Theos-Talk Archives (August 2010 Message tt00023)

Thanks for the message. Information such as this is helpful.

In lodges outside USA, among masons of all traditions, I have not seen the
public Lodge of Remembrance. May be it is an innovation in the USA. Usually
the public has seen rituals of laying of foundation stone and funeral. May
be more disclosure of the rituals may be a good thing and may not harm
anyone.

Please keep the list updated of any information that is helpful and may be
of interest to the subscribers here.

MKR

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:46 AM, <MarieMAJ41@pWlxdxl-7gBfqfJRbFUI54DvDCHSwOuPZSyFd0qHTH6ojSGbHybSmpXx51jKwc4TGmx12_G3igaf8eYB.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> Dear MKR,
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> When I was a member of LeDroit Humain, we always had a public Lodge of
> Remembrance. This is nothing new. The Masons, whether co or freemasons, have
> always held these type of rituals, hoping to inspire more membership and
> even curiosity about masonry. I remember my time with the Lodge fondly, and
> am grateful for having had the experience. I am no longer in co-freemasonry,
> but fair is fair. Many times you seem to be unaware of what the TSA in
> Wheaton is doing. This and the streaming video programs that Wheaton has
> done, and does now, are two examples of what you have been unaware of.
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> Marie Johnson
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> From: MKR <mkr777@oVIGEVAQ-ZC6JlIKC8zm7CG0_rrcte8N3wRZLGCNwHihP69Pzaq7cDZT8gLhUaINTqk46MvWKw.yahoo.invalid <mkr777%40gmail.com>>
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> Sent: Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:08 pm
> Subject: theos-talk Theosofest to show off a Masonic Ritual to the Public
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> Theosofest to show off a Masonic Ritual to the Public
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> In the program of the Theosofest scheduled for 9/11/2010 at Wheaton, I was
> surprised to find a Public Co-masonic ritual listed. It is the Lodge of
> Remembrance ritual.
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> In all the years I have been around the Co-masons (most of whom are
> theosophists), I have not seen this ritual being open to the public.
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> As everyone knows, the co-masons in the USA severed their long-held ties to
> the Paris based co-masonic organization and became independent. This may be
> an attempt to open-up co-masonic rituals to the public and show off their
> colorful ritual garbs in the hope that they can recruit new members using
> the event.
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> Is it possible that it is the beginning of a trend to slowly reveal the
> secrecy of the rituals, much like ancient wisdom was revealed to the modern
> world. I hope the organizers have alerted the local TV and news media,
> which
> would be eager to cover such an event.
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> MKR
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