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Masonic ritual and symbolism
Masonic ritual refers to the scripted words and actions that are spoken or performed during the degree work in a Masonic Lodge. Masonic symbolism is that which is used to illustrate the principles which Freemasonry espouses. Masonic ritual has appeared in a number of contexts within literature including in ''The Man Who Would Be King'', by Rudyard Kipling, and ''War and Peace'', by Leo Tolstoy.
==The purpose of Masonic ritual==
Freemasonry is described in its own ritual as a ''Beautiful'' or ''Peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols''.〔(University of Bradford, Web of Hiram ) First Degree Lecture, pub. Lewis, London, 1801〕 The symbolism of freemasonry is found throughout the Masonic Lodge, and contains many of the working tools of a medieval or renaissance stonemason. The whole system is transmitted to initiates through the medium of Masonic ritual, which consists of lectures and allegorical plays.〔(UGLE website ) What is Freemasonry, retrieved 12th Jan 2013〕
Common to all of Freemasonry is the three grade system of ''craft'' or ''blue lodge'' freemasonry, whose allegory is centred on the building of the Temple of Solomon, and the story of the chief architect, Hiram Abiff.〔(Pietre-Stones ) Kent Henderson, The Legend of Hiram Abif, retrieved 12th Jan 2013〕 Further degrees have different underlying allegories, often linked to the transmission of the story of Hiram. Participation in these is optional, and usually entails joining a separate Masonic body. The type and availability of the ''Higher Degrees'' also depends on the Masonic Jurisdiction of the Craft Lodge that first initiated the mason.〔Fred L. Pick, ''The Pocket History of Freemasonry'', pp. 268-280.〕
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