Customer Reviews

Look to the East: A Ritual of the First Three Degrees of Freemasonry

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For the individual looking to take Masonic orders, or for the person who is just curious about all the secrecy; this book contains virtually complete rituals, ceremonies, and lectures for the first three degrees of Masonry. Because of this, it makes an excellent study guide for degree work and serves to aid the initiate in better understanding his transformation. Please Note: If you seek the secret passwords and handgrips of Freemasonry, you will not find them here.

No, you can't read this and work your way into a Masonic lodge. No, there are no "secrets" to be found here. Just an excellent reference work for students of Masonic ritual. As I understand it, many Prince Hall jurisdictions have adopted Look To The East as their basic ritual, and it is an excellent study guide. It is very similar to other Grand Lodge jurisdictions' rituals as well.
Be aware that the Kessinger version of this book has the look and feel of being xeroxed onto 8 1/2 x 11 pages, with plenty of white space around the text. If you are the sort who likes to take notes, there's plenty of room! What Kessinger lacks in quality they more than make up for in their huge catalogue of Masonic and other esoteric research books.

Good general reference on the three degrees, but it omits a great deal of wording in the obligation sections for each of them. Very unfaithful reproduction. Buy the original, if you can find it.

I thought the book was excellent for my purpose. I would like to warn buyers that the wording is may be slightly different in the degrees, than their state Grand Lodge may use.

Great book for the beginning Mason and for the older who may have forgotten some things along his long travels.

This wonderful book has been in print for over 100 years. I have found Look to the East to be an outstanding reference and study guide for the first Three Degrees of Masonic Rituals. The publisher is to be commended for keeping this scarce work in print. Kessinger Publishing is the foremost publisher of Masonic works.

As a new officer in our Lodge I have been struggling with the blue book. This has been extremely helpful.

I have several different editions of this book. It is one of the
best rituals that any mason could own.

I rate this item three stars because it is a rare work that really benefits those seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the Freemasons, but it is full of typographical errors. To me, this is not acceptable for the price. There are other Freemason ritual books here on Amazon that cover the three degrees of Freemasonry but are not fraught with typos.

It's great that an old standard like this can still be in print and useful.