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Chapter 7 - Rituals
the candidate, who faces East, to advance on his left foot as an Entered
Apprentice, to take an additional step on his right foot, and to bring the heel of
his left foot into the hollow of his right, thereby forming the angle of an oblong
(cf. p. 87). Having thus approached the East in the proper sequence, the
candidate is made to kneel in front of the altar on his naked right knee, his left
knee forming the angle of a square, his right hand resting upon the Bible, square,
and compass, and his left hand in a vertical position, his arm forming a square.
Now, the candidate pronounces his obligation after the Worshipful Master and
kisses the Bible as testimony of his sincerity.
The cabletow is removed, and the Worshipful Master asks the candidate what
he desires most, which is "more light in Masonry" (cf. p. 90). The brother is
"brought to light," and the first objects he sees are the three Great Lights in
Masonry. The Worshipful Master explains to him why the square and compass
are interlaced:
[...] you behold the three Great Lights in Masonry, as in the preceeding
[sic] degree, with this difference: one point of the compasses is above
the square; which is to teach you that you have received, and are entitled
to receive, more light in Masonry, but as one point is still hidden from
your view, it is also to teach you that you are yet one material point in
the dark respecting Freemasonry. (p. 91)
The Worshipful Master approaches from the East, on the step and under the
due guard and sign of a Fellow Craft, and presents his right hand to the candidate
in token of friendship and brotherly love. Then, he instructs the candidate in the
secret work, e.g. in the fashion of how to make the steps of a Fellow Craft, the
sign of the Second Degree which alludes to the penalty of the obligation, and the