Introductory. Admission Of Candidates : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES. BY the regulations of the Fraternity, a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry cannot be initiated in any regular Lodge, without having stood proposed one regular meeting, unless a dispensation be obtained in his fav...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. The Furniture : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE FURNITURE OF THE LODGE Consists of the Holy Bible, Square, and Compasses. The Bible is dedicated to the service of God, because it is the inestimable gift of God to man, * * * *; the Square to the Master, because it is the proper Masonic...
Masonic Burial Services. Service In The Lodge Room : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 317 SERVICE IN THE LODGE-ROOM. The brethren having assembled at the Lodge-room, the Lodge will be opened briefly in the third degree; the purpose of the communication must be stated; and remarks upon the character of the deceased may be made...
Third Degree. Master Mason. King Solomon's Temple : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], * * * * * * * SECTION III. THIS section illustrates certain hieroglyphical emblems, and inculcates many useful and impressive moral lessons. It also details many particulars relative to the building of the Temple at Jerusalem. This magnificent...
Preface : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 8 "How far any will be guided by me I hope I shall always know myself so well as to leave that to their own choice. As to the inutility of my inquiries, and also the impartiality of them, here I confess myself to wish (as I think what I wish)...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Working Tools : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], The Working-Tools of a Fellow-Craft are the PLUMB, the SQUARE, and the LEVEL. The Plumb is an instrument made use of by Operative Masons, to try perpendiculars; the Square, to square their work; and the Level, to prove horizontals: but we...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Charge : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 216 CHARGE TO THE CANDIDATE. BROTHER: Your zeal for our institution, the progress you have made in our mysteries, and your steady conformity to our useful regulations, have pointed you out as a proper object for this peculiar mark of our...
Ritual For A Lodge Of Sorrow : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 345 RITUAL FOR A LODGE OF SORROW. BY JOHN W. SIMONS, PAST GRAND MASTER OF NEW YORK. 15* p. 346 p. 347 PREFACE. IN the performance of the ceremonies of a Lodge of Sorrow, it should be understood that the ritual, although necessarily...
Ancient Ceremonies. Installation Of The Officers : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 261 INSTALLATION OF THE OFFICERS OF A GRAND LODGE. AT the hour appointed for the installation of the officers of the Grand Lodge, the Installing Officer (who should be the retiring Grand Master, the actual Grand Master of another jurisdicti...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. The Symbolic : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE SYMBOLIC PILGRIMAGE. THE institution of Freemasonry--reaching backward until it loses itself among the mythological shadows of the past, its grand ritual and eloquent language of signs and symbols, originating in those distant ages--offers...
Regulations For Processions : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 344 REGULATIONS FOR PROCESSIONS. When the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, or either of the Grand Wardens, joins the procession of a private Lodge, proper respect is to be paid to the rank of that officer. His position will be immediately...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Illustrations : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 103 SECOND DEGREE. FELLOW-CRAFT. p. 104 "The Second, or Fellow-Craft's Degree is rendered interesting by those scientific instructions and philosophical lectures which characterize latter parts of the mysteries; though both of these Degrees...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Form : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], FORM AND DIMENSIONS OF THE LODGE. Its form is * * * *. Its dimensions, from east to west, embracing every clime between north and south. In fact, its universal chain of friendship encircles every portion of the human family, and beams wherever...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. The Winding Stairs : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE WINDING STAIRS. The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber.--I. KINGS vi. 8. * THE SYMBOLICAL STAIRWAY, which leads front the ground-floor to the Middle...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Charge : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], CHARGE TO THE CANDIDATE. BROTHER: Being advanced to the second degree of Freemasonry, we congratulate you on your preferment. The internal, and not the external qualifications of a man are what Masonry regards. As you increase in knowledge, you...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. The Seven Liberal : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], The Seven Liberal Arts And Sciences, Which are Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy, are here illustrated. Grammar is the science which teaches us to express our ideas in appropriate words, which we may afterward...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Symbolism : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 114 p. 115 DEGREE OF FELLOW-CRAFT. Symbolism Of The Degree IF the object of the first degree be to symbolize the struggles of a candidate groping in darkness for intellectual light, that of the second degree represents the same candidate...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Great Tenets : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], The three great tenets of a Freemason's profession inculcate the practice of those truly commendable virtues, BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF, and TRUTH. BROTHERLY LOVE. By the exercise of Brotherly Love, we are taught to regard the whole human species...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Symbolical Jewels : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE SYMBOLICAL JEWELS. THE three VIRTUES--symbolically designated "the three Precious Jewels of a Fellow-Craft"--are, if considered from the true point of view, of no mean importance, and are well worthy to be styled "Jewels." Silence, Secrecy...
Ancient Ceremonies. Grand Visitations : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 309 GRAND VISITATIONS. THE Grand Master, accompanied by the Grand Officers, should, at least once a year, or as often as he may deem expedient, visit the Lodges under his jurisdiction, to make the customary examinations. When this laudable...
Ancient Ceremonies. Dedication Of Masonic Halls : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 293 DEDICATION OF MASONIC HALLS. AT the time appointed for the celebration of the ceremony of dedication, the Grand Master and his officers, accompanied by the members of the Grand Lodge, meet in a convenient room, near to the place where...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Symbolism : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 50 p. 51 DEGREE OF ENTERED APPRENTICE. Symbolism Of The Degree. THE first, or Entered Apprentice degree of Masonry, is intended, symbolically, to represent the entrance of man into the world, in which he is afterwards to become a living...
Ancient Ceremonies. Laying Foundation Stones : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 281 LAYING FOUNDATION-STONES OF PUBLIC STRUCTURES. THIS CEREMONY is conducted by the Grand Master and his officers, assisted by the members of the Grand Lodge, and such officers and members of private Lodges as can conveniently attend...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Of Order : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 131 The ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE are next considered and explained. OF ORDER IN ARCHITECTURE. By order in architecture is meant a system of all the members, proportions, and ornaments of columns and pilasters; or, it is a regular arrangement...
Untitled : * This is a collection of Masonic rituals, including ceremonies related to the degrees of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-craft and Master Mason. It includes extensive treatment of funeral rituals. There is musical notation for a number of Masonic hymns. An appendix has a series of model documents...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Symbolism : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 186 p. 187 DEGREE OF MASTER MASON. Symbolism Of The Degree WE have seen the type of man complete in moral worth and intellectual culture--not left to acquire knowledge, but first prepared to use that knowledge well, when it shall have been...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Operative : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], OPERATIVE MASONRY. We work in Speculative Masonry, but our ancient brethren wrought in both Operative and Speculative. * They worked at the building of King SOLOMON'S temple, and many other sacred and Masonic edifices. By Operative Masonry, we...
Introductory. Origin Of Masonry, And Its : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], ORIGIN OF MASONRY, AND ITS ADVANTAGES. FROM the commencement of the world, we may trace the foundation of Masonry. Ever since symmetry began, and harmony displayed her charms, our Order has had a being. During many ages, and in many different...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Situati : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], SITUATION OF THE LODGE The Lodge is situated due East and West. * * * * * * * * Dr. OLIVER assigns the following reasons why the Tabernacle is considered as the type of a Freemason's Lodge: "It was an oblong square, and, with its courts...
Ancient Ceremonies. Installation Of The Officers. Part 02 : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 240 INSTALLATION OF THE OFFICERS OF A LODGE. THE new Lodge having been Consecrated, Dedicated and Constituted, the officers are then to be installed. At every annual election in a warranted Lodge, it is necessary that the officers should be...
Introductory. Introductory : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 13 GENERAL AHIMAN REZON AND FREEMASON'S GUIDE. INTRODUCTORY. REEMASONRY is a moral institution, established by virtuous men, with the praiseworthy design of recalling to our remembrance the most sublime TRUTHS in the midst of innocent...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Working Tools : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 194 * * * * * * * All the implements in Masonry, indiscriminately, properly belong to this degree, and may be illustrated in this section. The TROWEL, however, is more particularly referred to. THE TROWEL Is an instrument made use of by...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Secti : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], SECTION III. THIS section fully explains the manner of constituting, and the proper authority for holding a Lodge. Here, also, we learn where Lodges were anciently held; their FORM, SUPPORT, COVERING, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS, LIGHTS, and JEWELS;...
Introductory. The Lodge And Its Government : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE LODGE AND ITS GOVERNMENT. 1. THE room in which a certain number of Freemasons assemble, for business connected with the institution, is called a LODGE. The assembly, or organized body of Freemasons, is also called a Lodge, just as the word...
Masonic Burial Services. Service At The Church : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 323 SERVICE AT THE CHURCH OR THE HOUSE OF THE DECEASED. After the religious services have been performed, the Master will take his station at the head of the coffin, the Senior Warden on his right, the Junior Warden on his left; the Deacons...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Secti. Part 02 : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 72 SECTION II. IN this section is fully explained the symbolic meaning of the ceremonies that take place in the first. Without this explanation, the mind of the novitiate would still be. in darkness; all would be mysterious...
Opening And Closing The Lodge : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 21 OPENING AND CLOSING THE LODGE. IN all regular assemblies of men who are convened for wise and useful purposes, the commencement and conclusion of business are accompanied with some form. In every country in the world the practice prevails...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Rite. Part 02 : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE RITE OF INDUCTION. WE are convinced by long and extensive observation that Masons need a truer and deeper insight into the nature of our esoteric work. We do not think our beautiful and truth-glowing ritual and our sublime symbolism are...
Masonic Burial Services. General Directions : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 310 p. 311 p. 312 THE services herein arranged for the Burial of the Dead are adapted for all the purposes for which ceremonies of that character may be required. The arrangement is such that any portion of the service--each part being...
Ahiman Rezon. Signification Of The Term : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 5 AHIMAN REZON. SIGNIFICATION OF THE TERM. BY WILLIAM S. ROCKWELL, GRAND MASTER OF GEORGIA. THESE two words have acquired a wide Masonic celebrity. They constituted the title of the Book of Constitutions, used by the division of Freemasons...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. The Five Senses : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], The Five Senses Of Human Nature. An analysis of the human faculties is next given in this section, in which the FIVE EXTERNAL SENSES particularly claim attention. The senses we are to consider as the gifts of Nature, and though not...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. The North : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE NORTH-EAST CORNER. IN the important ceremony which refers to the north-east corner of the Lodge, the candidate becomes as one who is to all outward appearance "a perfect and upright man and Mason", the representative of a spiritual...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Emblems Of Master : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], In this section are also explained a variety of appropriate emblems, with which the skillful brother will not fail to make himself familiarly acquainted, and they are thus explained: THE THREE STEPS, [paragraph continues] Usually delineated up...
Explanation Of The Frontispiece : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 7 Frontispiece EXPLANATION OF THE FRONTISPIECE. THE Tracing-Board, or Floor-Cloth of an Entered Apprentice, here described, is a copy of a reproduction of Bro. GEORGE OLIVER, D. D., in his "Historical Landmarks of Freemasonry", as follows "...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. The Lights : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE LIGHTS OF THE LODGE. A Lodge has three symbolic lights:--one in the East, one in the West, and one in the South. * * * * * * * The fixed lights of the Lodge were formerly represented by "three windows, supposed to be in every room where...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Officers' Clothing : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 219 p. 220 OFFICERS' CLOTHING AND JEWELS. SUBORDINATE LODGE. The COLLAR must be blue, (of velvet, silk, or merino,) trimmed with material of same color, bordered with silver lace. They may be ornamented with embroidery or stars. The Jewel is...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Illustrations : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 29 FIRST DEGREE. ENTERED APPRENTICE. p. 30 "There are many prominent emblems in this degree, teaching, first, the propriety of maintaining regularity of life, and attending to the due improvement of time, by conforming to the prescribed rules...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Charge. Part 02 : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], CHARGE TO THE CANDIDATE. BROTHER: As you are now introduced into the first principles of Masonry, I congratulate you on being accepted into this ancient and honorable Order:--ancient, as having subsisted from time immemorial; and honorable...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. The Covering : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE COVERING OF THE LODGE. Its covering is no less than the clouded canopy, or starry-decked heaven, where all good Masons hope at last to arrive, by the aid of that theological ladder * which JACOB, in his vision, saw extending from earth...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Obligati : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], * * * * * * * p. 61 THE OBLIGATION OF SECRECY. ONE of the most notable features of Freemasonry--one, certainly, which attracts, more than any thing else, the attention of the profane world--is that vail of mystery--that awful secrecy--behind...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Dedicati : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], DEDICATION OF LODGES. Lodges were anciently dedicated to King SOLOMON, as he was our first Most Excellent Grand Master; but Masons professing Christianity, dedicate theirs to St. JOHN the Baptist and St. JOHN the Evangelist, who were two eminent...
Masonic Burial Services. Service At The Grave : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 329 SERVICE AT THE GRAVE. When the solemn rites of the dead are to be performed at the grave, the procession should be formed, and proceed to the place of interment in the following order: Tiler, with drawn sword; Stewards, with white rods;...
Title Page And Front Matter : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE GENERAL AHIMAN REZON AND FREEMASON'S GUIDE: CONTAINING MONITORIAL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DEGREES OF ENTERED APPRENTICE, FELLOW-CRAFT AND MASTER MASON, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, EMENDATIONS AND LECTURES. TOGETHER WITH THE CEREMONIES...
Ancient Ceremonies. Consecration Of A New Lodge : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 223 SECTION I. CONSECRATION, DEDICATION, CONSTITUTION, AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS OF A NEW LODGE. ANY number of Master Masons, not less than seven, desirous of forming a new Lodge, must apply, by petition, * to the Grand Master, Deputy...
Masonic Calendar : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 388 MASONIC CALENDAR. THE ordinary calendar, or vulgar era, is not generally used by Freemasons in dating their official documents. They have one peculiar to themselves, differing according to their various rites. The Masons in all parts...
Ancient Ceremonies. Dedication And Constituti : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], DEDICATION. A piece of solemn music is performed. The Grand Master, then standing with his hands stretched forth over the Lodge, exclaims, To the memory of the Holy SAINTS JOHN, we dedicate this Lodge. May every brother revere their character...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Funeral Dirge : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], * * * * * * * FUNERAL DIRGE. "Pleyel's Hymn"."> Music--"Pleyel's Hymn". Solemn strikes the fun'ral chime, Notes of our departing time; As we journey here below, Thro' a pilgrimage of woe. p. 199 Mortals, now indulge a tear, For Mortality is here...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Pillars Of The Porch : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], The Pillars Of The Porch. For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits (lid compass either of them about.--I. KINGS Vii. 15. Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. The Ornaments : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE ORNAMENTS OF A LODGE Are the MOSAIC PAVEMENT, the INDENTED TESSEL, and the BLAZING STAR. The Mosaic Pavement is a representation of the ground-floor of King Solomon's Temple; the Indented Tessel, * of that beautiful tesselated p. 82 border...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Charity : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], * * * * * * * CHARITY is the chief of every social virtue, and the distinguishing characteristic of Masons. This virtue includes a supreme degree of love to the great Creator and Governor of the Universe, p. 68 and an unlimited affecti...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Illustrations : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 171 THIRD DEGREE. MASTER MASON. "In the ceremonial of the Third Degree the last grand mystery is attempted to be illustrated in a forcible and peculiar manner, showing, by striking analogy, that the Master Mason cannot be deemed perfect...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Prayer : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], PRAYER, AT THE INITIATION OF A CANDIDATE. VOUCHSAFE thine aid, Almighty Father of the Universe, to this our present convention; and grant that this candidate for Masonry may dedicate and devote his life to thy service, and become a true...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Lodge Meetings : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 75 WHERE HELD. Lodge meetings, at the present day, are usually held in upper chambers--probably for the better security which such places afford. It may be, however, that the custom had its origin in a practice observed by the ancient Jews...
Service For The Consecration Of Masonic Cemeteries : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 375 SERVICE FOR THE CONSECRATION OF MASONIC CEMETERIES. IF the grounds to be consecrated are the property of a particular Lodge, this service should be conducted by the officers of that Lodge, which should be opened in due form, at the usual...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Lecture : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 159 LECTURE ON THE LEGEND OF THE WINDING STAIRS. BY ALBERT G. MACKEY, M. D. ALTHOUGH the legend of the Winding Stairs forms an important tradition of Ancient Craft Masonry, the only allusion to it in scripture is to be found in a single verse...
Introductory. Government Of The Fraternity : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], GOVERNMENT OF THE FRATERNITY. THE mode of government observed by the Fraternity will give the best idea of the nature and design of the Masonic Institution. Three classes are established among Masons, under different appellations. The privileges...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Twelve Messengers : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE TWELVE MESSENGERS. In the old philosophies, the number 12 always concealed a mystical sense, and was considered a symbol of divine ideas. But here the twelve F. C. represent the companions of Isis, who assisted her in her long and wearisome...
Introductory. Qualifications Of Candidates : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES. THE qualifications which are essential in those who apply for initiation into the mysteries of Freemasonry, are of two kinds, "Internal" and "External", * p. 19 The Internal qualifications of a candidate are those...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Symbols Of Peace : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], THE SYMBOLS OF Peace, Unity And Plenty Are introduced, and their moral application explained. OF THE GLOBES. The "Globes" are two artificial spherical bodies, on the convex surface of which are represented the countries, seas, and various parts...
Appendix Masonic Documents And Forms Of Trials : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 389 APPENDIX. FORM OF PETITION FOR A NEW LODGE. To the M. W. Grand Master of Masons of the State of THE undersigned petitioners, being Ancient Free and Accepted Master Masons, having the prosperity of the fraternity at heart, and willing...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Rite : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 64 THE RITE OF ILLUMINATION. THE RITE OF ILLUMINATION is a very ancient ceremony, and constituted an important feature in all the mysteries of the early ages. In the Egyptian, Cabirian, Sidonian, Eleusinian, Scandinavian, and Druidical...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Working : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], WORKING-TOOLS OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE. THE TWENTY-FOUR-INCH GUAGE Is an instrument used by operative masons to measure and lay out their work; but we, as p. 70 [paragraph continues] Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it...
Second Degree. Fellow Craft. Emblem Of Plenty : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], An Emblem Of PLENTY Is Introduced And Explained. * * * * * * * p. 155 CORN. WINE. OIL. * * * * * * * THE MORAL ADVANTAGES OF GEOMETRY. Geometry, the first and noblest of sciences, is the basis on which the superstructure of Freemasonry is...
Ancient Ceremonies. Introduction : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], p. 222 ANCIENT CEREMONIES. THESE CEREMONIES should be carefully studied and well understood by every Master of a Lodge. They include the ceremonies of Opening and Closing Lodges; Form of Petition, and Directions for Organizing Lodges;...
Third Degree. Master Mason. Rites Of Sepulture : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], RITES OF SEPULTURE. HEBREW CUSTOMS. ALL nations of the earth, from time immemorial, however much they have differed in most things, have ever agreed in this, viz: that it is a sacred duty to dispose of the bodies of the departed in a reverential...
First Degree. Entered Apprentice. Charge : * "General Ahiman Rezon", by Daniel Sickels, [1868], CHARGE, AT THE INITIATION OF A SOLDIER. BROTHER: Our institution breathes a spirit of general philanthropy. Its benefits, in a social point of view, are extensive. In the most endearing ties, it unites all mankind. In every nation, wherever...
