WHAT IS A FREEMASON?
In the First Degree, W.L. Wilmshurst advocated
that the preparation of the Candidate for Initiation should include his
answering three questions:
- What is your view of the
purpose of human life and the nature of human destiny?
- What is your object in
seeking to be initiated?
- What may the Craft hope
to receive from you in return for what you expect to receive from
it?
He went on to compare the
three Degrees of Craft Masonry to the three stages of philosophical mysticism:
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Purification
- Illumination -
Education
- Perfection -
Union
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