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MASTER MASON, OR THIRD DEGREE. 1. THE ceremony of opening and conducting the business of a Lodge of Master Masons is nearly the same as in the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Crafts' Degrees, already explained.
- Third, Or Master Mason's Degree
the third, or master mason's degree. The traditional account...
- Third, Or Master Mason's Degree
Salute the W.M. in the three Degrees, first as an E.A. S.D. prompting by demonstration, both give Sp and Sn of First Degree and cut Sn, both then give Sp and Sn of Second Degree and hold Sn, both then give Sp and Sns of Third Degree and drop P.Sn.
third degree ritual - the raising (The Lodge being open in the Third Degree the Deacons lay down the S...t, which should be open and not folded during any part of the ceremony. The Tyler, having properly prepared the Candidate, not forgetting the badge of Second Degree, gives Second Degree knocks on door).
The Third Degree ceremony is the final step in the process of induction which began with your Initiation. You are now a Master Mason and you will shortly receive your Grand Lodge certificate which will help you demonstrate that fact to others. The ceremony is more elaborate than the First and Second Degrees.
the third, or master mason's degree. The traditional account of the death and several burials, and resurrection of Hiram Abiff, the widow's son [as hereafter narrated], admitted as facts, this degree is certainly very interesting.
In the third degree, a candidate now learns to act with courage, fidelity, and devotion to his God. The Master Mason ritual emphasizes the immortality of man’s soul and encourages us to contemplate how this should influence our actions and decisions.
A candidate, upon receiving the third degree of Masonry, is said to have been “raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason.” The term “raised” alludes to the candidate’s experience of being physically lifted during the impressive ceremonies of the second section of the degree, when he took part in the representation of a Masonic tragedy,
