These guys are not affiliated with or a part of the Masons of California. And no, we don’t have a police force.
I’ve already posted it like five times over the years, I couldn’t bring myself to do it again! It’s the gift that keeps on giving though…
My grandfather was a Mason, and I was invited to join DeMolay. However, I was somewhat put off by the little brochure that stated that 1)the only requirement was that you believed in God, 2) the initiation ritual was respectful and in good fun and not at all likely to cause damage. If they’d mentioned the whole secret world government thing, I probably would have been all over it.
The rite of memphis misraim confers 90 degrees.
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The Memphis -Misra ïm higher Degree Workshops must work: the 4th Degree (Secret Master), the 9th Degree (Master Elect of Nine), the 13th Degree (Royal Arch), the 14th Degree (Grand Elect of the Sacred Vault), the 18th degree (Knight Rose-Croix), the 28th Degree (Knight of the Sun), the 30th Degree (Knight Kadosh), the 32nd Degree (Prince of the Royal Secret), and the 33rd Degree (Sovereign Grand Inspector General). The 66th Degree (Patriarch Grand Consecrator) is conferred only to certain Brothers who could be called upon to act as Consecrator, and a certain particular preparation is required. Some have compared it to an Episcopal Consecration.
The 87th, 88th, 89th, and 90th Degrees comprise what is referred to in textbooks as the Arcana Arcanorum. Those who are admitted to the 95th Degree become the protectors and conservators of the Rite as their name, Patriarch Grand Conservator, indicates. It is among them that the International Grand Master chooses the members who serve on the International Sovereign Sanctuary, supreme governing body of the Rite.
Additionally, the 66th, 90th, and 95 Degrees may be conferred on Masons in recompense for their valor, their knowledge, and their fidelity; the 95th Degree confers upon them the right to sit on the “Council of Sages” in their quality as Grand Conservator of the Rite.
Other Degrees, such as the Royal Arch, are not mandatory and are left to the choice of the Brothers. Knighthood (Chivalry) is transmitted to certain Brothers with the 20th Degree (Knights Templar or Knight of the Temple), descended directly from the Ancient Strict Templar Observance and the Knights Beneficent of the Holy City of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz.
The same text goes on to explain that:
- from the Thirty-Fourth to the Ninetieth Degree, HERMETIC or ESOTERIC Masonry. (The grades above the Ninetieth are Administrative in nature, and are reserved for the members of the various Sovereign Sanctuaries).
“not baddies” from which perspective? US or rest of the world?
Similar to those SS officers … the real ones didn’t see themselves as baddies either.
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That’s why I said “ostensibly”. I didn’t make a blanket statement and clearly qualified it. And it’s pretty well known I’m an American, so there’s my perspective.
It’s like a signal flare.
It’s like how every World of Warcraft expansion increases the level cap.
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I’d say it’s like Dragon Ball Z, in that every level is “supreme” and yet still only results in 8-12 episodes of grunting and leadup to the actual action, where it’s shown that level is insufficient, and the next level must be achieved against preposterous odds.
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I should note that memphis misraim is not one of those generally accepted rites, unlike the Scottish rite or the York Rites. you’re probably better off joing the Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilightf you wish to know of real magic.
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