From: Charles Zeps
Subject: Masonic Alter Lights
Message-ID: <950531160616_75321.3407_EHI51-1@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 31 May 95 12:06:16 EDT
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US MASONIC LODGE
ALTER LIGHT PLACEMENT
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I ran across this message on the Masonic Internet on the placement of
lights in the Lodge in different states, and found it interesting, so
thought that I would pass it along. Hope others may find it
interesting.
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F Y I, positions of the lights in the various states
___________________ _________________ ___________________
| |____| | | |____| | | |____| |
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| o ____ __| | o ____ o _| | ___ o _|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| |____| |__ | |____| |_ | |___| |_
| o o | | o | | o o |
| | | | | |
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
|_____| 1 |______| |_____| 2 |_____| |_____| 3 |_______|
____________________ _________________ ___________________
| |____| | | |____| | | |____| |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| __o__ __| | ____ _| | ___ _|
| | | | | | |o | | o | | |
| | |o | | | | o | | o | | |
| |_____| |__ | |____|o |_ | o |___| |_
| o | | | | |
| | | | | |
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
|_____| 4 |________| |_____| 5 |____ _| |_____| 6 |________|
___________________ _________________ ____________________
| |____| | | |____| | | |____| |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| o ____ _| | o___ _| | ___o _|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | |o | | | |o | | | | o |
| |____| |_ | |____| |_ | |___| |_
| o | | o | | o |
| | | | | |
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
|_____| 7 |________| |_____| 8 |______| |_____| 9 |________|
___________________ _________________ ___________________
| |____| | | |____| | | |____| |
| | | | | |
| o | | o o | | |
| ____ o o _| | __o__ _| | o ___ o _|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| |____| |_ | |_____| |_ | |___| |_
| | | | | o |
| | | | | |
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
|_____|10 |_______| |_____|11 |_____| |_____|12 |_______|
NBR 1 = AL, FL, PA, WY, WV. some RI NBR 2 = CT, SD, VA
NBR 3 = GA, WI NBR 4 = AK, TN
NBR 5 = AK, AZ, CA, ID, IL, KY, MI, MO, MT, NB, NE, NM, TX, UT, VT,
NBR 6 = IA, KA, MN, NC NBR 7 = CO, DE, MI, NJ, OH, OR*
NBR 8 = DC, ME, NH, SC, NBR 9 = IN, WA
NBR 10= ND, LA, MA, NBR 11= MD
NBR 12= OK, NY RI also at rite of WM,SW,JW
The doc I'm copying says for OR 'except 2 at left at corner' and I
dont know what that means.
I presume the thing in the centre of the Lodge is either the altar or
the TB. In the English lodges I have seen, the TBs are propped against
the JW pedestal, though I'm told other arrangements are sometimes
used. The altar is now actually the WM pedestal, supporting the 3
Great Lights.
The 3 Lesser Lights are placed one at the far right corner of each
pedestal, from the point of view of the officer concerned.
I think that is the altar in the center. I guess I was surprised that
there was that much difference between the different states. I have
not been in Lodge in that many different states and perhaps had not
paid that close attention to the arrangements, but I had thought that
it was done the same in all Lodges.
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