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By improving Masonic
education within your Lodge, you, personally, gain knowledge of the craft
of Freemasonry and help to improve Masonic retention of your brethren.
"To set the Craft to work
...and
give them good
and wholesome instruction
for their labors."
Hi, I'm Simon Pierce and I'd like to help you learn basic lodge-level
Freemasonry via my Fast Track, Fat-Free, Step-by-Step method to save you thousands of hours in
your quest for Masonic knowledge.
Not all pages of this website are on the left hand
Navigation Bar. If you are in a hurry, click on my
SiteMap at the top of the Navigation Bar to
quickly see the index of all the pages.
The Mission Statement of this Website is
a simple one: Masonic education builds Masonic retention.
This site is not an official site of any recognized Masonic
body in the United States or in the world. It is for informational
purposes only. Its contents are those of regular Freemasonry in the United
States. It does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of any
regular Masonic body of Freemasonry.
What is a Fast Track Masonic education?
You’re a busy person. You need the
right process and the right tools to help you remove the barriers and mysteries
of Freemasonry,... correctly applied in a simple, step-by-step, easy to learn
manner.
This helps you learn Freemasonry basics in a few well-spent hours compared to
many frustrating years.
What does “Fat-Free” mean?
Long, wordy, books take time to
read. Wouldn’t it be easier if you didn’t have to comb your lodge library,
the public library and all your neighborhood bookstores to find:
The unspoken rules of Masonic Etiquette ...all in one
place?
What the biblical verses within the 3 degrees actually mean…especially the
third degree verse?
Each lodge officer's duties and his corresponding jewels of office …all on 1 page?
How much time would this save you?
Masonic education helps you attain a basic online education of the Masonic craft.
Once you have
obtained a basic, foundational knowledge of Freemasonry, there are many Masonic
books which will help you to complete your education.
Take action to “feel” the true rewards of Freemasonry…possibly even before
your next lodge meeting!
Help For
the Lodge Education Officer
Are you your Lodge’s
Masonic Education Officer and have quickly come to the realization that your Lodge Library contains
absolutely nothing really helpful with which to train a new brother to bring him
up in the Craft?
Sure, it has quite a few Freemason books...mostly either very
old, very deep and scholarly, or whole sets of Encyclopedias of Masonic Knowledge…but
nothing basic enough to help YOU with the job of training a new member.
You
have at your fingertips pounds and pounds of books filled with Masonic info, but
unless you choose to begin reading them aloud to your new members at each of
your Education meetings, (snore),... it's going to be very difficult to impart a
basic knowledge of Freemasonry in your time allotted.
Lodge education officers should feel free to read, print and use each of the
pages on this website at their Education Meetings.
Training Masonic Apprentices
Or...maybe you want to begin Training Masonic Apprentices, and you found
an old
Entered Apprentice Quiz,
Fellowcraft Quiz and
Master Mason Quiz
in one of
the library drawers,... but none of them have Answer Sheets and you have nothing
for the student to study from to be able to TAKE the Masonic education quiz.
So…what is the fastest way to learn Masonic craft...and where do you
begin?
Right here.
Are you a new Master Mason who is trying to learn:
1.
Freemasonry Symbols…
2.
Masonic Etiquette
…learning Lodge Do's and
Don’ts?
3.
Masonic Words
and Phrases like cowan, profane,
diurnal, etc.?
4. Why Masonry is the oldest fraternity in the world?
5. What binds it together?
Are You Soon To Be The Master Of Your
Lodge?
...Or, perhaps you are
the Senior Warden
who will be Master of the Lodge next year.
You already know a lot about Freemasonry; …perhaps you are even a Masonic
scholar. You’re pretty good with Freemason ritual work, but as its Worshipful Master, you are
aware that, essentially,
you are the CEO of your Symbolic Lodge
and would like
to make your year be remembered as a great year.
So, without having to re-read
the entire Masonic Library; you just want to brush-up on a few things to school
yourself in preparation for your year...not only ritual and symbolism, but learn
how to prepare yourself to for Lodge administration duties. If so, please read the page
entitled "Lodge Master". It will help you, as the new Master of the Lodge,
get up to speed, fast.
Learn How To Delegate Responsibilities to Lodge
Committees:
1. Learn and direct proper procedures for each lodge committee:
How to:
A.
Perform proper lodge audits.
B. Perform a proper
Masonic investigation.
C. Help each
lodge committee learn why their specific task is
necessary to create a fully functional,
harmonious and working lodge.
2.
Increase Masonic Education and Masonic Retention through
creating an
Education Officer
position and a Mentor Program, thus
fulfilling your Grand
Lodge’s expectations.
Learn Other Names for the Masonic Lodge
Historically, there are many names for the Lodge. In various lodges
around the world, it is called a
Masonic Lodge, a Blue Lodge (in the United States), a Symbolic Lodge, an Ancient Craft Lodge, a Craft
Lodge or St. John’s Lodge. All are correct.
There are thousands of Masonic books written about Freemasonry.
Many Freemason
books are
excellent reading resources, however, it can be a lifelong pursuit to truly
understand the basic Masonic lodge fundamentals of what Masonry is really about.
Educating yourself, book by book is a very worthwhile, but usually a tremendously long and
time consuming process over many years. However, the process becomes much
easier once you have a basic foundation of knowledge on which to build upon..
Learn Lodge Officer Duties and Masonic Emblems
Learn the expected duties of each lodge
officer, as well as the meaning of their Masonic emblems ..their Masonic Jewel
of office, which each represent.
Fast Track Masonic Education Training
1. Entered Apprentice Quiz, Fellow Craft Quiz, Master Mason Quiz
2. Entered Apprentice Mason Training
3. Historical significance of why Freemasons wear a Masonic Signet Ring.
Since
your Masonic Masters degree is not an online college degree, it can only be
received in your Mother Lodge...the lodge in which you will or have already been
raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason.
The purpose of this Masonic
website is to provide you with a basic, lodge level, online education to help you understand Freemasonry's tenets, Masonic symbols and assist you in Lodge administration to help you more quickly develop a deeper understanding about the oldest fraternity in the world.
Masonic Rings and Masonic Jewelry
Learn what Masonic rings and Masonic jewelry signify to a Freemason.
Meaning of the Masonic Third Degree Verse
You will
learn the meanings of the biblical words in Masonic Degree Verses,...
especially in the Masonic third degree and what each of the 3 degrees represent.
Lodge Education is the beginning of true knowledge. Masonic knowledge opens the
door to understanding.
…And, much like King Solomon’s wisdom in biblical times of
laying a strong foundation for his Temple (edifice);
our full understanding of the Masonic Craft becomes necessary to fully embrace its
rays of light.
Freemasons Secrets
There is nothing esoteric (mysterious) about Freemasonry except the grips,
passwords, penal signs and ritual work.
This website does not address
these.
You will learn these in your Mother lodge…the Lodge in which you
were or will be raised to the degree of Master Mason.
Masonic Symbols and Masonic Words and Phrases
Masonic Education: This is how Freemasonry has survived through the centuries through its members teaching other members.
Like your
predecessors, you will learn the Freemason Masonic symbols
which have come down to us through the generations…not just from books, the
Old Charges
(old manuscripts, Old Charters), engravings and Masonic ritual and degree work;
...but through the
Masonic mentoring (nurturing) of each of its members,… fellow Brother Masons coaching and helping
each other in their quest for Masonic knowledge.
Monitorial Masonic Education:This monitorial education (a method of one-on-one, mouth-to-ear training)...or
in this case, one-to-many, eye-to-screen training), is performed by Masonic mentors who tutor
each new member of the brotherhood in the sometimes archaic (seldom used in
modern language) Masonic words contained within Masonic books and literature.
They teach (inculcate) their brothers about
Freemasonry's biblical (Holy Book) history, its age-old
tenets (principles), and the discipline and guidance each man needs as we
fulfill our moral and social responsibilities to one another.
The monitorial Masonic education on these
pages is performed via a Fast Track (step-by-step, easy-to-read,
easy-to-understand), Fat-Free (non-wordy, Get-Miles-Get-Home) methodology.
Please do not mistake these words to mean a quick and sloppy "1-Day-Class" approach... or as
"Freemasonry-Lite"...
In fact, you will find it to be just the opposite.
When you complete your Masonic education studies learned on this website, you will have
attained a truer understanding of that which you seek (and have saved yourself
several hundred or several thousand hours in the process).
What is True Masonic Brotherhood?
...As the light becomes brighter, the
Holy Scriptures will begin to come alive to you...their pages filled with the
very real people
who were our ancestors.
Jerusalem will cease to be just an ancient city on a map in the Middle East
filled with centuries of war and unrest.
You will come to understand that Abraham (Father of all the Nations in the world) begat 2 sons:
Isaac
(ancestor to the Christian and Judaic nations) and
Ishmael
(ancestor to the Arab
nations).
With this knowledge, your comprehension of our Creator's true
meaning of "brotherhood" across the nations of the world, will unfold.
Do You Want to be a Masonic Mentor?
As we plumb
the depths of basic Free Masonry; your Masonic knowledge will soon become wisdom. Having learned, once you feel more comfortable, please
pay-it-forward, and choose to become a Masonic mentor to the new brothers within your lodge.
Point them to this website and then discuss with them what you both have learned.
Mentoring new Mentors:
Masonic education
creates Masonic retention...so, please, don't wait until you feel you have
become a "bejeweled" Masonic scholar to begin mentoring others.
The next
time you are called to Refreshment, feel free to choose one of the numerous topics on these
pages and tell your brothers what you have learned, or choose one of the Masonic
Talks and present it at your next meeting.
As your understanding of
Masonic education becomes wisdom, others will request your help, your presence, and your guidance.
As your step-by-step Masonic education continues, it is my sincere hope that you
will find this information to be both enlightening and to be of value to you;
both within your life and in your journey toward the Light.
So Mote It Be!
Simon Pierce
P.S....One last thing:
Joining The Freemasons:
If you are not already a Freemason, perhaps you are
interested in becoming a Free Mason. Joining Freemasons betters most mens'
lives...no matter what their skin color, their income level, their religion,
(Freemasonry accepts men from all religions) nor what country around the world
in which they live.
Freemasonry truly does
make good men, better.
If you would like to join the fraternity,
contact a lodge near you, the Grand Lodge in your state or country,...or if you see
men wearing Masonic emblem clothing, such as
Masonic shirts,
Masonic hats...
Masonic Rings
or a vehicle with a
Masonic auto emblem, ...simply ask him if he is a Freemason and
request information about Freemason membership.
To find a Masonic lodge near you, you can perform a
web
search
by simply typing "Grand Lodge" and your state or country. You may then
contact the Grand Lodge for more information.
Freemasons Secrets:
If, however, you have considered joining Freemasons only to
learn more about:
Freemason conspiracy
Masonic lodge secrets, such as you have watched on television.
Or, if you are
looking for
Knights Templar treasure rooms of gold,
Masonic Secrets of the Freemasons which are
supposed to be
buried
beneath the capitol in Washington, D.C.
An
unfinished "pentagram" on the
streets of Washington, D.C.,
...You will be deeply disappointed, because Masons
don't know any more about them than you do...and only then, what we see on T.V.
...And, just like you, we all wasted an
hour of our time attempting to find some true Masonic significance to the Eagle,
the pyramid and the Eye of God on our one dollar bill...only to find at the end
of the program that there were no clearly defined Masonic secret available to
unearth.
So, if your prime motivation to join
Free Masonry is to
learn the Freemason handshake, your time will truly be wasted.
Freemasons secrets lie in the libraries of ancient and historical books and
manuscripts around the world,...and most especially in the Holy Books of all the
major religions...the Bible, the Torah, the Vedas, the Koran and others.
..And
from the study of these books, comes true understanding of that which our
Creator (God, Allah, Jehovah, Mohammad, etc.) has set down for us to live by.
Masonic Education
Masonic education is the study of these books toward living a life that is pleasing to
our Creator. It is from this Masonic knowledge and from within the
brotherhood, that the fraternity of Freemasonry has, for centuries, made good
men, better.
Around the world, the Creator's name is spelled and pronounced differently.
Freemasonry is non-sectarian.
This means that Freemasons open their doors
to men from all religions...just as the Creator, the Supreme Architect of the
Universe hears the individual prayers from each person which He placed on the
Earth without judging them based upon the denomination of their personal
religion.
If, after reading the above, and
reading the pages of this website (especially the page entitled "Become a Free
Mason") for a deeper understanding of Freemasonry, you are sincerely interested in
joining Freemasons;... please re-read
Joining the Freemasons, above, for information
about the easiest ways to join our fraternity
...If you forget the URL (address)
of this Masonic education website, simply type these words into your Google search box:
Simon Sez Masonic Education
BOOKMARK PAGES:
Once you complete your Masonic education studies on this website, be sure to bookmark your page(s), especially the
"Newest Pages" page which is on the left hand Navigation Bar so you will be able to
quickly view the newest pages which have been added, instead of having to "wade"
through and re-read the various pages which you have already read.
Feel free to bookmark or print any page within this Masonic Education website to use as an ongoing Masonic reference aid during your studies.
Each page is copyrighted, but may be printed for individual and
lodge use.
Pay-It-Forward:
If you feel the Masonic Education on these pages has been of value to you,
please pay-it-forward
and remember your fellow Lodge brothers to help provide them with the fastest
way to learn Masonic Craft to help them in their quest.
Linking In:
To
assist others among the brethren in their quest for Masonic light, feel free to
link to any of the pages on this Masonic education website.
My only
request is that if you choose to link to this site, that your anchor
text (words) spell out exactly what the visitor will find on the page which you
are sending them to, such as: "Site
Map of Pages for Masonic-Lodge-of-Education.com" instead of "click here", "more",
"great info".
It may also be helpful to your
website visitors if you write a short description about what they will find on
this website.
As an
Example:
Masonic-Lodge-of-Education.com
contains an Entered Apprentice Quiz, FellowCraft Quiz, Master Mason Quiz, Symbol Quiz, Lodge Officer Duties and their jewels of office, Masonic symbols, Masonic Jewelry, Duties of the Lodge Committees, archaic Masonic words within ritual, and much more.
See their Site Map for a list of this Masonic education site's pages.
