DOLLARBILL
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when wearing a masons ring should the points of the compass be pointing out towards your finger tips or towards your wrist ?? Thank you in advance !
LOLOL!! Anyhow, I believe that the correct answer to the question is: wear your Masonic ring with pride and wear it however you wanna wear it.Since I'm not in the habit of using my ring as a signet, it's not that much of a problem!
More than that, Mav, you shouldn't wear the trappings of a Master Mason until you are one. Now, I have seen rings and other jewelry made for and that are appropriate to EA's & FC's, but inasmuch as EA's & FC's don't generally stay that way for very long (particularly here in the USA), I can't imagine too many people buying them. A Lodge may invest in EA and FC lapel pins that are passed down from one candidate to the next, I suppose, but once again, the candidate these days doesn't remain one long enough to make the investment worthwhile.It is also commonly accepted (at least in the US), that you don't wear a ring until you are a MM. Is that correct?
The explanation I've read is that you shouldn't be wearing symbols that identify you as a Mason until you've been properly "schooled" in their meanings (having gone through all three degrees).
Here, here!LOLOL!! Anyhow, I believe that the correct answer to the question is: wear your Masonic ring with pride and wear it however you wanna wear it.
Where? Where?Here, here!
Well said. I asked this question the day I was raised. Nobody really knew. According to our DDGL, Arizona has no "correct" way to wear it. Just wear it "with pleasure to yourself and with honor to the fraternity!"When I got my first ring I was told that if you wear your ring with the points of the compasses pointing towards the tips of your fingers you are wearing the ring to show the world that you are a Mason. And if you wear the ring with the points of the compasses facing towards your wrist you are wearing it to remind yourself that you are a Mason.
I was told that there is no "right" way and you will find as many traditions as there are jurisdictions.
Whatever way you wear your ring, as long as you act like a Mason, it is the right way!