She's Just Good Enough

She was just good enough to give you life.
She was just good enough to keep you alive.
She was just good enough to cater to your ever need.
She was just good enough to love you as a son, even when you didn't deserve it.
She was just good enough to be there for you when you needed her, even if you didn't do the same.
She was just good enough to say, "I love you Son."

She was just good enough to accept your phone calls.
She was just good enough to be seen in public on your arm.
She was just good enough to say "I do."
She was just good enough to have your children.
She was just good enough to work harder than you, and asked for so little in return.

She was just good enough to melt your heart the first time you met.
She was just good enough to smile while she learned to walk.
She was just good enough to sit in your lap during story time.
She was just good enough to say " I love you Daddy."

She's not good enough to practice the Craft.
She's not good enough to share your lodge.
She's not good enough to be "one of the boys."
She's not good enough to ever understand.
She's not good enough to ever be made a Mason, because no woman can ever be good enough.

If you believe she's not good enough, neither are you.

False Illusions and Old Chairs

I once had a conversation with a mainstream Mason.he was very proud of his lodges "lineage" the titles and the other trappings of a terrestrial and profane life. He spoke with great enthusiasm for his brand of Freemasonry as being genuine and pure,why? One of the pieces of evidence he put forth was his lodges Masters Chair.

This chair, been around from the foundation of the lodge in1859. This chair, served as a cornerstone of "tradition." This chair, served as an example to all the "fortitude" and "steadfastly correct" lineage he was so proud of.

I thought about this for a moment, then my question to him. "What purpose does this old chair serve?"

He paused, stuttered and really said nothing of value so I answered for him.

"It keeps the WM's ass off the ground."

That's it,that is the functional purpose of the masters chair. A 150 year old chair or a $2.00 folding chair from Big Lots. They serve the same purpose and they and they do the same job equally well.

Many get caught up in what doesn't matter. Your lodge room, no matter how old or how splendid, is just that, a room. It serves no divine purpose. It doesn't make what you do better than what anyone else does.It's just a building.

The original speculative Masons met wherever they could.Often.in the back room of a bar, a basement, outdoors and yes, even a brothel or two. What they were doing was so radical, they faced prison and even execution. Tracing Boards are called just that because that is what they were, traced with chalk on the floor,then erased just as quickly as to not implicate anyone in a crime.

Revolution is what was being taught , equality for all regardless of social standing, bank account status or the standard of were you lived. To erect a fine monument to self indulgence goes against this original Masonic virtue.

The Masonic lodge is not found within a fancy building. It's secrets cannot be found by sitting in some old chair. Stepping within a Masonic hall is not a time portal that will deposit you at the feet of Ben Franklin.

As a Mason, it is the temple NOT built by hands which you are obligated and commissioned to construct. It is the four chambers of your heart where you're made a Mason, not within the four walls of any superficial structure.Unless you understand this fundamental Masonic truth, you're just as profane as you were before you first knocked on the West Gate.

1613FF1613

Brad Cofield
Lodge Napoleon Bonaparte
Sovereign Right of Misraim
1613 Nation

Let it be known..

To all interested Masons around the world.

I'm not now or ever been a guy who takes being told what to do without reason or cause very well. If you sign my check, I might take orders. So, when shit is handed down upon high , it doesn't roll down hill on me. I'm smart enough to see it coming and get out of the way.

The MEAPRMM USED to be something special. It used to be focused on the operative Egyptian Rite. It used ot pay no attention whatsoever to recognition, party or identity politics. It used to be open to all who sought.

Now, the tide has turned. Do to a few it has backslid into wanting really hard to be a "recognized" speculative Masonic jurisdiction. This is directly opposed to the MEAPRMM stated mission statement and it's goals as a magical order since 1982.

But I suppose things change.

I will never report to anyone who does not have the best interest of my jurisdiction in mind. I will never use the MEAPRMM to open a speculative lodge of Memphis-Misraim as this directly ruins the MEAPRMM and it's original stated purpose. You can call me a defender of the "old" MEAPRMM and a detractor of the new.

The talk of "unity" among groups who (what they think are behind closed doors) talk badly of Frank G. Ripel and the MEAPRMM I have no use for. The authority of such people I place in my rubbish bin. I do not care now, nor ever their degrees, patents or anything else. They mean nothing to me, now or ever.

I will NOT submit to the will of a foreign authority who has no genuine respect for myself, my Brethren nor my Operative Craft.

I also will not accept the judgement of anyone who betrays the original purpose no matter who they are, what their motive, nor their counterfeit representation.

Thus, I do not, in any way now nor ever accept not do I recognize the counterfeit bull of expulsion supposedly from WGH Ripel. I have reason to believe that this did not come from WGH Ripel, but rather from opportunist, careerist profiteers using the name of the MEAPRMM for nefarious self aggrandizement.

So, in short, the English Jurisdiction of the MEAPRMM will continue under my earnest leadership until the end of my appointed term in July of 2013. It will continue under the Frand G. Ripel chartered and sanctified body of the Grand Orient Egyptian.

Until we speak again, T.A.F.

Sincerely,
Brad Cofield

The Trident

This is going to be straight and to the point. There is always a specific way that "out of the closet" 1613 members will be attacked on Internet forums, blogs and social network sites like Facebook.

Stage One: They will be accused of being me. No one could ever agree with the principles of cooperation, compassion and community. No one would ever wish to be independent and make their own decisions without a Grand Lodge or Orient pulling the strings. No one would ever forsake tradition for personal empowerment. Obviously, I have nothing but time to invent multiple alias "sockpuppets." No matter how many pictures of yourself, your family, your lodge or even if they here your voice or watch your videos you cannot exist.

And if that doesn't work and you're still 1613.

Stage Two: Since they have no come to grips that you are a real person you must be under my "Svengali" esque super powers of mind control. No one of their own free will would ever associate with me. No one would ever consider me a friend and Brother. You must have been bamboozled as you're obviously a poor dumb idiot. They must save you from my evil clutches.

And if that doesn't work and you're still 1613.

Stage Three: You're me.

That is the guaranteed tried and true formula. They do it each and every time. People who flaunt their intelligence even endorse this formula. It's like a brain virus.

While I find it hilarious that I have been given all of these super duper powers of mind control and manipulation I'm starting to find it tiresome. I have responsibilities and things to do. If you're interested in 1613 Freemasonry you know you'll get the straight scoop. There is no financial gain here and nothing to be gained by me telling you that you don't have to join a thing, just do it yourself. You need to be prepared to face the trident, over and over and over again.

Bottom line, we are the only successful expression of independent communal Freemasonry in the world. The hate us because we threaten there ROI as well as the false cocoon of exclusivity they've built around themselves. They will always hate us, get over it and get on.

Or step off. Either way.

IN LVX,

Brad

In Memoriam

Today has been a rough day for me. This morning I learned of the passing of a great man, Brother and friend. Nelson King was what I feel a Mason should be. He was an activist. A true progressive who fought against racism and other undesirable elements in the Craft. While he was a mainstream Freemason he and I always had a good relationship since we started corresponding in the summer of 2007. I considered Bro. King to be one of the rare beacons of light in a sea of profanity.

We had many conversations through the years and I could always count o him to challenge me to be a better man. I could also count on his unconditional friendship and support. He could also count on mine.

I don't really like spending a huge amount of time on what I can't control. As a pragmatist I don't see the value in such things. The afterlife being one of those topics. For tonight however, I'll let myself hope. Bro. Nelson King, I'll miss you very much.

Nation, a friend and ally has fallen today.

To learn more about the life of this great Brother please visit his website. Information regarding his memorial service can also be found there.

IN LVX,

Brad Cofield

Checking In

Been over a month since my last blog. I figured it only appropriate to check in and post on my birthday to let everyone know all is well. My daughter is growing fast and taking up a ton of my time. We have new developments with the Nation, including the establishment of new lodges and Chapters.

Lot's of big news to come. Stay tuned.

Until then, love and light to all.

1613

IN LVX,
1613

The crazy things people say

Some of it may be the heat, but summer time is a busy time for the fanboys. Some of the stuff I read about myself is pretty entertaining, some of it is pretty stupid, but it is never boring I will give them that.

One of the latest is that I told a fellow "Mason" over the phone to read Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma and simply open his own supreme council. That's odd, I never discouraged reading Morals & Dogma, in fact I do encourage reading it, in fact I encourage everyone read anything that will deepen their operative knowledge. I have no issue with anyone establishing anything, as is their right as free citizens under the canopy of Heaven to do, but that is not what we do. We don't operate as a supreme anything. It isn't something I advocate. Makes me wonder if the fanboys have just grown so lazy as to totally ignore my actual points of action.

It was also made clear that I told this same person to buy Duncan's Ritual and simply open his own lodge. Why would I do this if he is already a Mason? I have never told anyone to do this, not that I never will. I just simply haven't. I'm not the biggest fan of the Preston-Webb ritual found within Duncan's but whatever floats your boat.

Let's be clear. My individual position is that membership in and of itself means nothing. The initiatic experience and remanifestation is not simply to be a member, show up and be lead around a room in a hoodwink. It requires a deep change of life and a formal commitment to knowledge and its application in all aspects of everyday life. I no more consider a man or woman a Mason who goes through the degrees and then goes to the nearest bar to drink themselves into oblivion than I do the guy who would mow my lawn.

Freemasonry isn't an organization. It's not a product, it's not a club. It's a spiritual science and operative philosophy when applied to life is a vehicle from profanity to a divine state of being.

In my opinion, how the road is started is not as important to the destination.

A point of view from a Post-Modern Freemason.

1613

IN LVX,
Brad