The Text Book of Cryptic Masonry (Classic Reprint): A Manual of Instructions in the Degrees of Royal Master, Select Master and Super-Excellent Master - Couverture souple

Jackson H. Chase

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440091498 ISBN 13 : 9781440091490

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Step-by-step guidance for Royal and Select Masters rituals and ceremonies. This volume presents the opening, prayers, installation rites, and ceremonial orders that structure the higher degrees of Cryptic Masonry. It explains the history, key officers, and the frame of practice used in these councils.

The book focuses on the formal procedures, the roles of officers, and the language and sequence of ceremonies. It combines historical notes with practical, ritual-focused instructions to illuminate how these degrees are properly conducted.

• Describes opening and closing practices for councils and the roles of officers like the Thrice Illustrious Master, Treasurer, and Chaplain


• Explains installation ceremonies, charges to officers, and official responses used in the rites


• Details the prayers, odes, and organizational steps that structure royal and select master assemblies


• Offers historical context for the degree and guidance on how ceremonies fit into Masonic tradition

Ideal for readers interested in Masonic history, ritual practice, and the formal framework of Royal and Select Masters ceremonies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Text Book of Cryptic Masonry: A Manual of Instructions in the Degree of Royal Master, Select Master and Super-Excellent Master

The present work has been compiled as a "Text Book" for Officers and Companions of Councils of Royal and Select Masters.

That such a Manual has long been needed, will be acknowledged by all conversant with Cryptic Masonry.

The manuscript was submitted to our late M. P. Rev. Charles H. Platt, G. M., for his examination, and received his unqualified approval.

It has been arranged in strict conformity to the work as approved by him, and adopted by the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of New York, and is respectfully submitted to the fraternal consideration of Cryptic Companions, wheresoever dispersed.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440091498
• ISBN 13: 9781440091490
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 116
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