a woman's "ahem" being a wormhole, and the man's "ahem" being god (the worm, or the dragon, the serpent, etc. ALL METAPHORS).
Originally posted by undo
dunno how well guarded it is, if it's right there in ancient writing. lol
tree of life = some part of human dna that was modified.
interesting the symbol is also a double helix or single helix, snake like thing, like caduceus
and it coincides with the serpent in the tree. the serpent on the staff of moses.
and a biblical reference, that just as moses raised a serpent on a staff in the desert, jesus would be raised up on the cross.
so much of this stuff, screams about how we were created and modified, and how it all refers to medicine and dna. pretty blatant after you study it for a bit.
Originally posted by undo
reading it. so sirius? what about sirius?
hmmmmmmmmm........what about anubis?
wanna see something strange ? very old, egyptian star chart
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Originally posted by fianna
reply to post by undo
can you start another thread maybe callled im a loon. cause im sick of reading your off topic garbage go jump in a stargate and i hope you get you stuck.
it takes nearly 25 years to get to the highest grade in my rite. i dont know how you guys do it so fast. 7 Years is hardly anything.