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You Don't Own the Ritual

Looking Forward

The Color Purple: Origin and History

New Year's Resolutions

A Christmas Message

South Central Regional Recorder's Meeting - December 16, 2020

East Central Regional Recorder's Meeting - December 9, 2020

General Grand Council Holiday Greeting

Hanukkah Message

Cryptic Masonry: The Philosophical Rite and the Keys to the Past and Future of Freemasonry

Northeast Regional Recorder's Meeting - December 10, 2020

Northwest Regional Recorder's Meeting - December 10, 2020

It's Your Flag

Survival by Sacrifice

Southwest Regional Recorder's Meeting - December 2, 2020

The Gift of Hope

Meet the Assistant General Grand Recorder

South Central Region Happenings - November 27, 2020

North Central Region Happenings - November 18, 2020

Enjoy the Season

Happy Thanksgiving!

Who were those masked men?

Preach It and Teach It

It is Well

Decryption Article Submission Form and Updates

Regional Deputy Conference Call - November 16, 2020

Northeast Regional Recorder's Meeting - November 12, 2020

Southwest Regional Recorder's Meeting - November 4, 2020

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

One of Twelve: GGR Update: Fireside Chat, Ritual Award, Tech

Meet the General Grand Recorder

Passing of MIC John E. Bower, 1933-2020

Passing of MIC Joseph T. Clements Jr., 1939-2020

Passing of MIC Ralph Van Shipton, 1925-2020

You ARE the Example

Meet the General Grand Treasurer

Passing of MIC Victor S. Versace

Passing of MIC Lionel Hunter, 1943-2020

Be Part of the Buzz

The Holy Scripture

Meet the General Grand Principal Conductor of the Work

Regional Deputy Conference Call - October 19, 2020

Northwest Region Conference Recap

Passing of MIC Chris Christianson, 1955-2020

Reach Higher

Temptation

Appointments and Titles for the 48th

Meet the Deputy General Grand Master

Free, Easy Ways to Give to CMMRF

Passing of MI Kevin Christians, PMIGM of Iowa

Arizona's Barnabas Award

Janus

Meet the General Grand Master

North Central Region Happenings

Nebraska's First Degree Conferral Since COVID

Grand York Rite of Utah Educational Series: October 14

Why We Work

Troubles in Life

General Grand Master: Fraternal Greetings

Triennial Highlights, Tech, and the 48th Triennial GGR Office

General Grand Council Youtube Channel

Grand York Rite of Utah Educational Series: October 5

Build Wisely, Build Strongly, Build Beautifully

Our Place in the Picture

General Grand Council Formation and Reflections

Regional Deputy Conference Call - July 21, 2020

Passing of Most Illustrious Companion MacArthur Davis, 1943-2020

Indiana's Havana Nights CMMRF Fundraiser

Getting Started

Unselfish

Grand York Rite of Utah Educational Series: September 22

Get Your Apron Dirty!

Puzzle - Master Mason Word Find

Our Purple

Let Your Light So Shine

Puzzle - Fellowcraft Word Find

Our Individual Gifts

Triennial Update 9/3

Passing of MI Robert L. Williams PMIGM of Nebraska

Make Tracks

Puzzle - Entered Apprentice Word Find

What We Have Learned to Be?

Puzzle - Masonic Education Word Find

Thanksgiving Day

Regional Deputy Conference Call - August 17, 2020

Who Was Zabud?

Passing of MI Erskine Smith, PMIGM of Alabama

What's Your Talent?

Triennial Update 8/12

GGT RPC Charles L. Hollinger Retires

East Central Region Happenings

North Central Region Happenings

Southwest Region Happenings

The Importance of Planning

Puzzle - Grand Lodge Word Find

Veteran's Day

Triennial Update August 1

Keeping your Passions within Due Bounds - GGC Education Comm

MIC Jonathan P. Park, 1955-2020

Entertaining Strangers

Puzzle - Lodge Officers Word Find

The Perfect Ruler

General Grand Council Officer Nominations Due September 1, 2020

Northwest Region Happenings

Masonic Calendars - GGC Education Comm

The Master Plan

Puzzle - Regalia & Accessories Word Find

The Road Less Traveled

Rituals of the York Rite - GGC Education Comm

Labor for the Future

Puzzle - Authors & Poets Word Find

A Confrontation With Jeremiah

Triennial Assembly of the General Grand Council

East Central Region Happenings

North Central Region Happenings

Freemasonry and Revolution - GGC Education Comm

Update from Taipei Council No. 1

Under the Sun

IT’S VIRTUALLY A GO FOR THE 2020 TRIENNIAL AT LOUISVILLE!

Southwest Region Happenings

Southeast Region Happenings

The Degree of Super Excellent Master

The Circle of Perfection

Puzzle - Appendant Bodies Word Find

The Degree of Select Master

We Are Masons

Puzzle - In the Lodge Word Find

The Surface of Life

Use Your Apron

Logic Puzzles - Logic and Arithmetic Three

Do Not Conform

GGR: Triennial Assembly Update - 10 June

Regional Deputy Conference Call - June 8, 2020

MIC G. Gordon Goodman (1920-2020)

MIC James Albert Pletz (1928-2020)

Northeast Region Happenings

The Holy Saints John: Masonic, Astronomical, and Calendrical Incorporation - GGC Education Comm.

Getting the Job Done, New Mexico Style

Making the Best of a Bad Situation

North Central Region Happenings

The Degree of Royal Master - GGC Education Comm.

Improving Ourselves

Logic Puzzles - Logic and Arithmetic Two

Alpha and Omega - GGC Education Comm.

Don't Wait

Logic Puzzles - Combo Lock

Yom Kippur: The Day of Atonement

CMMRF Trustee Nominations

Help Wanted: Cryptic Freemason Editor

Passing of MI Jerry Bespalec, PMIGM of Nebraska

Virtual Florida Grand Sessions: Technological Findings

After He made the form of the chariot of the supernal Adam - GGC Education Comm.

Be a Part of Your Council

Urim and Thummin - GGC Education Comm

The Story of an Apron

Logic & Arithmetic: Puzzle 1

Fruits of the Spirit

North Central Region Happenings - May 2020

The Tyler's Sword

Masonic Cryptogram: Quotes by Famous Freemasons - Benjamin Franklin

Regional Deputy Conference Call - April 27, 2020

The Several Secrets of the Letter G - GGC Education Comm

Nebraska's 2020 Virtual Sessions - Lessons Learned

Masonic Cryptogram: Quotes by Famous Freemasons - David Crockett

Weighing the Shekels

Whom Do You Represent?

General Grand Master - Electronic Grand Sessions

Tax-Free Charitable Giving to CMMRF with Your IRA

Masonic Cryptogram: Quotes by Famous Freemasons - Theodore Roosevelt

Relationship with God

The Inner Door

From the Editor: Guidelines and Appreciations

No Decisions to Make: Oklahoma Grand Sessions

CMMRF - Reversing Heart Failure

An Examination of Prayer Beads from a World Religions Perspective - GGC Education Comm

Intro to Puzzles Column

Adoniram and the Open Door

Digital Is Working - Stephen A. Balke, GGR

Royal Masters, It's Your Time - GGC Education Committee

CMMRF - Reducing the Negative and Increasing the Positive

You Are Responsible

Plans

Regional Deputy Conference Call - April 6, 2020

High Tech and Distanced Touch - Working through our current circumstances.

CMMRF - Diseased Arteries of the Legs

Especially in Sculpture: the Via Negativa and the Symbolism of the Secret Vault

The Tortoise and the Hare

Shekels

General Grand Recorder's March 2020 Update

GENERAL GRAND MASTER EDICT #1 – 2020 COVID-19

What is Short Gut Syndrome?

Staying Engaged Masonically Through COVID-19

Grand Council of Indiana 2019 Ish Sodi Banquet

Albert Mackey - GGC Education Committee

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Grand Sessions Advisory

CMMRF - Science of Growing Muscle and Tissue

On the Number 7 - GGC Education Committee

Southeast Region Happenings

Attend at the Altar

CMMRF - Did We Just Cure Diabetes?

The Word - GGC Education Committee

Gebal Council No. 15 Installation

East Central Region Happenings

Steady On - Mid Year - GGR Update

Gematria, what is it? - GGC Education Committee

CMMRF - Vaccine for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

God's Presence

From the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International Education Committee

Southwest Region Happenings

Good Things Come in Threes: Part One

Call for Articles: Awards Presentations

Stephen J. Ponzillo III, PMIGM in Maryland, 1947-2020

CMMRF: Milestone Achieved in 2019

Northeast North Region Happenings

From the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International Education Committee

Deputy General Grand Master: Our Awards

Columbian Award Nominations Now Due!

From the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International Education Committee

South Central Region Happenings

An Overview of the York Rite Leadership Program

Spreading the word of York Rite

CMMRF Seminar in Review

Northeast South Region Happenings

Contentment with God's Provision

From the Desk of the General Grand Recorder

North Central Region Happenings

Meranda Hillock: New CMMRF Office Manager

General Grand Recorder's Update January 2020

From the Cryptic Masons International Education Committee

Donald S. Thoen, PMIGM Idaho, 1939-2019

2019 Southwest Regional Conference Recap

King Solomon and Wisdom

General Grand Master's Update: November 2019

G. Thomas Taylor, Candidate for General Grand Principal Conductor of the Work

2019 Northeast Conference Recap

Passing of MI Silas Wilson, PMIGM of Arkansas and Ambassador to Arkansas

Some Aspects of the Theories in the Development of the Cryptic Degrees

Ebenezer: Stone of Help

Velox Annos (Fast Year) – GGR September 2019

South Central Conference Recap

The Mercy Seat

The First First Responder's Award Presentation

What are your regular hours?

Aaron's Rod and It's Message

Grand Cryptic Council of DC Centenary: November 8-9, 2019

Manna: What is it?

The Importance of Improvising

Guardians of the Sacred Treasures

Consejo Internacional 2019

Passing of MI Don Himes, PMIGM of Michigan

South Central Regional Conference: September 20-21, 2019

The 200th Anniversary of the Grand Council of Connecticut

Jurisdiction Jewels: Arizona Ish Sodi

General Grand Recorder's Update: August 2019

Passing of MI Bill Price, PMIGM of California and Ambassador to California-North

Arizona, the 48th State, the Wild West

I find our number to be 3 times 9 plus 1: The 25th GP Rendezvous

The Significance of the Silver Trumpet

Introducing the First Responders Award

Cryptic Masons International: Enhancing Our Awards Presentation

Summary Assembly 2019: Reaffirmation of Your Masonic Lessons

The Revitalization of Rathdrum Lodge #41

Discharge Your Duty to the Craft

General Grand Master's Update: Happy Cryptic New Year!

Portugal's Upcoming 22nd Annual Assembly

A Challenge to Become an Individual Giver

A Review, A Call, and A Need for the General Grand Council's History

General Grand Recorder's Update: July 2019

Snyder's Synopsis of three of the Thirteen Degrees in the American York Rite

A Message from the Decryption Staff

The Beginnings of the Thrice Illustrious Master's Degree

Arizona: Order of Ish Sodi and Super Excellent Master Degree

Passing of Betty J. VanEtten, Widow of Charles VanEtten GGM 2002-2005

Deputy General Grand Master: Travels in April (Austria, GEKT Easter Observance, Maine, GGC-PHA,...

Educational Article: The Regular Alarm of the Mysterious Nine

General Grand Master: More on types of Masonic Members and recent activities

General Grand Chaplain's Message: Our Family, Gifts from God, and Masonry's Place in Life

Right Puissant Companion Gerald L. "Jerry" Ogle, PGM, has been called to work on the second temple...

Right Puissant Companion Carle L. Jackson has been called to work on the second temple above.

Update on the Recorders office - a lot done, A LOT left to do!

Ritual demand and some changes that will ensure continued availability.

The General Grand Master's announcement regarding the next Triennial.

ADVANCE AND BE RECOGNIZED! - Being A Cryptic Freemason in an Ever-Changing World.

The key to Freemasonry; that each of us – and the Fraternity – grows by mutual admiration and...

Technology Update as We Approach the Mid-term of the Triennium.

2018 Provisional Royal & Select Master Ritual - Printed and Available

Strategically Approaching the New Year and Beyond

From One Member of a GREAT Team

Some very significant Grand Council activities in Maryland over the past six months

Progress is being made in regards to Cryptic Masonry in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Happy New Year, Companions! It's been quite the start.

Looking to the future, our faith being in God, we will surely prevail!

2018 European Cryptic Masonry - A year filled with travel for the Cryptic Rite

Daniel's Gloves - 'If you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?'

From the Editor - TWO IN TWO DAYS!! THAT’S TOO MUCH… Or is it enough?

70 Companions gather in France to create 25 new Super Excellent Masters in 2018

2018 Provisional Royal & Select Master Ritual - Announcing the availability of the provisional...

General Grand Council Service - Monty Glover and continued service.

The General Grand Treasurer, duties and great experiences!

GG Chaplain - Christmas at the Gas Station - Carry this warm story through the New Year!

From the Editor - Projects, processes and fruition - Catching up with communication.

Cooperative work within the Ninth Arch recently resulted in an historic moment for our Craft.

Here is an outline of the living plan for a path forward for the General Grand Council.

Let’s give you an update on some of the opportunities that I have been given to promote the cause...

The Board of Trustees met October 12, 2018 with Dr. Michael Murphy

Preserving Traditions, Enabling Masonic Unity, and Creating Conduits for Effective Masonic...

We as Masons are generally becoming busier because we are picking up the work that we have laid...

Does Character reflect your true self and your true relationship with your God?

York Rite Masonry is beginning to spread its wings here in the Mid-Atlantic region

Grand Orient of Brazil – about Freemasonry today and the perspectives to it in the rest of the...

Such an honor being included on one of the most effective and communicative leadership teams!

We in the Southwest still have two major events coming up - Colorado River Fall Festival and the...

Nuggets from the North Central Region

This is one of the smallest but one of the most important and certainly one of the most curious of...

Please anticipate much more on ritualistic teachings like this in future issues.

The General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International has made a major commitment to Masonic...

There are (at least) two reasons for having this conference every year...

The 2018 Colorado River Fall Festival is being held on October 21st, 22nd, and 23rd.

Just a few examples of how the Brothers, Companions, Sir Knights, and Families can be involved in...

Freemasonry is 300 years of tradition, unimpeded by progress.

Strategic Planning consists of a systematic process that the organization agrees on...

Out of the mouth of babes, so they say, comes a saying we can all learn from.

Please consider this your invitation to join us at the 61st Annual South-Central Regional York...

General Grand Recorder Reassigned, Stephen Balke, GGR and Bryan Bechler, RDGGM for Canada - both...

Regional York Rite Conferences: Traditions and the Way Forward as True Partners

Kentucky is close to wrapping up Cryptic year 2017-2018, but we’re not done yet!

You are cordially invited to the South Dakota Grand York Rite Sessions will occur on September...

August, Arizona and Ascending the Cliffs Together

Introducing the Cryptic Mason Service Medal

You are cordially invited to attend our Grand session in Casper Wyoming in September!

The Grand York Rite Session of Colorado for 2018 will be in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This month sees the General Grand Officers becoming very busy after a short lull...

Results of the survey on GGCCMI Objectives and Improvements.

New York State is proud to have one of the founding Grand Councils.

First Year Triennium Reflections

Ego autem in nobis Nobis

I keep finding evidence of great cooperation between the York Rite bodies from Grand Lodge to...

Busy of late, visiting Asia, and Hawaii updates.

We just finished our Florida Grand York Rite and all went well with Peace & Harmony Prevailing.

A Seat of Power or a Place at the Father's Table?

Your General Grand Council officers continue to represent you and share information across several...

So, what does this phrase in our ritual signify or reference?

Learning to allow the Craft to grow will have its own reward.

Regalia, Symbols, and keeping our history alive for future generations.

Share your Masonic experience and become a part of others' journey!

Masons Operative Masonry English Freemasonry

The study of the Evolution of the Three Great Lights

When you first joined your Craft Lodge

With this issue of the Weekly Decryption, I wanted to briefly report to you about the emerging and...

Alaska

The Education Manual Course that was discussed at our 193rd NY Grand Assembly when I was GPCW and...

Last week, MP Grindle mentioned that the General Grand Council is investigating the concept of...

The East Central Region consists of the states of Michigan, Indiana and the Commonwealth of...

In Delaware, we are proud of the fact that we are the first state. We are also the second...

Update including the progress on our Weekly Decryption newsletter, traveling officers, and...

Something I've seen over the past few months is how the General Grand Council team is working...

It has been truthfully proclaimed that to preserve and transmit our principles to those who...

Greetings to my Royal and Select Companions throughout worldwide Cryptic Freemasonry!

The Ritual Committee this Triennium is making a concerted effort to correct the many mistakes that...

The Cryptic Degrees are a set of three degrees controlled by the Council of Cryptic Masons: Royal...

Welcome to a New Year with new beginnings. It’s an exciting time with exciting challenges ahead of...

Welcome to the new technology applications of the General Grand Council - We Want YOU! Help us...

Greetings from the Southwestern States of the US!

Life Membership Listings for the Each of the Grand Councils.

Happy New Year, Companions, and welcome to the first issue of our on-line and email newsletter.

Despite its antiquity, the York Rite still has a lot of untold histories, unclear symbols and...

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