Entered Apprentice Education

As an Entered Apprentice you are required to review and understand the following:

Entered Apprentice Education

  1. Masonic Etiquette. Goal: Be able to “move about the Lodge,” and identify a lodge’s officers, their stations, and their responsibilities.
    1. Suggested Minimum Standards
      1. Readings
        1. Positions within the Lodge
      2. Discussions
        1. Addressing Fellow Brethren and Moving about the Lodge
        2. Elements of a Lodge
    2. Additional Readings
      1. Anderson’s Constitutions, The Charges of a Free-Mason
  2. History. Goal: To understand Freemasonry’s origins, traditions, and its impact to our lives today.
    1. Suggested Minimum Standards
      1. Readings
        1. HGLDC Chapter 1: Whence Came We?
        2. HGLDC Chapter 2: In the Beginning
        3. Anderson’s Constitutions page 2-48
        4. The laying of cornerstones (Harris)
      2. Discussions
        1. Why is history/tradition important to Masons?
          1. How does Masonry’s Founding myth enhance our understanding of the factual history?
        2. Why do masons lay cornerstones? Why is that public event notable for freemasons?
    2. Additional Information
      1. Ahiman Rezon
      2. HGLDC Chapter 4: Independence
      3. HGLDC Chapter 5: In the Early Days
  3. Esoterics and Symbolism. Goal: To describe the EA degree, the major symbols, and relate them to individual behavior.
    1. Suggested Minimum Standards
      1. Readings
        1. Grand Lodge EA Booklet
        2. The Symbolism of Freemasonry: XIX. Rite of Investiture (Albert Mackey)
        3. Freemasonry: Its Hidden Meaning
        4. Masonic Symbolism & the EA Degree: White Leather Apron
        5. Working Tools (Common Gavel)
        6. The 24-inch gauge:  a measure of distance, and time.
        7. Carl H. Claudy – Introduction to Freemasonry – The Entered Apprentice Degree
      2. Discussions
        1. What is Esotericism, what is its value in a lodge, and why do Masons put such an emphasis on it?
        2. Presented EA Materials
        3. Elements of the Chamber of Reflection
        4. The Apron
        5. The working tools
        6. The Cable Tow
        7. The Principle Tenets of Freemasonry
    2. Additional Information
      1. Northeast Corner of the Lodge (ES)
        1. The Northeast Corner (H.L. Haywood)
        2. The Northeast Corner (unknown)
      2. The Great Lights (ES)
        1. The Great Lights (Claudy)
        2. The Three Great Lights in Masonry
      3. The Lesser Lights (ES)
        1. Great Lights & Lesser Lights (Claudy)
        2. Lesser Lights-1926
      4. Prestonian Entered Apprentice Lecture (DC Grand Lodge ritual lecture)
  4. Ritual Proficiency. Goal: To recite the EA obligation, step, D-G, and grip from memory.
    1. Suggested Minimum Standards
      1. Readings
        1. Catechism
      2. Discussion
        1. Obligation and Grip
        2. EA Degree Walk-Through

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