2025 General Conference of Grand Councils, PHA By RPC Corey Curtiss, General Grand Conductor of the Council General Conference of Grand Councils of Royal and Select Masters, PHA, of USA and the Bahamas Inc holds their annual meeting and installs new officers! On May 2-3, 2025 the General Conference of Royal and Select
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MPC Bill SnyderGeneral Grand Master As some of you may have noticed, there have been a few announcements concerning candidacies for elected offices in the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America (GEKT-USA), the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International (GGCRAMI), and the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons
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RPC William “Keith” PowellGeneral Grand Deputy Master, 2025-2026 The General Grand Principal Conductor of the Work 2023-2026, William Keith Powell, was duly installed as the successor Deputy General Grand Master 2025-2026 (DGGM) on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. By Cryptic laws, Right Puissant Companion (RPC) Powell immediately succeeded to the Office of DGGM upon the resignation
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General Grand Council Logo The INITIAL Deadline for Submission of written Declarations of Availability for election to one of the five General Grand Elected Officer Positions listed below for publication in the DeCryption Newsletter is: June 1, 2025. At that time, all Declarations received bythe General Grand Recorder will be sent to the DeCryption Editor
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General Grand Council Logo Date of Promulgation: 7 May 2025 Upon the occurrences of recent declarations for various elective offices for the 2026-2029 triennium term and in anticipation of further declarations in the near future, it is necessary to set forth certain agreed-upon Rules to be followed at Regional York Rite Conferences by the Regional
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Nevada Super Excellent Master DegreeCast and Candidates On the weekend of July 27-28, the Companions from California and Nevada got together in Reno to perform the Super Excellent Master Degree. The degree has not been performed in Nevada in several years and California brought their ritual team to show the companions from Nevada
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General Grand Council Logo Many of you have taken advantage of purchasing items through the Cryptic Masons Store at www.crypticmasons.org. As costs have risen throughout the economy, so have the costs of shipping and PayPal fees for the General Grand Council. With this in mind, we have had to make decisions about what we are
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Right Puissant Companion Jay B., 1942-2025Past RDGGM, Mid-Atlantic Region James Bryson Walsh, Sr. (“Jay B.”), age 82, of Lewes, DE, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2025. He was born on August 20, 1942, in Wilmington, DE, the son of the late James and Sallie (Bryson) Walsh. Jay B. was the beloved companion
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Right Puissant Companion James R. Herrington, 1938-2024Past Most Illustrious Grand Master of DelawarePast Associate General Grand Chaplain The Reverend James Robert Herrington, 86, of Newark, DE, died before sunrise on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Family and friends will remember Jim as a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, chaplain, and Mason. He
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Submitted by Brian Ragain CMMRF Logo Science might have advanced at a more substantial rate than you expected. Around the turn of the century, the controversy over stem cells was centered around how they were obtained. Umbilical cord blood seemed to be the source of the most abundant supply, and bone marrow was also an
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