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eyes, is all that anti-social and unhuman spirit out of which grow the things that
make life unkind and unhappy. "Brotherhood is heaven; the lack of brotherhood is
hell."
THE HOODWINK ?
I.
Why is the question "Where were you prepared?" so important?
In what way does its answer reveal many of the secrets of Freemasonry. Why, do
you suppose, did the Ancient Mysteries demand a long process of preparation?
What can you tell about the Mysteries?

How much of the Ritual did you understand after you had completed your Third
Degree?
What is meant by "prepared in the heart"?
When is a candidate duly and truly prepared?
What kind of preparation room have you in your lodge?
How is it protected against jest and derisive remarks?

II.
How did Mackey describe the hoodwink and how would you yourself describe it?
What is the symbolical meaning of it?
How long has the hoodwink been used in initiations?
Who were the Cathari?
Who was Innocent III?
In what sense is it true that the purpose of the hoodwink is NOT to hide things
from the eyes of the candidate?
What effect did wearing the hoodwink have on you?

THE HOODWINK
Questions

III.
What is meant by the word "revelation"?
Give examples of your own that explain its meaning. In what sense did Jesus,
according to the V.S.L., bring "life and immortality to light"?
In what sense has love ever been "the law of the world"?
What did Newton discover?
Watt?
Copernicus?
Give other examples that would illustrate the same point and what is the difference
between "reveal" and "discover"?
In what manner may it be said that Freemasonry "confers the power of vision"?
IV.
What does Freemasonry reveal to us and how?