The subject of tonight’s lecture is “Science and the Second Degree of Masonry.” The Second Degree of Masonry, or the Fellow Craft Degree, is widely considered to thebe the “intellectual degree” of Ancient Craft Masonry. The Entered Apprentice Degree introduces us to the Craft, and it presents to us the elemental working tools of a Freemason, together with a simple, but profound, promise to keep the secrets of Freemasonry that will be entrusted to us.