Taylor's First Degree Handbook of Craft Freemasonry

The perfect gift for the newly made Mason, providing him with an authoritive grounding in Masonic ritual and practice in the Taylor's working of Craft Freemasonry. This book supplies him with everything he needs for his next degree and to find his feet in Freemasonry. Contents include - The order and procedure for entry into the lodge, The rituals of opening and closing the lodge, The reading and confirmation of the minutes, The complete ceremony of the Entered Apprentice Degree, The risings, The order and routine for retirement from the lodge, The questions to the candidate before the Second degree, the ritual of calling off and resuming the lodge, The beautiful long goodbye speech for performance at the closing of the lodge