The Middle Chamber Lecture is a deep and intense section of Ritual. Sadly, due to sudden illness I was unable to give the full form lecture as I intended during the Degree (dry air gives me nosebleeds every time). To make it up to our class of Fellowcrafts, I lectured on this often neglected section of New York Ritual (for those in NY its the part in italics. Those outside NY its the section about the pillars). This section is rich in esoteric philosophy and pulls deeply from the work of Vitruvius. If you have never read it over or seen it, you must. You are cheating yourself out of the richness of our work. It adds so much to the beauty of the Degree.
By chance, at the district town hall meeting our Deputy Grand Master spoke of an older lecture known as the "Dew Drop Lecture". This amazing ritual section is not used in the US any more, part of the concessions made at the Baltimore Masonic Convention of 1843 removed it. Our modern Middle Chamber Lecture took its place. I had never heard of this lecture. Serendipitous, as it fit perfectly into topics covered at this lecture. I have attached it in this blog entry. Read it! Simply one of the most amazingly beautiful and deep ritual variations I have ever read.
W:. Daniel J. Di Natale
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