MASONIC RITUAL
The Ritual – Open Ritual Book
MASONIC RITUAL EXPLAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CUSTODIANS OF THE WORK
Can an open Ritual Book be used to provide cues when the Lodge is at Labor?
In the Grand Lodge of New York,
No, this is expressly discountenanced. What can be used to provide cues is a Monitor, which is a special book that includes only the exoteric—which is to say neither secret nor exoteric/private—portions of the Ritual. The Grand Lodge of New York hasn’t had a true Monitor for around thirty-five years, but the Custodians of the Work have one prepared for publication that only awaits approval of some minor adjustments to some of the public ceremonies.
Response provided by RW Samuel Lloyd Kinsey
Chairman, Custodians of the Work, Grand Lodge of New York
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