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Category 04 · Books & Education

Ritual books, Monitors, officer manuals, education.

Books used for degree work, officer proficiency, and Masonic education. Grand Lodge-restricted titles require appropriate documentation to order.

Grand Lodge ritual books

Members-only, per jurisdiction.

Full ritual books for degree work are published by each Grand Lodge and sold only to member lodges through authorized suppliers with appropriate Grand Lodge documentation. We stock ritual books for the Grand Lodges of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa; others available by transfer with proper authorization.

Requires signed authorization from the Worshipful Master or Grand Lodge Secretary.

Monitor

Public outer ritual.

The Monitor is the Grand Lodge-published outer ritual, containing the openings, closings, and non-esoteric portions of the degree work. Publicly available; useful for new officers learning the responsibilities of their station.

Standard edition and pocket edition available.

Officer manuals

Station-specific guides.

Worshipful Master’s Manual

Preparing to serve as Worshipful Master, floor work, protocol, gavel usage, opening the lodge.

Senior Warden’s Guide

West of the lodge room; preparing to serve as Master the following year.

Junior Warden’s Guide

South of the lodge room; refreshment, fellowship, and lodge protocol.

Deacon Manual

Senior and Junior Deacon floor work, escorting, degree work responsibilities.

Secretary’s Handbook

Minutes, correspondence, Grand Lodge reporting, member records.

Treasurer’s Handbook

Financial reporting, tax-exempt status, per-capita, bonding.

Officer proficiency cards

Pocket reference cards.

Small cards each officer keeps for their station’s charge, opening and closing lines. Sold as sets of 12 (all officer positions) or individual cards. Laminated versions available for longer service.

Masonic education

History, symbolism, philosophy.

Selected education titles including Coil’s Masonic Encyclopedia, Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Albert Pike’s Morals and Dogma, and Manly P. Hall’s Secret Teachings. Contemporary titles on Masonic history and symbolism updated seasonally.