Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

extend--although we have no evidence of the
fact--to a period before the universal deluge.
"The reverence indicated by putting off the
covering of the feet," says Dr. Kitts, "is still
prevalent in the East. The Orientals throw off
their slippers on all those occasions when we
should take off our hats. They never uncover their
heads, any more than we do our feet. It would
everywhere, whether among Christians,
Moslems, or pagans, be considered in the highest
degree irreverent for a person to enter a church, a
temple, or a mosque, with his feet covered." In
like manner our Mosaic pavement is accounted
pure and immaculate; and therefore no pollution
can be tolerated on that sacred floor."--The
Freemason's Treasury, p. 177.
30:1 This is the first admission of a candidate
before initiation. He avows airs belief and trust in
God: and it is on that avowal alone that his
admission among us is based. If he refused to
acknowledge the being of a God would he at once
rejected; but on the receipt of a solemn
declaration that he puts his trust in God, the chief
officer of the Lodge expresses his satisfaction,
and tells him that where the name of God is
invoked no danger can possibly ensue.--
Historical Landmarks, vol. i. p. 45.
31:1 NOTE.--If more than one candidate is being
initiated at once, they p. 32 are required to take
hold of each other's arms. Five are about as many
as can be initiated at once; the same number
"passed" to Second Degree; but only one at a
time can be raised to the Master's Degree. Small
Lodges cannot manage but one at a time
conveniently.
34:1 Neither Adam, nor Nimrod, nor Moses, nor