I've read Laudable Pursuit quit a few times and I also know the history of Freemasonry . I just do not see the reason why alcohol is needed to fellowship and have meaningful conversations. We started a Square and Compass club .We get together 2 or 3 times a week and talk about Freemasonry ritual , history and meaning and just about everything else under the sun . It's a place were we can debate politics and religion without breaking the rules of the lodge . More Masons show up to the club meetings than to regular lodge meetings . And all over a cup of coffee or a Pepsi .
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Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy
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