Hello brethren,
does anybody every feel like on autopilot in the lodge?
I am a MM since almost an year, already started the “walk” through officer roles (just got invested as JD after a few months as IG).
Sometimes I feel like I am going on autopilot through Freemasonry.
Apart from regular meetings, we do not do much in my lodge. No lectures, just open/close and from time to time an initiation or some brother coming up the degrees.
Am I the only one?
I would like to learn more, explore history and mysticism of the Brotherhood, but I don’t see any opportunity in my current lodge.
Perhaps joining some Masonic Body might help?
For the record, I am in a regular lodge in continental Europe.
Thank you for your reply.
Yeah it could be that I study esotericism on my own already, so perhaps I was expecting more, and since I have become a MM I felt a bit like “is it all?”
I mean, lovely rituals, but not as much as I was expecting…
And I joined because I love history, and I wanted to be a part of the same group that boasted men like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin as members. But when I joined, I realized most members couldn’t have cared less. So I did my own research and started presenting at my lodge and at other local lodges. I’ve worn many hats over the years, and right now, other than being a PM, I’m the lodge’s historian–something that I take very seriously, especially since my lodge is about to celebrate its centennial.