Comments on: The Masonic Hokey Pokey http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/ The world is vast; why do you don your apron and rise at the rap of a gavel? Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tokugawa_miyako http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-15 tokugawa_miyako Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:50:00 +0000 http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-15 This is so sweet. I'm not a Mason, but I almost teared up when I read it. I can feel how much the craft and all means to you guys. This is so sweet. I’m not a Mason, but I almost teared up when I read it. I can feel how much the craft and all means to you guys.

]]> By: Tim Bonney http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-14 Tim Bonney Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:21:00 +0000 http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-14 Thanks for sharing that article Brother Tom. Very powerful! Thanks for sharing that article Brother Tom. Very powerful!

]]> By: Tom Accuosti http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-13 Tom Accuosti Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:41:00 +0000 http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-13 Eric, I suspect that you are pulling my leg, but I'm going to confess that I actually did get a bit hok..., er, sentimental at my own installation, especially when I got to have you and your brother seated on either side of me. Go ahead and laugh, but someday you're going to be sitting at a degree and suddenly find yourself feeling the same way. TC, like you, I have no previous family in the Craft, and I also thought I was joining a group of men who would be more interested in discussing history and philosophy and other esoterica. But I was not <I>unpleasantly </I> surprised to find myself discussing the advantages of various herbs on chicken, or the finer points of certain single-malt Scotch whiskeys, or which community program is more important. The main point is that I joined to improve myself, not just my knowledge of the arcane. Over the last 5 years I've seen small but significant changes in the way I am, think, and react to those around me. I've learned to smooth my ashlar by acting and doing - in the Taoist fashion, I might add - instead of just reading about how it might be done. Ken, thaks, I appreciate the kind words. I found yours yesterday through Ed King, whom I "met" 5 years ago on Usenet. Great info. Eric, I suspect that you are pulling my leg, but I’m going to confess that I actually did get a bit hok…, er, sentimental at my own installation, especially when I got to have you and your brother seated on either side of me.

Go ahead and laugh, but someday you’re going to be sitting at a degree and suddenly find yourself feeling the same way.

TC, like you, I have no previous family in the Craft, and I also thought I was joining a group of men who would be more interested in discussing history and philosophy and other esoterica. But I was not unpleasantly surprised to find myself discussing the advantages of various herbs on chicken, or the finer points of certain single-malt Scotch whiskeys, or which community program is more important.

The main point is that I joined to improve myself, not just my knowledge of the arcane. Over the last 5 years I’ve seen small but significant changes in the way I am, think, and react to those around me. I’ve learned to smooth my ashlar by acting and doing – in the Taoist fashion, I might add – instead of just reading about how it might be done.

Ken, thaks, I appreciate the kind words. I found yours yesterday through Ed King, whom I “met” 5 years ago on Usenet. Great info.

]]> By: Ken http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-12 Ken Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:32:00 +0000 http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-12 Excellent Blog so far Brother! Keep up the great work, I've added you to my reading list, and to my blogroll on my own masonic Blog. Excellent Blog so far Brother! Keep up the great work, I’ve added you to my reading list, and to my blogroll on my own masonic Blog.

]]> By: Tubulcain420 http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-11 Tubulcain420 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:45:00 +0000 http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-11 My journey through the degree's was not a major emotional gig, I had no family members or friends who were in the frat, I joined what I thought was an esoteric society discussing the ancient mysteries.(boy was I wrong) But my inspection as master, in the MM degree with over a 100 MM's in attendance, doing KS for the first time, a FC team recieving a standing ovation, was pretty emotional for me. Uplifting and draining. Some could call it hokey, but it will always be engraved in my mind. My journey through the degree’s was not a major emotional gig, I had no family members or friends who were in the frat, I joined what I thought was an esoteric society discussing the ancient mysteries.(boy was I wrong)
But my inspection as master, in the MM degree with over a 100 MM’s in attendance, doing KS for the first time, a FC team recieving a standing ovation, was pretty emotional for me. Uplifting and draining. Some could call it hokey, but it will always be engraved in my mind.

]]> By: SD Eric http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-10 SD Eric Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:57:00 +0000 http://masonictao.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/the-masonic-hokey-pokey/#comment-10 I think I got a little hokey at work while reading this blod post.. Thanks Tom.. What do I tell my co-workers when they ask why I'm misty eyed.. I think I got a little hokey at work while reading this blod post.. Thanks Tom.. What do I tell my co-workers when they ask why I’m misty eyed..

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