Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

asely assassinated. Hold up your heads, and hear
your sentence. It is my orders that you be taken
without the gates of the court, and be executed,
according to your several imprecations, in the
clefts of the rocks. Brother Junior Grand Warden,
you will see my orders duly executed. Begone!
p. 115
They all pass out of the Lodge with a rush, into
the ante-room, where they form into a circle.
One, acting as the principal mover, raises his
right foot from the floor, at the same time his
hands, in the manner of slapping them together,
makes two false motions, but at the third all bring
down their right feet and hands together,
producing a very sharp noise. A momentary
silence then ensues, during which one of the party
groans, as if nearly dying. This is all intended to
produce its effect upon the ears of the candidate.
It also represents the execution and dying groans
of Jubela, the first ruffian, and is repeated twice
more to represent the death of the other two
ruffians. Some Lodges use a large drum, others
roll a large cannon-ball across the ante-room
floor, letting it strike on a cushion placed against
the wall. This is not, however, practised in city
Lodges.
The ruffians being executed, the brethren all
return quietly to the Lodge, when one of them
reports, in a loud tone of voice:
"Most Worshipful King Solomon, your orders
have been duly executed upon the three
murderers of Grand Master, Hiram Abiff." 1
K. S.--You twelve Fellow Crafts will go in search
of the body, and, if found, observe whether the
Master's word, or a key to it, or any thing that