Every Master Mason should aspire to continue their journey from Initiation in the Craft to Exaltation as a Companion in the Royal Arch.
When you become an Entered Apprentice Freemason, you are placed in the North-East corner of the Lodge to represent the foundation stone of a new building, and are encouraged to raise a superstructure perfect in all its parts and honourable to the builder.
Your Initiation is the beginning of a lifelong journey in which you discover more about who that builder is.
The degrees you pass through on this journey contain allegorical lessons that aim to help you live a better life in harmony with others, and serve as an example that benefits society.
But even though the world has changed much since the Eighteenth Century when these allegories were first conceived, the principles involved are just as important now as they ever were.
By the time you become a Master Mason, you have learnt a lot on your masonic journey and made great progress. But you also learn that the journey is not finished because the genuine secrets of a Master Mason remain lost—this implies there is more to learn.
In the Royal Arch, you complete this journey and recover the true secrets of a Master Mason through a spectacular, colourful, and dramatic ceremony you will remember forever.