Are there any Freemasons on DU?

[originalpckelly]

:shrug:

[hlthe2b]

1. Kephra was one.... My late father and uncles belonged...

(they were Shriner's as well--which requires one attain a certain high level in Masons to join).. The masons are secretive,or at least private, but far more mainstream than many realize.



The Shriner's have done tremendous good in their civic work, especially their burn hospitals where no one is charged. Unfortunately, in this current horrible economic climate, many are having to close.

[originalpckelly]

11. Put out your thumb, forefinger and middle finger.

Screw around with them until you get a right angle in the place between your thumb and index finger.
Then a 60* angle between your middle and forefingers.



Look at the angles in that. :P

Everyone's got an angle. For some people it's sex (think sextant) and for others it's being right all the time.

There are six sexes. Have you ever wondered why there are six degrees of separation between any two people in this world? Did you know that it's possible to described the place of everything with 6 pieces of information?

Six sexes, in Latin six was both the word to cut and six. Why would we call it sex? Oh because it means to cut. How many lines do you need to cut a circle into right angle triangles. 2.

You see this is why the Egyptians built triangles with 90* bases:


The Pyramid on top of the Washington Monument is the same kind of pyramid.

On the other hand, in our state, we have a weird memorial for war victims. It's like the Washington monument, but with ONE big difference, it's a pyramid base on 3 60* angles.



One's a lot higher than the other. Remember, the mile high city.

In our state seal, there is the eye of providence. Not in any other state. The seal of the USA has the same thing going on too.

If you're going to cut a circle into 60* angles, how many lines do you need? 3.

GLBT and str8 women are cool. The dickheads, aka str8 men will not be.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Dude. Step away from the bong.

And your etymology is wrong: "Sex" is from Middle French sexe < Latin sexus (“‘gender’”). Thought to be connected with Latin seco, secare (“‘divide, cut’”) by the concept of division, or 'half' of the race. The Latin word for six is sex, but the word for sex as in gender comes from the Latin word for "divide." In other words, "sex" as in gender is not related to the number six.

And you really shouldn't be smoking so much pot in the middle of the afternoon.

[hlthe2b]

23. or bring enough for everyone

;)

[anigbrowl]

29. Seriously. Friends don't let friends post while high.

[originalpckelly]

30. You are so on target. This is about being high.

Just high in the way you don't think or know.

[liberalmuse]

2. Calling Gene Roddenberry to the white courtesy phone.

I was a Mormon. Does that count?

[siligut]

27. A bunch of Mormons I met told me they were Masons.

Did you go to the Temple? If so, you know the signs and symbols, at least that is what I gathered.

[originalpckelly]

33. I'm not ready to do this yet.

I should stop until I have who I need, I'm hoping that will come soon.

You all call me crazy because all you're seeing is my thoughts, not me personally. I'm actually quite calm, and relaxed. Well, except for when you call me nuts. It does make me uneasy then.

[UTUSN]

3. If they told you, they'd have to kill you. n/t

[originalpckelly]

40. Oh shit.

Yes, that's really it:
"If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."

Dodged a bullet there.

[goclark]

4. Freemasons are African American - right?

If so, my grandfather was a member.

[hlthe2b]

5. Never mind

I misread your post...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. In general, no. The Freemasons originated in England during the 18th century.

But I believe a separate Freemason group for African-Americans was formed later on because they weren't accepted into the main groups. They still don't admit women. But it's basically just another social club, like the Elks and the Moose.

[goclark]

45. Yes, I remember seeing my grandfather dressed up to

go to the meetings with a fancy hat.

My grandmother was in the ladies organization, she was an "Eastern Star."

[Blue_Tires]

50. those are the Prince Hall masons, iirc

[NeedleCast]

6. Freemasons

Taking my eight year old tree-house club to another level. A really lame level.

[hlthe2b]

7. Wow... your childhood friends must have been something...

Shriners are Masons that have reached a certain level. Here's what they do in their "tree house": :eyes:

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind international health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs.

Children up to the age of 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment at no charge – regardless of financial need.

http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals/Main/

[NeedleCast]

9. Relax

I'm more referring to those who think Freemasons are the New World Order and have some nefarious plot to overthrow world governments and welcome our alien overlords.

[hlthe2b]

10. How DOES one distinguish these Masons.... Do they have

two heads? LOL

[NeedleCast]

13. I figure they walk among us

Getting us ready for the day of the Grays.

[rucky]

15. Silly hats and tiny motorbikes. n/t

[adiabatic]

16. I can't remember your name but the fez is familiar

:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

21. I'll bet those little motorcars are fueled with depleted uranium!

Devils in fezzes...;)

[originalpckelly]

18. That's exactly why they have free hospitals. They get the money of their free will.

You can either steal money from people like corporations do, or you can ask for donations. :P

This whole evil murderous capitalist system is deformed. So was communism, but Scandinavian social democracy is OK.

Growing up I have three best friends, they were like destined to meet me. One of them went off the deep end into religious shit, but now I know why. She was gathering the knowledge I'm going to need to help you guys. Right now I can only begin to help you guys get what's coming. Basically, the caretakers of our species are coming to help us out. I know not exactly why.

I just blew her ass off as pushing bullshit religion on me, but the thing is she knows what I have to know to teach you guys.

The weird myths of the world are not myths, but are uninformed interpretations of events.

We're a big cargo cult, basically. Well, I'm the one who figured out that it was a plane, nothing more.

[sufrommich]

25. OK then, keep us posted.

Seriously, maybe talk to those close to you about your your delusions that "the caretakers of our species are coming to help us out", or maybe a doctor.

[stillcool]

12. My Grandpa was a mason..

He used to got to meetings right down the street from his house. I thought he was going to brick-layers meetings.

[Robb]

17. I'm in the same boat, only grandpa was a Shriner

...All I ever knew about it was we got kick-ass parking spots at the circus.

[hlthe2b]

26. heh, heh....

good times! (long before elephants started to rampage) ;)

[CJCRANE]

14. If you can do the secret handshake

I'll tell you.

:hi:

[originalpckelly]

19. You people can't help me much can you?

Do you at least know who I am?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. No, we don't know who you are.

Do you?

[originalpckelly]

31. Notice how the freemason...

I'm not ready yet.
:P

He knows, or at least speculates that he knows. ;-)
I speculate that I know too. This is what I get for doing work today.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Seriously, you need to lay off the reefer

or get some medical help.

You are making no sense at all. How about you tell us who you are, since we have no clue as to whether you're some stoner in Mom's basement, or maybe Lee Mercer, recuperating from his unsuccessful run for the Presidency?

[originalpckelly]

34. We are honeybees, just really advanced ones.

I just lost my keys while doing house work. :-( No one would help me get into the building.

[originalpckelly]

42. On the other hand, that's how it's supposed to be.

I'm such a moron to be working on a Sunday. I should take a break. This is what happens.

[B o d i]

43. or maybe just really buzzed again?

[NeedleCast]

24. You're either mentally unstable or a dick

Possibly both.

You need help. If you're truly as manic as you appear to be, I hope you'll get help. If you are - as I suspect - trolling for yuks, then I don't really care.

[hlthe2b]

28. not a clue... David E. Kelley scripting a new tv show?

[originalpckelly]

38. I'm going at this the wrong way, and possible on the wrong day.

I've lost my keys, and I can't get into the building. And no one will help me.

[juno jones]

35. I grew up in a masonic houshold

Went thru Rainbow Girls and Job's Daughters, was a member of White Shirine and Eastern Star for awhile.

Actully I've never figured out what the 'scary scary' was about it other than the secrecy, 'cause a vast majority of the people involved aren't interested in the esoteric meaning of it, nor are they angling to take over the world or anything. It's just a vaguely religious social thing that gets them out and excercises their memories from time to time.

Oh and lots of green bean casserole at potlucks.

Personally, I was leaning toward being a witch, reading books about the history of magic, witchcraft, mysticism (not an easy feat in the 70's) by the time my mom had me join Rainbow at 13. Much of the symbolism wasn't lost on me and I'm sure it helped give me a taste for the Western Meditational path that I still pursue today (kaballah, etc).

On the other hand, playing pool incessantly in the masonic hall's downstairs game room made me quite good at that as well. I love going to bars and showing up my friends. :)

There are some interesting characters out there like Sam Webster (whom I have met) who have become masons after studying Tibetan Buddism and Western Ceremonialism. Some of them have written papers availible on the internet comparing the various systems.

Freemasonry is simply an extension of Western Meditational technique, one of the few ways it managed to survive such delights as the inquistion. There can be 'bad masons' and 'good masons' like anything else. Most are harmless.


PS: It beats the socks off of being raised in a fundie family.

[originalpckelly]

39. I think the weird stuff witches claim to do is real.

It's just non-understood science. So people come to the conclusion it's magic:
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

I'm betting that the first key I figured out is not enough.

[Are_grits_groceries]

36. My Daddy and all my uncles were.

Some cousins are freemasons too. My Mama and aunts were in the order of the Eastern star.

[TahitiNut]

48. Yup. My family is the same. Father was a Shriner ... apron on the wall and fez on his head.

:shrug: It was a place for him to drink.

[juno jones]

37. I grew up in a masonic houshold

Went thru Rainbow Girls and Job's Daughters, was a member of White Shirine and Eastern Star for awhile.

Actully I've never figured out what the 'scary scary' was about it other than the secrecy, 'cause a vast majority of the people involved aren't interested in the esoteric meaning of it, nor are they angling to take over the world or anything. It's just a vaguely religious social thing that gets them out and excercises their memories from time to time.

Oh and lots of green bean casserole at potlucks.

Personally, I was leaning toward being a witch, reading books about the history of magic, witchcraft, mysticism (not an easy feat in the 70's) by the time my mom had me join Rainbow at 13. Much of the symbolism wasn't lost on me and I'm sure it helped give me a taste for the Western Meditational path that I still pursue today (kaballah, etc).

On the other hand, playing pool incessantly in the masonic hall's downstairs game room made me quite good at that as well. I love going to bars and showing up my friends. :)

There are some interesting characters out there like Sam Webster (whom I have met) who have become masons after studying Tibetan Buddism and Western Ceremonialism. Some of them have written papers availible on the internet comparing the various systems.

Freemasonry is simply an extension of Western Meditational technique, one of the few ways it managed to survive such delights as the inquistion. There can be 'bad masons' and 'good masons' like anything else. Most are harmless.

[Roon]

41. My ex's uncle was a mason

and he was also a shriner. He worked at a foodmart/gas station.

[madrchsod]

44. my grandfather

[Stephanie]

46. Mine too

He was also a politician. Ooohhhh.... :scared:

[KittyWampus]

47. Purchase Paul Foster Cases Book "Masonic Letter G and The Great Seal of The United States ".

As for 90 degree angle, it references the Pythagorean Triangle which is an Alchemical Symbol representing:

3 Gunas or Phases of Existance
4 Elements
5 Kingdoms

[Freddie Stubbs]

49. Probably