Order of the Eastern Star
Published on 14. June 2022
139 pages
978-1-83974-860-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this excellent small tome F. A. Bell delves into the mysteries of the Masonic Order of the Eastern Star including the role and history of the women who shaped and served the order. "The spirit of modernity now pervades even our Ancient Mysteries, so that they must bear the stamp of recent investigation. Too little has been written about the splendid Order of the Eastern Star. It is almost impossible to find any printed article bearing on its history, which may be used in making an address on the subject. In this little book will be found a concise account of the development of the Order through the ages, from the early Mysteries to the present time."
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE.
- NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE GRADES IN FREEMASONRY.
- SYMBOLIC GRADES
- INEFFABLE GRADES
- ANCIENT HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL GRADES
- APOCALYPTIC AND CHRISTIAN GRADES
- MODERN HISTORICAL, CHIVALRIC, AND PHILOSOPHICAL GRADES
- OFFICIAL GRADES
- A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ORDER. WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECRET SOCIETIES FOR WOMEN.
- PURPOSES OF THE ORDER.
- GOVERNMENT.
- TO FORM A SUBORDINATE CHAPTER.
- GENERAL RULES.
- OFFICERS.
- STATIONS OF THE OFFICERS.
- FURNITURE AND REGALIA.
- JEWELS AND BADGES.
- THE LANDMARKS OF THE ORDER.
- TO OPEN THE CHAPTER.
- OPENING CEREMONIES.
- PRAYER.
- OPENING ODE.
- OPENING CEREMONIES.
- CLOSING PRAYER.
- THE INITIATION.
- OBLIGATION.
- SIGN OF DAUGHTER'S DEGREE.
- SIGN OF WIDOW'S DEGREE.
- SIGN OF SISTER'S DEGREE.
- PRAYER.
- WELCOME.
- INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
- PRAYER.
- INSTALLATION CEREMONIES FOR THE OFFICERS OF A GRAND CHAPTER OR OF THE GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER.
- INSTITUTING A NEW CHAPTER.
- PRAYER.
- PRAYER.
- ADMINISTRATIVE DEGREE FOR THE WORTHY MATRON OF A CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
- PRAYER.
- BENEDICTION.
- THE COMPLIMENTARY DEGREE OF QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.
- PRAYER.
- BURIAL SERVICES.
- PRAYER.
- MEMORIAL SERVICES.
- PRAYER.
- BENEDICTION.
- PARLIAMENTARY RULES FOR A CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
- A QUORUM.
- PRESIDING OFFICER.
- RIGHT TO BE PRESENT.
- DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.
- DUTIES OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER.
- TO SECURE THE FLOOR.
- PRECEDENCE ON THE FLOOR.
- TO MAKE A MOTION.
- AMENDMENTS.
- DIVIDING A QUESTION.
- BLANKS IN A MOTION.
- MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
- PREVIOUS QUESTION.
- MOTION TO ADJOURN.
- COMMITTEES.
- COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
- PROCEDURE IN VOTING.
- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
