opening the lodge in the first degree
The "3 Great Lights" of the Lodge are the Holy Scriptures, Square and Compasses. Antony Sayer was elected the first Grand Master, and records from that point in time are more detailed. opens the door, without knocking, puts out his head and whispers to the Tyler, who is standing outside the door, that the lodge is about to be opened on the first degree. THIRD DEGREE RITUAL - THE RAISING (The Lodge being open in the Third Degree the Deacons lay down the S.t, which should be open and not folded during any part of the ceremony. First stop. the Worshipful Master is about to open a Lodge. of Fellow Crafts. - I will now thank all entered apprentices to retire from the lodge for a short while. They give special meaning to some common words and have terms you wont hear anywhere but in a Masonic lodge. Its adopted headgear is a pyramid-shaped hat with a tassel. Its NOT accurate. A special identifying handshake used by Masons to identify each other, different for each degree. The following list is a glossary of sorts for some common Masonic phrases:
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- Appendant bodies:Masonicallyaffiliatedgroups that Masons or their relatives may join. \n
- Degree:One of three progressive stages of advancement in the lodge, conferred using a ritual ceremony; additional degrees are conferred by appendant bodies. \n
- Grand Lodge:A governing organization with authority over the individual lodges in its jurisdiction. \n
- Grip or token:A special identifying handshake used by Masons to identify each other, different for each degree. \n
- Hoodwink:Blindfold worn by candidates during portions of degree ceremonies. \n
- Initiated:The completion by a candidate of the 1st Masonic degree. \n
- Light:Masonic knowledge. \n
- Lodge:A group of Freemasons assembling under the authority of a charter issued by a Grand Lodge; also a building or a room where Masons meet. \n
- Operative:The period of Freemasonry when Masonsactually workedwith stone and constructed buildings \n
- Passed:The completion by a Mason of the 2nd degree. \n
- Profane:A non-Mason. \n
- Raised:The completion by a Mason of the 3rd degree. \n
- Recognized:The agreement between Masonic Grand Lodges that each others rules and customs conform to a certain accepted standard. \n
- Regular:A classification of Freemasonry that practices customs which conform to the laws and regulations of a Grand Lodge. \n
- Sign:A hand gesture used as a mode of identification between Masons, different for each degree. \n
- Sitting in the East:The position in the lodge room where the Worshipful Master sits, also known as the Oriental chair; lodges are symbolically situated east and west. \n
- Speculative:Freemasonry as practiced today, using the symbolism of Operative Masons to build character in men. \n
- Step:A position of the feet used as a mode of recognition between Masons, different for each degree. \n
- Word or pass:A password used as a mode of recognition between Masons, different for each degree. \n