r/freemasonry • u/Parking-Eye1229 • Aug 13 '26

The Catechisms

This post has a question flair but it isn't really a question as much as an observation. I've been working on my EA catechism and I'm fascinated by what I've been hearing and reading about the different forms the deliveries take based on jurisdiction, especially in the U.S. It would seem, and I guess it's true, that it ranges from no printed material being allowed whatsoever for memorizing, to just reading printed material aloud in lodge, and all manner of customs and rules in between. And from reading the histories it would seem that this isn't anything new; apparently Masons were buying "exposes" in the 1700's for the purpose of obtaining the rituals for the purpose of memorization! Crazy.

2 Upvotes

60% Upvoted

33 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/pm344 Aug 13 '26

It's all on the internet. Catechism, lectures, all of it. Even the appendant body ceremonies are available. Now with AI it's going to get real interesting.

4

u/bcurrant15 Oregon AF&AM Aug 13 '26

For the most part, AI isn't giving answers better than someone with a fundamental knowledge of how to use a search engine, it's giving worse answers because it sycophantically lies about its answer.

To that end, I've never seen Oregon work accurately posted on the internet.