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[Hoov]

Any zoners here also members of any esoteric orders like HOGD, BOTA, any Masons or Rosicrucians or anyone practicing in a Thelemic order ??

If so, i'd like to hear from you, you can PM me if you dont want to post your affiliation in this thread.

Im currently a BOTA member (3 years now). was a member of HOGD for a time but that organization was going through a lot of change so i let my affiliation go.

I found out there is a Rosicrucian group with a meeting lodge right here in Philly and i am considering joining, also recently met a fellow who is a Mason and considered that as well.

Obviously, i don't expect you to post any fraternal traditions or secrets that are for nonmembers here, but would just like to get an idea of what different organizations folks might be involved with and how they would rate the experiences thay have had. I think this will help me make my decision.

Thanks

 

[Kangaroo]

Any zoners here also members of any esoteric orders like HOGD, BOTA, any Masons or Rosicrucians or anyone practicing in a Thelemic order ??

If so, i'd like to hear from you, you can PM me if you dont want to post your affiliation in this thread.

Im currently a BOTA member (3 years now). was a member of HOGD for a time but that organization was going through a lot of change so i let my affiliation go.

I found out there is a Rosicrucian group with a meeting lodge right here in Philly and i am considering joining, also recently met a fellow who is a Mason and considered that as well.

Obviously, i don't expect you to post any fraternal traditions or secrets that are for nonmembers here, but would just like to get an idea of what different organizations folks might be involved with and how they would rate the experiences thay have had. I think this will help me make my decision.

Thanks

Does being a member of a college fraternity count :grin2:

Just a little razzing is all :

 

[Danny White]

I'm a Knight of Columbus... not exactly what you're looking for though, I suppose?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I'm a Knight of Columbus... not exactly what you're looking for though, I suppose?

Hmm...noticed you did not use the abbreviation for the club.:laugh2:

 

[Yeagermeister]

Hmm...noticed you did not use the abbreviation for the club.:laugh2:

What's wrong with REP?

 

[Hostile]

Any zoners here also members of any esoteric orders like HOGD, BOTA, any Masons or Rosicrucians or anyone practicing in a Thelemic order ??

If so, i'd like to hear from you, you can PM me if you dont want to post your affiliation in this thread.

Im currently a BOTA member (3 years now). was a member of HOGD for a time but that organization was going through a lot of change so i let my affiliation go.

I found out there is a Rosicrucian group with a meeting lodge right here in Philly and i am considering joining, also recently met a fellow who is a Mason and considered that as well.

Obviously, i don't expect you to post any fraternal traditions or secrets that are for nonmembers here, but would just like to get an idea of what different organizations folks might be involved with and how they would rate the experiences thay have had. I think this will help me make my decision.

Thanks

I'm a member of a writer's guild about the Old West. Not exactly the same.

 

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

My dad is a member of the Elks Lodge.

 

[Danny White]

Hmm...noticed you did not use the abbreviation for the club.:laugh2:

Well if that's your attitude, there's no way I'm teaching you the secret handshake!

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Well if that's your attitude, there's no way I'm teaching you the secret handshake!

"Hand"Shake.

Is that what they call it now. :laugh2:

 

[bbgun]

Masons? No. Hair Club? Yes.

 

[Crown Royal]

I'm a member of the Illuminati - don't cross me.

 

[jem88]

I'm a member of a writer's guild about the Old West. Not exactly the same.

You know, I'm increasingly interested in reading about American history. I guess having read 'The Grapes of Wrath' a few years back, I started to get the itch. It went away for awhile but now it's back. I'm very interested in learning about the southern and mid-U.S. (not so interested in what happened in the northeast- N.Y.C., Boston, etc.) and about the history vis-a-vis Mexico, etc. I'm sure it was required reading in the U.S. but we don't learn a lot about it up here in Canada. Any suggestions (including anything you may have written) would be most appreciated.

 

[Kangaroo]

You know, I'm increasingly interested in reading about American history. I guess having read 'The Grapes of Wrath' a few years back, I started to get the itch. It went away for awhile but now it's back. I'm very interested in learning about the southern and mid-U.S. (not so interested in what happened in the northeast- N.Y.C., Boston, etc.) and about the history vis-a-vis Mexico, etc. I'm sure it was required reading in the U.S. but we don't learn a lot about it up here in Canada. Any suggestions (including anything you may have written) would be most appreciated.

You want a good story and information about the Texas fight against mexico. I read part of the book already and it is very well done


The Bugles are Silent [SIZE=-1]if (topFrame.coreLoaded) {document.write(coreFrame.convertshow("21.00",'2,3'));}[/SIZE]

A Novel of the Texas Revolution from the Alamo to San Jacinto

by John R. Knaggs

 

[jem88]

You want a good story and information about the Texas fight against mexico. I read part of the book already and it is very well done


The Bugles are Silent [SIZE=-1]if (topFrame.coreLoaded) {document.write(coreFrame.convertshow("21.00",'2,3'));}[/SIZE]

A Novel of the Texas Revolution from the Alamo to San Jacinto

by John R. Knaggs

Thanks, I'll definately look into that.

 

[Hostile]

You know, I'm increasingly interested in reading about American history. I guess having read 'The Grapes of Wrath' a few years back, I started to get the itch. It went away for awhile but now it's back. I'm very interested in learning about the southern and mid-U.S. (not so interested in what happened in the northeast- N.Y.C., Boston, etc.) and about the history vis-a-vis Mexico, etc. I'm sure it was required reading in the U.S. but we don't learn a lot about it up here in Canada. Any suggestions (including anything you may have written) would be most appreciated.

A fascinating book is Colonel Frank Tompkins definitive account of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico to chase Pancho Villa. It's called "Chasing Villa." Very hard to come by but sometime you can find used copie son Amazon.com.

This Expedition did more to shape US military maneuvers and theory than any other action. It was the last of the mounted Cavalry. It was the first use of airplanes for military purposes and so much more that became common place in Europe for WWI.

If you like some of the tales of the old west check out this man's books.

http://www.pinerim.com/pine_rim_publishing_002.htm

The video at the bottom (Forgotten Gunfighters) was written by me. I studied his books shown on that page as well as "A Little War of Our Own" by Don Dedera & "Apaches & Longhorns" by Wil C. Barnes. All of them are very interesting reads.

John Wesley Hardin's autobiography is unique in that it is self written. Everything else written on these guys is the author's interpretation of events.

There are so many interesting gunfighters and stories out there that it is almost impossible to cover them all in a short response. Here are just a couple of short descriptions that are virtually unknown except to Historians and History buffs.

Clay Allison once dueled a man with knives in a grave. Allison in many ways was a true maniac. Utterly ruthless and probably certifiably crazy today.

Black Jack Ketchum talked to himself and when angry with himself would beat himself with ropes and pistols. When sentenced to hang he wrote a letter that was published in many newspapers that suggested young people who were thinking of a life of crime rob trains. When he went to the gallows he ran up the steps and danced a jig on the trap door.

Deacon Jim Miller, the assassin of Billy the Kid's "killer," Pat Garrett, was an ordained Methodist Minister and shotgun killer for hire at the same time. He wore a huge black coat even in the hot Texas summer's. He survived a couple of gunfights where he was shot countless times. People thought he was invincible. He had so many character witnesses that juries never convicted him. When he was lynched by a mob they discovered his coat was lined with metal, thus the secret of his miraculous gun battles. Pictures of his lynching are available on the Net.

Hope that sparks some interest.

 

[Hostile]

You want a good story and information about the Texas fight against mexico. I read part of the book already and it is very well done


The Bugles are Silent [SIZE=-1]if (topFrame.coreLoaded) {document.write(coreFrame.convertshow("21.00",'2,3'));}[/SIZE]

A Novel of the Texas Revolution from the Alamo to San Jacinto

by John R. Knaggs

I'm going to order it when I get home. Thanks.

 

[Danny White]

"Hand"Shake.

Is that what they call it now. :laugh2:

Good lord... I hope you don't want to shake anything else of mine.


BTW, I feel bad for Hoov... I don't think this is how he envisioned this thread going. And to think, I held off making "Simpsons/Stonecutter" jokes to begin with because I didn't want to hijack the thread with foolishness.

 

[Kangaroo]

I'm going to order it when I get home. Thanks.

Well Hos you should like it very well told story with history he covers part of the politics and some of Santa Anna's history I did not know about which kind of helped the Texan's win the war.

It is amazing even back then politcis played just as much into a war as it does now days

 

[jem88]

A fascinating book is Colonel Frank Tompkins definitive account of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico to chase Pancho Villa. It's called "Chasing Villa." Very hard to come by but sometime you can find used copie son Amazon.com.

This Expedition did more to shape US military maneuvers and theory than any other action. It was the last of the mounted Cavalry. It was the first use of airplanes for military purposes and so much more that became common place in Europe for WWI.

If you like some of the tales of the old west check out this man's books.

http://www.pinerim.com/pine_rim_publishing_002.htm

The video at the bottom (Forgotten Gunfighters) was written by me. I studied his books shown on that page as well as "A Little War of Our Own" by Don Dedera & "Apaches & Longhorns" by Wil C. Barnes. All of them are very interesting reads.

John Wesley Hardin's autobiography is unique in that it is self written. Everything else written on these guys is the author's interpretation of events.

There are so many interesting gunfighters and stories out there that it is almost impossible to cover them all in a short response. Here are just a couple of short descriptions that are virtually unknown except to Historians and History buffs.

Clay Allison once dueled a man with knives in a grave. Allison in many ways was a true maniac. Utterly ruthless and probably certifiably crazy today.

Black Jack Ketchum talked to himself and when angry with himself would beat himself with ropes and pistols. When sentenced to hang he wrote a letter that was published in many newspapers that suggested young people who were thinking of a life of crime rob trains. When he went to the gallows he ran up the steps and danced a jig on the trap door.

Deacon Jim Miller, the assassin of Billy the Kid's "killer," Pat Garrett, was an ordained Methodist Minister and shotgun killer for hire at the same time. He wore a huge black coat even in the hot Texas summer's. He survived a couple of gunfights where he was shot countless times. People thought he was invincible. He had so many character witnesses that juries never convicted him. When he was lynched by a mob they discovered his coat was lined with metal, thus the secret of his miraculous gun battles. Pictures of his lynching are available on the Net.

Hope that sparks some interest.

Brilliant! Thanks man. I'll check it out.

 

[Hoov]

Good lord... I hope you don't want to shake anything else of mine.


BTW, I feel bad for Hoov... I don't think this is how he envisioned this thread going. And to think, I held off making "Simpsons/Stonecutter" jokes to begin with because I didn't want to hijack the thread with foolishness.

That's alright. i had a feeling i might not find many others in those types of organizations, though i thought there would be several Free Masons who might reply, that organization seems to be a pretty big brotherhood, i see lodges everywhere i go.

Also posted something on craigs list and think i'll get some replies from that one.