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Ardancour wrote:Dear all,
I was interested to read your comments and reactions on this topic. In the brand of freemasonry that I belong to (I am currently affiliated to the Grand Orient of France), discussions between the brethren within the lodge forms the core of our masonic work. Of course we follow ritual, but it is unusual for a meeting to consist uniquely of ritual. In a typical meeting, one lodge member presents a "piece of architecture", which is then followed by a discussion in the lodge. The role of the ritual in these situations is to define how the brethren may request to speak and serves as a regulator and mental discipline, the concern being to guarantee respect and equality between all present.
The idea is to give freemasonry an inherently creative character, not limited to the performance of ritual per se, in keeping with its symbolic "builders'" vocation. No doubt this way of doing things will seem unusual to English masons, but it is actually standard masonic practice in many continental lodges.
Fraternity,
Alex Ardancour
Lodge Freedom of Conscience, Grand Orient of France (English-speaking), London UK. ( [url]liberal-masonry.org[/url] )
as it is in the German AFuAM-ritual - a trialogue inter WM, SW and JW when opening and when closing. It is almost the same text as in the "Catechism". But this is another thing than a lecture, the catechism will not be read out as lecture in a working lodge (at least not in Germany).Ninth Arch wrote:The lectures are indeed in catechism form. which I understand was more common in ceremonies in "antiquity". We retain a small part in our opening and closing in the Three Degrees.
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