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The First Degree

The leading purpose of the First Degree is to symbolise man entering into the World.

It represents youth as ignorant and blind.

At the door of Freemasonry the Candidate for its privileges is asked to lay aside everything that pertains to rank and riches, so that he may enter the Lodge with a mind divested of all selfish and wordly considerations.

Extract from

The Emblems of Frremasony

1919

by William Harvey

The Second Degree

Guiding his steps by the principles of moral truth which have been inculcated in the First Degree, the Entered Apprentice is led into the Second Degree there to contemplate the intellectual faculties and to trace them from there development through the paths of heavenly science, even to the throne of God.

As an Entered Apprentice he learns something of many of the Masonic Emblems, but explainations of others are only gained as he makes further advance in the Craft.

Each of the later degrees has its own distinctive characteristics, all of which amplify and elaborate what has gone before.

Extract from

The Emblems of Frremasony

1919

by William Harvey

The Third Degree

Having as an Entered Apprentice been instructed in the path of moral rectitude and the active principles of universal beneficence and charity, and as a Fellow Craft been exorted to study God in nature and to observe Wisdom, Strength and Beauty as the three main supports of the Spiritual Universe, the Freemason is led to the high and sublime Degree of a Master Mason, the main purpose of which is to teach him to look beyond the narrow limits of this world, and to see man raised from the grave to everlasting Life and Blessedness.

Extract from

The Emblems of Frremasony

1919

by William Harvey

They all meet on the level, the level of friendship and respect, no matter what their position, religion, or status in life.

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