Most of us as Masons will no doubt agree that we are receiving benefits from our participation in rituals. Listing and describing benefits in Non-Masonic situations has been done by researchers as they have observed rituals in a variety of situations. While considering these descriptions, we should be able to see that the benefits listed for non-Masonic rituals are the same as for Masonic rituals.

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