Histories of rituals




Since 2014 I’ve collected (old) ritual texts (mostly co-Masonic) and their revisions to get an idea of the history of the rituals. This started with Dutch rituals, but later I also ‘had’ to have a look at foreign rituals. The most extensive is the history of the “Dharma Workings”, the second co-Masonic ritual. “Dharma” was the source of other rituals, sometimes directly (“Lauderdale” is basically the fifth edition of “Dharma”), sometimes indirectly (“Verulam” seems to have “Dharma” as a source, but differs from it). On this website you can read about the history of the following rituals:
- Rituel de l’Obédience Mixte Internationale Le Droit Humain pre-history and development;
- The Dharma Workings of Craft Masonry;
- “Sydney“;
- Ritual of the Symbolic Lodges in North America;
- The Verulam Workings of Craft Freemasonry;
- Rituaal voor den Leerlingsgraad (Netherlands);
- Rituaal voor den Leerlingsgraad E.R. (Netherlands);
- The Lauderdale Ritual of Craft Freemasonry;
- Georges Martin Ritual;
- Le Droit Humain Mexico.
If ritual and general (co-)Masonic history interests you, also see here.