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What does it mean to become a Freemason at sight?

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Normally, the process of becoming a Freemason is a matter of careful screening, long study and several rituals. However, Grand Masters traditionally have the right to "make a Mason on sight", which means to grant full membership by calling together an impromptu and unchartered Lodge and conferring all three degrees in one ceremony, often in truncated form. President Taft was made a Mason on sight. So was John Glenn. This prerogative is very rarely exercised, most significantly because the long study and rituals are essential for an understanding of the organization. Basically, if someone who was not an M.D. became an honorary doctor of Medicine, you wouldn't go to him for treatment.

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