Anonymous #10 said:

Anonymous #2 said:

They are also very against illegal intoxicants so you need to lie about that, btw. If you want to join you'll have to ask a master mason, and not me, lol. If my lodge ever read my posts on this site I'd probably be kicked out for unmasonic conduct.

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Can you tell me more bout this?  Why are they so against it? And are you sure that's not just the "official policy?"

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Anonymous #2 said:

Anonymous #10 said:

Anonymous #2 said:

They are also very against illegal intoxicants so you need to lie about that, btw. If you want to join you'll have to ask a master mason, and not me, lol. If my lodge ever read my posts on this site I'd probably be kicked out for unmasonic conduct.

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Can you tell me more bout this?  Why are they so against it? And are you sure that's not just the "official policy?"

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They are law abiding patriotic old men. They still say the pledge of allegiance before every meeting. When I joined and had my interview some of the questions I was asked were if I had ever used illegal intoxicants, if I'd ever been arrested (if you have a felony you can never join), if I ever advocated the overthrow of the government, what church I was a member of, why I wanted to join, etcetera. They screen their members and are picky. It's not like they're picky about what you do for a living (I mean we have both snow plow drivers and city councilmen in lodge) but they want members square society considers good type people. This is all under the Grand Lodge of Ohio, btw. It's very similar in all masonic jurisdictions I'm aware of.

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Anonymous #10 said:

So did you lie about past drug use?  What if you told them you had done stuff in the past, but were presently sober? How would they view that?

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Anonymous #11 said:

Im a master mason, and hold the office of Inner guard, It seems alot of people find freemasonry dull.  I do not.  I have been a shroomerite for over 11 years,  and I stopped doing illicit substances before becomming a mason.  I think the magic of masonry requires the sacrifice of actually ACTUALLY being true to your obligations.  I used to wonder what the big secret in freemasonry was before I was a mason, ponder it, immagine it, suspect it..... now that I am one I realize,  Masons arent the ones who live with a secret.  its society in general who operate under a lot of little ones. 
The secrets we learn come from living life on the level.  Immagine that.  never having to conceal yourself because you truly have nothing to hide from anyone.  It can take alot to get there, much may need to be reveiled and forgiven.  But if you go into it expecting the wisdom of masonic secrets,  while secretly living against it's principles.  I assure you, you will tire of the repetitiveness eventually.  But there is more and more light beyond those 3 degrees, and only the zealous and true will know it.  these are not mere words,  but in the end, if you arent the one to walk that path,  then only words they will remain.  You must have faith, that God (whatever you determine that to mean)  will punish vice and reward virtue,  and on you progress faithfully past the doors, faithfully through the degrees, faithfully in kinship, and with a desire for honor and virtue, not rank or fortune.
You become what you believe in.  Believe in greatness.  And that it is something worth sacrificing a few vices to get.

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Anonymous #11 said:

Im a master mason, and hold the office of Inner guard, It seems alot of people find freemasonry dull.  I do not.  I have been a shroomerite for over 11 years,  and I stopped doing illicit substances before becomming a mason.  I think the magic of masonry requires the sacrifice of actually ACTUALLY being true to your obligations.  I used to wonder what the big secret in freemasonry was before I was a mason, ponder it, immagine it, suspect it..... now that I am one I realize,  Masons arent the ones who live with a secret.  its society in general who operate under a lot of little ones. 
The secrets we learn come from living life on the level.  Immagine that.  never having to conceal yourself because you truly have nothing to hide from anyone.  It can take alot to get there, much may need to be reveiled and forgiven.  But if you go into it expecting the wisdom of masonic secrets,  while secretly living against it's principles.  I assure you, you will tire of the repetitiveness eventually.  But there is more and more light beyond those 3 degrees, and only the zealous and true will know it.  these are not mere words,  but in the end, if you arent the one to walk that path,  then only words they will remain.  You must have faith, that God (whatever you determine that to mean)  will punish vice and reward virtue,  and on you progress faithfully past the doors, faithfully through the degrees, faithfully in kinship, and with a desire for honor and virtue, not rank or fortune.
You become what you believe in.  Believe in greatness.  And that it is something worth sacrificing a few vices to get.

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