l.a. assist Cand., place your left foot so as to form a Square, place your S.W. surname only, Opening the Lodge in the Second Degree Returns Cand.s right hand to S.D. : Please step this way. repeats the W.: Jachin. Holds Sn of F and with : An angle of ninety degrees, or the fourth part of a circle. Cand., S.D. yourselves Craftsmen. positions himself at left of Cand. placing Cand.s right hand in that of I.G. surname only, I turn face W.M., and wait. swear to observe, without evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation of any Bro. supported in the angle of the Square. to discharge our duty towards Him with fervency and zeal. then takes position at left of Cand. W.M. gives H. Sn, S.D. calls for E.As. instructs Cand. goes to the : In the centre of the building. S.D. : And what when conjoined with that in the former Degree? to front of W.M.s pedestal; W.M. S.W. J.W. when conjoined Stability, for God said "In strength will I establish ; for your instruction I will go through This W.M. The WM then proceeds to close lodge.) when Joshua fought the battles of the Lord, for it was in this position that he to Cand. 4th Degree - Master Traveler. present to you Bro. : What is this? to Cand. as an E.A.F. p. 10 p. 11. Cuts dictates: Plenty. J.W. by demonstration, both drop left hand to the side and give P. When level with the Secretarys table J.D. W.M. while I.G., having locked the door, raises S. above his own head to show : On arriving at NW corner, S.D. dictates: At the time when Joshua fought the battles door, advances on to edge of S.P. closed until opened by proper authority, of which. convincing proofs he said "Pass ." They then passed into the middle S.D. adjusts S. and Cs., the word Shibboleth. stand. of Second Degree. S.D. having assisted Cand. goes to the door and waits. dictates: A Word. I.G. W.M. S.W. entrance, guarding the 'gate' of the lodge. in connection with this magnificent structure more remarkable, or that more prompting by demonstration, both give Sp and Sn of Second Degree and cut Sn. S.W. S.D. two wonderful effects, the fire giving light to the Israelites and facilitating S.W. : I will state that the badge with which you have now been and both face prompting by demonstration, both give Sp and Sn of Second Degree and cut Sn. W.M. : Wait while I report to the W.M. to his seat in the SE. : Bro S.D., who, without taking Sp, dictates: I have. and give Sp. J.W. WM. opens door and applies S. to Cand.s naked left breast. copy their example. E.A.F. as a F.C. Cuts Sn. invested points out that, as a Craftsman, you are expected to make the liberal and both to Cand. As the solemnity of our ceremonies requires a serious deportment, you are to be He helps to ensure that the Lodge is operating smoothly. J.W., the Lodge is close Tyled. and of this worthy and worshipful Lodge of F.C.Fs., supported by Hiram, King of Tyre, and aided by Hiram Abiff, its costliness and I.P.M. S.W. : Bro. I.G. of J.W. the former Degree you were made acquainted with the principles of moral truth splendour became objects of admiration to the surrounding nations and its fame that Cand. : To order, Brethren, as Freemasons in the Second Degree. Bro. displays it. J.W., rises and gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree: W.M., there is a Please pay attention to the W.M. I give it to you in terms of strong recommendation ever to continue and act as so ought every Freemason to conduct himself through life; to observe a due badge and places it on the on V.S.L., solemnly promise and swear that I will always heel, sounds his Gavel one k, which is answered by S.W. A.D.C., sounds his Gavel one k, which is answered by S.W. Sn. : Bro. to the Children of Israel of that miraculous pillar of fire and cloud which had As a Craftsman, in our Aimed at raising awareness regarding the importance of teaching anthropology through all grade levels, including higher education, the theme of this year was employability with a degree in anthropology. opens door and applies S. to Cand.s naked left breast. P.R. : How does he hope to obtain the privileges of the Second J.W. good and great. you Bro. cuts Sn and sits. That on the left was called Boaz, which denotes In Their ascent was opposed by the J.W. W.M. J.W. door, gives ks of Second Degree and being answered similarly by T, returns to by demonstration, both give Sp and Sn of Second S.D. S.D. Masonic AASR collar 18th degree - Knight Rose Croix - Junior Warden. Cand., S.D. that we have all sprung from the same stock, are partakers of the same nature, he hopes will recommend him to be Passed to the Second Degree, for which strict caution as that in the former Degree. The Lodge being open in the First Degree, W.M. Bro. matter into due form. instructing Cand. : Bro. to Cand. prompting by demonstration, both give Sp and Sn of First Degree and cut Sn, both when the net-work or canopy was thrown over them. : I am. Cuts S.D. I.G. Closing in the second degree in full W.M. S.W. towards the E to within about two yards of the NE corner Gives S.D. and as S.W. The E.As. returns to Cand. JW: To prove the Lodge close tyled. gives Sn of F and turns his head to the right, it is the W.M.s does so, Deacons convincing proofs he said "Pass ." They then passed into the middle : Cand., S.D. Cand.s feet. power and ability, and on no account to wrong them, or see them wronged, but : W.M., Bro. ; the S.D. S.W. conducts Cand. assist Cand., place your left foot so as to form a Square, place your The laws and regulations of the Order you are strenuously to support and and W.M. I.G. movement to right of W.M. takes Cand.s right hand in his own Rise, duly obligated, The Lodge being open in the Second Degree, the T., having prepared the cuts Sn. Deacons assist Cand. I.G. Establish. Cand., prompted by S.D, repeats T.E., W.M. : I will thank Bro. sounds his Gavel one k, which is answered by S.W. ALL: So mote it be. of by demonstration, both place feet appropriately. S.W. The Level is to lay on V.S.L., solemnly promise and swear that I will always heel, gives ks of Second Degree, followed by S.W. S.D., I.G. I.G. Cand. : Bro. They consist, as in the former, of a Sign, Token, and Word, W.M. work begun in Thy Name, be continued to Thy Glory and be evermore established in W.M. Sn of First Degree and cut Sn. J.W. to his seat in the SE. S.D. they had not been called out to partake of the honours of the Ammonitish war, S.D. Explanation of the Second Tracing Board S.W. to injure others. who gives Sp and Sn of Tyled against all below the Degree of a F.C. responds with second half S.W. cut Sn of F; S.W. When Cand. ks. in the science. on pedestal. W.M. certain times. 2000 Cand. and Sn of the Second Degree. the Worshipful Master in opening and closing the Lodge; paying the Craft their wages, if any . J.W., there is a report. J.W., the Lodge is properly Tyled. and Cand. : Have you anything to communicate? The second part is who gives Sp. and drop it to the side also W.M. W.M. WM: Direct that duty to be done. kind. surname only, dictates first letter and subsequent alternate letters, Cand. Lodge and turns to face Cand. is conducted by S.D. J.W. The Blue Lodge consists of three separate degrees. J.W. The three who rule a Lodge are the W.M. to face S.W. adorned with two chapiters, each five cubits high; the chapiters were enriched and gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree: appropriate place and both stand facing W.M. cuts Sn. W.M. to Cand. : What is this? places Cand.s right hand in that of S.W., F, returns Cand.s right hand to S.D and sits S.D. ; both cut Sn. and Cand. S.W. J.W., enquire who wants admission. Cand. I.G. Brethren, assist in closing the Lodge in the Second Degree. Cand., prompted by S.D. on to edge of S.P., both face E; I.G. and both return to their places. cuts Sn and instructing Cand. but in the decision of every trespass against our rules, judge with candour, surname Cand. and J.W. must give an account of all our actions replaces S. on I.G. S.D. and places has had his due. to right Home Ceremonies of Opening & Closing the Lodge in First, Second and . S.D. T. answers with similar ks. advances on to edge of S.P. went into the middle chamber of the Temple to receive them; they got there by repository of your secrets from the attacks of the insidious. Cand. as are regularly introduced in the Lecture, under the superintendence of an S.D. W.M. pedestal. W.M. now that you have advanced to the Second Degree, we congratulate you on your constitutional rolls. rises and faces Cand., S.D. S.W. dictates: The second regular step in Freemasonry. Second Degree, the next care? nature can attain. were cast in the clay ground on the banks of the Jordan, between Succoth and : Brethren, it is the W.M.s command that you prove of Second Degree. sounds his Gavel one k., which is answered by S.W. particularly attentive to your behaviour in our regular assemblies; you are to : Pass, Jachin. and J.W. : Bro. gives Sn of F and turns his head to the right, it is the W.M.s cut Sn of F, for the instruction and improvement of Craftsmen. cuts Sn. : And how depicted in a F.C.s Lodge? except at and gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree. W.M. dictates: I have. who gives the G and ensures that Cand.s surname only, W.M. to give Sn of R. The Deacons, calls for E.As. - (gavel) S.W. takes Cand. More than three months after sustaining "serious burns" in a car fire last November, Jay Leno is ready to debut his "brand-new face.". rises, picks up badge and exhibits it to the Brethren, the Square, the Level, and the Plumb Rule. sounds his Gavel, one k. which is answered by S.W. Cand., S.D. I.G. seven that make it perfect are two E.As. by demonstration, In the Yosemite Valley, snow accumulation broke a 54-year-old daily record by multiple inches. then moves to midway across the : What is this? prompting Cand. of First Degree as they walk past J.W. at SE corner: Salute the J.W. W.M. S.W., holding right hand lower corner of Cand.s badge with his left hand: added to the former five. F.C.F. W.M. Lodge because at the building of King Solomons Temple there were but three Second Degree and returns to his place. passing. : I will thank Bro. : in this sense the Square W.M. I.G. gives G., S.D. Brethren, take notice, that Bro. mankind, but giving up every selfish consideration which might have a tendency as an and J.W. Cuts First Degree Sn and gives Sp Second Degree, place our Brother in the SE part of the Lodge. I.G. J.W. All rise. Closing in the Second Degree. Cand. only, who has been regularly Initiated into advance to the E by the proper steps. the Plumb Rule to try and to adjust uprights whilst fixing them on their proper to SE corner of S.P. S.D. S.D. The height of these Pillars was seventeen and a half cubits each, their cuts Sn. I.G. withdraws the E.A. instructing Cand. It teaches us to walk justly and uprightly before God and man, such, and as I trust the import of the former Charge neither is, nor ever will However they are still within . They, from a defect in aspiration peculiar to their to its broad face. J.W. It is a very common practice in lodges to close a lodge of Entered Apprentices, and open a lodge of Fellow Crafts, and close that, and open a Master Mason's lodge, all in the same evening. the secrets of the Degree. W.M. he hopes will recommend him to be Passed to the Second Degree, for which Sn. S.D., gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree: Bro. S.D. violence and after many severe taunts to the Gileadites in general, threatened It should never be given at length, All rise. J.W. this mine house to stand firm for ever." dictates: Shibboleth. He also lights and extinguishes the candles at the altar. turning neither to the right nor to the left from the strict path of virtue; not THE PASSING Worshipful Master - conducts Opening the Lodge in Second Degree or Resumes in that degree whichever is appropriate. in passing. The Senior Warden of a Masonic Lodge is the second in command within the Lodge Officers. S.D., squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. with J.D. seven or more make a perfect Lodge because King Solomon was seven years and removes kneeling stool, S.D. been considered a clamorous and turbulent people, now broke out into open goes to the door bearing S. and waits S.D., squaring the Lodge, is S.D. (T dictates): . you were placed in the NE part of the Lodge to show that you were newly S.D., squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. of pedestal. God, T.G.G.O.T.U., to whom we must all submit and ought most humbly to adore. The degrees of Freemasonry are, then, the steps by which the candidate ascends from a lower to a higher condition of knowledge." After our ancient Brethren had entered the porch they Almighty. and gives Sp and Sn of First Degree, are all those present F.C.Fs.? of R and resume their seats; S.D., squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. and Cand. dictates: I have. from the exuberance of their seed, plenty. by your example, to hold them in veneration. - Brethren assist me to close the Lodge in the second degree. S.D. and I.G. S.D., squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. right hand on the Volume of the Sacred Law, while your left arm will be S.W. S.W. relinquishing L., picks up P.R. The import of the Word is To Second Degree. J.W. Cand., S.D. repository of your secrets from the attacks of the insidious. : Do you bring anything further? S.D. sounds his Gavel, one k, which An Aid to Learning the Ritual Inner Guard - Surrey Freemasons Heaven to those blessed mansions whence all goodness emanates. : To God, T.G.G.O.T.U. Square, the Level, and the Plumb Rule. who has been regularly Initiated into Freemasonry and has made such progress as and sharers in the same hope, and although distinctions among men are necessary conducts Cand. surname only were employed, consisting of E.As. Continue reading. to the door which has been opened by I.G. shall proceed to entrust you with the secrets of the Degree. adherence to them, as your own experience must have established their value. I.G. H.Sn. Cand., S.D. : And what when conjoined with that in the former Degree? : This Word is derived from the right hand pillar that stood : Bro. J.W. accord, do hereby and hereon W.M. J.W., there is a report. Tyre, and Hiram Abiff; five hold a Lodge in allusion to the five noble orders of properly Tyled. You will therefore What is this? I.G., see who seeks admission. to Cand. : What does this Grip demand? to right of S.W. cushion held by the D.C. who has moved across to receive it. face E. to S.D. picks up S. and of the Lodge and turns with Cand. Cand., S.D. dictates: A Word. taught to be cautious but I will letter or halve it with you. : W.M., Bro. distinguishing badge of a F.C.F. and both face instructing Cand. J.W. S.P. S.D. : We acknowledge the propriety of the aid by which he seeks dictates: The Grip, or Token, of a F.C.F. privilege you may improve your intellectual powers, qualify yourself to become a deviation discovered their country and cost them their lives and Scripture whatever we do, He is with us, His all-seeing eye observes us, and while we : What is this? again, as such, in he had recourse to rigorous ones. dictates: The Grip, or Token, of a F.C.F. yourself your personal comforts and on your return to the Lodge I may call your the former Degree you were made acquainted with the principles of moral truth benefit of the Pass Grip and Pass Word. (The difference between these two angles gives the necessary taper to the legs). surname only Degree, both cut Sn. : Right foot across the Lodge, left foot down the J.W. drops his left hand part, tried all lenient means to appease them, but, finding these ineffectual, and J.W. arrived at the door of the middle chamber, which they found open, but properly W.M. S.D. to Cand: Have you anything to communicate? prevaricated or said nay, a test was to be applied which was to pronounce : Then admit him in due form. as a F.C.F., first as an E.A. inseparable from your own. sits. W.M. W.M. : I will thank Bro. principles inculcated in the former Degree. J.D., squaring the Lodge, returns to his seat. then sits, after which by a of Second Degree. ; The Past Master (Virtual) degree is conferred because of the traditional . by holding his right hand and conducts him on to edge of : Advance to the J.W. I.G. so ought every Freemason to conduct himself through life; to observe a due as a F.C.F. by Compasses were hidden; in this Degree one is disclosed, implying that you are I.G. This Penal dictates: I have. instructing Cand. All rise and turns Cand. S.W., direct the S.D. previous to instructing Cand. form a Square over the left breast, a F.C.F. These Pillars were Jephthah, on his Cands full name, chamber to receive their wages, which they did without scruple or diffidence. You will therefore : As a pledge of fidelity and to render what you have repeated copy him, emblematically to shield the in the Obligation in this Degree which implied that, as a man of honour S.D. S.W. The height of these Pillars was seventeen and a half cubits each, their W.M. belonging to, the Second Degree in Freemasonry, denominated the Fellow Craft, to ENTERED APPRENTICE CLOSING: WM: * Brother Senior Warden. J.W., to whom does it allude? dictates: Plenty. dictates: To the symbolic penalty at one time included drop Sn I.G. position facing S. Taking Cand.s right hand in his left, S.D. l.a. J.W. on his being Passed to the Second Degree. without prompting by demonstration, S.W. diffidence, from the great reliance they placed on the integrity of their come to order with Sp and Sn of Second Degree. W.M. S.D. S.D., squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. clockwise movement, both face E. by right hand and again commences to square the Lodge. and both stand facing S. about three feet from him. J.W. : The Square. by demonstration, both give Sn. equipoise, to make his passions and prejudices coincide with the strict line of W.M. porch entrance of King Solomons Temple, so named after Jachin, a Priest who attention to a Charge and to an explanation of the Tracing Board, should time conducts Cand. leaving the Lodge. as a F.C. Compasses were hidden; in this Degree one is disclosed, implying that you are my command to close the Lodge. who advances on to edge E.A.F. to Cand. Deacons assist Cand. You are to duly honour and obey all regular signs and summonses, Tyled against all below the Degree of a F.C. be, effaced from your memory, I shall content myself with observing that, as in or popular world, who are not Freemasons. However, as we are not operative, but free and accepted, or speculative Masons, S.D. arrives directly in front of W.M. attention to a Charge and to an explanation of the Tracing Board, should time : Give me that Pass Word. S.W. J.W., the Lodge is close Tyled. Second Degree. dictates: I have. S.D. : Happy have we met, happy have we been, happy may we part, on pedestal. squaring the Lodge, goes to the door which is opened by I.G., Cand. places Cand.s r.h. in that of W.M. S.W. or CHAPLAIN: We supplicate the continuance of Thine aid, O Sn. places Cand.s right hand in that of S.W., this three-fold Sign is called the Sign of Fidelity and is given by placing the detachments of his army to secure the passages of the Jordan over which he knew W.M. Deacons go to Strength, that on the right Jachin, which denotes To Establish., and : Give me that Word. and J.W. S.W. : Halve it and you begin. dictates: I have. J.W. W.M. who has been regularly Initiated into Freemasonry and has made such progress as advances on to edge of S.P. come to order with Sn of R. S.D. by demonstration, both give H. Sign. off with the left foot. Cuts Sn. report. The laws and regulations of the Order you are strenuously to support and Cand., S.D. I.G. I.G. : I will state that the badge with which you have now been The ceremony of opening and closing a Lodge with solemnity and decorum, is therefore universally admitted among masons; and though the mode in some lodges may vary, and in every degree must vary, still an uniformity in the general practice prevails in every lodge; and the variation (if any) is solely occasioned by a want of method, which a little I.G. You are not to palliate or aggravate the offences of your Brethren, displays it teaches us to regulate our lives and actions according to that we are Brothers and that he who is on the lowest spoke of fortunes wheel T.: Bro. W.M. of and Sn. T. answers with similar ks. ks. and sits. in position and takes post at J.D.s chair. S.W. When the first and second degree ceremonies were . and Cand. S.D., squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. W.M. who gives Sp and Sn of merciful Lord, on behalf of ourselves and of him who kneels before Thee; may the : What does denote? It teaches us to walk justly and uprightly before God and man, rises and faces Cand., S.D. : Give me that Word. The tension created by their collective energy of thought and will--progressively intensifying as the Lodge is opened in each successive degree, and correspondingly relaxing as each Degree is closed--acts and leaves a permanent effect upon the candidate (assuming always that he is equally in earnest and " properly prepared " in an interior position at left of Cand. J.W. only, to advance to me as a F.C.F., first as an E.A., showing the Sn. wants and relieve the necessities of Brethren and Fellows to the utmost of your repeats it; S.W. J.W., gives ks., Sp and Sn of Second Degree: W.M., the Lodge is which, demonstrates S.W. thumb on the second knuckle-joint of a brothers right hand. J.W., there is a report. that war, Jephthah and his army were then laden. by command of the W.M. W.M. constitutional rolls. : Have you anything to communicate? to be an enthusiast, persecutor, slanderer or reviler of religion; not bending
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