Tuesday, January 13, 2009

While in strange or mixed company, do not let fall the least sign or token...

Brethren,

I have, over the course of the past year, seen two infractions of the injunction we receive that when in strange or mixed company we be careful not to let fall the least sign or token whereby the secrets of Freemasonry might be unlawfully obtained.

I have intentionally waited to address this issue, so that my post here would not further the revealment of what ought to be concealed by drawing undue attention to it, but now, after much pause, I speak up:

The nature of the infraction I have seen has been that of photographs taken in open lodge, which have since been "innocently" posted on the web, in which one or more Masons are making the due-guard or penal sign of a degree somewhere in the photo. I am familiar with other societies in which cameras are strictly forbidden to enter the area used for private rituals, and I am thankful that our fraternity does permit the use of cameras, in a majority of cases, to make a visual record of our events, when the time is appropriate. When taking a photo in Lodge, we need to be careful and considerate of what we are taking a photograph of, not just our subject, but of everyone and everything in the background thereof.  If we are not careful, we, on a Lodge or Grand Lodge basis, could lose the privilege of taking photos during our meetings.

I hope this will be received as a caution and counsel, and not as a chastisement.  Take due notice, and govern yourselves accordingly.

17 comments:

Bill said...

Thank you, for that advise. It was INDEED taken (at least by me) as "...a caution and counsel...".
I too, have notice some to be lax when signs and tokens are sometimes inadvertantly revealed.
WAC,
TN L#525

Bill said...

Bro Jeff,

Please forgive me, I am SOOO bad at figuring out website stuff. I just signed up at your website and subscribed to your blog (I think), but couldn't find a link to email you. I hoped I figured out your email address from the AOL link that I couldn't get to work on your profile, but that was returned as undeliverable. I commented on your post about signs and tokens, refering to photos. Any way, I would like it a lot if you could put together a zip or RAR file of JPEG versions of whatever/all masonic symbols for me. I print my own business cards and want to build (with the help of someone smarter than myself...probably my wife) a website for our lodge.
I would be very grateful. You can reach me by emailing me from facebook or myspace at www.myspace.com/chilly_willy_emtp

Bill

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