Early Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry Masonic Ritual L. Fitzgerald 1866 Occult

Description: Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor; Guide to the Three Symbolic Degrees of the Ancient York Rite and to the Degrees of Mark Master, Past Master and the Royal Arch. By Malcolm C. Duncan. Explained and Interpreted by Copious Notes and Numerous Engravings. New York: L. Fitzgerald, Publisher. Copyright 1866. 250 pp. 6.75" x 4.5" "The objects which Freemasonry was founded to subserve are honorable and laudable; nor is it intended in the following pages to disparage the institution or to undervalue its usefulness. It has, at times, incurred the ill-will of political parties and of religious bodies that the organization was not so purely benevolent and philanthropic as its members proclaimed it to be... The purpose of this work is not so much to gratify the curiosity of the uninitiated as to furnish a guide for the neophytes of the Order, by means of which their progress from grade to grade may be facilitated. Every statement in the book is authentic (for its time of publication)as every proficient in Masonry will admit to himself, if not to the public, as he turns over its pages. The non Masonic reader will perhaps be puzzled to imagine why matters of so little real importance to society at large should have been so industriously concealed for centuries... The object of the Order in making a profound mystery of its proceedings is obvious enough. The institution is now sufficiently popular to stand upon its own merits... It will be observed by the initiated, that the following exposition gives no information through which any person not a Mason could obtain admission to a Lodge. The author of the following work does not conceive that it contains a single line which can in any way injure the Masonic cause; while he believes, on the other hand, that it will prove a valuable vade mecum to members of the Order, for whose use and guidance it is especially designed." The book includes details of Masonic initiation rituals, along with symbols, grips, passwords and regalia. The duegard signs, the illusions, secret handshakes, and passwords for the first three degrees are all included. It gives the entire initiation process for the three degrees, from beginning to end, with the story behind each degree and all the signs and gestures relating to it. It also contains additional degrees of Masonry: Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and The Royal Arch. which show important details of the rituals, including gestures, tools, and symbolic pictures. The last page of the book contains advertisements for three Masonic books including this one: "This work is a complete Ritual of the Symbolic and Chapter Degrees, and is also profusely illustrated with engravings of the Secret Signs and Grips... to furnish a Guideto the Younger Members of the Order, by means of which their progress from grade to grade may be facilitated. It is a well-known fact that comparatively few of the fraternity are 'Bright Masons,' but with the aid of this invaluable Masonic Companion any Mason ca, in a short time, become qualified to take the Chair as Master of a Lodge. Everything in this book is clear and correct, and it gives in the plainest possible language and understandable description of all the Rites and Ceremonies practiced in the above-named Degrees. The Ceremonies as they are performed, the Passwords, Grips, Signs, Tokens, Jewels, Emblems, Lectures, and Plans of the Interior of Lodges, are all explained, with numerous Notes and Engravings, (all new)." Book will be carefully packaged and shipped in a cardboard box.

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