Los Rituales de la Francmasonería Inglesa y la diferencia entre la Alto Consejo Masonico Madre del Mundo y la Gran Logia Unida de Inglaterra

Los dos rituales principales utilizados por la Gran Logia Unida de Inglaterra son los de Emulación y Estabilidad. Ambos rituales llegaron a Inglaterra a través de las logias Escocesas e Irlandesas que formaron la llamada Gran Logia de los “Antients” y practicaban una Francmasonería de origen Escocesa e Irlandesa, que son tradiciones totalmente diferentes de la masonería tradicional simbólica practicada desde tiempos inmemoriales en Inglaterra.
Las logias Inglesas, posterior a la unión del 27 de Diciembre de 1813 fueron obligadas a abandonar sus rituales tradicionales que eran mas hermosos, significativos y simbólicamente mas correctos que los rituales básicos y de no tanta exactitud que los rituales provenientes de Irlandeses y Escoceses.
En realidad esto es visto casi como una parodia de la historia de la Orden, sabiendo que la masonería en las Islas británicas se originó en Inglaterra como se puede apreciar en el Manuscrito Regius de 1390. Es en Inglaterra que la Masonería tiene su inicio, y es desde Inglaterra hacia Irlanda y Escocia que la Masonería se expandió.

ESTABILIDAD

Los rituales llamados Estabilidad fueron recibidos a través de la Logia de Investigación Estabilidad (aprobados por la Logia Estabilidad hoy Nº 217 y antiguamente perteneciente a la Gran Logia de los llamados “Antients”), que tenia entre sus 17 fundadores a 16 hermanos pertenecientes a los llamados “Antients” un año después que la Logia Reconciliación termino su labor. Tres miembros de esta Logia estaban entre sus fundadores y se afirma que enseñaron las ceremonias practicadas en ella. En total 8 miembros de la Logia Reconciliación fueron miembros de la Logia Estabilidad de Instrucción en varias ocasiones.

EMULACION

La Logia Emulación fue fundada seis años después de Estabilidad, en 1823, bajo los auspicios de una Logia en Londres de los llamados “Antients”, hoy Real Logia York de Perseverancia. Nº 7, pero en 1830 pasó a la jurisdicción de la Logia Unión Nº 256, de los “Modernos”. De los 21 fundadores, 10 pertenecieron al cuerpo de los “Antients”.

RITUALES PRACTICADOS POR LA GRAN LOGIA REGULAR DE INGLATERRA

La Gran Logia Regular de Inglaterra auspicia la práctica de los siguientes rituales basados en las enseñanzas de origen ingles de la francmasonería:

Rito Inglés (1730-40)
Rito Ingles Antiguo (1730-40)
Rito Clermont (1745)

La Gran Logia Regular de Inglaterra alienta una Gran Logia multi-ritualística donde se practican entre otros los siguientes ritos: Rito Escocés Rectificado (1783), (Significando que fue rectificado a la tradición inglesa mientras mantenía su influencia caballeresca), el Rito Antiguo y Primitivo, y varios otros ritos que cumplan con los requerimientos de la Francmasonería Inglesa Original.

English Rite Degrees

1. Entered Apprentice
2. Fellow Craft
3. Master Mason

Capitular Degrees

Mark Master -
The work on the temple continues. Amplifying the Fellowcraft Degree, we are taught that the knowledge we received there can be employed most usefully and judiciously for our honor and the profit of others. A beautiful lesson is exemplified, inculcating the truth that although we are often misunderstood, underrated and traduced, there is ONE who will make the rejected stone the head of the corner.

Past Master -
This Degree begins the preparation for the Royal Arch, which we are told was removed from the Symbolic Degrees of which it once was part, to reserve it for the more earnest seeker of more Light in Masonry. Originally only Past Masters of Lodges were admitted to the sublime secrets of the Royal Arch. This meant that very few could receive them. The Degree of Past Master (Virtual) teaches the candidate that he must first learn to obey before he can rule, and to govern himself before he can govern others.

Most Excellent Master -
This is a significant Degree in Ancient Craft Masonry. King Solomon's Temple, which was begun so auspiciously and halted so dramatically in the Third Degree, is completed amid much rejoicing and great splendor. The labors of the Craft are given the blessing of the Lord, who descended as fire from heaven. King Solomon, in his gratitude, received and acknowledged them Most Excellent Masters, empowered to travel and receive Master's Wages, and charged them with the responsibility of sharing their Masonic Light and Knowledge with those less informed.

Royal Ark Mariner -
This degree is set in the time of Noah and his sons, and relates events prior to, during, and after the Flood. The degree is interesting because much of it is set in unrhymed meter, and because axes are used in place of gavels and undressed aprons for lambskin ones. The candidate receives the customary obligation, signs, words and a lecture. The lesson taught is one of trusting in God's goodness and mercy. Earlier in AMD history, separate Lodges of Royal Ark Mariners were attached, or "moored", to a particular Council, but this is no longer practiced.

Cryptic Rite degrees
[ based on the building of King Solomon's Temple ]

Royal Master -
This Degree takes us backward in time to a day prior to the death of the builder, who is again the central character. He imparts sublime teachings of a useful labor on earth to the candidate and gives him instruction as to the preservation of our valuable secrets. This is one of the most beautiful Degrees in all Masonry. Its lessons are so impressive that they are seldom forgotten. It is especially illustrative of the third and seventh Degrees.

Select Master -
Historically, this Degree occurs also prior to the third Degree, and deals with incidents that occurred at the building of the first Temple. It is closely connected with the Royal Arch Degree and affords the explanation needed for its perfect understanding. It is highly dramatic.

Super Excellent Master -
This Degree refers to circumstances and incidents during the siege of Jerusalem and the final destruction of the Temple. The work is dramatic and most impressive. This work completes the Circle of Perfection of Ancient Craft Masonry, but to the follower of Christ there is a definite need and desire for the application of these impressive lessons and beautiful ceremonies to his way of life. To fulfill this need we have the Commandery -- Knights Templar.

Holy Royal Arch

Royal Arch Mason -
In this Degree we find the completion of the Master's Degree and the Recovery of the Word. After the death of King Solomon, his magnificent Temple was destroyed and the Israelites carried away as captives to Babylon, where they lived for about 70 years. Here, many acquired considerable wealth and attained high rank and influence in the Chaldean government. However, when liberated by King Cyrus, many of them returned to Jerusalem and began rebuilding the Temple. While this work was going on and the rubbish of the ruins of the first Temple was being cleared away, many interesting and valuable discoveries were made, chief of which was the recovery of the Lost Word. With the recover of that which was lost, it would seem to the novitiate that his search for Light was ended. However, in order that he might better acquire the lessons, a seemingly inverse movement of the Degrees, historically, is set up

Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priest

Red Cross of Constantine

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