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At Chingford Masonic Hall, London E4, on 17th May 2025, St Paul’s Chapter No 194 invited the Metropolitan Savage Ritual team to conduct the double Exaltation ceremony of Bros Angel Henandez and Casey Reid on their behalf. With over 40 Companions present, the traditional St Paul’s Chapter ‘very full English fry up’ was served for lunch… with Savage Ritual Team Leader, Metropolitan Grand Inspector E Comp Ian Burgess, enjoying seconds!
A few months earlier, on 21st March 2025 the Savage Ritual Team, at the request of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Essex, had been delighted to conduct a Savage Exaltation at Hutton Masonic Centre, Shenfield, Essex on behalf of Essex Chapter, Cornerstone No 9968. This ‘live demonstration’ was delivered in the presence of the Most Excellent Grand Superintendent, Paul Tarrant, together with a glittering array of the Essex Provincial Executive.
The Savage Ritual Exaltation ceremony is similar to that of the mainstream rituals but has been arranged to arguably make better logical sense and to make it easier for the candidate to follow; also being shorter in duration, and with no meaningful content lost. Companions will recognise much of the ritual, as it is more or less identical to that which they are likely to already use so, if a Chapter wishes to adopt it, little additional learning would be needed.
This article is part of the Arena Magazine Issue 58 – Summer 2025 edition.
Arena Magazine is the official online magazine of the London Freemasons – Metropolitan Grand Lodge and Metropolitan Grand Chapter of London.
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