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Curious, does anyone know if there is a handshake grip that members use on spouses to check to see if they are in the know at least in some aspect if they are at least married to a mason or anything?
My dad’s father was a mason. We’ve had many conversations about this and he was able to glean nothing from his father other than he had a ring. And also, he wanted to be buried in the Masonic section of a cemetery, which he was. They have these marble chairs facing different directions. But my dad was never able to get anything useful out of his dad regarding the masons. Sometimes I wonder if it’s just a cover for drinking, fraternizing and cheating. You know?
I didn't even know women could be masons. I learn something new here everyday.
I am not saying that women can be masons because that I do not know.
What I was asking if there is some kind of handshake to TEST if a woman may be a SPOUSE of a mason; maybe like an "I know you are a part of the mason family" confirmation shake and an "I am wondering if you (your spouse) is one of us and you are a part of the club (by marriage)" type thing.
The reason I ask is that I was conversing with a group of people and I know one of them was retired military (office route) and I believe is also a mason member. That person knows that my husband is also retired (but NCO route) but he is NOT nor does he have a desire, to have anything to do with the masons.
Anyway, so the group and us part ways after a few mins, all shaking hands before we leave. I was the only one who was given a different type of handshake, even looked in the eye while holding the shake.. but the thing was, his thumb gripped the very lower part of my thumb and to the side closer to where it meets the palm side. He applied more pressure to the tip of his thumb, down onto the that lower part that it actually caused an odd pain that is still ongoing :/
Maybe it has nothing to do with the masons, but it was something...something I just couldnt get a feel on but at same time know it was meant for me to catch on to
Don’t they have that Eastern Star thing? I have to look it up now.
Adding- according to allaboutcults.org
“The order of the Eastern Star is a society designed for the wives, daughters, and female relatives of men affiliated with Masonry. Affiliated Master Masons who are in good standing may also join. According to the Order of the Eastern Star, they claim no association with Masonry. However, the causes and doctrines are extremely similar.”
My mother was an Eastern Star, through her father who was a mason. She had me in Job’s Daughters during middle school. I dropped that after two years - it just did not feel good in my gut.
I also smashed my Mom’s Eastern Star ring with a hammer one night when I felt it’s presence in my jewelry box was evil (I had some whisky on board but still felt it’s presence and wanted it gone).
I heard about the Masons 20 years ago, and I did not take everything as true, but, I was fostering a little girl who had polio, from Ethiopia, about 20 years ago. Her legs were all twisted and her hips were permanantly turned, she crawled around in the orphanage over there, and when she came here, she learned to use a wheelchair, she was looked at by specialists all over, and she would never walk again, she would have had to have endless surgeries, and only then, her mobility would have been limited to heavy braces and standing to walk just a few steps.She had better mobility in a wheelchair. However a serious scoliosis was there, which would have affected her heart and lungs as an adult. She went to a Shriners Hospital for the surgery, which they did for free. While she in there, I had asked a nurse to see the chaplain so she and I could pray, and maybe she could have communion. The nurse told me there were no ministers that came there. I asked if there was a chapel at the hospital so I could pray while she was in surgery. I was told that there was no such room in the hospital.This was the Shriners Hospital in Springfield Mass. Well, that really opened my eyes and I took all of what I heard seriously. Where have you ever heard of a hospital that did not have chaplains available or a chapel to wait in? I never had in my life, even public hospitals have lists of priests or pastors or rabbis to come and pray with the patients and their families!!!!
Wow. Interesting! Trust your gut when it comes to feeling like something is evil.
And honestly, I almost feel like moving because when I smashed the ring, the obsidian (sp) stone came out and flew into the bushes. I can’t find it for the life of me, and except for digging the damn things out, I guess it’s karma is still around me.