| Well, about this self-chartering thing it is kind of like the chicken and the egg, someone had to charter the first Grand Lodge.
It is my understanding that in the old days a Master Mason living in an area where their was no lodge existing could on the spot make other masons by obligating them himself. Once he had enough for ritual work then the normal process was conducted. It is my firm belief that the Grand Lodges should go away as they exist today and only be there to support the needs of the local lodes and not govern over them. |