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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 perfect gift for the newly made Fellow Craft, providing him with an authoritative grounding in Masonic symbolism and practice and everything he needs for his next degree. This book contains - The complete ceremony of the Fellow Craft Degree, The Official Emulation Lectures explaining the symbolism of the Second Degree (some sections of which are as old as the ritual itself!), The questions to the candidate before the Third degree. In Hardback.

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.

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.