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Title
Manual of the Lodge
Author
Albert G. Mackey
Year
1868
Publisher
Effingham Maynard & Co.
Location
New York
Source
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CONTENTS.
SYSTEM OF MONITORIAL INSTRUCTION.
PAGE
Opening and Closing the Lodge
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11
Forms of Prayer
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15
Entered Apprentice's Degree
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18
Symbolism of the Degree
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18
First Lecture
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
19
First Section
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
20
Shock of Entrance
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
20
Rite of Circumambulation
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
22
Three Gates of the Temple
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26
Obligation of Secrecy
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26
Unwritten Landmarks
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27
Shock of Enlightenment
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29
Lambskin Apron
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32
Northeast Corner
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
33
Working Tools
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34
Archives of the Lodge
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36
Second Section.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37
Preparation
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
38
Belief in God
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40
Left Side
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40
Right Hand
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40
Badge of a Mason
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41
First Instructions
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41
Lesson of Charity
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41
Third Section
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42
Symbolic Extent of the Lodge
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
44
Mystical Ladder
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48
Furniture and Ornaments of a Lodge
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
49
Three Symbolic Lights
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
51
Movable and Immovable Jewels
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The Tabernacle
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Orientation of Lodges
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56
Point within a Circle
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
58
Three Great Tenets.
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Four Cardinal Virtues
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Charge
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61
Fellow Craft's Degree
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Symbolism of the Degree
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Second Lecture
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First Section
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Precious Jewels of a Fellow Craft
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Second Section
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Operative and Speculative Masonry
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Pillars of the Porch
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Symbols of Unity, Peace, and Plenty
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Orders of Architecture
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Five Senses of Human Nature
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Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Charge
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Lecture on the Winding Stairs
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Master Mason's Degree
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Symbolism of the Degree
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Third Lecture
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First Section
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Working Tools
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Second Section
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Wayfaring Man
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Sprig of Acacia
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Clefts in the Rocks
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Grand Master's Jewel
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Five Points of Fellowship
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Third Section
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Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty
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Charge
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ANCIENT CEREMONIES OF THE ORDER.
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I.—Consecration, Dedication, and Constitution of a Lodge
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Form of Petition
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Preparatory Steps
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Form of Dispensation
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Warrant of Constitution
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Consecration
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Dedication
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Constitution
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Installation of the Officers of a New Lodge
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II.—Annual Installation of the Officers of a Lodge
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III.—Installation of the Officers of a Grand Lodge
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IV.—Ceremony observed at Grand Visitations
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V.—Festivals of the Order
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VI.—Ceremony observed at Laying the Foundation Stones of Public Structures
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VII.—Dedication of Freemasons' Halls
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VIII.—Funeral Service
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IX.—Regulations for Processions
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APPENDIXES.
Appendix
I.—The Twenty-five Landmarks of Freemasonry
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Appendix
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II.—The Old Charges
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Appendix
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III.—The General Regulations
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