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Post by assassin on Dec 16, 2009 17:25:44 GMT
It is actually quite common in many fields of Masonry. Reading it well can be as impacting as perfect and eloquent memorized recital.
Hassan ibn Sabbah
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Post by aogop on Mar 11, 2010 21:29:20 GMT
Magus, to correct this very old thread, the Grand Lodge of Washington offers a course of instruction that requires the candidate to have the obligations and grips memorized as well as the course materials completed. I am currently mentoring one FC in this course, and am also helping a newly raised MM with his 3rd degree posting lecture. Either way is allowed by the Grand Lodge, but many lodges, at least in my district by tradition still stick with the posting lectures.
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Post by magusmasonica on Mar 11, 2010 22:06:23 GMT
Magus, to correct this very old thread, the Grand Lodge of Washington offers a course of instruction that requires the candidate to have the obligations and grips memorized as well as the course materials completed. I am currently mentoring one FC in this course, and am also helping a newly raised MM with his 3rd degree posting lecture. Either way is allowed by the Grand Lodge, but many lodges, at least in my district by tradition still stick with the posting lectures. It must be a district by district thing. Good to know. I get my perspective from a lodge that I had the pleasure to visit on a few different occasions. The Grand secretary Emeritus was the one who let me know the way things work. Heddi not mention that some districts did things different than others but I realize this may be the case.
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Post by aogop on Mar 12, 2010 1:10:19 GMT
The memorization of the obligation and handshake is mandatory for the course of instruction, but whether or not the candidate decides to go that route rather than the postings is basically left up to the individual candidate and lodge. There are both benefits and detriments to each system of course.
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Post by offramp on Mar 14, 2020 9:41:25 GMT
I have been reading the latest issue of Freemasonry Today, www.freemasonrytoday.com/magazine issue 49.
The letters page has three letters about memorizing ritual. Two brethren think we should be allowed to read from books, one is against that.
Some parts must be memorized (when the Lodge is d....k, for example). At other times I would have no objection to people reading the ritual, although it would be odd to see a Lodge opened and closed by three officers all reading.
Perhaps the best idea is for Craft rituals to be memorized, and any orders beyond the Craft to be done from a book.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 20:52:27 GMT
I have been reading the latest issue of Freemasonry Today, www.freemasonrytoday.com/magazine issue 49.
The letters page has three letters about memorizing ritual. Two brethren think we should be allowed to read from books, one is against that.
Some parts must be memorized (when the Lodge is d....k, for example). At other times I would have no objection to people reading the ritual, although it would be odd to see a Lodge opened and closed by three officers all reading.
Perhaps the best idea is for Craft rituals to be memorized, and any orders beyond the Craft to be done from a book. Continental Freemasonry is pretty much done by reading the ritual, with little memorisation as you suggested. There are also some other orders, even in this country, where rituals are read. I personally like the memorisation and I think it helps in understanding the ritual better. It also should lead to further research but I believe a few masons are keen on that nowadays...
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