THE ARCANE SCHOOLS - Fort Myers Beach Masonic Lodge No. 362

ecapitulate the position, the rights and the responsibilities of an
unaffiliated Mason as follows:
1. An unaffiliated Mason is still bound by all his masonic duties and
obligations, excepting those connected with the organization of the
lodge.
2. He has a right to aid in imminent peril when _he asks for that aid
in
the_ proper _and conventional way_.
3. He loses the right to receive pecuniary relief.
4. He loses the general right to visit[95] lodges, or to walk in
masonic
processions.
5. He loses the right of masonic burial.
6. He still remains subject to the government of the Order, and may be
tried and punished for any offense as an affiliated Mason would be, by
the
lodge within whose geographical jurisdiction he resides.
Book Fourth.
Of Masonic Crimes and Punishments.
Chapter I.
Of What Are Masonic Crimes.
The division of wrongs, by the writers on municipal law, into private
and
public, or civil injuries and crimes and misdemeanors, does not apply
to
the jurisprudence of Freemasonry. Here all wrongs are crimes, because
they
are a violation of the precepts of the institution; and an offense
against
an individual is punished, not so much because it is a breach of his
private rights, as because it affects the well-being of the whole
masonic
community.
In replying to the question, "what are masonic crimes?" by which is
meant
what crimes are punishable by the constituted authorities, our safest