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Post by staffs on Dec 28, 2004 13:23:40 GMT
I find learning ritual a great part of Freemasonry and am always reciting and learning whilst driving the van from job to job and love a long journey so i can do a nice long bit.
People must think i am mad when they see me at traffic lights mumbling away. All these people you thought were mad talking to themselves walking along the road,well, they are probably freemasons reciting and practicing their ritual.
Where and how do you learn and do yours ??
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Post by zz-Midlander on Dec 28, 2004 17:21:25 GMT
I have been learning the 1st degree working tools, and the 'North east corner' whilst out walking the dog.
He has heard them so many times that he now 'tut tuts' and corrects me if I should fluff a line................... ;D
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Post by staffs on Dec 28, 2004 17:36:59 GMT
he must be a past master then.
Mainly though you find with Past masters that their bark is worse than their bite
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Post by 724mason on Dec 28, 2004 18:12:56 GMT
How about the bathroom ? Why? It's the only tiled room in the house. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by taylorsman on Dec 28, 2004 18:20:42 GMT
Excellent, 724. I used to learn mine on the bus going to work. I'd sit upstairs at the back. Also when out for a walk.
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Post by staffs on Dec 28, 2004 18:24:52 GMT
I always do a bit of ritual recital in the morning in the shower as it gets the brain in gear.
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Post by middlepillar on Dec 28, 2004 18:30:14 GMT
I was off work with a bad back but had to drive my guys to Brighton in my Van to get them to a big job I had booked. So believe it or not I dropped them off drove down to the Beach just along from the west pier and walked up and down the beach for nearly six hours and I learned the 3rd Degree up to the Traditional History. That was in the days I had to learn the 3 Degrees only! Now I just float from book to book depending on what I am doing and I tell you it does not get any easier
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Post by leonardo on Dec 28, 2004 22:32:08 GMT
So believe it or not I dropped them off drove down to the Beach just along from the west pier and walked up and down the beach for nearly six hours and I learned the 3rd Degree up to the Traditional History. Good Heavens! May I ask how long such a ritual lasts? I assume at least about an hour, but then again it could be four. When I had to learn songs (I must know about two hundred of them!) I would simply listen to a particular one five or six times and then once I'd actually performed it a few time, usually two, it would then go into my long term memory. Today I still know songs I learned back in the early 70s! Even hits from Scotland's Bay City Rollers! "And we sang shang a lang as we ran with the the gang"
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Post by middlepillar on Dec 28, 2004 22:49:36 GMT
[quote author=Leonardo "And we sang shang a lang as we ran with the the gang" [/quote] Leo I've looked through me 3rd Degree Ritual and I cant find these words anywhere ;D ;D The Ceremony of Raising takes approx 1 hour depending on if you use the 'ecclesiesties' bit. It is normally split into two parts, more often now than when I was in the chair. The Worshipful Master normally does the first part 'The Raising'and a Past Master will normally do the 2nd part which is called 'The Traditional History'. I had to do all because it was always traditional in my Lodge for the WM To do it so you just did. We now give the WM the option he can either do it all or ask a PM to do some of it. I think I prefer it being split for 2 reasons firstly it is obviously easier for the WM to do one piece than all and therefore it should be done better and secondly when it is split I think it becomes more easily understood by the candidate when he looks back on the ceremony. It is the culminatin of Craft Masonry and it is a beautiful Ceremony.
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Post by leonardo on Dec 28, 2004 23:09:52 GMT
Thanks Chris.
Great response. I guess splitting it up that way makes sense. So much to learn and halving it can only help. But no doubt many would rather see it done by just one person.
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Post by taylorsman on Dec 29, 2004 7:08:44 GMT
I agree with Middlepillar. Splitting a Ceremony or involving other Brethren is a good idea as it not only takes the load off the WM but lets others take an active role, especially PMs and Admin Officers such as the Treasurer and Secretary who can feel left out. Junior Members can and often do take part doing the Working Tools. Each of the three Craft Ceremonies has a break and lend themselves to another Member giving The Charge, the Second Degree TB or the TH.
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Post by Hubert (N. Z.) on Dec 29, 2004 8:44:24 GMT
That's the beauty of Freemasonry, it is so structured that the more you climb the more you add to your repetoire. A trick is to see some of the repeated words, or those similar and remember the alphabetical order associated with thta particular passage. I also try to "walk thru" all actions associated with each piece as that becomes a prompt and then start adding in meaning & intent as that reminds me of what I should be doing.
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Post by Michael on Dec 29, 2004 8:52:43 GMT
I tend to learn mine sat in front of the computer, endlessly typing in the words. I am at present inputting the Third Tools as I have to 'do' them at our installation on the 8th Jan. they say a volunteer is someone whom failed to understand the question, but in this instance I said I would do them as I had done the 2nd last year and the 1st the year before. For some thing that only takes a couple of minutes to say, it seems to take a lot of learning, how I will manage some of the much longer pieces I don't know.
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