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Well, the membership of a peer in the fraternity has not much to say about his actions in real life. The later Emperor Wilhelm I. was a member of the craft, nonetheless he is called the Grape-Shot-Prince because he ordered his soldiers to fire at civilians during an upstand, and Goethe in his...

They worked pretty well in the centuries before gas- or electric light. And the masons back then were not known for burning up their lodge buildings. It it raises the insurance fees and a lodge wants to avoid it, that is an argument, but not that candles don't work. Masons used and still use...

As long as criminal actions are involved, such a case should be dealt with by the proper authorities. A lodge is neither an amateur courtyard nor a detective bureau. We can state our point to a seeming disbehavior of a brother, but legal actions - and in my eyes expelling a member is a legal...

The requirements to attend lodge are the same as everywhere. You has to be a mason in good standing in your craft lodge and you have to belong to one of the mainstream GLs in the USA (in your case). Germany only recognizes 2 PH grand lodges, but all mainstream GLs. If you belobg to the AASR or...

There are almost 3000 Ebeling in the online telephone book, and surely about 800 in the Ruhrgebiet area. There are many lodges that do not survive WW2 or where reopened under a different name. So without further data, there is little hope to find the right lodge. I may provide more information...

In Germany, thr AASR requires a MM being one year in his degree. Also a 1 year waiting time between blue lodge degrees is common. Between AASR degrees there is no mendatory waiting time if I'm correct (I'm not a SR member), but the practical time is about 1-3 years from one degree to the next...

Nice story, but what is the source? Or is it urban legend?

The G within S&C is indeed not so often seen in Germany. We often put it into the blazing star and use S&C without something inside. Germany cosisted of several souvereign countries in the 19th century, so there are at least 5 or 6 grand lodges at any given time. It may help to know in what area...

Oh that! *lol* well, it is a special festive lodge, done only once a year in the VIII°. One of the chivalric degrees.

what is so time consuming in lighting 3 candles?

Things change over time like everywhere. Germany at large does not change more than every other country too. But surely the situation on the US bases will be different with most of the troops gone now. That is one of the grand problems of the American-Canadian Grand Lodge here. They have...

In Germany, all lodges use candles. Three on the altar and one on each column. In higher degrees the number of candles grow and oil lamps add to the candles in some degrees. The highest number is our VIII° festive work with about 100 candles. I never saw candles waxing the bible, but from time...

Isn't the motto on the motto-band below the eagle Ordo ab Chao?

The AASR is a system of various degrees. The brothers of old days tried to get the moving mass of degrees, that were created in the late 18th century into a continuous, meaningful system; discard empty and pompous degrees, supporting those with wisdom in their words. But they did not form a...

Sorry, the thick fingers stumbled across the keyboard. It is of course SRICF, Societas Rosicruciana In Civitatibus Foederatis

There are upper degree systems in masonry that use the rosicrucian symbology and philosophy in their degrees (like SCRICF or SRIA), as well as there are rosicrucian degrees in more common upper degree systems, like the 18th degree AASR that use the rose and cross in symbology, but have only...

You forgot the emoticon on that posting.

Excuse me, I used a literal translation from German into English. This of course can lead to confusion. With open I meant, after the opening ritual, when the lodge is properly tyled.

Officer installations are done in open lodge here, so of course there is no outside audience. The tradition is just completely different here and even in the past, when masonry was much more prominent in society because the Kings and Emperors were members of even grand masters, there was no...

No, they are not, but the showcases in the museums are not equipped with brothers wearing them.