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The Complete Workings of Craft Freemasonry, 1982, reprinted 2012, HB, 326pp. Includes: the Workings, The Lectures of the three degrees, the Installation of the W.M with the form of addresses to the Officers in the Ceremony of Installation.

The most detailed and authoritative text on the true meaning of the Masonic rituals. The principal contents of this book are the Official Emulation Lectures on the Three Degrees of Craft Freemasonry. These lectures deal with the description of the ritual of those Degrees along with their moral and symbolic significance and are of a formal nature, arranged as catechisms - that is by question and answer form. The text can be studied at home or can be performed by two or more Brethren in open Lodge. Much evidence suggests that many sections of these lectures are as old as the degrees themselves. This book adds much to one's enjoyment and understanding of Freemasonry.

The perfect gift for the newly made Mason, providing him with an authoritative 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

During the Ceremony of Installation there comes a time when the current Master installs the Master Elect of the lodge in his stead. To do this a board of Installed Masters is called in and a ceremony takes place to transfer the authority of the lodge and place the new Master in the chair of King Solomon. This section of the ritual is known as the Inner Working. This book contains the Universal Workings version of the Inner Working and is to be used with the Universal Workings Ritual book.1987,pp5.