Masonic Mnemonics

This was before language, so the visual part of the brain is the most powerful at remembering. You can use this innate power of the mind to recall the ceremony as it unfolds before you. Learn the path of the candidate; understand the story and the context in which it is told. At each point in the ceremony the candidate will be in a unique position if you know why he is there it will trigger what you need to say. This system is often called 'Mind Mapping'. This will allow you to break up what seems to be an enormous chunk of unrelated words into smaller parts with each part a story in its own context. There is symmetry in the ritual and many phrases are reused in each of the degrees; understanding this can enable you to learn those common phrases and remember the difference for each degree.
David Royal

Book-review
This useful book employs a clever combination of mnemonics and memory techniques to help memorise and retain ritual information. By using fun-and-easy rhymes, jokes and acronyms any Freemason will be able to remember the order of Masonic procedure.
Covering as it does all three Degrees of the Craft, this book is an essential reading for all Freemasons, whether novices or experienced pratictioners.
An invaluable guide for all Masons that will help to make the learning of craft ritual a much easier task!
Bruno Virgilio Gazzo
editor, PS Review of FM
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