There are no other secrets.

For every Masonic degree and order conferred by the A:.A:.& E:.F:. there is a ritual, a description of the degree, a discussion of the meaning of the ritual and one or more lectures.  Some degrees also have an optional apron, cordon and jewel.  Others have different optional paraphernalia.  All of them have passwords.  Each person advancing to a degree is entitled to learn all these things.  All of this information except the secret esoteric passwords may be communicated to any other person without violating any obligations the Esoteric Mason may have taken.

The Secret Lecture explaining your work for each degree is communicated as such during and after the ritual.  It contains esoteric information about the degree intended to assist the Mason on his or her spiritual path.  While this information is secret as it pertains to the Masonic degree in question, the information may be shared in any other way except as a Masonic secret.  In other words, the Mason may talk about the information contained in the Secret Lecture, but he or she may not indicate it is a Masonic Secret nor attribute that secret to any Masonic order or degree. 

The Secret Lecture is unique to A:.A:.& E:.F:.  and in this lecture is imparted secret information for the initiate only.  Granted, some of these "secrets" may be obtained in other places and openly discussed by others.  Any Esoteric Freemason may discuss these things and raise important issues but The Grand Lodge prefers you do this only as "personal opinion" and not as a "Masonic Secret."

This means you may be placed in the situation where you cannot communicate a Masonic Secret to support your opinion and must merely substantiate your opinion as "based on my personal meditations and internal communications."  The point here is that not everybody is ready to accept and integrate the knowledge they'll learn in Esoteric Freemasonry.  We don't want a bunch of people rushing to become members just to discover the "secrets" of Freemasonry.  We seek to serve only serious spiritual travelers ready to learn what they must learn to advance on their chosen spiritual path.

The only secret in Esoteric Freemasonry is what you choose to keep secret.

Examples of optional Masonic paraphernalia [Note: None of these is required of an Esoteric Freemason] is shown here for reference only:

Apron            Cordon

Cordons are usually worn in modern lodges. Collars were used in the ancient lodges and in some grand lodges of the modern era. The jewel of the officer's office is suspended from either the cordon or the collar.

Collar          Jewel

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