7 Levels of Masonic Innitiation Rituals Sacred Texts Freemasonry Buy this Book at Amazon.com Contents Start Reading Page Index Text [Zipped] This book presents details of Masonic initiation rituals, along with grips, passwords and regalia. Written in the 19th century, Duncan's Ritual, as it is known, has been republished numerous times. It includes the three basic degrees of the Ancient York Rite, and four additional advanced degrees. Title PagePrefaceEntered Apprentice, or First DegreesFellow Craft, or Second DegreeMaster Mason, or Third DegreeMark Master, or Fourth DegreePast Master, or Fifth DegreeMost Excellent Master, or Sixth DegreeRoyal Arch, or Seventh DegreeExtracts from a Dictionary of MasonryAppendix
Spiritual Home | Grand Masonic Orient of Ireland The symbolism of the Letter ‘G’ G is the seventh letter from the latin alphabet and the ninth out of the Romanian one. The Masonic symbolism of ‘G’ letter, whose normal position is ‘polar’, close to the letter I, letter of the first name of God. This approach is justified by the fact that the letter G, following Rene Guenon’s writings, cannot be considered a true symbol. This letter belonged to the modern languages that have nothing sacred or traditional but “strands for God”, just like in the English rituals. Being the initial of the word “God”, the letter was regarded as a substitute for the Hebrew “Iod”, a symbol of the Principle or of the Unity. The English Freemasons have identified the three letters of “God” with the three Hebrew words: “Gamel, Oz, Dabar (Beauty, Strength, Wisdom). Grammar is the first science I know, Dialect the second, so I have I bliss, Rhetoric the third without doubt, Music is the fourth, as I you say, Astronomy is the fifth, by my snout, Arithmetic the sixth, without doubt,