LODGE TORYGLEN No. 1561
ENTERED APPRENTICE DEGREE
W.I.G.
W.J.W.
R.W.M.
W.J.W.
W.I.G.
W.J.W.
R.W.M.
C.M.
W.S.D.
C.M.
W.S.D.
C.M.
W.S.D.
C.M.
W.S.D.
W.S.D.
W.D.S.
W.S.D.
C.M.
W.J.W. THERE IS AN ALARM
R.W.M. THERE IS AN ALARM
ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE AND REPORT W.J.W.
SEE WHO COMES W.I.G.
CONDUCTOR WITH REPORT SEEKS ADMISSION W.J.W.
CONDUCTOR WITH REPORT SEEKS ADMISSION R.W.M.
ADMIT THE CONDUCTOR WITH REPORT W.J.W.
(CONDUCTOR PROCEEDS TO W SIGNS AS E.A. THEN TO C.M. IN EAST
WHO COMES, WHO COMES, WHO COMES HERE?
TIS I, TIS I, TIS I ON BEHALF OF A POOR CANDIDATE IN A STATE OF
DARKNESS, WHO HAVING BEEN WELL AND WORTHILY RECOMMENDED,
REGULARLY PROPOSED AND APPROVED OF, IN OPEN LODGE, NOW COME
OF HIS OWN FREE WILL AND ACCORD, HUMBLY SOLICITING TO BE
ADMITTED INTO THE MYSTERIES AND PRIVILEGES OF ANCIENT FMY C.M.
AND HOW DOES HE HOPE TO OBTAIN THESE GREAT AND GLORIOUS
PRIVILEGES OF WHICH YOU SPEAK WORTHY CONDUCTOR?
BY BEING A MAN, FREEBORN, SOUND IN BODY AND MIND, ABLE AND
WILLING TO WORK FOR THEIRDAILY BREAD SHOULD NECESSITY
REQUIRE HIM TO SO THEIR TRUST BEING IN GOD N.C.M.
THESE ARE INDEED THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL WHO
COME THIS WAY, DO YOU VOUCH THEY COME PROPERLY PREPARED?
I DO W.G.M.
THEN YOU WILL RETURN TO THE DOOR OF THIS WELL TILED LODGE
ASCERTAIN FROM THE CANDIDATE IN WHOM THEY PLACE THEIR TRUST,
THEIR ANSWER BEING TO YOUR ENTIRE SATISFACTION YOU WILL BID
HIM ENTER IN THE NAME OF THE G.A.U. AND BY COMMAND OF THE
R.W.M. YOU WILL THEN CONDUCT HIM TO A CONVENIENT PART OF THE
LODGE WHERE YOU WILL RECEIVE HIM ON THE POINT OF THIS SHARP
INSTRUMENT, PLACED TO HIS NAKED L.B. TEACHING HIM THE MORAL
LESSON THIS ACT IS INTENDED TO CONVEY (S.D. AT DOOR WITH
CANDIDATES).
WORTHY CANDIDATES IN ALL CASES OF DOUBT DIFFICULTY AND
DANGER IN WHO DO YOU PLACE YOUR TRUST? (CANDIDATES – IN ‘G’
YOUR TRUST BEING IN ‘G’ IN THE NAME OF THE G.A.U. AND BY
COMMAND OF THE R.W.M. ENTER THIS LODGE OF E.A.F.Ms. FOR THE
FIRST TIME. (CANDIDATES CONDUCTED TO LOW W).
WORTHY CANDIDATES CAN YOU HEAR? (CAND’S) YES.
WORTHY CANDIDATES CAN YOU SEE? (CAND’S) NO.
WORTHY CANDIDATES CAN YOU FEEL? (CAND’S.)YES.
IN THIS YOUR FIRST ENTRANCE INTO A LODGE OF E.A.F.M’s. YOU ARE
RECEIVED ON THE POINT OF A SHARP INTRRUMENT PLACED TO YOUR
NAKED L/B THUS (DO) TEACHING YOU AS ATHIS IS BUT A P-TO YOUR FIN THE MEANTIME SO MAY THE RECOLLECTION OF THIS ACT ABIDE
WITH YOU FOR ALL TIME AS A TORTURE TO YOUR MIND AND
CONSCIENCE SHOULD YOU EVER BE SO BASE AS TO IMPROPERLY
REVEAL ANY OF THE SECRETS WHICH MAY NOW OR AT ANY FUTURE
TIME BE INTRUSTED TO YOUR KEEPING. (W.S.D. RETURNS TO ADDRESS
C,.M.)
WORHTY C.M. THE CAND’S.
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN DUE AND
ANCIENT FORM AND NOW AWAIT YOUR FURTHER INSTRUCTION.
WORTHY CAND’S. BEFORE PROCEEDING FURTHER THERE ARE A FEW
QUESTIONS WHICH I MUST ADDRESS TO YOU WHICH I TRUST YOU WILL
ANSWER WITH CANDOUR AS NO MAN CAN BE MADE A “M” UNLESS HE IS
FREEBORN AND OF MATURE AGE. (THE EXCEPTION BEING THE SONE OF
A MEM. WHO MAY BE ADMITTED ON ATTAINING THE AGE OF 18 YEARS).
I DEMAND TO KNOW ARE YOU FREEBORN AND OF THE FULL AGE OF 21
YRS.? ARE YOU (CAND’S.-YES). DO YOU SERIOUSLY DECLARE UPON
C.M. -
C.M.
W.C.H.-
C.M.
C.M. -
C.M. -
W.J.W. W.S.D. -
W.J.W. W.S.D
W.J.W.
W.S.D.
W.S.W. -
YOUR HONOUR THAT UNBIASED BY THE IMPROPER SOLICITATIONS OF
FRIENDS AGAINST YOUR OWN INCLINATION AND UNINFLUENCED BY
MECENARY OR ANY OTHER UNWORTHY MOTIVE YOU DO FREELY/ AND
VOLUNTARILY OFFER YOURSELVES AS CAND’S.
FOR THE MYSTERIES
AND PRIVELEGES OF ANCIENT F.MY DO YOU (CAND’S. – YES).
DO YOU LIKEWISE DECLARE THAT YOU ARE PROMPTED TO SOLICIT
THESE PRIVELEGES FROM A FAVOURABLE OPINION PRECONCEIVED OF
OUR INSTITUTION A GENERAL DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE AND A SINCERE
WISH TO RENDER YOURSELVES MORE EXTENSIVELY SERVICEABLE TO
YOUR FELLOW CREATURES/ DO YOU/ (CAND’S. – YES).
AND DO YOU FURTHER SERIOUSLY DECLARE UPON YOUR HONOUR THAT
AVOIDING FEAR ON THE ONE HAND AND RASHNESS ON THE OTHER YOU
WILL STEADILY PERSEVERE THROUGH THIS THE CEREMONY OF YOUR
INITIATION AND IF ONCE ADMITTED WILL AFTERWARDS ACT AND ABIDE
BY THE ANCIENT USAGES ANY ESTABLISHED CUSTOMS OF OUR ORDER.
DO YOU? (CAND’S – YE0S). YOUR ANSWERS BIENG TO OUR ENTIRE
SATISFACTION YOU MAY NOW KNEEL OF BOTH KNEES FOR THE BENEFIT
OF LODGE PRAYER.
VOUCH SAFE THINE AID ALMIGHTY FATHER G.A.U. AND SUPREME RULER
OF THE UNIVERSE TO OUR PRESENT ASSEMBLY, AND GRANT THESE (5)
CAND’S. FOR F.MY. MAY SO DEDICATE AND DEVOTE THEIR LIVES SO THY
SERVICE AS TO BEOCME TRUE AND FAITHFUL BRE. AMONGST US.
ENDOW THEM WITH A COMPETENCY OF THY DIVINE WISDOM THAT,
ASSISTED BY THE SECRETS OF OUR MASONIC ART THEY MAY BE THE
BETTER ENABLED TO DISPLAY THE BEAUTIES OF TRUE HOLINESS TO THE
HONOUR AND GLORY OF THY HOLY NAME. BRE. SO MOTE IT BE.
WORTHY CAND’S IN ALL CASES OF DOUBT, DIFFICULTY AND DANGER IN
WHO DO YOU PLACE YOUR TRUST?. (CAND’S. – IN “G”).
YOUR TRUST BEING IN “G” YOUR FAITH IS WELL FOUNDED RELYING IN
SUCH SURE SUPPORT YOU MAY SAFELY ARISE AND FOLLOW YOUR
ENLIGHTENED GUIDE, WITH A FIRM BUT HUMBLE CONFIDENCE, 3 TIMES
ROUND THIS WELL TILED LODGE FOR WHERE THE NAME OF “G” HAS
BEEN INVOKED.
WE TRUST NO DANGER CAN NOR WILL ENSUE. THE BRE. IN THE N.E. S.E.
WILL TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE (5) WORTHY CANs. ARE NOW ABOUT TO
PASS IN VIEW BEFORE YOU TO SHOW THAT THEY COME PROPERLY
PREPARED TO BE ADMITTED INTO ANCIENT FREEMASONRY. (SD. LEADS
CANs. BY RT. HAND 3 TIMES ROUND LODGE THEN STOPS AT W.J.W.).
IF THE BRE. ARE SATISFIED THEY WILL SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNER
BY MARKING THRICE. (BRE. THEN SEATED. CONDUCTED KNOCKS THREE
TIMES).
WHO COMES, WHO COMES, WHO COMES HERE?
TIS I, TIS I, TIS I ON BEHALF OF (5) POOR CANs. IN A STATE OF DARKNESS
WHO HAVING BEEN WELL AND WORTHILY RECOMMENDED, REGULARLY
PROPOSED AND APPROVED OF IN OPEN LODGE NOW COME OF THEIR
OWN FREE WILL AND ACCORD HUMBLY SOLICITING TO BE ADMITTED TO
THE MYSTERIES AND PRIVELEGES OF ANCIENT F.MY. W.J.W.
AND HOW DO THEY HOPE TO OBTAIN THESE GREAT AND GLORIOUS
PRIVELEGES OF WHICH YOU SPEAK WORTHY CON.?
BY BEING MEN FREEBORN, SOUND IN BODY AND MIND, ABLE AND
WELLING TO WORK FOR THEIR DAILY BREAD SHOULD NECESSITY
REQUIRE THEM TO DO SO THEIR TRUST BIENG IN GOD W.J.W.
THESE ARE INDEED THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL WHO
COME THIS WAY, AND AS I SEE FOR MYSELF THEY COME PROPERLY
PREPARED, YOU HAVE NOW MY PERMISSION TO PASS TO THE W.S.W. IN
THE “W” FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION. PASS WORTHY CON.
CONDUCTS CANDS. TO THE “W” KNOCKS 3 TIMES.
TIS I, TIS I, TIS I ON BEHALF (5) POOR CANDS. IN A STATE OF DARKNESS,
WHO HAVING BEEN WELL AND WORTHILY RECOMMENDED, REGULARLY
PROPOSED AND APPROVED OF IN OPEN LODGE NOW COME OF THEIR
W.S.W.
W.S.D. -
W.S.W. -
C.M. W.S.D. -
C.M. W.S.D. C.M. W.S.D. C.M. W.S.D. C.M. -
W.S.D. -
W.S.W. -
C.M. -
C.M. -
OWN FREE WILL AND ACCORD HUMBLY SOLICITING TO BE ADMITTED TO
THE MYSTERIES AND PRIVELEGES OF ANCIENT FMY. W.S.W.
AND HOW DO THEY HOPE TO OBTAIN THESE GREAT AND GLORIOUS
PRIVILEGES OF WHICH YOU SPEAK WORTHY CON.?
BY BEING MEN FREEBORN SOUND IN BODY AND MIND, ABLE AND
WILLING TO WORK FOR THEIR DAILY BREAD SHOULD NECESSITY
REQUIRE THEM TO DO SO, THEIR TRUST BEING IN GOD W.S.W.
THESE ARE INDEED THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL WHO
COME THIS WAY, AND AS I SEE FOR MYSELF THEY COME PROPERLY
PREPARED. YOU HAVE NOW MY PERMISSION TO PASS TO THE W.G.M. IN
THE EAST FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION. PASS WORTHY CONDUCTOR.
(W.S.D. CONDUCTS CANDS. TO “e” KNOCKS 3 TIMES).
WHO COMES, WHO COMES, WHO COMES HERE?
TIS I, TIS I, TIS I ON BEHALF OF (5) POOR CANDS.
IN A STATE OF
DARKNESS WHO HAVE BEEN WELL AND WORTHILY RECOMMENDED,
REGULARLY PROPOSED AND APPROVED OF IN OPEN LODGE NOW COME
OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL AND ACCORD HUMBLY SOLICITING TO BE
ADMITTED TO THE MYSTERIES AND PRIVILEGES OF ANCIENT FMY.
WORTHY C.M.
THE TONGUE OF GOOD REPORT HAS ALREADY BEEN HEARD IN THEIR
FAVOUR. FROM WHENCE COME YOU?
FROM THE “W” W.C.M.
WHITHER ARE YOU DIRECTING YOUR STEPS?
TOWARDS THE “E” W.C.M.
WHY LEAVE THE “W” TO TRAVEL “E”. WORTHY CON.”
IN SEARCH OF MASONIC “L” W.C.M.
YOUR PURPOSE IF LAUDBALE AND YOUR DESIRE SHALL BE ATTENDED
TO. MEANTIME YOU WILL RETRACE YOUR STEPS TO THE “N” PLACE
THESE WORTHY CANDS. IN THE HANDS OF THE W.W.s. THE SENIOR OF
WHOM WILL TEACH THEM THE PROPER METHOD OF ADVANCING TO THE
ALTAR, THAT PLACE OF ALL MASONIC “L” FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DUE
AND ANCIENT FORM.
PASS WORTHY CON. (CON ADVANCES TO “W”
W.Ws ADVANCE TO “E” TO RECEIVE CON.).
W.Ws. S & W IT IS THE W.C.Ms. COMMAND THAT I PLACE THESE (5)
WORTHY CANDS. IN YOUR CARE AND THAT YOU W.S.W. WILL TEACH
THEM THE PROPER METHOD OF ADVANCING TO THE ALTAR THAT PLACE
OF ALL MASONIC “L” FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DUE AND ANCIENT FORM.
WORTHY CANDS. THE PROPER METHOD OF ADVANCING TO THE ALTAR
THAT PLACE OF ALL MASONIC “L” IS BY A SERIOUS OF IRREGULAR
STEPS, BUT FIRST YOU WILL STAND PERFECTLY UPRIGHT, HEELS
TOGETHER, FEET IN FORM OF A SQUARE. TAKING YOUR TIME FROM ME
TAKE ONE PACE FORWARD WITH YOUR LEFT FOOT, STEP, BRING THE
HOLLOW OF THE RIGHT INTO THE HEEL OF LEFT STEP. (REPEAT A 2 ND.
AND 3RD. TIME). WORTHY C.M. THE CANDS. HAVE BEEN ADVANCED IN
DUE AND ANCIENT FORM AND NOW AWAIT YOUR FURTHER
INSTRUCTIONS.
WORTHY CANDS. IT IS MY DUTY TO INFORM YOU THAT MASONRY IS
FREE AND REQUIRES A PERFECT FREEDOM OF INCLINICATION IN EVERY
BAND FOR ITS MYSTERIES, THAT IT IS FOUNDED ONTHE PUREST
PRINCIPLES OF PIETY AND VIRTUE AND POSSESSES MANY GREAT AND
VALUABLE PRIVILEGES BUT IN ORDER TO SECURE THESE PRIVILEGES TO
WORTHY MEN, AND WE TRUST TO WORTHY MEN ONLY, VOWS OF
FIDELITY ARE REQUIRED, BUT LET ME ASSURE YOU, THESE VOWS
ARENOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH YOUR MORAL, CIVIL OR RELIGIOUS
DUTIES.
ARE YOU THEREFORE WILLING TO TAKE A SOLEMN
OBLIGATION FOUNDED ON THESE PRINCIPLES TO KEEP INVIOLATE THE
SECRETS & MYSTERIES OF OUR ORDER. ARE YOU? (CANDS. – YES).
THEN THE WORTHY DEACONS WILL CONDUCT YOU TO THE ALTAR.
(PLACE CANDS. ROUND ALTAR).
WORTHY CANDS. YOU WILL NOW KNEEL ON YOUR BARE LEFT KNEE
BRINGING YOUR RIGHT FOOT TO THE LEFT TO FORM A SQUARE. IS THIS
THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE KNELT AT THE ALTAR OF FMY. (CANDS.
REPLY – YES)
WELL IN TOKEN OF THIS YOU WILL EXTEND TO ME YOUR LEFT HAND –
PALM UPWARDS. WORTHY CANDS. DO YOU ACCEPT AN OATH TAKEN
ON THE HOLY BIBLE TO BE BINDING ON YOUR SOUL AND CONSCIENCE
FOR ALL TIMES.
DO YOU? (CANDS. REPLY – YES). THEN IN TOKEN OF THIS YOU WILL
EXTEND TO ME YOUR RIGHT HAND – PALM DOWNWARDS. YOU NOW
HOLD BETWEEN YOUR EXTENDED PALMS THE HOLY BIBLE WHICH WILL
NOW BE KNOWN TO YOU AS THE V.S.L. AND IT’S IN THIS POSITION THAT
THE OBLIGATION WILL BE ADMINISTERED TO YOU BY THE R.W.M. BR.
..............
R.W.M.
WORTHY CANDS. WE WILL BEGIN THE O.B. WITH THE PERSONAL
PRONOUN 1. FOLLOWED BY YOUR OWN NAME IN FULL 3 DISTINCT TIMES
AND THEREAFTER REPEAT WHERE I DICTATE OBLIGATION.
R.W.M. I ............... I .................... I ........................ IN THE NAME OF THE G.A. OF U AND
IN THIS PROPERLY CONSTITUTED LODGE OF E.A. FMS. OF MY OWN FREE
WILL AND ACCORD DO HEREBY SWEAR BY ALMIGHTY GOD, THAT I WILL
NEVER REVEAL ANY OF THE SECRETS BELONGING TO F.MY. I WILL NOT
WRITE OR PRINT THESE SECRETS SO THAT THEY MAY BE UNLAWFULLY
OBTAINED BY ANYONE NOT ENTITLED TO KNOW THE M. NOR WILL I BE
PRESENT AT THE INITIATION OF A WOMAN INTO FMY. UNDER PRETEXT
WHATSOEVER, I ALSO PLEDGE MYSELF TO UPHOLD & MAINTAIN THE
CONST. & LAWS OF THE G.L.S. THOSE OF THIS OLDGE, LODGE TORYGLEN
NO 1561 ON THE ROLE OF THE G.L.S. WHICH I SHALL ALWAYS
ACKNOWLEGE TO BY MY MOTHER LODGE AND IF ANYTHING HAS BEEN
OMITTED I SHALL HOLD THIS BINDING ON MY SOUL AND CONSCIENCE
WHEN I DO RECEIVE IT HERE AND NOW AND IN THIS HUMBLE POSITION.
TO ALL THESE POINTS I SOLEMNLY SWEAR FIDELITY WITH NO MENTAL
RESERVATIONS IN MY WHATSOEVER COMING UNDER NO LESS A
PENALTY THAN THAT OF BEING BRANDED A WILFULLY PERJURED
INDIVIDUAL VOID OF ALL MORAL WORTH AND UNFIT TO BE RECEIVED
INTO THIS OR ANY LODGE OR SOCIETUY OF MEN WHO PRIZE HONOUR
AND VIRTUE ABOVE ALL ELSE AND AS I HAVE SWORN SO HELP AND
ENABLE ME THOU G.U.A. TO KEEP ME STEADFAST INTHIS MY SOLEMN
O.B. AS AN E.A.FM. BRE. THE ANCIENT PENALTY ON ANYONE WHO
DIVULGED THE SECRETS OF THIS DEGREE WAS THAT ETC. BUT IN THESE
MORE ENLIGHTENED TIMES WE NEITHER COULD OR WOULD INFLICT
SUCH A PENALTY, INSTEAD WE PREFER TO RELY SOLELY ON THE MORAL
ONE, AND AS THIS HAS BEEN A MOST SERIOUS AND SOLEMN O.B. YOU
HAVE TAKEN UPON YOURSELVES, I WOULD ASK YOU TO DETATCH YOUR
HANDS, LEAN FORWARD AND SEAL THIS OB. BY KISSING THE V,S.L. 3
DISTINCT TIMES. (THE LORD BLESS AND KEEP THEE).
RESTORATION
C.M. N.O.E.A.FMS. IN YOUR PRESENT STATE OF DARKNESS WHAT IS YOUR
INNERMOST DESIRE? (CANDS. – “L”)
“L” YOU HAVE ASKED FOR AND “L” YOU SHALL RECEIVE FOR IN THE
BEGINNING GOD SAID LET THERE BE “L” AND THE “L” SHONE FORTH.
BRE. HAVING BEEN RESTORED TO THE BLESSING OF MATERIAL “L” LET
ME DIRECT YOUR ATTENTIONS TO WHAT WEREGARD AS THE 3 GREAT
THOUGH EMBLEMATICAL “L’S” IN FMY VIZ. V.S.L. LYING OPEN WITH THE
SQE. & COMPS. RESTING THEREON. THE V.S.L. IS GOD’S GREAT GIFT TO
MAN TO RULE & GOVERN HIS FAITH, THE SQ. TO SQ. HIS ACTIONS AND
THE COMPASSES TO KEEP HIM WITHIN DUE BOUNDS OF ALL MANKIND
BUT MORE PARTICULARLY WITH HIS BRE. IN FMY. YOU ARE ABLE TO
DISCOVER THESE 3 GREAT “L’S” BY THE AID OF THE THREE LESSER “L’S”
WHICH IN THIS LODGE SHINE ABOVE THE R.W.M. IN THE “E”. THEY
REPRESENT THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE R.W.M., THE SUN TO RULE THE
DAY. THE MOON TO GOVERN THE NIGHT AND THE R.W.M. TO RULE AND
GOVERN HIS LODGES WIHT LIKE REGULARITY. SHOULD YOU AR ANY
TIME BE ASKED IF YOU SAW ANOTHER “L” YOU WILL ANSWER YES, I
SAW A BRO. ADVANCING FROM “E” TO “W” TO IMPART THAT “L” TO ME,
AND I DO SO UNDER THE DUE GUARD AND SIGN OF AN E.A.FM.
THUS.......................... SAYING ARISE N.O.A.PM.
(COND. PLACES BRE. IN
LOW “W” FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION).
SIGNS & SECRETS
C.M. HAVING TAKEN THE GREAT AND SOLEMN OB. OF AN E.A.FM. I AM NOW
PERMITTED TO INFORM YOU THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL DEGREES TO
FMY. WITH PECULIAR SIGNS RESTRICTED TO EACH. THESE HOWEVER
ARE NOT COMMUNICATED INDISCRIMINATELY BUT ARE CONFERRED
UPON CANDS. ACCORDING TO MERIT & ABILITY, I SHALL THEREFORE
NOW PROCEED TO INSTRUCT YOU WITH THE SIGNS OF THIS DEGREE OF
THOSE MARKS BY WHICH MASONS ARE KNOWN TO EACH OTHER AND
DISTINGUISHED FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, BUT I MUST PREMISE
FOR YOUR GENERAL OBSERVATION THAT ALL SQ/L/P ARE TRUE AND
PROPER SIGNS TO KNOW A MASON BY, AND AS A SHORT TIME AGO YOU
TOOK 3 IRREGULAR STEPS FROM 2 TO 3 IN SEARCH OF “ML” I SHALL NOW
ADVANCE FROM E TO W TO IMPART THAT LIGHT TO YOU, AND I DO SO
UNDER THE DUE G. OF AN E.A.FM. THUS BRE. YOU ARE NOW EXPECTED
TO STAND PERFECTLY UPRIGHT YOUR FOOT IN THE FORM OF A SQ. YOUR
BODY BE THUS CONSIDERED AN EMBLEM OF YOUR MIND AND YOUR
FEET THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS. YOU WILL NOW TAKE ONE
SHORT PACE FORWARD WITH YOUR LEFT STEP, BRING THE HOLLOW OF
YOUR RIGHT INTO THE HEEL OF THE LEFT, THAT IS KNOWN AS YOUR
FIRST REGULAR STEP IN FMY. AND IT IS IN THIS POSITION THAT THE
SECRETS WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU BY MYSELF WITH THE AID
OF THE W.W.s. WORTHY DEACONS. (C.M. SHOULD HAVE W.W.s TO HIS
LEFT RT. WORTHY DEACONS FOLLOWING SUIT). C.M. TO CANDS. BRE. I
WOULD ASK YOU TO PAY STRICT ATTENTION TO WHAT IS ABOUT TO
TRANSPIRE BETWEEN THE W.W.s. , Wy./Ds. AND MYSELF AS IT IS BEING
DONE SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUR INSTRUCTION.
W.S.W. WHAT IS THIS?
W.S.W. S. OR C. WY.C.M. (C.M. EXPLAINS TO CANDS).
C.M.
W.J.W. WHAT IS THIS?
W.J.W. J OF F/B WY..C.M. (C.M. EXPLAINS TO CANDS.).
C.M. WY.S.D. WHAT IS THIS?
WH.S.D. - J OF E WY.C.M. (C.M. EXPLAINS TO CANDS.)
C.M.
WY, J.D. WHAT IS THIS?
WY.J.D. - P OF V FROM D TO L WY.C.M. (C.M. EXPLAINS TO CANDS.).
C.M.
W.S.W. WHAT IS THIS?
W.S.W. THIS IS “L” WY.C.M. OR THE REAL OR G.G. OF AN E.A.FM. KNOWN THE
WORLD OVER.
C.M.
IS THIS GRIP COMPLETE W.S.W.?
W.S.W. IT IS NOT WY.C.M. – IT DEMANDS A WORD.
C.M. AND WILL YOU GIVE ME THAT WORD W.S.W.?
W.S.W. I WILL NOT WY.C.M. AT MY INITIATION I WAS TAUGHT TO BE CAUTIOUS
WITH ALL WORDS AND ONLY TO GIVE THEM IN THE MANNER I SO
RECEIVED THEM.
C.M. W.J. W. WILL YOU GIVE ME THE WORD?
W.J.W. THE SAME STRICT CAUTION AS THE W.S.W. WY.C.M. (EXPLAIN NEED FOR
CAUTION).
C.M. HOW WILL WE ARRIVE AT THIS WORD W.S.W.?
W.S.W. I’LL LETTER IT WITH YOU WYU.C.M.
C.M. VERY WELL W.S.W. WE’LL LETTER IT, YOU BEGIN.
W.S.W. NO, YOU BEING THE INTERROGATOR, YOU MUST BEGIN.
C.M. VERY WELL W.S.W. I WILL BEGIN – (W.S.W. REPLIES – FOLLOWED BY
W.J.W. – C.M. COMPLETES WORD THEN TURNS TO W.S.W. – AND THE
WORD IS W.S.W. ?)
W.S.W. CAUTION WY.C.M. (EXPLAIN TO CANDS. PECULIAR WAY OF SPELLING
C.M. -
W.S.W. C.M. -
W.S.W.
C.M. SIGNS
C.M.
APRON
W.S.W. -
CAUTION)
BRE. THE WORD IS DERIVED FROM THE LEFT HAND PILLAR AT THE
PORCH OR ENTRANCE TO K.S.T. SO NAMED AFTER “B” THE GRT.
GRANDFATHER OF “D” A PRINCE AND RULER OF ISRAEL AND THE
IMPORT OF THE WORDS MEANS STRENGTH. W.S.W. WILL YOU BE OFF OR
FROM?
OFF WY.C.M.
THEN WE CAN GO NO FURTHER (C.M. ALONG WITH W.W.s. AND W.D.s.
REPAT EVERYTHING WITH THEIR CANDIDATE). W.S.W. WHAT DOES A M.
DO WITH HIS LEFT HAND?
COVERS HIS WORK WY.C.M.
SO THAT HIS LABOURS MAY BE CONTINUED BY DAY AS WELL AS BY
NIGHT AND NO ONE WILL BE ANY THE WISER.
BRE. THE Ss. OF THIS DEGREE ARE 3 IN NUMBER, FIRST I WILL
DEMONSTRATE & EXPLAIN THEM TO YOU, THEN YOU WILL COPY MY
EXAMPLE. THE 1ST S. IS THE S. OF FID. AND IS DONE BY PLACING THE
RIGHT HAND ACROSS YOUR LEFT BREAST THUS: EMBLEMATICAL OF
KEEPING THE SECRETS OF OUR MASONIC ART IN THE SAFE AND SACRED
REPOSITORY OF OUR HEART.
THIS SIGN WILL NOW AND AT ANY
FUTURE TIME WHILE ON YOUR FEET IN THE LODGE BE ADOPTED BY
YOU.
THE NEXT S. IS THE OB. S. AND IS DONE THUS: IT IS
EMBLEMATICAL OF THE TIME YOU KNELT AT THE ALTAR OF F.MY. FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND HELD THE V.S.L. BETWEEN YOUR EXTENDED
PALMS. THE 3RD. IS THE P.S. AND IS DONE THUS: THIS S. ORIGINATES
FROM THE ANCIENT PENALTY INFLICTED ON ANYONE WHO DIVULGED
THE S. OF THIS DEGREE AND YOU SWORE THAT YOU WOULD RATHER
HAVE YOUR .......................... RATHER THAN DISCLOSE THESE Ss THESE 3
SIGNS WHEN CONJOINED FORM THE WORKING S. OF THIS DEGREE AND
ARE DONE THUS: THERE IS ANOTHER S. WHICH IS PART OF THE
WORKING S. AND IS CALLED THE ST. TO O.S. AND IS DONE THUS: THIS IS
DONE AT THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE LODGE, AT THE OPENING
THE R.W.M. WILL SAY “TO ORDER BRE. AS AN E.A.FM.” YOU WILL THEN
DO THIS AND TURN YOUR HEAD AND EYES TO THE RIGHT, THUS HELPING
THRE R.W.M. TO PROOF HIS LODGE BY ENSURING THAT THE BRO. ON
YOUR IMMEDIATE RIGHT IS ADOPTING THE SAME POSITION. (EXPLAIN
KNOCKS).
BRE. BY COMMAND OF THE R.W.M. IT’S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INVEST
YOU WITH THE DISTINGUISHING BADGE OF ANE.A.FM. THUS: IT IS MORE
ANCIENT THAN THE GOLDEN FLEECE OR RAMON EAGLE, MORE
HONOURABLE THAN THE ORDER OF THE GARTER OR ANY OTHER ORDER
IN EXISTENCE, IT BEING THE BADGE OF INNOCENCE, AND THE BOND OF
FRIENDSHIP AND I STRONGLY EXHORT YOU EVER TO NEAR AND
CONSIDER IT AS SUCH. YOU WILL OBSERVE THAT THIS APRON IS MADE
OF LAMB’S SKIN, AND AS THE LAMB HAS BEEN IN ALL AGES THE
ACKNOWLDGED EMBLEM OF INNOCENCE AND PURITY, IT WILL REMIND
YOU OF THAT PURITY OF LIFE AND ACTIONS WHICH SHOULD AT ALL
TIMES DISTINGUISH A FM. I TRUST YOU MAY LIVE MANY YEARS TO
WEAR IT WITH PLEASURE TO YOURSELF, USEFULNESS TO THE CRAFT,
AND HONOUR TO THE LODGE IN WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN INITIATED, AND
LET ME FURTHER EXHORT YOU NEVER TO DISGRACE IT FOR YOU MAY
BE ASSURED THAT IT WILL NEVER DISGRACE YOU. I MUST FURTHER
ADD TO THESE OBSERVATIONS THAT YOU ARE NEVER TO PUT ON THAT
BADGE SHOULD YOU BE ABOUT TO ENTER A LODGE WHERE THERE IS A
BRO. WITH WHOM YOU ARE AT VARIANCE OR AGAINST WHOM YOU
ENTERTAIN ANY ANIMOSITY. IN SUCH CASES IT IS EXPECTED YOU WILL
INVITE HIM TO RETIRE IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY SETTLE YOUR
DIFFERENCE AMICABLY, AND IF THAT BE HAPPILY EFFECTED YOU MAY
THEN CLOTHE YOURSELVES, ENTER THE LEDGE AND WORK TOGETHER
WITH THAT LOVE AND HARMONY WHICH SHOULD AT ALL TIMES
CHARACTERISE F.MY. BUT SHOULD YOUR DIFFERENCES BE OF SUCH A
NATURE AS NOT TO BE SO EASILY ADJUSTED, IT WOULD BE BETTER
THAT ONE OF BOTH OF YOU RETIRE RATHER THAN THE HARMONY OF
THE LODGE TO BE DISTURBED BY YOUR PRESENCE.
(CANDS.
CONDUCTED TO N.E. FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION.)
N.E. CORNER
BRE. IT IS CUSTOMARY AT THE ERECTION OF ALL STATELY AND SUPERB
EDIFICES TO LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE AT THE N.E. CORNER OF THE
BUILDING, YOU BEING SENT NEWLY ADMITTED INTO F.MY. ARE PLACED
THERE, FIGURATIVELY TO REPRESENT THAT STONE AND FROM THE
FOUNDATION LAID THIS EVENING MAY YOU RAISE A SUPERSTRUCTURE
PERFECT IN ALL IT’S PARTS, AND HONOURABLE TO THE BUILDER. YOU
NOW STAND TO ALL EXTERNAL APPEARANCES JUST AND UPRIGHT MEN
& MASONS AND I GIVE IT TO YOU IN TERMS OF STRONG
REOCMMENDATION EVER TO CONTINUE AND ACT AS SUCH, INDEED, I
SHALL IMMEDIATELY PROCEED TO PUT YOUR PRINCIPLES IN SOME
MEASURE TO THE TEST, BY CALLING ON YOU TO EXERCISE THAT VIRTUE
WHICH MAY JUSTLY BE DENOMINATED THE DISTINGUISING
CHARACTERISTIC OF A.F.Mc. HEART – I MEAN CHARITY. I TRUST I NEED
NOT HERE DILATE ON ITS EXCELLENCE DOUBTLESS IT HAS OFTEN BEEN
FELT AND PRACTISED BY YOU. SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT IS HAS THE
APPROBATION OF HEAVEN & EARTH, AND LIKE ITS SISTER MERCY, IT
BLESSETH HIM WHO GIVES AS WELL AS HIM WHO RECEIVED INA
SOCIETY SO SODELY EXTENDED AS THAT OF F.MY. WHOSE BRANCHES
ARE SPREAD OVER THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE, IT CANNOT BE
DENIED THAT WE HAVE MANY BRE. OF RANK AND AFFLUENCE
AMONGST US, NEITHER CAN IT BE CONCEALED THAT AMONG THE
THOUSANDS WHO RANGE UNDER ITS BANNERS THERE ARE MANY WHO,
PERHAPS FROM CIRCUMSTANCES OF UNFORSEEN MISFORTUNE AND
CALAMITY, ARE REDUCED TO THE LOWEST STATE OF POVERTY AND
DISTRESS. ON THEIR BEHALF IT HAS BEEN OUR USUAL CUSTOM TO
AWAKEN THE FEELINGS OF EVERY INITIATE, BY MAKING SUCH A CLAIM
ON HIS CHARITY AS HIS CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIFE MAY FAIRLY
WARRANT: ANYTHING THEREFORE, THAT YOU MAY FEEL DISPOSED
TOGIVE, YOU MAY DEPOSIT WITH OUR WYTRES. OR J.D. AND IT WILL BE
THANKFULLY RECEIVED AND FAITHFULLY APPLIED.
(APPEAL TO
CANDS.)
W.J.D.
WY.C.M. THE CANDS. HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE.
C.M. WORTHY CANDS. IF YOU HAD IT WOULD YOU GIVE IT? (CANDS. – YES).
C.M. BRE. I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE HONOURABLE SENTIMENTS BY
WHICH YOU ARE ACTUATED, LIKEWISE ON THE INABILITY WHICH
PRECLUDES YOU FROM GRATIFYING THEM, BELIEVE ME THIS TRIAL WAS
NOT MADE TO SPORT WITH YOUR FEELINGS, BUT IT WAS DONE FOR
THREE SPECIAL REASONS. FIRST, TO PUT YOUR PRINCIPLES TO THE TEST,
SECONDLY, TO EVINCE TO THE BRE. THAT YOU HAD NEITHER M. OR M.
SUBSTANCE ABOUT YOU, FOR IF YOU HAD THE CEREMONY THUS FAR
WOULD HAVE TO BE REPEATED, AND THIRDLY, AS A WARNING TO YOUR
OWN HEART, THAT SHOULD YOU AT ANY FUTURE TIME MEET A POOR,
WORTHY, DISTRESSED BRO. WHO MAY CLAIM YOUR ASSISTANCE YOU
WILL THINK OF THE PARTICULAR MOMENT YOU WERE ADMITTED INTO
MASONRY, P AND P-, AND CHEERFULLY EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITY OF
PRACTICING TOWARDS HIM THAT VIRTUE YOU NOW PROFESS TO
ADMIRE.
WORKING TOOLS
BRE.
HAVING BEEN CLOTHED AS E.A. F.Mc. IT’S ONLY PROPER THAT YOU
HAVE THE TOOLS WITH WHICH TO WORK. I NOW PRESENT TO YOU THE
WORKING TOOLS OF AN E.A.FM. VIZ. 24” GUAGE, THE MALLET AND THE
CHISEL. THE 24” GAUGE IS USED BY OPERATIVE MASONS TO MEASURE
AND LAY AOUT THEIR WORK, SO AS TO COMPUTE THE TIME LABOUR IT
MAY COST. THE MALLET IS AN IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT OF LABOUR
AND NO WORK OF MANUAL SKILL CAN BE COMPLETED WITHOUT. WITH
THE CHISEL THE EXPERT CRAFTSMAN GIVES FORM AND REGULARITY TO
THE SHAPELESS MASS OF STONE, IT IS CAPABLE OF MAKING AN
IMPRESSION ON THE HARDEST SUBSTANCE AND THE MIGHTIEST
STRUCTURES ARE INDEBTED TO ITS AID. AS WE ARE NOT OPERATIVE
BUT FREE AND ACCEPTED OR SPECULATIVE MASONS, WE APPLY THESE
TOOLS WITH MORAL SENSE. THUS, FROM THE 24” GAUGE WE LEARN A
LESSON OF DAILY ADMONITION AND INTRUBTION FOR AS IT IS DIVIDED
INTO 24 EQUAL PARTS IT REMINDS US OF THE 24 HOURS OF THE DAY,
AND DIRECTS US TO APPLY THEM TO THEIR PROPER OBJECTS NAMELY,
PRAYER, LABOUR, REFRESHMENT AND SLEEP. THE MALLET TEACHES
US THAT SKILL WITHOUT EXERTION IS OF LITTLE AVAIL – THAT LABOUR
IS THE LOT OF MAN, FOR THE HEART MAY CONCEIVE AND THE HEAD
MAY DEVISE INVAIN, IF THE HAND BE NOT PROMPT TO EXECUTE THE
DESIGN.
FROM THE CHISEL WE LEARN THAT PERSEVERANCE IS
NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH PERFECTION, THAT THE RUDE MATERIAL
RECEIVES ITS FINE POLISH FROM REPEATED EFFORTS ALONE AND THAT
NOTHING SHORT OF UNTIRING EXERTION CAN INDUCE THE HABIT OF
VIRTUE , ENLIGHTEN THE MIND AND PURIFY TRHE SOUL, AND FROM THE
WHOLE WE DEDUCE THIS MORAL, THAT KNOWLEDGE GROUNDED
ONACCURACY (24” GAUGE”, AIDED BY LABOUR “(MALLET) AND
PROMPTED BY PERSEVERANCE, WILL FINALLY OVERCOME ALL
DIFFICULTIES, RAISE IGNORANCE FROM ITS NATIVE DARKNESS, AND
ESTABLISH HAPPINESS IN THE PATHS OF LIFE.
CHARTER & BYELAWS
BRE.
AS IN THE COURSE OF THE EVENING YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON FOR
CERTAIN FEES, IT IS ONLY PROPER THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BY HWAT
AUTHORITY WE ACT.
ON THE DIAS IN FRONT OF THE R.W.M. IS A
CHARTER OR WARRANT FROM THE G.L.S., AUTHORISING AS TO HOLD A
LODGE AND CONFER DEGREES, ONTHE LEFT OF R.W.M. IS A CERTIFICATE
ISSUED ANNUALLY FROM G.L. SIGNIFYING THAT WE ARE WORKING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH G.L. LAWS. THESE 3 BOOKS WHICH LIE ON THE
R.W.Ms. DIAS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR EARLY PERUSAL. WITH
THE FIRST TWO YOU WILL LEARN WHAT YOU OWE THE CRAFT
INGENERAL. THE FIRST BOOK IS THE LAWS & CONS. OF G.L.S. THE
SECOND IS THE BYELAWS OF THE P.G.L.G. AND THE LATTER BEING THE
BYELAWS OF THIS YOURM.L. WHICH WILL TEACH YOU WHAT YOU OWE
TO YOUR M.L. IN PARTICULAR. THEY CAN BE BORROWED IN “OPEN
LODGE” BUT MUST NEVER BE REMOVED AS THE LODGE WOULD NOT BE
PROPERLY CONSTITUTED WITHOUT THEM.
MODE & MANNER
BRE.
NO DOUBT YOU CONSIDER THE MODE OF YOUR PREPARATION RATHER
STRANGE.
YOU WERE B/F SO THAT YOUR HEART MIGHT CONCEIVE
BEFORE YOUR EYES BEHELD THE BEAUTIES OF F.MY. YOU HAD A C/T 3
TIMES ROUND YOUR NECK, YOUR L/B WAS LAID BARE TO PROVE YOUR
SEX AS YOU SWORE IN YOUR O.B. NOT TO BE PRESENT AT THE
INITIATION OF A WOMAN INTO F.MY. UNDER ANY PRETEXT
WHATSOEVER. YOUR RT/A WAS LAID BARE TO SHOW THAT YOU HAD
NEITHER WEAPONS OF OFFENCE OR DEFENCE, THE RULES OF OUR
ORDER FORBIDDING ONE, THUS RENDERING THE OTHER UNNECESSARY.
YOUR LT/K WAS LAID BARE AS IT WAS UPON IT THAT YOU TOOK YOUR
O.B. AND AS THE LEFT SIDE OF A MAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED
THE WEAKER, THIS, YOUR FIRST O.B. IS CONSIDERED THE WEAKEST,
HENCE THE REASON YOU TOOK IT ON YOUR LT/K. YOU WERE NEITHER
B/FT OR SHOD, BUT “SLIPSHOD”, THIS WAS AN ANCIENT CUSTOM IN
ISRAEL AS OUR WY/CHAP. WILL READ FROM “RUTH” CHAPTER 4 VERSUS
7,8.
CHAP,
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C.M. YOU WILL NOW HAND TO ME YOUR L/SHOE WITH YOUR RT/HAND.
READS 9TH VERSE.
THE BRE. ASSEMBLED WILL TAKE NOTICE THAT THESE BRETHERN
HAVING PURCHASED F.MY AT MY HANDS AND AT HAVING PAID THEIR
TOKEN AND IN CONFIRMATION OF THE BARGAIN I NOW RETURN THEIR
SLIPPERS.
BRE. SOME PEOPLE KNOWING YOU WERE COMING HERE
TONIGHT MAY QUESTION YOU TOMORROW AS TO HOW MUCH IT COST
YOU TO BECOME A F.J. YOU MAY IMMEDIATELY THINK OF THE SUM YOU
PAID TO OUR W/TREA. HOWEVER A MONETARY REPLY WOULDNOT BE
MASONICALLY CORRECT, INSTEAD DRAW YOUR L/FT 3 TIMES ALONG
THE GROUND AND IF THE PERSON IN QUESTOIN IS AMASON HE WILL BE
SATISFIED, BUT SHOULD YOU BE FURTHER QUESTIONED SIMPLY REPEAT
AS ABOVE ALONG WITH THE PHRASE “I PAID AN OLD SHOE OF MY
MOTHER’S”. THESE SLIPPERS BEING THE PROPERTY OF YOUR M/L YOU
WOULD HAVE GIVEN A CORRECT MASONIC REPLY.
FOREWORD
OBLIGATIONS AND CHARGES CAN BE CONDENSED OR LENGENTHED
ACCORDING TO ONE’S FANCY BUT MUST ALWAYS CONTAIN ALL
RELEVANT FACTS OF DEGREE IN QUESTION: OTHERWISE MOST WORK
OS AS PER BOOK. IN THE EVENT OF DIFFICULTY WITH A PARTICULAR
WORD A SIMPLE SUBSTITUTE WITH THE SAME MEANING MAY BE
APPPLIED E.G. IN THE E.A. DEGREE THE WORD INDEFATIGABLE IS
SUBSTITUTED WITH THE WORD UNTIRING.
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