CLC - ENTERED APPRENTICE - 05.22.17

D IVESTITURE In the preparation for your admission into the lodge, you were asked to leave behind all “minerals and metals.” At a later time you were told that this was to keep out of the lodge anything that could be construed as a weapon, which might disturb the peace and harmony of the lodge. You later learned that divestiture also referred to charity. As you were then without any worldly wealth and goods and thus totally reliant on the aid and assistance of others, it was to teach you to offer that same aid and assistance when you find a friend or brother in need.

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