Epsilon Pre-Ritual Study

Our Epsilon Ritual is the second to last stage of our membership development. This is the stage members must reach in order to be alumni of the fraternity. This is where the secrets and meanings of our fraternity are revealed.
Our chapter room is technically a public room. All of our ritual equipment is left out at all times and it is public. The secret comes from the meaning of all the equipment. This meaning is learned during the Epsilon Rite of Passage. These secrets are what connect brothers around the nation to each other. We all share the same secrets and ritual.
As the Chaplain, I decided it would be a good activity to use the SigEp mural which has all of our ritual equipment on it in a pre-ritual study. All of the Phis would sit together and try to figure out the meaning of all of the ritual equipment the day before the ritual. They would make their decision based upon what we have learned in the Sigma and Phi rituals. I believe this will reinforce the meaning and significance once we truly learn what it means during the ritual.

Alex Shuler