dfreybur
Premium Member
if you are a EA don't read anything that your instructor has not presented you.
The proficiencies are plenty of work for each degree. Outside reading will compete with that work. This alone is a good reason to forgo outside reading between your initiation and raising.
Before initiation I read about masonic philosophy and history. Between initiation I focused on returning my work. After I had presented my MM proficiency I no long had that conflict. Then again after I had presented my MM proficiency I was in the line working to learn my parts is I progressed. I resumed most of my outside reading as a Past Master.
So I have two recommendations. Wait until you have been raised because you want to focus your efforts on the proficiencies. Then consider going into the progressive line and focusing on those parts. There's time.