“
These brothers who surrounded me had a certain elegance
”, remembers Thierry, “
dressed in an apron and a tricorn hat, sword on the belt, they impress me!
".
Initiated 30 years ago in Freemasonry, everything changed in 2012, for the 52-year-old Nancy, when, through a friend, he discovered the rectified Scottish rite (or regime).
"
It is a rare ritual in the Freemasonry world
", says Thierry, "
directly inherited from the Enlightenment, and of which nothing has been modified, from the multiple symbols to the ceremonial outfits
".
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According to the formula of engagement of the first grade, the one who is now a master, after having been an apprentice and a journeyman, promised to be “
beneficent towards all men […] and never to reveal any of the mysteries, secrets and symbols of Freemasonry
”.
Thierry remembers.
He was on one knee on the ground, in front of the plate of the venerable master, the brother who presides over the ceremony, located in the east in the Masonic temple.
"
The venerable
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