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Tuesday, October 7, 2003
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Tuesday, October 7, 2003
1:51:00 AM EDT
Feeling Anxious

The Initiation


     The evening had arrived.  The first step to becoming a Mason was at hand as anxiety, anticipation, and pride swept over me like hurricane winds.  I entered into the Masonic Temple not knowing what to expect or what I might endure.

     Before the meeting, the men at the Lodge prepared a dinner and a social hour for everyone to enjoy.  This really helped to lighten the mood and gave me (and 4 other candidates) the chance to talk with the other members.  Eventually, that hour ended.

     The 5 of us were asked to retire to a "preparation room" where we were prepared to be initiated.  Two men from the Lodge stayed with us and kept us all comforable and gave us assurance that nothing embarassing, painful, or immoral would take place.  They were right.

     After we were ready to be initiated, we were.  The ceremony was unlike anything I had every been a part of and the men who performed it really impressed me.  The symbolism and allegory of Freemasonry that I had read so much about was executed in a very dignified way.  We were brought to Masonic light.

     After the initiation, the men from the Lodge approached me with their hands extended and called me "Brother".  I was proud to be a "Brother" with the quality of men I had met that night.  I was an Entered Apprentice....A Mason.



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  • #2 Comment from ecndctr1127
    11/13/07 1:57 PM | Permalink
    SO, ''BROTTRUE WE ARE NOT A SECRET FRATERNITYHER'' , WHT MADE YOU PUT YOUR EXPERIENCE ONLINE?  TRUE, WE ARE NOT A SECRET FRATERNITY, BUT WE ARE A FRATERNITY WITH SECRETS!!! WHAT ABOUT COWANNS?
  • #1 Comment from easternstar2
    3/22/04 9:12 AM | Permalink
    That sounded very exciting. Congratulations on becoming a Mason. The brotherhood is a very meaningful fraternity. There will be lots of controversy and people's opinion (in a negative fashion) but that is because they don't understand. "people ridicule what they don't understand" so don't give up.