CLC - ENTERED APPRENTICE - 05.22.17

C IRCUMAMBULATION A candidate is conducted around the lodge room as a preparation to his taking upon himself a solemn obligation. There are several reasons for this symbolic journey. The lodge obtains further assurance that you are properly prepared and qualified for the degree. There are extended meanings of this circumambulation, as Masons call it. Because the candidate moves in a clockwise manner, some see this as a symbol of the path of the sun as it moves from east to west. Others liken this to the journey of life itself, from childhood to maturity to old age, or from ignorance and solitude to light and brotherhood, as represented in the 133rd Psalm. Still others see it as a symbol of advancement in Masonry and the idea of progress.

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