Fellow Craft

I am now a Fellow Craft Mason. Tonight's degree as tremendously exciting, although some of it was expected (the pats that are similar to the first degree). I'll go through a few impressions I had, in order, as best I can remember. I won't give away anything I shouldn't, and I won't spoil it for others, either.

The beginning part was easy enough, since it was nearly identical to the first degree. There were some obvious changes, although I guessed some of them before tonight. It does make me very curious about the third. The real changes come in the second half, but I'd be remiss not to mention how utterly metal some of this stuff (the music, I mean).

The second half is where the real differences occurred, and where I really enjoyed myself. As a student of history, it was entirely evident to me where all of this started. The verbiage and ideals set forth are very Renaissance or Reawakening. I recognized a lot of it from time in medieval/renaissance reenactment. Admittedly, there was a lot to take in, but I enjoyed it throughly.

That's about all I can think of for now, but I'm sure I'll have more to talk about after I sleep on it some and read some of the stuff I've gone through. Apparently, it wasn't run entirely as it should've been, although I wouldn't know, yet. There was a bit where the Master stumbled and it was rather comical, but I didn't mind - it lightened the mood.