Yesterday in our 100 Day Study Guide for Master Elects we covered a lot of ground, from Opening the Second Degree, the first set of perambulations, moving the Candidate to the East and preparing for… Revising Masonic Ritual, Day 47 of
Day 46: Second Degree Perambulations
Yesterday in our 100 Day Study Guide for Master Elects we asked the Candidate to make two Pledges and Entrusted him with the pass grip and word, before sending him out the Lodge to prepare for the Passing Ceremony. We’ll
Masonic Podcast: In The Chair: Test Podcast
Prior to officially launching on iTunes and Stitcher in a few weeks, you can have a sneaky listen to a demo I have recorded to check all the equipment in the studio is working. A few little gremlins to iron
Day 45: Second Degree Entrusting
Yesterday we started are initial run through learning the Second Degree (Passing) Ceremony. We covered two main parts, firstly Opening the Lodge, then proceeding to ask the Candidate the Second Degree questions. The Opening we’ve covered a few times in
Day 44: Second Degree Questions to Candidate
After a couple of days of revising the Installation Ceremony we are back to the Degree ceremonies, and we predictably start… Learning Masonic Ritual, Day 44 of 100: Second Degree Ceremony So today we are back to the learning, although it
Day 43: Installation Ceremony Revision – Again!
Yesterday we had our first revision of the Installation Ceremony for almost two weeks. No doubt you were a little rusty after the absence, therefore, before we start with the Second Degree Ceremony, let’s do… Revising Masonic Ritual, Day 43 of
Day 42: Installation Ceremony Revision
Yesterday we concluded our learning of the First Degree Ceremony for this 100 Day Study Guide for Master Elects. What?! You aren’t word perfect at it? Don’t worry, this guide isn’t to get you ready for all the ceremonies, but
Day 41: First Degree, Charter and Closing
Day 41 of the 100 Days to Learn Masonic Ritual, and that means it’s just 60 days until your Installation into the Chair. I realise that 41 + 60 = 101, but the plan is you finish the course the
Day 40: Charge in the North East
Hope you have recovered from yesterday where we revised from the end of the First Degree Obligation through to where the Candidate is moved to the North East in preparation for the Charge. Revising Masonic Ritual, Day 35 of 100: Charge in
Day 39: Lesser Lights and Entrusting
Day 39 sees us revising what we last went over on Day 34 of our 100 Day Study Plan to learn the Masonic Ritual, which combines what we first started learning on Days 24 to 27. Yesterday was spent revising the
Day 38: First Degree Obligation Revision
We’re currently working through the First Degree Ceremony for the third time as part of our 100 Day Study Plan to learn the Master’s work ahead of going into the Chair. Our first two times through the Initiation ceremony were
Day 37: First Degree Ceremony
So far we’ve read through and learnt the First Degree Ceremony twice. Both of these times were learning, but now we’re moving onto the revision stage. I’m not expecting you to be word perfect at the start of this session,
Masonic Podcast: In The Chair
Really, really, really excited to announced that I’m launching the In The Chair Masonic Podcast! When I started this website it wasn’t my intention to do a podcast, but there again, it I didn’t intent to create a 100 Day
Day 36: First Degree Charter and Closing
We’re onto Day 36 of 100, and finishing our second run through of learning the First Degree. This doesn’t mean to say that you’ve learnt it, but after working our way through it steadily you should have a good understanding of
Day 35: Charge in the North East
Apologies again for yesterday, where we covered all the Ritual between the First Degree Obligation and the Charge in the North East. It covered the Lesser and Greater Lights in Masonry, Entrusting and Investing with the Badge. Don’t panic if