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Why is a candidate prepared as he is?
Preparation of the candidate for initiation is entirely symbolic, conventional, and full of signification, meaning that its details cannot be altered, abridged, or added to without impairing its esoteric design. Every candidate without exception is required to submit to this established preparation.
MackeyWilmshurst
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How were you prepared to be made a freemason?
How were you prepared to be made a freemason?
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How were you prepared to be made a freemason?
How were you prepared to be made a freemason?
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What is the significance of the Chamber of Reflection in Masonic initiation?
The Chamber of Reflection is not part of standard English Craft Masonry, belonging instead to the practice of the French and Scottish Rites. Where it is used prior to initiation, it serves as a small room adjoining the lodge in which the candidate is enclosed alone to engage in solemn self-examination and quiet meditation.
Mackey
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How to prepare for the rituals
How to prepare for the rituals?
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what is the historical origin of the candidate's posture upon entering the lodge in craft masonry
The candidate's entry in a humble, halting posture is traditionally explained through moral and spiritual symbolism rather than a single recorded historical point of origin. In early nineteenth-century ritual explanations, this moving posture and state of preparation signified a state of poverty and vulnerability, intended to instill charity for the distressed and demonstrate to the lodge that the candidate was properly recommended and prepared.
FinchWilmshurst
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why is the candidate divested of all metals before initiation
Divesting the candidate of money and metallic substances signifies that the worldly measure of wealth, status, and material possessions has no place in the inner realm of the lodge.
Wilmshurst
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