I don’t know that I know a Freemason in Massachusetts, and I used the Find a Lodge option. Living basically a stone’s throw from the Cambridge/Somerville city line and, additionally, being part of the Harvard community, makes based upon geography and affiliation, well, makes even approaching any lodge a little daunting. That many lodges are based out of the same address makes the options confusing as well.
For one interested in what would basically be a “cold” approach, does any have any words of advice on how to go about this? What are the basic and/or practical differences between local lodges? Is it just cast and meeting date, or are there differences in average age, for instance, or size, special interest in particular types of social activities, etc.? Reason says that in an organization which increases its membership through referral would produce a situation where its local affiliates have their own “subcultures,” for lack of a better term. The logic is, you are approached by those whom you know, and generally these people tend to be like you in some way(s). How applicable is this reasoning even?
