The Ritual Experience - Are you the hero in your masonic journey?

Does your masonic journey
have parallels with
the heroes of ancient myths? 

I found the analogy of the ordinary world and the 'special' world and the narrative that connects it especially captivating.

The keywords that struck me(I'm sure there are more) were -

• Mysterious, 
• assistance, 
• wiser, 
• crosses the threshold, 
• trials, 
• escapes, 
• approach, 
• ordeal, 
• crisis, 
• darkest hour, 
• death, 
• reborn, 
• special recognition, 
• return to the ordinary world, 
• new life, 
• experience that transforms you, 
• symbolic. 

Take  a close look at the video below. What words do you recognize?

Rev Dr John Theophilus Desaguiler's Visit to Edinburgh - What actually happened by Bro Trevor Stewart

This talk was given at a Research Lodge under the ANZ Masonic Research Council.
In it Bro. Dr. Trevor Stewart gives a detailed talk using the Minute Books of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No 1, on the actual evidence of what happened when Rev Dr John Theophilus Desaguilers – A Past Grand Master of England – visited the Lodge of Edinburgh in the Summer of 1721.

Was this when the third degree was introduced in Scotland?





Presentation: The Reverend Dr John Theophilus Desaguilers’ Visit to Edinburgh - Bro Trevor Stewart from Lostock Films on Vimeo.