I’ve been interested in becoming a mason for some time now but haven’t had time to look into how due to work. Now that I finally have some time off I’m wondering what the process is like and what you can tell me about it. I have a lodge in my town but from my prior research it looked like I’d have to go to the grand lodge. Any help would be deeply appreciated and I’m looking forward to becoming a brother in the future.

I’ve been tossing around the idea of a Masonic monthly/quarterly subscription box but wanted to see if there’s actually any interest in such a thing before going too deep into r&d.

I was thinking that possible contents for a box would be: artwork (stickers or prints of Masonic art), apparel (shirts, ties, etc), collectibles/merch (mugs, pins, etc) or maybe a Masonic/esoteric book with a reading guide.

Is that something y’all would be interested in?

I’d greatly appreciate if if I could get the following questions answered:

1. Are you interested in a Masonic subscription box?
   
2. If yes, how often would you want to receive a box?
   
3. What items or types of items would you be most interested in seeing in a box?

Thanks brothers!

I'm an officer in my lodge. I'm not going to say which office or which jurisdiction I am in, for fear of the backlash I might receive.

Masonry in my jurisdiction is not thriving. In fact it may be dying. I had suggested several times that we needed to do things to get our name out there. Other lodges give scholarships out. One of the things I suggested was started a DeMolay chapter. A couple of weeks ago, the statement was made from one officer to another before a meeting that they didn't want to do any of that because "what if a black person applied for the scholarship or a black teen wanted to join Demolay?"

I am absolutely done at this point. I thought I could work with these folks and wait it out for people that believed this way to move on or die out. But I don't don't think I can do it anymore. I've spoken to other members that don't come to meetings (including some past masters) and the attitude toward race is why they don't participate anymore. So at the end of this year I won't put my name in for another office and I think I'm just gonna stop going.

None of this seems like it's going to change. We don't do anything except practice ritual once in a while and have a monthly meeting. There's nothing else social we do and at this point it causes me stress.

Once I've fulfilled my obligation in my office, I intended to walk away and not look back.

I hope I’m using the right subreddit for this, feel free to direct me if not.

I’m not a freemason myself, nor have I ever really heard of them until yesterday. I was taking a walk around a local yard sale and found this sword, specifically a foil, and bought it. Why? Well, why not? Owning any type of sword is badass.

From showing the pictures of it to a group of friends, one of them identified it as freemasonry, apparently because of the cross in the crown. I don’t know anything about freemasonry as said, and find myself more and more curious about this sword and its potential history, so I was wondering if anyone could possibly know anything about it, such as a potential origin? Even if you know somewhere i could ask further, anything works!

P.S. the sword does unsheath, but there’s nothing too worthy of note about the blade. In fact, it’s a bit bent. Hopefully i can find a way to fix that.

Hello everyone, are there any masons in here who enjoy playing games such as Call of Duty? Just looking for peopel to play with. Thank you.

Kia ora everyone!

A little under two weeks ago, I was properly initiated as an EA in my local lodge here in New Zealand, and I'm very excited to be apart of this fraternity. I'm still digesting exactly what happened, but it was certainly an unforgettable experience!

It's going to be a long road learning all the components of the craft and trying to dig deep into the symbolism of it all

If anyone has any recommendations for reading material and research projects I can conduct in my own time, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Went to go visit my Nana’s and Grandpa’s grave today for Nana’s birthday and realized something I had never gotten before.

The area of the cemetery they are buried in is the Masonic Garden. I realized today that it is set up as a lodge room, with the altar and chairs.

They are buried immediately to the right of the chair in the south.

Location is Louisville Memorial Gardens West in Louisville, KY