Cryptic Education Course by Curtis Alan Banks NYS Grand Master Cryptic Masons CRYPTIC EDUCATION COURSE Greetings and Salutations from the current wintry temperature State of New York! The Education Manual Course that was discussed at our 193rd NY Grand Assembly when I was GPCW and then fast forward two years after discussed again at the …
From the Deputy General Grand Master by RP Monty J. Glover Deputy General Grand Master Aloha Companions, I’ve just returned from my trip to Indianapolis where we had the Annual Cryptic Mason Medical Research Foundation Board of Trustees meeting. This year we had the pleasure of being hosted by our partners at Indiana University …
Welcome to the East Central Region! by Steve Striggow RDGGM, East Central US Of the East Central Region, Michigan is the only Jurisdiction that requires the Super Excellent Master Degree for membership. To accomplish this, several festivals are held throughout the state each year with the Grand Council doing the Super Excellent Master Degree. These …
Delaware by William Lott M.I. Ambassador for Delaware In Delaware, we are proud of the fact that we are the first state. We are also the second smallest, second only to Rhode Island. While Rhode Island is smaller than Delaware size wise, their population exceeds ours by approximately 100,000 people. In 2017, Delaware’s population was …
by David Grindle General Grand Master Here we are five weeks into producing the weekly newsletter, Weekly Decryption. We have increased our subscribers by approximately 100 over what we started with. We’re still trying to smooth out the process and give some good lead time for the editors and the techs to prepare the articles …
by Bryan Bechler General Grand Recorder Have you ever wondered what the General Grand Recorder position entails? Although I worked with MPC Grindle for the past three years he was in this position, until you’re actually IN the position you may not have a complete understanding of what all is required. One area I would …
by Hugh M’Curdy THE VOICE OF MASONRY – 1880 To Royal and Select Masters are given the keystone in Masonry, more precious than is known by the vast workers of the quarries; and it has been truthfully proclaimed that to preserve and transmit our principles to those who succeed us, in the hour of low …
by William “Bill” Snyder General Grand Principal Conductor of the Work Greetings to my Royal and Select Companions throughout worldwide Cryptic Freemasonry! Since my election as the General Grand Principal Conductor of the Work in August 2017, I have been working with the General Grand Master and the Deputy General Grand Master and other members of …
by M. C. “Bud” Himes Cryptic Masons International 2005-2008M.P. Past General Grand Master The Ritual Committee this Triennium is making a concerted effort to correct the many mistakes that have crept into the official ritual along with some heavy-handed glaring errors placed there by well-meaning but hasty stop-gap situations, such as running out of the …
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by Barry E. Newell, KYCHIll. Grand Captain of the GuardGrand Council of Cryptic Masons of Idaho The York Rite is one of many organizations around the world that falls under the umbrella of Freemasonry. The term York Rite is a misnomer though and should more accurately be called the American Rite as this rite is …