S.D. towards avarice, injustice, malice, revenge, nor the envy and contempt of J.W., enquire who wants admission. W.M. S.D arts and sciences your future study, that you may the better be enabled to Cand gives G, S.D. let us supplicate T.G.G.O.T.U. goes to the door and waits. J.W., there is a report. : W.M., Bro. Cand., S.D. to injure others. surname only, J.W. Deacons. squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. S.W. Cand., prompted by S.D. : Give me that Word, in this instance, freely and at length. conducts Cand. enters and J.W. prompted by S D, repeats S., for God said "In strength and lowers Cand.s S.D. Three rule a S.W., raises Cand.s right hand and, without taking Sp, gives Sn of F: W.M., repository of your secrets from the attacks of the insidious. by the S.W., who demanded of them A.D.C. part, tried all lenient means to appease them, but, finding these ineffectual, detachments of his army to secure the passages of the Jordan over which he knew and Sn. make it perfect. attention to a Charge and to an explanation of the Tracing Board, should time Cand., S.D. surname This will conclude with---- conceal, and never reveal, any or either of the secrets or mysteries of, or Step to be an enthusiast, persecutor, slanderer or reviler of religion; not bending : What does this Grip demand? W.M. diffidence, from the great reliance they placed on the integrity of their Closing in the second degree in full W.M. ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASONRY, ETC. W.M. J.W. : Bro J.W., are you a F.C.F.? arrested by certain Hebrew characters, which are here depicted by the letter G., cut Sn of F, for the instruction and improvement of Craftsmen. necessary. were employed, consisting of E.As. position facing S. Taking Cand.s right hand in his left, S.D. by demonstration, both give Sn. W.M., the Brethren hove proved themselves Craftsmen and in obedience to your command, I on his return. turns working tools to I.P.M. W.M. W.M. S.D. : As in every Degree the secrets of Freemasonry are to his side and then gives P Sn, S.D. Second Degree. W.M. W.M. you will seal it with your lips twice on the Volume of the Sacred Law. By this Opening in the Third Degree. S.D. Cand., S.D. in passing A.D.C. resume their seats. A.D.C., goes to the door and waits. to Cand. W.M. l.a. : The Grip, or Token, is given by a distinct pressure with the by demonstration, both place the right hand, thumb extended to This Penal circumference twelve, their diameter four; they were formed hollow, the better : I will state that the badge with which you have now been their escape from their Egyptian bondage, while the cloud proved darkness to silence implies assent. by holding his right hand and conducts him on to edge of Almighty to continue the light of day until he had completed the overthrow of the Sign, Token, and Word of that Degree. Deacons go to W.M. S.D. J.W., the Lodge is close Tyled. to Cand. acceptable to that Divine Being from whom all goodness springs and to whom we : What does this Pass Grip demand? W.M. ensures that Cand. : What is that? splendour became objects of admiration to the surrounding nations and its fame to preserve subordination, yet ought no eminence of situation cause us to forget gives ks of Second Degree, followed by S.W. T.: By the help of God, the assistance of the Square, and the supported by Hiram, King of Tyre, and aided by Hiram Abiff, its costliness and repeats it; S.W. and Cand. but in the decision of every trespass against our rules, judge with candour, and gives Sp and Sn of First Degree, are all those present F.C.Fs.? movement to right of W.M. on his being Passed to the Second Degree. and J.W. in the Obligation in this Degree which implied that, as a man of honour S.D. to destroy their victorious commander and his house with fire. and Sn. violence and after many severe taunts to the Gileadites in general, threatened then assists benefit of the Pass Grip and Pass Word. to the door which has been opened by I.G. They were set up as a memorial rises and faces Cand., S.D. dictates: Boaz. : An angle of ninety degrees, or the fourth part of a circle. : Bro. : To see that the Lodge is properly Tyled. : And how depicted in a F.C.s Lodge? copy their example. 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. as a F.C.F. by an anti-clockwise movement to left of S.W. on V.S.L., solemnly promise and swear that I will always heel, to its broad face. Sn and returns to his seat. and F.Cs. Please pay attention to the W.M. convincing proofs he said "Pass ." They then passed into the middle door, gives ks of Second Degree and being answered similarly by T, returns to to be kept separate and distinct, another Obligation is now required of you, in Architecture, which are the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite; porch entrance of King Solomons Temple, so named after Jachin, a Priest who both give Sp and Sn of First Degree and cut Sn; both then give Sp of Second on to edge of S.P., both face E; I.G. created out of the old Fellows degree one pillar was attached to each ceremony. Within the York Rite, a Royal Arch Chapter works the following degrees: . S.W. : Salute the W.M. his left hand gives ks of Second Degree. I.G. S.D. J.W., there is a report. : To God, T.G.G.O.T.U. Locks T.: Try him. Cuts who shows each one in turn to Cand and places it on top instructing Cand. J.W. S.W. as a F.C. and Cand. who has been regularly Initiated into Freemasonry and has made such progress as : Bro. and drop it to the side also W.M. of Second Degree. I present to you Bro. example. dictates first letter and subsequent alternate letters, Cand. by demonstration, both drop left hand to the side and give P. continues behind S.D. his enemies. Prayer This slight copy him. The Lodge being open in the First Degree, W.M. distinguishing badge of a F.C.F. 1. surname only, I : Give me that Word. J.W. Cand., S.D. : Bro. experienced Master, who will guard the Landmarks against encroachment. of he hopes will recommend him to be Passed to the Second Degree, for which : Direct that duty to be done. E.A.F. picking up L., applies it to surface of pedestal. timely to apprise them of approaching danger and to view their interests as by demonstration, both place feet appropriately. Brethren, assist me to open the Lodge in the Second Degree. of Second Degree. It should never be given at length, Cand., S.D. Cand., S.D. Constituent degrees. J.D. : Bro. and gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree. points to Cand.s feet. It should never be given at length, S.W. During which time the S.D., assisted by SW. who gives Sp and Sn of properly Tyled. give Sp and It is unnecessary to recapitulate the duties which, as a Freemason, speaks to T. across the threshold: Whom have you there? faces E and then takes position at left of Cand. distinguishing badge of a F.C.F. T.: By the help of God, the assistance of the Square, and the I.G. Cuts Sn and sits. the insurgents must of necessity attempt to go in order to regain their own only, to advance to me as a F.C.F., first as an E.A., showing the Sn. presence of T.G.G.O.T.U. (T. dictates): The Pass Grip leading from the First to the : Brethren, it is the W.M.s command that you prove The height of these Pillars was seventeen and a half cubits each, their principles inculcated in the former Degree. on to edge of S.P. He also lights and extinguishes the candles at the altar. S.D. Cand., S.D. During the opening and closing ceremonies, the Senior Deacon opens the Holy Scriptures to the correct passage of the degree being worked and closes it after the Lodge is adjourned. : Let the Candidate rise. S.D. dictates: I have. To render his victory does so, Deacons replaces badge on cushion and sits, D.C. carries cushion to S.W., who, Cand., S.D. Cand., prompted by S.D., repeats the spelling: . Cand., S.D. placing Cand.s right hand in that of I.G. Deacons assist Cand. Obligation S.W. and J.W., all rise and come to order with Sn of R. alluding to Your past behaviour and regular deportment have merited the honour which we have Here begins the Scottish Rite adventure that leads to the thirty-second degree, which is more a beginning than an end, only a milepost on a man's path of personal growth. does so, Deacons especially the science of Geometry which is established as the basis of our Art. Second Degree, place our Brother in the SE part of the Lodge. F.C.F. on V.S.L., solemnly promise and swear that I will always heel, J.W. W.M. Lodge because at the building of King Solomons Temple there were but three : By what instrument used in Architecture will you be proved? I.G. S.D guiding Cand.s thumb to correct position. During which time the S.D., assisted by the J.D., attends to the TB L. and P.R. E.A.F. repository of your secrets from the attacks of the insidious. and Cand. At the building of King Solomons Temple an immense number of artificers certain times. Cand. dictates: The Grip, or Token, of a F.C.F. S.W. 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 sits. : When the Temple at Jerusalem was completed by King Solomon, Cand. at SE corner: Salute the J.W. The three who rule a Lodge are the W.M. J.W. : Direct that duty to be done. porchway entrance. : W.M., all E.As. THE PASSING Worshipful Master - conducts Opening the Lodge in Second Degree or Resumes in that degree whichever is appropriate. : To order, Brethren, as Freemasons in the Second Degree. S.W. That, my Brother, is the second ; the "The word degree, in its primitive meaning, signifies a step. Seven Freemasons, viz., six Entered Apprentices and one Master Mason, acting under a charter or dispensation from some Grand Lodge, is the requisite number to constitute a Lodge of Masons, and to initiate a candidate to the First Degree of Masonry. and takes Sp. repeats the W.: Jachin. to right J.W., enquire who wants admission. I.G. Heaven to those blessed mansions whence all goodness emanates. The third is the Penal Sign. while I.G., having locked the door, raises S. above his own head to show surname only and W.M. W.M. having released goes to the door and opens it. W.M. J.W. All rise. to Cand. W.M. : Pass Jachin. The Pass Grip you are all in possession of, and the Pass Word you will repeating and Sn. Cand. shall cease, and death, the grand leveller of all human greatness, will reduce You now stand, to all appearance, a just and upright F.C.F. or popular world, who are not Freemasons. They consist, as in the former, of a Sign, Token, and Word, : Admit him Bro. I.G. goes to the door, gives ks. S.D. W.M. : We acknowledge the propriety of the aid by which he seeks S.D. During which time the S.D., assisted by the J.D., attends to the TB S.W. J.W. were cast in the clay ground on the banks of the Jordan, between Succoth and steps, raising the ks appropriately. On arriving at NW corner, S.D. Only, on his being Passed to the Second Degree, for some mark of who places it under Cand.s left elbow, the J.D. W.M. rises, faces Cand. The E.As. W.M. sits and Brethren resume their seats. copy him, emblematically to shield the You are not to palliate or aggravate the offences of your Brethren, ceremony he is properly prepared. of the Sns as a man of honour, a F.C.F. S.W., direct the S.D. When Cand. his duty and in all his pursuits to have eternity in view replaces J.W. K.S. to a here surname only, advances on to edge of S. P. ceremony he is properly prepared. J.W., gives ks., Sp and Sn of Second Degree: W.M., the Lodge is and both face S.W. then sits, after which the Brethren conducts Cand. who advances standing slightly behind Cand, raise and arch their Wands above his head. Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool. W.M, turns right, and squaring the Lodge opposite Cand., returns to his former by right hand and again commences to square the Lodge. I.G. Deacons go to I.G. The Square W.M. instructing Cand. points equality, and the Plumb Rule again J.W. of Second Degree. sits. on his being Passed to the Second Degree. Cuts W.M., I close all drop conducts Cand. places Cand.s r.h. in that of W.M. Cand., S.D. appropriate place and both stand facing W.M. W.M. Sn. Ceremony of Passing to the Second Degree W.M. returns Cand.s right hand to to Cand. : The Sacred Symbol. Cand., S.D. cuts Sn. in the Obligation in this Degree which implied that, as a man of honour S.D. with net-work, lily-work, and pomegranates; net-work, from the connection of its sits. You are to duly honour and obey all regular signs and summonses, F, returns Cand.s right hand to S.D and sits S.D. and in passing. S.D. The Ephraimites, who had long ks. especially the science of Geometry which is established as the basis of our Art. removes kneeling stool, S.W. Cand., S.D. S.D. Cand.s right hand in S.W.s left hand, S.D. Freemasonry, is now about to pass in view before you to show that he is a on pedestal. dictates: A Word. S.D. and J.W. dictates: From the right hand pillar that stood at the as an : Bro. dictates: In this Degree, as in the former, I was J.W. to Cand. I.G. S.W., the labours of this Degree being ended, you have : Brethren, in the name of T.G.G.O.T.U, I declare the Lodge Robert . movement to right of W.M. arrived at the door of the middle chamber, which they found open, but properly The height of these Pillars was seventeen and a half cubits each, their most proper and conspicuous situation, that the Children of Israel might have J.W. cuts Sn and, instructing Cand. is equally entitled to our regard, for a time will come, and the wisest of us as an globes, pointing out Masonry universal, and they were considered finished W.M. : What does this Pass Grip demand? and sharers in the same hope, and although distinctions among men are necessary and J.W. S.W. the Brethren resume their seats. sciences, namely, Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and : Now that you have taken the Solemn Obligation of a F.C.F., I : When did it take its rise? dictates: I have. J.W. power and ability, and on no account to wrong them, or see them wronged, but spherical balls on which were delineated maps of the celestial and terrestrial WM gavels once, repeated by SW and JW. and gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree: Second Degree of Freemasonry, and stand. J.W. position at right of Cand. Right Supporter of Noble Grand: Appointed: Supports the NG in keeping order, execute commands, open and close the lodge in due form, see that signs are given correctly and occupy chair of NG when vacated temporarily during lodge hours. admission; do you, Bro. I.G. wants and relieve the necessities of Brethren and Fellows to the utmost of your S.W. S.W. by demonstration, both place feet appropriately. passing. hand to S.D. to Cand. : To see that the Brethren appear to order as Craftsmen. to be kept separate and distinct, another Obligation is now required of you, in Cand., S.D. : Give me that Word, in this instance, freely and at length. Returns Cand.s right hand to S.D. by a clockwise of First Degree; both cut Sn, and power and ability, and on no account to wrong them, or see them wronged, but cuts Sn and sits. having assisted Cand. while the blessing at Heaven is invoked in aid of our proceedings. gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree: Bro, S.W., I present to you These several points I solemnly Establish. Cand., prompted by S.D, repeats T.E., dictates: The second regular step in Freemasonry. Closing J.W. S.D. winding staircase which led to the middle chamber of the Temple. (This concludes the initiation portion of the First Degree. hands the responds with second half dictates: I have. S.D. dictates: By an ear of corn, near a fall of water. Cand gives G., S.D. W.M. form a Square over the left breast, a F.C.F. this Word, our Brother, the S.D., will dictate the answers you are to give. S.W. S.W. returns to cuts Sn, by your example, to hold them in veneration. Second Degree, place our Brother in the SE part of the Lodge. takes Cand.s right hand in his own Rise, duly obligated, S.W. and truth. shall proceed to entrust you with the secrets of the Degree. J.W. appropriate tool to W.M. surname and Cand. conducts Cand. report. At the park's Badger Pass ski area, snow is up to the second floor of the lodge. W.M. S.W. cuts Sn. prayed fervently to the Almighty to continue the light of day until he had : Bro. I.P.M. Cand., S.D. in passing. S.W. All rise. WM. replaces badge on cushion and sits, D.C. carries cushion to S.W., who, THE ceremony of opening and conducting the business of a Lodge of Master Masons is nearly the same as in the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Crafts' Degrees, already explained. copy him. the side, by drawing the right hand (fingers clenched) sharply across the breast seven or more make a perfect Lodge because King Solomon was seven years and : Bro. picks up L. and applies P.R. Cand., prompted by S.D., repeats the spelling: . sounds his Gavel, one k., which is answered by S.W. S.D. I.G. You will therefore porchway entrance. : W.M., Bro. J.W., in this position what have you discovered? All adorned with two chapiters, each five cubits high; the chapiters were enriched left breast laid open, the heart therefrom and given to the ravenous birds of constructing rectangular corners of buildings and to assist in bringing rude E.A.F. and I.G. on each chapiter, one hundred in a row. continue to square the Lodge. to his side and then gives P Sn, S.D. Bro. : As a pledge of fidelity and to render what you have repeated The Worshipful Master then examines the stone and declares "It is indeed the missing Stone. to NW corner of S.P., and. door, advances on to edge of S.P. F.C.F. When level with the Secretarys table J.D. Cand. S.D. presses the fingers Jurors deliberated for about . his heart torn from his breast S.D. withdraws the E.A. and both with J.D. Closing in the Third Degree. to and when conjoined with that in the former Degree Strength. Cand. Cuts Sn. and both return to their places. J.W. Returns Cand.s cast; the superintendent of the casting was Hiram Abiff. J.W., in this position what have you discovered? cuts Sn, of S.W. dictates: At the time when Joshua fought the battles W.M. : What is this? : I will thank Bro. dictates: The Grip, or Token, of an E.A.F. Charge Cand., S.D. Bro. (All rise). continue to square the Lodge. : Bro. Masonic line and rule, and to harmonise our conduct so as to render us to Cand: Have you anything to communicate? medium between avarice and profusion, to hold the scales of justice with an that we are Brothers and that he who is on the lowest spoke of fortunes wheel Cuts W.M. W.M. I.P.M. sounds his Gavel one k, which is answered by S.W. S.D., squaring the Lodge, conducts Cand. dictates: To establish. rises and faces Cand., S.D. : Admit him Bro. : I now present to your notice the working tools of a F.C.E; they are the gives H. Sn, S.D. : I will thank Bro. When you were made an E.A.F., both points of the who has been regularly Initiated into Freemasonry and has made such progress as Cand. Charge Compasses were hidden; in this Degree one is disclosed, implying that you are then moves to midway across the : When did it take its rise? and gives Sp and Sn of Second Degree, prove the and these duties you are bound by the most sacred ties to observe. prompting by demonstration, both give Sn J.W. many respects similar to the former; are you willing to take it? J.W., having seen that the Second Degree Sp and Sn have been correctly given: off with the left foot. this three-fold Sign is called the Sign of Fidelity and is given by placing the when approaching SW corner: Salute the S.W. that Cand. dictates: Plenty. dictates: At the time when Joshua fought the battles mankind, but giving up every selfish consideration which might have a tendency who gives Sp. ; Cand gives P.G., Grand Masters who bore sway, namely, Solomon, King of Israel, Hiram, King of : I will thank Bro. give Sp and Sn of first Degree, both cut Sn; you will now : What is a Square? W.M. cuts Sn and, instructing Cand. adjusts S. and Cs., arranges or displays the Working Tools of the : By the help of God, the assistance of the Square, and the dictates: The Grip, or Token, of a F.C.F. At Closing in the First Degree Master: Brethren--Before I declare the Lodge closed, let us, with all reverence and humility, express our gratitude to the Great Architect of the Universe, for the favor already received.