ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT BREAKDANCING AND FREEMASONRY
IN THE MEANTIME, here are some answers to your questions from the comments.
RE: MAJORD AND MADFIST'S DISCUSSION about the attainability of the 33rd Degree within Freemasonry, in this case you should consider the messenger before you blame the popper/locker. My conversation with Grand Master Priest regarding his Craft was brief, and I may have gotten some details wrong. I also think he may be somewhat older than he appears in the photograph, because breakdance and Masonry, in combination, make you immortal.
RE: ANONYMOUS, the answer is YES. The man I met is certainly the "Grand Master Priest" who is on staff at the Mystical Grand Masters School of Popping. But I must have gotten the name wrong somehow. The masked man in the video certainly has the moves. But according to his bio at the MGMSOP, that man was born in ancient Lemuria. So I cannot say for sure if that is also the man I met in Philadelphia.
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Unlikely a freemason for the following reasons:
-The 33rd degree is only bestowed on a few (usually very old) scottish rite masons who've put in decades of service to the organization.
-'Priest' is not part of any titles in masonry.
-A freemason belonging to any sanctioned organization would never hide their identity. As is often said, 'Masonry is not a secret society, but a society with secrets'.
33rd is also bestowed to - usually very old fellows - in the Brazilian rite. In Brazil it is the more common rite after Scottish rite and is adopted by lodges federated to the GOB (Grande Oriente do Brazil) wich is a regular obedience.
As I wrote before, to be "Grand Master" he should preside a Grand Lodge or a Grand Orient. And yeah... there are no "priests" is masonry.
#3, #4, Umm, yeah, I don't think anyone said Priest was a title. It's also a name, you know.
i'm pretty sure both priest holmes and maxi priest are freemasons as well.
I don't think 33rd degree Masons are all THAT rare. I'm pretty sure my dad is one. He told me it's an honorary degree. Glenn Ford was a 33rd degree mason too. Every time he would appear on our tv screen he'd tell me that. I can't find support for this in my 2 min of Googling, but I believe him. I guess it's possible he's wrong, but if anybody says my dad is wrong in this comment section, or worse: to my face...I'll sock ya. How dare you?
I'm not sure about him being a 33rd degree Mason, but every time Foster Brooks showed up on tv Dad would remind me that Brooks is a Mason as well. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since Foster Brooks was on my tv.
In regular obediences it is not a fast thing to go to the 33rd. There are non regular obediences that sell the title for a certain price... Much like these "non accredited diplomas from recognized institutions" sold via internet.
How are you enjoying AnnArbor, John?
It's my hometown and a place I spent many years of educational toil, as well as drunken debauchery and other substance abuse.
What are you're plans while here?
#7 ~ Of the roughly 2+ millions of us in the US today, about 4%(-) hold the honorary title of the 33rd degree.
Rare? Not as rare as the coelacanth, but certainly not as common as people that write left-handed. How many Lefties do you know? Statistically speaking, you know a little less than half as many 33rd degree Masons.
#8 You are 100% correct in that there are ways of 'buying' the title from non-sanctioned entities (I'll gladly sell it or any other title to you for $5,000). That said, buying a title is about like buying a degree; it is worth less than the paper is is printed on (you can still sell the blank paper to someone else before I print your name on it)and absolutely nothing to the only people that it should mean something to ~ Other Accepted Masons.
In regard to the question of one of the requirements being that the man be 'free-born', no, this has nothing at all to do with the vile, loathsome slavery of Africans in the early periods of our Nation's history. Nor is it (nor has it ever been) a way of preventing those same from joining.
The requirement to be 'free-born' simply means that you can say, without reservation, that nobody has any control over your actions, your beliefs, or your ability to make your own decisions. Being a "free" man in this way is very possibly the most important lesson in Freemasonry.
#3 ~ Thank you for the correction. As is often the case, you don't invite me to parties so I don't include Brazil in my replies. = )
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've a 9:30 Moon flight to catch. We're christening a wing of our newest glass city in Henry Kissinger's name. (Okay, not really.)
"I may have gotten some details wrong."
"But I must have gotten the name wrong somehow."
"I cannot say for sure..."
I'm looking forward to a more uncertain explanation.
CAP away, chief. I'm not bothered in the least. I'm happy to have you.
Since the CAPS police have been ever-present on the interweb we've developed a surplus of capital letters out there. Somebody needs to use them up.
Also, I think we should all agree that italics represent an Italian accent, much the way CAPS are said to represent volume. Then we can jump all over the people who are occasionally blogging in a fake accent. Weirdos!