Royal Arch Masonry
The explanation of the Degrees of Royal Arch Masonry and their direct tie with the unfinished story portrayed in the Master Mason Degree. Contrary to the misconception that Masonry consists only of the three Degrees of the symbolic lodge, this brochure will "enlighten" you to the fact that there is much more to that story available to you.
At one time the Royal Arch Degree was a part of the Master Mason Degree but was available only to Past Masters. All of the degrees conferred in the Chapter are a continuation of what you have been taught in the symbolic lodge. In fact, you finally discover that which was lost.
Although these degrees are not mandatory for Master Masons, they are available to those who wish to improve themselves in masonry. Every Master Mason who appreciates the beginning of the story will surely value its wondrous completion.
The great object of Masonry is sometimes expressed as a search for that which was lost and which by our own endeavors and the assistance of the Master we hope to find. Coincident with this search (and an essential element in its success) is the erection of the temple of our soul of which the erection of King Solomon's Temple is the symbol. At the same time the tools, implements and methods of the operative Mason are symbols of the tools, implements and methods we are to use in the erection of our spiritual temple. However, all Masonic instruction is not confined to the three degrees of the symbolic lodge. |
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