THE FIRST SPECULATIVE FREEMASON
The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland2 January at 07:00 ·
Edinburgh Register House
The Perfect Points of Entrance by by Bro. Prof. Dr. U. Gauthamadas
I have often wondered at parts of our ritual which have no ready explanation, nor any forthcoming, and which are routinely committed to memory and recited when called upon to do so. One such is “The Perfect Points of Entrance” that demonstrate proof of being a Freemason.
Some Biblical passages in Masonry by W.Bro. Ronald Paul Ng The Lodge of St. George No. 1152
When I first went through the 2nd degree and heard these words from the W. Master “..you are now permitted to extend your researches into the hidden mysteries of Nature and Science” I was struck by the absurdity of it. Here I am, a medical doctor, whose very profession required the study of the hidden mysteries of Nature and Science being told I am now permitted to do so
The Perfect Points of Entrance
In modern day Freemasonry clear reference is made to the perfect points of reference in the rituals in the United States of America: “Were I to ask you how I should know you to be a Mason, your answer should be: “By certain signs, a token, a word, and the points of my entrance.” The signs, token, and word have already been explained to you at the Altar
Origin of the Working Tools
How did the “Working Tools” come into our ceremonies? Were all our present-day “W.T.s” used and moralized from the earliest times, or were they introduced gradually?
Origins of Masonic Ritual
The origins of masonic ceremonies are fully discussed by Knoop and Jones in Chapter X of The Genesis of Freemasonry. The authors deduce the origins of eighteenth-century Masonic ceremonies from two main sources. Firstly, the Invocation; the legend or “history” of the Craft; and the Masons’ regulations, as commonly contained in the Ms. Constitutions of Masonry, these being the respective prototypes of the Opening Prayer, the Traditional History, and the Charges of later Masonic ritual
Edinburgh Register House MS 1696 masonic
Edinburgh Register House MS 1696.txt Knoop, D; Jones, G P; Hamer, D;The Early Masonic Catechisms,Manchester University Press (1963)Second Edition, pp…