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What is the name of the lodge mentioned in the passage?
What is the name of the lodge mentioned in the passage?
Worshipful Lodge
What was the condition to gain admission to the Worshipful Lodge?
What was the condition to gain admission to the Worshipful Lodge?
Being a man, free born, of good report, and well recommended
What was the candidate taught during the initiation ritual?
What was the candidate taught during the initiation ritual?
That the recollection of the sharp implement piercing the naked left breast should be to the mind and conscience, should one ever presume to reveal any of the secrets of Free Masonry unlawfully
What was the candidate asked during the prayer ceremony?
What was the candidate asked during the prayer ceremony?
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What was the purpose of the candidate's journey around the lodge?
What was the purpose of the candidate's journey around the lodge?
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What was the final act of the initiation ritual?
What was the final act of the initiation ritual?
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From where did you come as an Entered Apprentice?
From where did you come as an Entered Apprentice?
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What is the purpose of an Entered Apprentice in the Masonic fraternity?
What is the purpose of an Entered Apprentice in the Masonic fraternity?
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What is the basis of a Mason's obligation?
What is the basis of a Mason's obligation?
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How does a Mason know themselves to be a Mason?
How does a Mason know themselves to be a Mason?
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What are the perfect points of an Entered Apprentice's entrance?
What are the perfect points of an Entered Apprentice's entrance?
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How was the Entered Apprentice prepared to be made a Mason?
How was the Entered Apprentice prepared to be made a Mason?
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Study Notes
Initiating a Mason
- Entered Apprentices are initiated in a Lodge of the Holy Saints John of Jerusalem.
- They come to learn, subdue their passions, and improve themselves in Masonry.
Becoming a Mason
- Masons are made in a just and regularly constituted Lodge of Masons.
- The obligation is what makes someone a Mason.
Identifying a Mason
- Masons know each other by certain signs, a token, a word, and the perfect points of their entrance.
- Signs include right angles, horizontals, and perpendiculars.
- A token is a friendly or brotherly grip, used to recognize another Mason in the dark or light.
- The perfect points of entrance include the guttural, pectoral, manual, and pedal.
Preparing to be a Mason
- Candidates are prepared in their heart and then in a room adjacent to a Lodge.
- They are divested of all metallic substance, neither naked nor clad, barefoot nor shod, hoodwinked, with a cable tow once around their neck.
Admission to the Lodge
- Candidates are conducted to the door of a Lodge by a friend, who is later found to be a brother.
- They gain admission by three distinct knocks and answering questions from within.
Admission Questions
- The questions include: "Who comes here?" and "Have you come of your own free will and accord?"
- The candidate must affirm they are worthy, well qualified, of lawful age, and properly vouched for.
Receiving Admission
- The Worshipful Master directs the candidate to enter the Lodge in the name of God.
- The candidate is received upon the point of a sharp implement piercing their naked left breast.
- This is to teach them that the recollection of their oath should be to their mind and conscience.
Proceedings After Admission
- The candidate is conducted to the center of the Lodge and caused to kneel for the benefit of prayer.
- They are asked, "In whom do you put your trust?" and respond, "In God."
- They are taken by the right hand, ordered to arise, and follow their conductor, fearless of danger.
Circumnambulation
- The candidate is conducted once regularly about the Lodge to the Junior Warden in the South, then to the Senior Warden in the West, and finally to the Worshipful Master in the East.
- At each station, the same questions are asked and like answers returned as at the door.
Final Disposition
- The Worshipful Master orders the candidate to be reconducted to the Senior Warden in the West, who teaches them how to approach the East.
- The Worshipful Master in the East then makes the candidate an Entered Apprentice in due form.
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Learn about the initiation process, becoming a Mason, and identifying fellow Masons in this quiz.
