My favorite degree is not for my pleasure, but for the candidate, I believe it should be the 1st Degree in Masonry. It opens and initates them into the fraternity and it should be a special night and should be performed with only one canidate. It's his night and should not be deminished in any form. It is his first step in Masonry.
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My favorite degree is not for my pleasure, but for the candidate, I believe it should be the 1st Degree in Masonry. It opens and initates them into the fraternity and it should be a special night and should be performed with only one canidate. It's his night and should not be deminished in any form. It is his first step in Masonry.
Ok, now my personal favorite Degree , to perform and direct is the Scottish Rite 25th. It's not particularly long, but provides the moral lesson with some good wholesome fun.
You are exactly right, the First Degree should only be performed on a single candidate. It needs to be special for that one man only. Anything less is robbing him of a part of the experience.
Perhaps in the past, like immediately following the World Wars there was a reason to confer it on more than one candidate at a time, but today, we do not have so many candidates that we can't easily ensure that every candidate have his own personal experience.
My favorite degree is not for my pleasure, but for the candidate, I believe it should be the 1st Degree in Masonry. It opens and initates them into the fraternity and it should be a special night and should be performed with only one canidate. It's his night and should not be deminished in any form. It is his first step in Masonry.
Ok, now my personal favorite Degree , to perform and direct is the Scottish Rite 25th. It's not particularly long, but provides the moral lesson with some good wholesome fun.
You are exactly right, the First Degree should only be performed on a single candidate. It needs to be special for that one man only. Anything less is robbing him of a part of the experience.
Perhaps in the past, like immediately following the World Wars there was a reason to confer it on more than one candidate at a time, but today, we do not have so many candidates that we can't easily ensure that every candidate have his own personal experience.