Ebook Massoneria ENG Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated 1. The Complete Ritual of The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Profusely Illustrated 1905 PDF
Ebook Massoneria ENG Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated 1. The Complete Ritual of The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Profusely Illustrated 1905 PDF
Ebook Massoneria ENG Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated 1. The Complete Ritual of The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Profusely Illustrated 1905 PDF
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PROVO, UTAH
Scotch Rite
OF TH«
1905.
Entered According: to Act of Congress in the year 1904
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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE
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Grand Lodge of Massachusetts;" and the
^^Dictionary of Freemasonry, by Robert Morris, Z?.
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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
all the Masonic Eites, are not given in this work, but
Page.
Mock Scripture Recitation by Solomon 45
Obligation, Secret Master's Degree , 45
Mock Funeral Procession 47
H'eart of Hiram Abiff in a Golden Urn. Note 9 47
Elobim, the Hebrew Title of Deity. Note 10 48
The Sanctum Sanctorum or Holy of Holies 49
Initiatory Prayer, Secret Master's Degree 50
"The Laurel Crown in Masonry,'* Note 11 51
"The Olive Plant is a Symbol of Peace." Note 12 51
The Key a Symbol of Secrecy. Note 13 51
Token, Secret Master's Degree 52
Sign of Silence, Secret Master's Degree 52
Mackey Confirms the Name of the Pass Word. Note 14 52
The Sacred Word of the Degree also Confirmed. Note 15 52
Historical Discourse by Grand Orator 53
Blue Lodge Degrees Not Conferred by Supreme Council
Note 16 53
Triangle Enclosing Ineffable Name. Note 17 53
"The Shekinah of Masonry." Note 18 53
The Ineffable Degrees. Note 1^ 53
Lodge Use of Other Names of Deity. Note 20 54
Kabbalistic Mysteries and Angel's Alphabet. Note 21 . . 54
9 Foundation for and Scope of Secret Master's Degree.
Note 22 * 55
Masonic Symbolism of the Circle. Note 23 55
The Ark of the Covenant and its Contents. . 56
The Seven Branched Candlestick 57
Symbolism of the Word Seven. Note 24 57
Closing Ceremonies^ Secret Master's Degree 58
The Duty of the Secret Master. Note 25 58
Historical Analysis, Secret Master's Degree............ 59
How Masonry Got Its Title "The Royal Art" 59
Similarity of Masonic Jugglery and Priestcraft 60.
The Higher Degrees Invented by French Jesuits 61
Lodge and Popish Secrecy and Subjection 62
Each Trying to Charter, Tax and Govern Others 63
Invented by Jesuits and Sold by Jews 64
Freemasonry a Religious Pestilence.. 65
Guerilla Pike, Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Com-
mander -^6
"Who But a Jesuit Could Invent Such a Degree?" , 67
"One Stupendous Demoniacal Possession.'* 68
CHAPTER V. Fifth or Perfect Master^s Degree 69
Object in Establishing This Degree. Note 26 69
Decorations of Lodge Room for This Degree. Note 27 70
"Adoniram Plays an Important Role." Note 28. ....... 70
Zerbal the Captain of the Guards. Note 29 ... 70
Description of the Perfect Master's Apron. Note 30.. 70
Symbolism of Color of tiie '*Qr(3er,'* Greeq, Note 31.. 71
CONTENTS. 9
Page.
Obligation, Intimate Secretary's Degree........ IQl
Sign, Intimate Secretary 102
Token. Intimate Secretary 103
•
Discourse, by Master of Eloquence 103
Berithi a Significant Word. Note 53. 103
Name Zerbal Invented by the Ritualist. Note 54 103
The Legend of the Degree. Note 55 104
Lecture, Intimate Secretary's Degree 106
Closing Ceremonies^ Intimate Secketary's Degree 109
Historical Analysis, Intimate Secretary's Degree 110
Nothing But Falsehood 110
A Fortune from Selling Masonic Degrees Ill
"More Is Meant Than Meets the Eye". . 112
Humbug Pretensions to Astronomic Teaching 113
A Government of Wolves Over Sheep 114
CHAPTER IX. Seventh Degree, or Provost and Judge 115
Officers and Their Titles. Note 56. 115
The Legend of the Degree. Note 57 115
Decorations, Apron, Moral of the Degree. Note 58.... 115
Adoniram and His Father, Abda. N'ote 59 116
Represents Middle Chamber of Solomon's Temple.
Note 60 116
Opening Ceremonies, Provost and Judge 117
History pf This Degree. Note 61 117
CHAPTER X.^ Initiation^ Provost and Judge 118
Preparation of Candidate 118
Obligation Provost and Judge 121
Grip and Sign Provost and Judge 122
^
Answer to Sign 123
Tito, Prince of Harodem, First Provost and Judge.
Note 62 123
Jachinai, a Gallic Corrupyon of Shekinah. Note 63 123
Masonry Erected on the Superstructure of Geometry.
Note 64 123
Lecture, Provost and Judge * 124
Origin of the Scottish Rite Degrees. Note 65 124
Tito, Chief of the Three Hundred Architects. Note 66,. 126
The Grand Chapter of Harodim. Note 67 126
**Zinxe, A Significant Word." Note 68 127
Red the Symbolic Color of the Higher Degrees. Note 69. 128
Closing Ceremonies, Provost and Judge 129
Historical Analysis^ Provost and Judge 130
-. Going Into the Lodge As a Frog Into a Snake's Mouth. 130
A Silly, Weak Anachronism 131
Intellectual and Moral Ashes •
. 132
Moore's Description of False Religions 133
CHAPTER XI. Eighth Degree^ or Intendant op the Build-
ing 134
Legend, Emblematic Color, Etc. Note 70 134
ClONTENTS. 11
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Decorations, Jewel and Moral. Note 71 134
Opening Cerp^monies, Intendant of the Building 136
CHArTER XII. Initiation, Intendant of the Building. . 137
Preparation of Candidate 137
Joabert Personating Hiram Abiff I39
Obligation, Intendant of the Building 140
Sign of Surprise, Intendant of the Building 142
Benkhurim, a Significant Word. Note 72 '
142
Signs of Admiration and Grief. I43
Jah, Another Name of Deity Used As a Pass. Note 73. . 143
Tolcen Intendant of the Building , I44
• "Masonic Allusion to the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.'*
Note 74 \ 144
Lecture, Intendant of the Building I45
•'Sometimes Called Master in Israel." Note 75 I45
Closing Ceremonies, Intendant of the Building *-; . . . 152
Historical Analysis, Intendant of the Building \ 153
Masonry the Image of the Beast I53
.Absolute Secrecy and Absolute Despotism I54
Caricature of Christ's Resurrection I55
Rulers of the Darkness of This World 156
CHAPTER XIII. Ninth Degree, or Master Elect of Nine. 157
History and Object of This Degree. Note 76 157
Clothing, Apron, Jewel, Etc 158
Opening Ceremonies, Master Elect of Nine : I60
CHAPTER XIV. Initiation, Master Elect of Nine 161
Details of Mode in Which Traitors Received Punish-
ment. Note 77. 161
''AUram. One of the Traitors Craftsmen.'* Note 78.. 164
^'Vengeance. A Word Used in the High Degrees."
Note 79 165
Akirop, Name of a Ruffian of the Third Degree.
Note 80 .*
167
Obligation Master Elect of Nine 168
Sign, Master Elect of Nine 169
"A Bloody Arm, Holding by the Hair a Bloody Head.'*
Note 81 169
*'Nakam, A Hebrew Word Signifying Vengeance
Note 82 .V 169
Answer Master Elect of Nine
to Sign, 170
Token, Master Elect of Nine 170
Discourse by Grand Orator 171
Lecture, Master Elect of Nine I74
Closing Ceremonies^ Master Elect of Nine I79
Historical Analysis, Master Elect of Nine 181
Rage for a Multitude of Degrees. 181
A Drill of Assassination and Revenge 182
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Page.
Swears to R'eVenge Masonry in General 185
Masonic Murders Proved in Court 186
**Tliey Were Not At All Ashamed" 187
CHAPTER XV. Tenth Degree, or Master Elect of Fif-
teen 188
Officers of the Degree, "The Jewel is a Poniard."
Note 83 188
The Fellow Craft Ruffians. Note 84 188
Opening Ceremonies, Master Elect of Fifteen 190
CHAPTER XVI. Initiation^ Master Elect of Fifteen ... 191 .
Page.
Signification of the Word Emeth. Note 99 221
The Heart of Hiram Abiff. Note 100 222
The Scales, Key and Heart 223
Lecture, Sublime Knights Elected 224
Names of Twelve Illustrious Knights Corrupted.
Note 101 226
"Morphey. The Name of One of the Twelve Inspect-
ors." Note 102 226
Ark of Alliance and Seven Branched Candlestick 229
**Its Seven Branches Are Explained in. the Ineffable
Degrees." Note 103 229
"The Symbolism of the Veils." Note 104 229
The Two Cherubims That Overtopped the Mercy Seat.
Note 105 230
Closing Ceremonies^ Sublime Knights Elected 233
"The Grand Characteristic of Masonry Is Its Tolera-
- 233
tion."Note 106
Historical Analysis^ Sublime Knights Elected 234
The Dreariest of All Dreary Nonsense 234
Maniacal Countenance of False Worshipers 235
Admits the Strong Man Armed 236
CHAPTER XIX, Twelfth Degree^ or Grand Master Archi-
tect 237
"It Is Purely a Scientific Degree." Note 107 237
Decorations, Titles, Jewel, Apron, Etc 238
Opening Ceremonies, Grand Master Architect 239
"This Is Strictly a Scientific Degree." Note 108. ..... 239
CHAPTER XX. Initiation^ Grand Master Architect 241
Obligation, Grand Master Architect 244
Sign, Grand Master Architect 245
Token, Pass Word and Sacred Word *? 245
Rah-hanaim, "the Chief of the Architects." Note 109.. 245
Parallel Ruler, Tracing Dividers and Scale of Parts. 247
. . .
Page.
Opening Prayer, Royal Arch Degree 259
CHAPTER XXII. Initiation, Royal Arch Degree 261
Tlie Degree Invented by Ramsay. Note 115 261
Enoch "Fabled to Have Built a Subterranean Temple."
Note 116 263
Cubical Stone, the Perfect Ashler of English Masonry.
Note 117 265
Obligation, Royal Arch Degree 266
Signs of Admiration and Adoration, Royal Arch Degree. 267
Token, Royal Arch Degree 267
Discourse, by Grand Orator 268
Traditions of Freemasonry Connect Enoch With Its
History. Note 118 268
The Masonic Legend About Enoch. Note 119 268
Methuselah Connected With Enoch*s Underground Tem-
ple. Note 120 269
Door to Enoch's Nine Subterranean Arches. Note 121 . 269
.
Page.
Opening Prayer ,. ; 297
Opening Ode 298
The Rite of Perfection. Note 140 299
TTiis Degree the Last of the Ineffable Degrees. Note 141. 301
Sign of Obligation, Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime
Mason 302 .
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Cyrus, "the Shepherd of the Lord." Note 161... 357
Oath of Allegiance, Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime
Mason 358
Closing Ceremoniesi, Grand Elect^ Perfect and Sublime
Mason 359
Closing Prayer 359
Lodge of Perfection, Statutes and Regulations 363
Aceldema; Field *of Blood.^ Note 162. 366
Historical Analysis^ Grand Elect^ Perfect and Sub-
lime Mason 376
Lodges Dissolved by the Lutheran Reformation 376
Titles Fit for the Dialect of a Madhouse 377
Travesties. ^Christian Ordinances 378
The Catacombs of a New Worship 379
Infidelity Its Mother, Rebellion Its Cradle 380
Conjuring and Legerdemain 381
Satan Fills Their Hearts With Lies 382
CHAPTER XXV. Fifteenth Degree^ or Knights of the
East or Sv^ord 383
Origin and Object of the Degree. Note 163 383
Titles, Apartment
First 384
Opening Ceremonies, Knights of the East or Sword 386
Names of Officers, Decorations, Etc. Note 164 386
CHAPTER XXVI. Initiation, Knights of the East or
Sword 388 •
Page.
Jewish Captives "Bound by Triangular Chains."
Note 173 407
Cyrus "Mentioned by the Prophet Isaiah." Note 174.. 408
Zerubbabel's Battle With the Assyrians. Note 175.... 408
Closing Ceremonies^ Knights of the East or Sword 412
Historical Analysis, Knights of the East or Sword 413
A Jewish Degree 413
Believe a Lie That They All Might Be Damned 414
CHAPTER XXVII. (Sixteenth Degree, or Princes of Jeru-
salem 415
This Degree a Continuation of the Previous One.
Note 176 415
Princes of Jerusalem "Styled Chiefs of Masonry,"
Note 177 417
Opening Ceremonies, Princes of Jerusalem. 418
Officers' Titles, Jewel and Lodge Room Decorations.
Note 178 418
CHAPTER XXVIII. Initiation, Princes of Jerusalem 420
Inventor of This Degree. Its Legend From Josephus.
Note 179 420
The Samaritans, the Adversaries of the Jews. Note 180. 421
Decree of King Cyrus 424
Triumphal Chorus 426
. King Cyrus and the Prophets Haggai and Zechariah.
Note 181 427
Obligation, Princes of Jerusalem 429
Sign, Princes of Jerusalem 430
Answer to Sign and Token. Prices of Jerusalem 431
Lecture, Princes of Jerusalem 433
Closing Ceremonies^ Princes of Jerusalem 436
Historical Analysis, Princes of Jerusalem 437
Christ Eliminated From the Degree 437
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Page.
West 445
Preparation of Candidate, Knights of the East and
West 445
In Center of Apron *'a Lamb on a Book With Seven
Seals/* Note 183 445
Scripture Recitation by All Puissant 447
Obligation, Knights of the East and West 448 , . . .
Page.
"Degree Is Macje Cosmopolite in Its Character."
Note 193' 472
m
Obligation, Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix 473
Sign of the Good Shepherd, Sovereign Prince of Rose
Croix 474
Initiatory Anthem 477
Jewel of Degree and Inscription Thereon. Note 194... 477
Charge to Candidate, Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix. 478 .
—
Judas, he might sell him for silver; this mock "Coun-
cil of Emperors'' gave to this Jew, power to establish
chartered by them.
This usurpation and imposition was successful. In
twenty-one years Freemasonry had spread into France,
Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Sax-
ony, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Asia,
Africa and New Holland ; and a few years later it had
spread throughout Christendom. \
The success of this swindle encouraged others.
As a
small specimen of such enterprises a few years since,
two adventurers invented, and were selling, a new side
degree to Masons in Peoria, Illinois, when one of them
stole the money and ran off. The other applied to a
lawyer, saying mournfully.
—"If the fellow hadn't been
a fool, we were making money so fast, that in a short
time his half would have been more than all he has
stolen.^^
ing a revolution.^^ •
this he was tried for his life, but acquitted for want of
overt treasonable acts. Before his trial, we read in the
Memoirs^ page 383: ^^a letter was delivered by Swart^
wout to General Wilkinson, written in cypher/^ jSaf*
nard and Oassett say it was in Royal Arch Cypher.
And as Burr had been on the staff of Benedict Arnold,
a Mason and a traitor, these facts furnish probable proof
that Burr's conspiracy was a Masonic conspiracy.
But the crowning proof is this :—
By universal Masonic law, but one supreme body dafi
be in one nation. But the Charleston Supreme Council
made the United States the sole exception. In 1813,
twelve years from its origin, it created a Supreme Coun-
Gil>Northern Jurisdiction, located at New York, limited
to the States north of the Ohio and east of the Missis-
sippi; the very division contemplated by Burr, and
afterward attempted by the Jeff. Davis and Alexander
H. Stevens' Confederacy, by repealing the Missouri
Compromise, and, in Stephens' words, attempting an
^^Empire whose corner stone is slavery.'' But for Jef-
ferson's patriotism and Jackson's courage and decision,
the attempt would have been made years before by
Calhoun's Nullification. Indeed, the hopes and pre-
dictions of Monarchists^ Papists and Anarchists of Eu-
rope, from the first, were that the United States would
split on the Ohio and Mississippi ; shut off New England
and her principles between the Atlantic, St. Lawrence,
Mississippi and Ohio, and leave the whole vast South
and West; its soil,climate and mines, to slavery, the
lodge, the priest and the mob.
Now considering that the Charleston Supreme Coun-
cil Masonically divided our Union in 1813, by these
A
PATRIOTISM VS, MASONIC OBLIGATIONS. 33
LODGE OF PERFECTION/
Composed of eleven degrees termed the Ineffa-
ble Degrees and comprising the fourth to
FOURl?:eE^TH degrees AS FOLLOWS:
THE TEMPLE.' _
Every Lodge of the Scotch Rite is divided into two
portions by means of a Ballustrade, or railing, running
North and South. This railing has a gate. The floor-
ing of the East end of the Lodge inside of the railing
and gate is elevated one or two feet above that of the
West.
The walls are adorned by a representation of twelve
(12) columns.
'
At the door of the lodge is a brazen laver. There
are elevated seats and desks for each of the following
*
Officers:
East. |
West.
Master. |
1st Assistant.
Orator |
2nd Assistant.
Secretary. |
Expert.
Treasurer \
Master oe Ceremonies
2Tote 2. — "The all events, seized with avidity
Freemasons have, at
the idea of representing in their symbolic language the interior and
spiritual man by a material temple. They have the doctrine of the great
Apostle of the Gentiles, who has said, 'Know ye are the temple of Grtd,
and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you.' The great body of the
Masonic Craft, looking only to this first Temple erected by the wisdom
of King Solomon, make it the symbol of life; and as the great object
of Masonry is the search after truth, they are directed to build up this
temple as a fitting receptacle for truth when found, a place wher^ it
may dwell, just as the ancient Jews built up their great Temple as a
dwelling-place for Him who is the author of all truth."— Mackey's En-
cyclopedia of Freemasonry, Article Temple, Symbolism of the.
THE TEMPLE. 39
—
Solomon If the light has driven away darkness, and
we are all Secret Masters, it is time to begin work;
give notice that I am going to open this lodge of Secret
Masters.
—
Adoniram Brethren, you will please take notice
that the Most Powerful is about to open this lodge of
Secret Masters.
—
Solomon (Seven raps: 000-000-0; all
rise.) ^
_ —
Solomon (One rap.) Brethren will
Sign ot Silence, plcase be seated.
Note 8. Scotch Masonry, Adoniram Is introduced in the degrees
'*In
of Secret Master, Provost and Judge, Intendant of the Building and
others, as one of the most prominent personages In the Temple,"-^
U,9xxii' Monitoy of yroem^sonry, Article A^gniram,
CHAPTER IV
Fourth or Secret Master's Degree.
initiation.
preparation op candidate.
feparatjon of
Solomon —Brother Adoniram, attend
Candidate. to this call and see who makes it. .
'Adoniram —
(Opens the door,) Who knocks at the door
of our Sanctuary?
—
Master of Ceremonies One who knows where the
Acacia grows and would help us gather its fruit.
—
Adoniram (To Solomon) Most Powerful, one who
knows where the Acacia grows and would help us gather
its fruit.
—
Solomon (Seven raps; 000-000-0 All rise.) Brother —
Adoniram I see this Master who seeks the sanctuary
bears the square upon his forehead, and thereby gives
assurance that reason rules his mind; but he is yet
blind though he has learned to labor; shall he behold
the resplendant name of God?
Adoniram —Thrice Powerful, if he is willing to pro-
nounce the oath, which binds us all we consent that
hQ should be permitted to see the mystic name.
46 SECRET master's DECREE.
Candidate — am. I
Solomon—You then kneel and
will' contract your
obligation.
—
Adoniram (Knocks) Thrice Powerful, a messenger
brings tidings of the remains of our departed Master
Hiram Abiff.
—
Solomon What tidings ?
—
Adoniram Agreeable to your order his heart has
been embalmed and put with his ashes into an urn of
the purest gold and the custodians of the precious treas-
ure now await your orders.
INITIATION'. 47
—
Solomon (Seven raps^ 000-000-0, all rise) Brethren
let ns go upon an holy pilgrimage ; follow me, in mourn-
ful procession to convey the precious remains of our de-
ceased Master into the Holy of Holies.
—
Solomon Brothers Expert and Master of Ceremonies
you will now invest the brethren with their aprons, and
form a procession in the North, facing the East, with
candidate and Adoniram at the head.
MUSIC "'dirge.'^
is thy name in all the Earth! Who hast set thy glory
above the Heavens. Out of- the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine
enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger. When I consider the heavens, the work of
thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast
ordained, what is man that thou art mindful of him, and
the Son of man that thou visitest him? For thou hast
made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned
him with glory and honor, thou madest him to have
dominion over the works of thy hands : Thou hast put
all things in subjection under his feet all sheep and oxen
;
yea, and the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air, and
the fish of the sea. Lord, Our Lord, how excellent is
thy name in all the Earth V^ Whoso draweth nigh to the
contemplation of the ineffable mysteries, let him put off
the shoes of his worldly conversation and corrupt affec-
tions, for the place whereon he standeth is holy ground.
May we ever remember to keep a watchful eye upon the
feet of our affections ; we approach the house of
bef oye
the Lord, let us seriously consider whether we have
taken straight steps in the paths of his commandment^r"^*
and whether our due order, and cleansed
feet are set in
according to the purifications of the Sanctuary: Let
us wash as it were in the laver of repentance, wash and
make you clean, put away the evil of your doings;
acknowledge your iniquities, and return unto the Lord,
he will have mercy upon you, and to our Elohim'** he
will abundantly pardon.
fToiH 10.— "O'n^t?* A name applied in Hebrew to any deity, but eometimes
al€9 lo the true God According to Lanci, it means the most beneficent. It
4s not, liowevep, much used lo Masonry "^Macfcey^s Encyclopaedia cf freet
vmonrt/p Article GM^n,
Let us incite each other to practice virtue and shun
vice ; while our feet are prepared for walking in the ways
of his commandments^ our hands should be prepared in
like manner working in his service. Saith the father
for
of our Ancient Most Puissant Grand Master, /^I will
wash my hands in innocency, (washes his hands) and
so will I compass thine Altar/^
May he who beareth the keys of David open a door
of entrance to this our brother. You have hitherto seen
only a thick which hides from your view the Sanc-
veil,
PRAYER.
Oh, God we pray thee, thou Grand Architect of the
Universe to cast thy all seeing eye upon this Sanctuary,
which symbolizes the Conscience of Man, and help us to
use the Key of Intelligence within the Balustrade of
Reason, so that we may know ourselves, link ourselves
unto thee, and become fit for the immortality thou has
promised.
—
Adoniram Amen.
—
Solomon And now my brethren, before we separate,
before I crown this Urn, with the Laurel and the Olive
branch in token of the Glory and the Peace which is •
crowned unto him who fulfils his duty and loves truth.
(Crowns the Urn.)
—
Solomon Glory and Peace unto Hiram.
—
All Glory and Peace unto Hiram.
—
Solomon (To the candidate) and now my brother, a
new obligation and task unites us, and it becomes my
pleasant duty to confer upon you, as a reward for the
service you have just performed the title of Secret Mas-
ter and member of this Secret Chamber 0. L. No. •
—
Solomon (Installs him by investing him with the
Eibbon, Key and Apron, places on his head a Crown or
lIsriTIATIOK. 51
Note 11.— "A decoration used in some of the higher degrees of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The laurel is an emblem of vic-
tory; and the corona triumphalis of the Romans, which was given to
generals who had gained a triumph by their conquests, was made of
laurel leaves. The laurel crown in Masonry is given to him who has
—
made a conquest over his passions." Mackey's Encyclopsedia of Free-
masonry. Article Laurel Crown.
—
Note 12. "In a secondary sense, the olive plant is a symbol of peace
and victory; but in its primary sense, like all the other sacred plants
of antiquity, it was a symbol of resurrection and immortality. Hence
in the Ancient Mysteries it was the analogue of the Acacia of Free-
—
masonry." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Olive.
—**The
Note 13. key, however, is still preserved as a symbol of se-
crecy in the Royal Arch degree; and it is also presented to us in the
same sense in the ivory key of the Secret Master, or fourth degree of
the Scottish Rite. In many of the German Lodges an ivory key is made
a part of the Masonic clothing of each brother, to remind him that ^e
should lock up or conceal the secrets of Freemasonry in bis heart."
Mackey's Encyclopsedia of Freemasonry, Article Key,
52 gJECRE'T master's DEGREE.
Token
SIGN OF SILENCE.
, Sign of SUeiice,
Not© 14.— "This is said, in one of the Ineffable de-
grees of 4:he Scottish Rite, to be the name of the bal-
ustrade before the Sanctum Sanctorum. There is no such
word in Hebrew, but it may be a corruption of the Talmudic
X^VX^ zizfi, which Bnxtorf {Lex. Talm ) defines as^'a bcjrm, a little' beam, a
siuall rafter.'*— JXac/cej/'.s Encyciopaedm </ Freemasonry, Article Zizon,
- Notk'I.").— "In Hebrew ^Jl{(, being the plural of excellence for Aden, and
feitinify inuthe Lord, The Jews, who reverently avoided the pronuncialign of
the sacred name Jehovah, were accustomed, whenever that name oc-
curred, to substitute for it the word Adonai in reading. As to the use of
the plural form instead of the singular, the Rabbins say, 'Every word
Indicative of dominion, though singular in meaning, is made plural In
form.' This is called the 'pluralls excellenti?e." The Talmudists also
say, (Buxtroflf,) Lex. Talm., that the telragrammaton Is called Shem
hamphorash, the name that is explained, because it is exnlained. uttered
and set forth by the word Adonai. (See Jehovah and Shem Hamphor-
ash.) Adonai Is used as a significant word in several of the high de-
grees of Maisonry, and may almost always be considered as allusive
—
to or symbolic of the True Word." ^Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Free-
masonry, Article Adonai.
INITIATION. 53
Note 19.— "The Inefifable degrees, so-called are the eleven conferred
in a Lodge of Perfection, known as the second series of degrees in the
—
Ancient and Accepted rite." Macoy's Encyclopas^i?^ ftn4 picti^nary of
Freemaionry, Article Jneffable,
5^ SECRET master's DEGREE.
Note 21. — "In the old rituals of the fourth or Secret Master's de-
gree of the Scottish and some other Rites, we find this pas-
sage: 'The Seventy-two names, like the name of the Divin-
ity, are to be taken to the Kabbalistic Tree and the Angels'
Alphabet." The Kabbalistic Tree is a name given by the Kabbalists
to the arrangement of the ten Sephiroth, (which see.) The Angels'
Alpb'abet fe called by the Hebrews ^^2^on2J^3, cTietlib'Mrnjcdachmror ine
writing of the angels. Gaffareljgajs- (Curios, Inouis.* ch.. xiU. ^,) that tne
stars, according to the opinion of the Hebrew writers, are ranged In
the heavens in the form of letters, and that it is possible to read there
whatsoever of importance is to happen throughout the universe. And
the great English Hermetic philosopher, Robert Flud, says, in his
Apology for the Brethren of the Rosy Cross, that there are characters in
the heavens formed from the disposition of the stars, just as geometric
lines and ordinary letters are formed from points; and he adds, that
those to whom God has granted the hidden knowledge of reading these
characters will also know not only whatever is to happen, but all the
secrets of philosophy. The letters thus arranged in the form of stars
are called the Angels* Alphabet. They have the power and articulation
but not the form of the Hebrew letters, and the Kabbalists say that in
them Moses wrote the tables of the law. The astrologers, and after them
the alchemists, made much use of this alphabet; and its introduction
into any of the high degree rituals is an evidence of the influence ex-
erted ofl these degrees by the Hermetic philosophy."— Mackey's Encyclp-
jpaedia Qi Freeinasonry, Article Alphabet, Angels',
INITIATION. 55
four Elements.
My brother, your age as a Secret Master is 81 years,
jour pass-word is Zi Za, and it affords me much satisfac-
tion to find you have paid such strict attention to the
ceremonies of this degree, and I hope also, my brother,
you will treasure up in your mind the rich fruits of our
Sublime Mysteries, and I a}so flatter myself from your
merit and perseverance that you will soon be capacitated
to deserve the summit of our knowledge in receiving
the Degree of Perfection, wherein you will be presented
with the splendid reward of all your labors.
—
Note 24. "The symbolic seven Is to be found diffused in a hundred
ways over the whole Masonic system."—Mackey's Encylopaedia of Free*
masonry, Article Seven*
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Secret Master's Degree.
—
Solomon Brother Inspector, pray what^s the clock?
—
Adoniram The end of the day.
—
Solomon What does there remain to do?
—
Adoniram To practice virtue, shnn vice and remain
silent.'^
Solomo7i— Since there remains no more to do than to
practice virtue and shun vicf, let us again enter into
silence, that the will of God may be done and accom-
plished. time to rest. Brother Inspector, give
It is
——
Instruments Secrecy and Subjection the Chief Elements of Lodgery
—
and Popery Freemasonry a Religious Pestilence Guerrilla Gen. Pike.
——
Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander Who but a Jesuit could
Invent such a Degree as the Secret Master's? "One Stupendous De-
monaical Possession."
decorations.
This lodge is adorned in the same manner as in the
preceding degree, with the following additions:
—
First -The altar on which the urn was placed is
overspread by a canopy of green and gold.
—
Second In the south-west is a monument of white
and black marble, surmounted by an. urn traversed by a
sword, and adorned with a sprig of acacia, and flanked
by 16 columns and surrounded by a balustrade. The
monumental inscription is H. '.Z. '.J. •.
—
Note 31. **The symbolic color of the degree is green, to remind the
Perfect Master that, being dead In vice, he must hope to revive in vir-
tue." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Perfect Master.
—
Note 32. "His jewel is a compass extended sixty degrees, to teach
him that he should act within measure, and ever pay due regard to
justice and equity.'* Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article
Perfect Master.
— —
Ncto 33. "Age, 1x7. Hours of work open at four; close at close of
—
day." Morris' Masonic Dictionary, Article Perfect Master,
Note 34. — "The
lesson is that we should pay due respect to the
memory of a deceased worthy brother." Morns' MaBonic Dictionary, Ar-
ticle Perfect Master.
OPENING CEREMONIES
Perfect Mastery's Degree.
Note 35.— "The 5th degree of the Ancient and Accepted rite. The
legend of this degree is founded upon the circumstances of King Solor
mon's efforts in establishing ap^opriate obsequies as a grateful tribute
of respect to the memory of a worthy departed brother. The Master
is styled Most Venerable, and represents Adoniram. The hangings are .
green; in each corner of the room is a white column; the altar is cov-
ered with a black cloth, strewed with tears. The apron is white lamb-
skin, lined and bordered with green; in the center of which is painted,
within three circles, a square stone, on which the letter J is inscribed;
the flap of the apron is green, symbolically to remind the neophyte that,
being dead in vice, he must hope to revive in virtue. The jewel is a
compass open to sixty degrees, the points on the arc of a circle."
"
Macoy's Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of Freemasonry, Article Perfect
Master.
OPENING CEREMONIES. 73
—
Note 36. "(Scotch Masonry.)—The second degree conferred in the
Lodge of Perfection, Scotch Masonry, and the fifth upon the catalogue
of that system. There is a master,^ who is styled Right Worshipful and
Respectable, and one warden, styled Grand Inspector. The former
represents Adoniram, the latter, Stolkin. The degree commemorates a
departed worthy brother. The hangings are green. There are two pyrar,
mids at north and south. The jewel is a gold compassi extended to sixty
degrees. The apron is white, with the movable part green. Upon the
former is delineated, within three circles, a cubic stone, exhibiting the
letter J over a sprig of acacia. "-r-Morria* Mai^^nic Dictionary, Articlo
5?erf act Master,
/^
CHAPTER VI
Fifth or Perfect Master's Degree.
initiatio:n'.
preparation of candidate.
Zeirb)al Proceeds to the Ante-chamber,
and having prepared the candidate as a
Secret Master, leads him by the green cord
which he puts around his neck, to the door
of the lodge, and there knocks four.
—
Stolhin Thrice Eespectable Master,
there is an alarm at the door.
—
Adoniram Brother Inside Guardian,
inquire who knocks.
Inside Guardian —
(Knocks four, and
opens the door^) Who knocks?
—
Zerbal One who has help(fd to build a
monument to Hiram and who desires to
*
^CanSdate^^*
know the circle and its quadrature.
Inside Ghiardian —Thrice Eespectable Master, it is
First '
Cleanliness First Grace
Second Neatness Second Beauty
Third Decency Third Health
Fourth Sobriety Fourth Richness
The three sides are Science, Beauty and Fraternity.
three rough stones are Ignorance, Falsehood and
The
Egotism. They were rejected and condemned by the
builders.
of Acacia," is the vivifying life which per-
The Sprig
vades all nature, and the Urn implies the intellectual
—
Note 38. **The. acacia, in the mythic system of Freemasonry, is
—
pre-erainentW the symbol of the immortality of the soul that important
doctrine which it is the great design of the Institution to teach."—
liackey'3 Encyclopaedia of Freeniasonry, Article Acacia,
INITIATION". 77
SCRIPTURE RECITATION.
^^Eemember now they Greater in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. While
the Sun or the Moon or the Stars be not darkened, nor
the clouds return after the rain In the day when the
:
SONG.
Come, ye sighing Sons of sorrow.
View with me your brother's tomb;
Learn from it your fate; to-morrow
Death, perhaps, may seal your
doom.
Sad and solemn flow our numbers,
While disconsolate we mourn
The loss of him who sweetly slum-
bers.
Mouldering 'neath the silent urn.
May we all, his hopes possessing,
Triumphant leave the lodge below;
Crowned with every earthly blessing
Far removed from pain and woe.
Once, when full of life, he never
Proved unfaithful to our laws.
May we, like him, be zealous ever,
To promote the glorious cause.
SIGN OF RECOGNITION.
Sign of Eecognitioij,
80 PERFECT MASTER S DEGREE.
SIGN OF ADMIRATION".
Sign of Admiration.
TOKEN.
First Tokeo^
INITIATION, 81
SECOND TOKEN.
Interlace the
forefingers of
the right hands
pressing against
thumbs upright,
Second Token. each other form-
ing a triangle.
THIRD TOKEN.
Clinch each other as in Master^s
grip, carry left hand between each
others shoulders and press four
times hard with the fingers in the
back and give the Master's Word
[mah-hah-bone.]
Third Token.
battery: — Four equi-timed strokes,
(0000.)
march: — Make a square by walking four steps and
bring the together
feet each at step.
—
password: Acacia.
SACRED word: —JehovaJi.
the JEWEL — a graduated compass
:
Is set at sixty de-
grees,and with I now
it invest
you.
Adoniram — (To lodge) Brethren be seated.
Adoniram — (To candidate) My brother you now will
be conducted by Brother Zerbal to a seat in the [lodge]
and listen with attention to our lecture in this degree.
83 PERFECT master's DEGREE.
Stolhin JehovaJi,
84 PERFECT master's DEGREE.
—
Adoniram What signifies your Jewel? ^
—
Stolkin That a Perfect Master should act within
measure and always be attentive to justice and equity.
—
Adoniram What's your pass-word?
Stolkin—Acacia.
Adoniram —What the meaning of that word?
is
^~':
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Perfect Master's Degree.
SONG.
Come, ye sighing sons of sorrow,
View with me your brother's tomb.
Learn from it your fate to-morrow;
Death, perhaps, may seal your doom. I
Freemasonry/'
If the regalia and rites of the false religions of the
earth were not known to be gewgaws and humbuggery,
sensible men could hardly be persuaded that this funeral
farce of the Fifth Degree could be literally enacted.
The elements of its power over mind are:
1. It pleases Satan thus to degrade men made in the
image of God, to avenge himself on the God he hates.
2. It degrades the Bible by fastening on it, in the
minds of Masons, foolish falsehoods and fiction.
3. It profanes the nature of death and funerals, mak-
ing men wonder like heathen instead of worshipping
like Christians.
CHAPTER VII
Sixth or Intimate Secretary's Degree.*''
DECORATIONS :
—
The [Zj [lodge] represents the audi-
ence chamber of King Solomon's palace, and is hung
with black, strewed with tears, and is illuminated by
twenty-seven lights in three clusters of nine each, placed
in the same manner as the three lights in a symbolic ZL
[lodge :] East, West and South.
—
TITLES :" There are two presidents in this lodge, one
represents Solomon, King of Israel, and tha other Hi-
ram, King of Tyre ; there are two other officers viz A :
triangle, the ear on the left and the mouth on the right
triangle.
•JjTote 41.— ^Its only three: Solomon, King of Israel j Hyram,
officers are
King of Tyre; and a Captain of the Guara§,"'-'MftcH9y'a ^ncyclPpa^ciia Of
Freemasonry, Artiol© Intimftt§! geor^tftryi .
INTIMATE secretary's DEGREE. 95
Solomon —
(Knocks 000000) Captain of the Guards, I
am about to open a lodge or audience of Masters. I)o
your duty accordingly.
—
Captain of Guards Brethren will assemble and form
into line in the north.
—
Captain of Guards Puissant Sovereign, the sentinels
await your orders.
—
Solomon Brother Hiram, what is the object of our
assembly ?
Hiram— It is to instruct ourselves.
Solomon—What motives have we for this?
Hiram — The preparation our immortality
of souls for
and of God and man.
love
Solomon— How we ourselves?
shall instruct
Hiram—Through and thecuriosity*' the exercise of
and mental powers.
physi(3al
—
Solomon ^When do we this work?
Hiram — From seven twelve at to eve.
Solomon—What the hour? is
Hiram— Seven o'clock past meridian.
Solomon—It being seven o'clock past meridian, in the
—
Note 45. "Intimate Secretary. —
[Scotch Masonry.] The third degree
conferred in the Lodge of Perfection, Scotch Masonry, and the sixth upon
the catalogue of that system; it is also known as Master by Curiosity."
Morris's Masonic Dictionary, Article Intimate Secretary.
—
Note 46. "The ceremony and legend are intended to preserve the re-
membrance of an instance of unlawful curiosity, the due punishment of the
offender being averted only in consideration of his previous fidelity. The
degree also teaches that Masons should cultivate the virtues of Silence,
Justice, Humanity and Secrecy; and that in the execution of justice they
should not be unmindful of mercy." Macoy's Encyclopaedia and Dictionary
of Freemasonry, Article Intimate Secretary,
OPENING CEREMONIES. 97
^
CHAPTER VIII
Sixth or Intimate Secretary's Degree.
initiation.
The candidate must be in the ante-chamber dressed as
a Perfect Master, and when the Sentinels retire from the
lodge, the Captain of the Guards orders one of the breth-
ren to divest him of said dress. In the interim Solomon
and Hiram appear to be conversing before the triangular
table; the candidate is made to approach the door, to
open it slyly and put himself in a listening attitude,
when the guards make a little noise at the door, which
being heard by King Hiram he looks about and seeing
a man listening, he lifts his hands to Heaven and cries
in a rage:
— Oh Heavens! a spy
Hiram the door!
is at
•
—Impossible, the guards are
Solomon at their post.
Hiram — (Without making any runs the
reply, to
the candidate and drags him
door, seizes Here he in) is.
Note 49.— "Joabert. This, according to the legends of the high degrees
was the name of the chief favorite of Solomon, who incurred the displeas-
ure of Hiram of Tyre on a certain occasion, but was subsequently par-
doned, and, on account of the great attachment he had shown to the person
of his master, was appointed the Secretary of Solomon and Hiram in their
most intimate relations. He was afterwards still further promoted by
Solomon, and appointed with Tito and Adoniram a Provost and Judge. He
distinguished himself in his successful efforts to bring certain traitors to
condign punishment, and although by his rashness he at first excited the
anger of the king, he was subsequently forgiven, and eventually received
the highest reward that Solomon could bestow by being made an Elect,
Perfect and Sublime Mason. The name is evidently not Hebrew, or must
at least have undergone much corruption, for in its present form it cannot
—
be traced to a Hebrew root." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry,
Article Joabert.
—
Note 50. **C?uriosity. It is a very general opinion among Masons that
a candidate should not be actuated by curiosity in seeking admission into
the Order. But, in fact," there is no regulation nor landmark on the sub-
ject. An idle curiosity is, it is true, the characteristic of a weak mind.
But to be influenced by a laudable curiosity to penetrate the mysteries of
an Institution venerable for its antiquity jmd its universality is to be con-
trolled by a motive which is not reprehensible. There are. indeed, in
legends of the high degrees some instances where curiosity is condemned;
but the curiosity. In these instances, led to an intrusion into forbidden
plnoeji!, antl \» very different from the curiosity or desire for knowledge
W«i-h toafis a (^ft>ffi«y t<> stn>k fairly and openly an acquaintance with
)i»yatei»iea whteh he naa already learned to r^9p^ct,"-^M?^(}key'8 glioyqlQ*
gaeclia ef rx^eiasgQniyj Article Curicsity^
100 INTIMATE SECRETARY'S DEGREE.
SIGN.
TOKElSr,
BATTERY — Twenty-seven
:
by three times nine, strokes,
00000000 ; three times.
Brethren, resume your seats and listen attentively to
the discourse of our Master of Eloquence upon the
necessity of the pursuits of knowledge and the alliance
of the soul, the affections and the senses to create the
I masonic virtue of curiosity.
letters.
Hiram—A of Solomon.
favorite
Solomon— From what country did you come?
Hiram — From Capule.
Solomon—Your surname?
Hiram —A Capuliste.
Solomon — How many governments did Solomon give
to King Hiram in return for the work done by his peo-
ple for the temple?
Hiram —Thirty.
Solomon —Where were you received?
Hiram—In Solomon's audience; hung with
hall of
black, and illuminated with twenty-seven lights.
Solomon —What the
signifieswhich you
J.;, in see
the window?
Hiram —Jehovah.
Solomon—What does the word signify?
Hiram — Itthe third pronunciation of the great
is
LIBBA OB BALANCE.
—
decorations:"' The [Zl (lodge) of Provost and
Judge must be hung with red and illuminated by five
great lights; one in each corner and one in the centre.
The Master is in the East, under a blue canopy, sur-
rounded by gold stars and is styled Thrice Illustrious
;
— —
Note 56. "Provost and Judge. [Scotch Masonry.] The fourth degree
conferred in the Lodge of Perfection, Scotch Masonry, and the seventh upon
the catalogue of that system. There is a master, styled Thrice Illustrious,
who represents Tito. Prince of the Karodim, the First Grand Warden and
Inspector of the 300 Architects, and a Chief Inspector, representing
Adoniram."—Morris's Masonic Dictionary, Article Provost and Judge.
—
Note 57. "Provost and Judge. The seventh degree of the Ancient and
Accepted rite. Thel legend of this degree is founded upon the principles
of Impartiality and Justice. After the death of the Grand Master Work-
man of the temple, King Solomon, for the purpose of strengthening his
means of preserving order among the vast number of craftsmen engaged
In the construction of the temple, apix>inted seven Provosts and Judges, in
order that all complaints among the workmen might be heard, disputes set-
tled and justice administered." —Mac-y's Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of
Freemasonry, Article Provost and Judge.
—
Note 58. **The degree was instituted by Solomon, to enable him to pre-
serve order among the vi^orkmen. The hangings are red. The number of
lights is five. The apron is white, lined with red, and furnished with a
pocket; below the pocket, the cross keys. The jewel is a gold key. The
lesson is justice to all men. Age 4x16. Hours of work, break of day,
eight, two and seven."— Morris's Masonic Dictionary, Article Provost and
Judge,
116 1>R0V0ST AND JUDGE.
temple.
There are two wardens, who represent Adoniram and
Abda/"" his father. They are seated in the West and
styled Illustrious Brothers ; the rest of the brethren are
placed to the right and left, except the introducing
brother, who sits behind the wardens in the West.
—
clothing:'" All the brethren in black robes and
caps, apron is white, trimmed with white, with a pocket
in the centre, with a red and white rosette below /he
pocket; on the flap a key painted or embroidered in
gold. The pocket is intended to keep the keys of the
chest containing the plans. Collar red, from which is
suspended the Jewel of the grade, a gold key.
—
battery: Five strokes by four and one (0000 0.)
—
SYMBOLIC age: Four times sixteen.
MORAL OF THE GRADE —
That we should render jus-
:
Wardens— Everywhere.
Tito— Why so?
Wardens— Because God omnipresent, is and his Jus-
tice is universal.
Tito—Wh8it is the hour?
—
Wardens Dawn of day, mid-day, eve and night.
Ti^o— (Knocks 0000 0.)
Wardens— (Knock 0000 0; all rise.)
—
Tito This college of Provost and Judge is open;
(all give the sign and battery [knocks] after which all
are seated.)
—
Note 61. "Provost and Judge. (Prevot et Jugre.) The seventh dogroe
of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The history of the degree
relates that it was founded by Solomon, King of Israel, for the purpose
of strengthening his means of preserving order among the vast number of
crattsmen engaged in tlm construction of the Temple. Tito, Prince Haro-
dim, Adoniram and Abda, his father, were first created Provosts and
Judges, who were afterwards directed by Solomon to initiate his favorite
and intimate secretary, Joabert, and to give him the keys of all the build-
ing. In the old rituals the Master of a Lodge of Provosts and Judges rep-
resents Tito, Prince Harodim, the first Grand Warden and Inspector of the
three hundred architects." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, AxXU
cle Provost and Judge.
CHAPTER X
Seventh Degree or Provost and Judge,
initiation.
Tito —Brother Master of Ceremonies, you will now
/etire and prepare the candidate for initiation.
PREPARATION OF CANDIDATE.
Master of Ceremonies retires after saluting, and pre-
pares the candidate as an Intimate Secretary, and
knocks four and one.
—
Adoniram Thrice Illustrious, our tribunal is dis-
turbed.
—
Tito It may be a call for justice ; brother Adoniram,
you will send our brother Expert to see who knocks as a
Provost and Judge.
Adoniram—BiotheT Expert, you will see who knocks
as a Provost and Judge.
—
Expert (Goes to the door, knocks four and one,
opens the door and says:) Who knocks as a Provost
and Judge?
Master of Ceremonies —One who has duly fulfilled his
duty as Intimate Secretary, and is now worthy of the
office of Provost and Judge.
—
Expert (Shutting the door,) Brother Adotiiram, it is
one who has duly fulfilled his duty as Intimate Secre-
tary and is now worthy of the office of Provost and
Judge.
—
Adoniram Thrice Illustrious, it is one who has duly
performed his duty as Intimate Secretary, and is now
worthy of the office of Provost and Jndge.
INITIATION. 119
—
Tito Brother Adonirani;, has he been well examined
as regards his qualifications and been found worthy?
—
Adoniram Brother Expert, has he been well exam-
ined as regards his qualifications and been found
worthy ?
—
Expert Brother Master of Ceremonies, has he been
well examined as regards his qualifications and been
found worthy?
—
Master of Ceremonies He has, Brother Expert.
—
Expert Thrice Illustrious, he has.
Tito— Then him be admitted.
let
Expert, — (Opening the door) Brother Master of Cere-
monies, let him be admitted.
Master of Ceremonies then leads him into the[I]
[lodge] and places him between the wardens and altar.
—
Tito Brother Master of Ceremonies, w^hom do you
conduct ?
—
Master of Ceremonies One who has duly fulfilled
his duty as Intimate Secretary, and is worthy of the
office of Provost and Judge: His name is Joabert.
Tito —
Brother Master of Ceremonies, is he well versed
in the signs, tokens and words of the previous work, and
ishe well qualified to receive this ?
—
Master of Ceremonies He is. Thrice Illustrious.
—
Tito Let him give proof of his knowledge.
Master of Ceremonies causes the candidate to re-
hearse the signs, tokens and words of the previous de-
grees.
Tito —Brother Intimate Secretary Joabert, I am well
pleased with the proofs of study and art you have ex-
hibited, and will now proceed you are a
to ascertain if
fit person to be a Provost and Judge among your fel-
Expert —My
brother^, these two words, Civi and Ky,
are our pass words^ the one means ask or knock and it
will be opened; the other means arise or seek and it
will be found.
The lesson taught is simply this that justice is only
:
GRIP.
Lock the two little
fingers of the right
hands with the forefin-
Grip of Provost and Judge. ger, one of the other,
and give seven light blows with the thumb of the right
hand on the palm of the same.
SIGN.
Place the two first fingers of the right
hand on the nose.
ANSWER.
Place the first finger of the right hand
on the top of the nose, and the thumb of
the same under the chin, forming a square.
Answer to Sign.
PASS word:— TiTo/^ Civi, Ky.
SACRED WORD Jachinai/^ which is the plural of the
:
word Jachin.
—
GRAND words: IzracJi-Jdli, Jehovah, Hiram, StoU
kin, Geometrass^'' and Architect.
—
Note 62. "Tito. A significant word in the high degrees. The Scottish
Rite rituals give the name of Tito, Prince Harodim, to him who they say-
was the first who was appointed by Solomon a Provost and Judge. This
person appears to be altogether mythical; the word is not found in the
Hebrew language, nor has any meaning been given to it. He is repre-
sented as having been a favorite of the King of Israel. He is said to
have presided over the Lodge of Intendants of the Building, and to have
been one of the twelve illustrious knights who were set over the twelve
tribes, that of Naphtali being placed under his care. The whole of this
legend is, of course, connected with the symbolic signification of those
—
degrees." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Preemasonry, Article Tito.
—
Note 63, **A Gallic corruption of Shekinah, to be found only in the
—
French Cahers of the high degrees." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Free-
masonry, Article Jachinai,
—
Note 64. "Geometry. In the modern rituals geometry is said to be
the basis on which the superstructure of Masonry is erected; and in the
old Constitutions of the Mediaeval Freemasons of England the most promi-
nent place of all the sciences is given to geometry, which is made synony-
mous with Masonry. Thus, in the Halliwell MS., which dates not later
than the latter part of the fourteenth century, the Constitutions of
Masonry are called 'the Constitution of the art of geometry according to
Euclid,' the words geometry and Masonry being used indifferently through-
out the document; and in the Harleian MS. it is said, *thus the craft
Geometry was governed there, and that worthy Master (Euclid) gave it
the name of Geometry, and it is called Masonrle in this land long after.'
In another part of the same MS. it is thus defined, 'The fifth science is
called Ge'ometry, and it teaches a man to mete and measure of the earth
—
and other things, which science is Masonrie.' " Mackey's Encyclopaedia
©f Freemasonry, Article Geometry.
'
—
Tito I also invest you with your apron, as an em-
blem of the ardor and zeal of the Masters. The pocket
in the apron is intended to keep the keys of the chest
containing the plans.
—
Tito Brother Expert, conduct our newly elected
brother to the altar and proclaim him duly installed a
Provost and Judge.
Expert —
(Conducts him to the altar.) To the glory
of the Grand Architect of the universe, under the au-
spices of the Supreme Council of the 33d degree of the
Ancient and Accepted Scotch Kite/' in and for the
Sovereign and Independent State of New York, I do
hereby proclaim Brother as a Provost and Judge,
and an active member of our tribunal throughout the
world.
Tito —Together, brethren. (All give the battery by
clapping hands, four and one.)
Tito — Brother Expert, lead our associate to his seat
among us, to listen to our lecture.
Adoniram —As
was necessarv to establish order and
it
regularity among such a number of workmen, Solomon
created Tito Prince Harodim/^ as was also Adoniram,
who was created Chief of the Provost and Judges, and
also the King's great confidant and favorite, Joabert,
who was initiated into the mysteries of this degree, and
to him was given the key to open the ebony box that
contained all the plans of the building; which box
you have seen in the degree of Secret Master. This
box was hung under a rich canopy in the Sanctum Sanc-
torum. Joabert was so struck with admiration at behold-
:
Note 67.— ''A society termed the Grand Chapter of Harodim was formed
1787 under the auspices of William Preston, vvhich
has
at London in
A fp" ac-
model of our Schools or Lodges of Instruction
serv^ as the
count of it Is given mPreston's Illustrations. The term Harodim signifies
«^«^fera.nd rulers A side degree of considerable repute in this country
Harodim*
LECTURE. 127
—
Adoniram—Xinxe"^^ and Jachinai: The first signi-
fies the seat of the soul, and the second is the sacred
word.
—
Tito Where were you placed?
—
Adoniram In the middle chamber.
Ttfo— Have you done any remarkable work since you
became Provost and Judge?
—
Note 68. "Xinxe. A significant word in the high degrees. Delaunay
(Tuileur, p. 49) gives it as Xincheu, and says that it has been translated
as 'the seat of the soul.' But in either form it has evidently undergone
such corruption as to be no longer comprehensible/'—MftCkey'ji Sncyqlq*
|)a«aia of Freemasonry, Article Xiii.^e<
128 PROVOST AND JUDGE.
Tito, says:
^^Brethren, bear witness to the obligation this Inti-
mate Secretary is about to take.^^
But Joabert was not yet an ^Intimate Secretary'^ till
after the temple was done. Yet he here receives the de-
gree as Intimate Secretary, to which he was not ad-
mitted till after the temple was completed ; which de-
gree,>we are told in the opening, ^^King Solomon insti-
tuted to preserve peace among the workmen engaged in
the erection of the temple/' But beside this silly, weak
anachronism, the degree is an attempt to surround with
awe and dignity ; by sworn secrecy, the election of a
simple foreman or officer of the peace, when there is
nothing to conceal but the mere fact and mode of the
appointment. If this be so, (and it is), then how are
we to account for the fact that this weak and worthless
degree, with others like it, has come to us from the
Jesuit College of Clermont in 1754, twenty-two years
before Amerioan Independence^ and is, iiow the Seventh
132 INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL ASHES.
ed.)
CHAPTER XII
Solomon —
Most Illustrious Brother Tito, your advice
is too good to be neglected, and to show yoit how much
I am swayed by it, I will now appoint you, brother
Adoniram and Abda to inspect and conduct the work.
You will now send to the middle chamber and see if
there are any of the chiefs of the five orders of architec-
ture there ^^dead to sin and vice/^
Tito —Brother Expert, you will repair to the middle
chamber and any of the chiefs of the
see if there are
five orders of architecture there dead to sin and vice.
—
Expert (Goes to door and knocks five; 00000.)
—
Master of Ceremonies (Knocks 00000 from within.)'
'
—
Expert (Opens the door) Are there any of the chiefs
of the five orders of architecture here dead to sin and
vice?
—
Master of Ceremonies (For candidate) There is one
—
Joabert, dead to sin and vice.
here
Expert—'BioiYieT Joabert, are you possessel of zeal
enough to apply with scrupulous attention to the work
which the Thrice Puissant will commit to your care?
—
Master of Ceremonies (For Joabert.) I look upon it
as the greatest happiness and advantage that I can be
blessed with, to have an opporunity with him in the
great and glorious object which he proposes; that of
erecting a temple to the Almighty, worthy of his glory.
—
Expert (Shuts the door) Thrice Illustrious there is
in the ante-chamber one who says he is dead to sin and
vice and looks upon it as the greatest happiness and ad-
vantage he can be blessed with to have an opportunity
of assisting in the great and glorious object which is
proposed to him; that of erecting a temple to tho
Almighty worthy of his glory.
Solomon — ^Let him be admitted.
Expert— {Knoc^^ 00000.)
INITIATION. 139
Master of Ceremonies —
(Knocks 00000 from within.)
—
Expert (Opens the door,) Let him be admitted.
He then leads him five times around the [lodge]
and then by five steps of exactitude to the altar.
Solomon — (To candidate,) I will restore thy Judges
as at first, and thy councilors as at the beginning. The
light of the righteous shall be established, for the Lord
giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh understand-
ing and knowledge. Thenunderstand righ-
shalt thou
teousness, judgment and equity, yea every good path.
•
Brother Expert, you will now present the candidate
with a sprig of acacia ; cause him to down and coverlie
« ^ . ^ . ^ot at time
the
Joabert Personatiog Hiram Abifl Dead to Sin aftd , ^ ,
Vice. he was murdered,
finished the fine works of the inner chamber and Holv
b|)f Holies.
The beautiful symmetry he had designed was to be
i-ealized and the utensils that were to be made^ were to
avoid all disarray and confusion in use.
Joabert was selected to"* take Hiram^s office as he pos"-
sessed science and skill of the highest order. He was
the ablest in the use of numbers and measurement of
work, but the letters upon the designs prepared by Hiram
belonged to the lost word, and it was necessary to know
that word to understand the designs. My brother^ do
you know that word ?
Candidate^—I do not,
140 INTENDANrOF THE BUILDINa.
—
Solomon Alas my brother, the loss of that word is
!
SIGNS.
S]gn of Sarprise*
Intendant of Bailding.
Note 72. — *'Benkhurim.Corruptly spelled benchorim In iLost of the old
rituals A significant word) in the high degrees, prohably signifying one
that is freeborn." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article
Benkhurim.
INITIATION". 143
Sign of Grief.
—
—l^ote 73. **MaImonide3 calls it the 'two-letter name,* and derives it
from the Tetragrammaton, of which he says it is an aljlbreviation. Others
have denied this and assert that Jah is a name independent of Jehovah,
but expressing the same idea of the Divine Essence. It is uniformly trans-
lated in the authorized version of the Bible by the word Lord, being thus
considered as synonymous with Jehovah, except in Psalm Ixviii, 4, where
the original word is preserved: 'Extol him that rideth upon the heavens
by his name JAH,* upon which the Targum comment is: 'Extol him who
sitteth on the throne of glory in the ninth heaven; YAH is his name/ "—
lackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Jah.
144 INTENDAKT 01^ THE BUILDINGS.
TOKEK-.
strokes; 00000.
march: — Five equal steps. The Intendant of the
Building ascends "the seven steps of exactitude^^ and
^'knows the five points of fidelity.''
age: —Three times nine years.
HOUBS OF wobk:— From daylight till seven in the
evening.
—
mobal: That we should apply ourselves with zeal
and energy to whatever work may be allotted us in the
temple, remembering that the Lord Creator seeth.
—
woBDs:^ Are those given with the token.
You will now be conducted to our Thrice Illustrious
who will invest you with the apron, sash and jewel.
Thrice Puissant —My brather, I now present you with
.Note 74. "Judah. The whole of Palestine was sometimes called the
land of Judah, because Judah was a distinguished tribe in obtaining jwsses-
sion of the country. The tribe of Judah bore a lion in its standard, and
hence the Masonic allusion to the Lion of the tribe of Judah. See also
Genesis xlix. 9, 'Judah is a lion's whelp.' " Mackey'B Encyclopaedia Qt
f^reemasonry, Article Judah.
IK'ITIATIOK. 145
the apron and sash and the jewel of this degree, which-
is a golden triangle. The letters on said jewel are in-
dicative of the pass word of this degree, the other sym*
bols are already familiar to you.
—
Thrice Illustrious Brother Expert you will conduct
our new brother to the altar and proclaim him an Inten-
dant of the Buildings and require all brethren to re*
spect and obey him as such.
—
Expert (Conducts him to the altar, and says:) To
the glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe, under
the auspices of the Supreme Council of the 33d degree
of the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite, in and for the
Sovereign and Independent State of New YorTc I do
hereby proclaim Brother as an Intendant of the
Buildings and I do hereby require all brethren to re-
spect and obey him as such.) --
—
Tito There are in the first nine, 3 attributes, there
are in the- second nine, 3 attributes, there are in the
third nine, 3 attributes. And if these are in three col-
umns and added together, form a square of eighty-one.
—
Solomon Why do you place Solomon in the temple?
—
Tito In memory of his being the first who consecra-
ted a temple to the Lord.
Solomon —Why do you place a Brazen Sea in the
temple ?
Tito —To let us know that the temple of God is holy
and that we must not enter it before we have been puri-
fied from all uncleanliness.
148 IKTEiSTDANl? OF THE BUILDINa.
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Intendant of the Building.
—Thrice
Tito the
Illustrious, shades o£ evening an-
nounce a time for ^
repose.
Solomon — Since man must rest, let us close our la^
bors trusting in the Grand Architect who never sleeps
but before we retire, brother Tito declare to us the
meaning we give in this degree to the triangle, circle,
square and blazing star.
—
Tito The triangle expresses the triple attributes of
the divine essence, the triple nature of man, the triple
composition of the material world. The circle defines
the unity of God-head and the unity of man. The square
implies the quadrature of a sane mind with a sound
body, and of individuals with society. The blazing star,
(having five points) signifies the five points of felicity,
or more properly, of order to which man is destined viz:
(first) loving, (second) thinking, (third) working,
(fourth) speaking, (fifth) designing.
—
Solomon (Knocks 00000; all rise,)
i
rather, as with the Simon Magus. Gaz-
sorceries of
ing on, and listening to a Eomish mass in an unknown
tongue; unknown often to the priest who reads it, the
people look solemn it is true, but it is the stolid solem-
nity of cattle in a slaughter yard. But the Mason is be-
low the Papist in this; that, at the close of the solemn
fanfaronade, he is sworn to conceal it.
We have seen from Masonic authors, that Jesuitism
is the mother of Masonry; and that Masonry is as like
Jesuitism as the Image is like the Beast. And we know
where this Jesuitism came from. It was born at night,
in a cave near the little town of Enresa, in Spain. The
ignorant Cavalier who fancied or feigned that God met
156 "rulers of the darkness of this world/^
—
Most Sovereign Brother Inspector, what is the hour?
—
Inspector Most Sovereign, the dog star rises in the
East, followed by the archer, and they are in pursuit of
the serpent of Ignorance.
—
Most Sovereign Brother Stolkin, are you an Elected
Knight?
— /
—
Captain of Guard My dear brother Joabert, I must
leave you here alone, but you must promise me on the
word of a man, that you will remain in this posture that
I now leave you, however alarmed you may be by any
noise you may hear. Attend brother Joabert to what
—
Note 79. ^'Vengeance. A word used in the high degrees. Barruel,
Robison and the other detractors of Freemasonry have sought to find in
this word a proof of the vindictive character of the Institution. *In the
degree of Kadosh/ says Barruel (Memoires, ii. 310) 'the assassin of
Adoniram becomes the Ijing, who must be slain to avenge the Grand
Master Molay and the Order of Masons, who are the successors of the
Templars.' "
No calumny was ever fabricated with so little pretension to truth for
its foundation. The reference is altogether historical; it is the record o?
the punishment which followed a crime, not an incentive to revenge.
The word nekam is used in Masonry in precisely the same sense in
•
I say, for if you neglect it, it may cost you your life.
Candidate — I will.
Captain of Guard —
And now brother Joabert, as soon
as I leave you, when you hear any one knock as a mason,
take off the bandage from your eyes and closely examine 1
every object around you. When you hear a second knock-
ing in a masonic manner, drink of the cup near your left
hand. And at the third knocking, do as you shall be
prescribed by a voice which will direct you.
Though you alone brother Joabert, believe me
I leave
that the eyes of the whole m
[lodge] are upon you,
therefore I beg that you will not fail, punctually to
comply with these instructions. Farewell brother Joa-
bert, I now leave you.
Captain of the Guard then leaves him and shuts the
door briskly, waits for a minute or two and then knocks
the first three.
Candidate —
(Takes the bandage from his eyes.)
—
Captain of Guard (Knocks the second three.)
Candidate —
(Drinks out of the cup.)
—
Captain of Guard (Knocks the last three and re-
turns to the Chapter.)
—
Master of Ceremonies Take that poniard and strike
the villain first on the head and then on the heart. Cut
off his head and take it in your left hand, the poniard in
your right and follow me.
Candidate —
(Obeys the order.)
—
Master of Ceremonies (Conducts him to the door of
the Chapter, knocks eight and one, 00000000 0.)
—
Captain of Guard Most Sovereign, there is an alarm
at the door.
Most Sovereign —You will see who knocks at the door
of our Chapter to interrupt our deliberations.
INITIATION. 167
Captain of Guard— (Knocks eight and one, OpOOOOOO
0; and opens the door) Who knocks at the door of our
Chapter to interrupt our deliberations?
—
Master of Ceremonies Brother Joabert who has dis-
covered the place where the traitor Akirop^*" has been
concealed, and has revenged the death of our respectable
Master Hiram Abiff, and comes to lay the villain's head
at the feet of King Solomon.
Captain of Guard —
(Shuts the door.) Most Sovereign
it is Joabert who has discovered the place where the
traitor Akirop has been concealed and has revenged the
death of our respectable Master Hiram Abiff, and comes
"~
to lay the villain^s head at the feet of his Sovereign.
—
Most Sovereign Let him be admitted.
—
Captain of Guard (Opens the door and says: Let
him be admitted.
Master of Ceremonies and candidate enter and pro-
ceed directly to the foot of the throne, candidate at the
same time striking the head with his dagger, and crying
revenge.
—
Most Soverign (Looking with indignation says:)
Oh wretch, what have you been doing ? My orders to you
were, that the traitor should be brought to me, not that
you should put him to death. Your disobedience of my
orders shall cost you your life. Stolkin, put him to death.
Brethren all kneel on one, knee, and at the same time
brother Stolkin lays hold of candidate's head and with
his sword stands in the attitude of killing him.
—
Captain of Guard Thrice Most Sovereign, pardon
him pardon him It must have been an excess of zeal,
! !
SIGN,
— —
Note 81. "Elect of Nine, [Scotch Masonry,] The sixth degree con-
ferred in the Lodge of Perfection, Scotch Rite, and the ninth upon the
catalogue of that system. There is a Master with the title of Most
Potent, representing Solomon, with one Warden styled Grand Inspector,
representing Stolkyn, a Treasurer, Secretary, Master of Ceremonies and
Captain of tiie Guard, the latter representing Zerbal. The hangings are
red and white. There are nine lights. The apron is white, lined with
black and flecked with blood, having a bloody arm holding by the hair a
bloody head; on the movable part a bloody arm with a poinard. The
jewel is a poinard. The age is 8x10. The lesson is prudence in Judg-
ment." Morris's Masonic Dictionary, Article Elect of Nine,
ANSWER.
Answer.
TOKEN.
0000 0..
Most Sovereign —
Brother Stolkin, you will now con-
^
duct our new brother to his seat, to listen attentively to
the discourse by our Grand Orator.
to communicate to him.
The brethren' were alarmed at the readiness with
which the King consented to this private audience, for
fear of any danger to his sacred person.
Said audience proved of short duration and the king^s
speedy return removed their fears. He informed them
that this unknown person was acquainted with the re-
treat of a murderer of Hiram Abiff, and that he had
offered to conduct thither, such people as would choose
to accompany him, to inform themselves of the truth of
what he ha.d asserted. The brethren all to a man stood
up and offered their services to the King on this occa-
sion. The King was highly pleased with their zeal, but
declared that among such a number of virtuous brethren^
the casting of lots should determine who should have the
honor of being employed in this important matter, to
bring this odious victim, on whom he intended to wreak
his vengeance. Consequently the names of all the Inten-
dants of the Building who were present, were put into
a box, and he declared that those nine whose names
should be first drawn from the box should be the breth-
ren appointed to follow the unknown man^ and bring
INITIATION*. 173
in the cave) saw the villain fast asleep lying on his back,
with a dagger at his feet. Jqabert seized the dagger and
struck him with all his might, first on his head and then
on his heart, on which the villain sprang up with fury,
but immediately dropped down dead at his feet, pro-
nouncing only the word Nekam.
Joabert cut off his head, then quenched his thirst at
the spring in the cave and was joined by his brethren,
whom he was just going to meet. They on seeing the
head of the traitor cut off, represented to Joabert that
he had commited a fault by his over zeal, and that by
thus putting an end to the villain's life he had rescued
him from the tortures which Solomon had prepared for
him.
They assured him that Solomon would not pass un-
noticed this piece of disobedience of orders, but would
certainly punish him for it.^ They also stated that they
would intercede, however, with the king to procure his
pardon. After having quenched their thirst, Joabert
took the head and all walked back to Jerusalem. When
174 MASTM ELECT 0^ NINE.
and I will give you the first letter of the second syllable.
—
Most Sovereign The first is N. Now give me ihe
other. /
Stolkin —K."
Most Sovereign —What do these two letters N and K
mean?
Stolkin- —IsTekam, which signifies revenge.
Most Sovereign —How was your election consumma-
ted? _
Stolkin — ^By revenge, disobedience, clemency and
eight and one.
Most Sovereign —Explain this.
Stolkin —
^By revenge I destroyed the traitor, by dis-
obedience I exceeded the orders given me by the king,
and by clemency, through the intercession of my breth-
ren, I obtained the king^s pardon; and lastly, by eight
and one,, as we were only nine chosen for this business.
—
Most Sovereign What did you do after having killed
the traitor?
Stolkin—1 cut off his head and quenched my thirst at
the spring, and being fatigued laid myself down to sleep
until my eight brethren entered the cave crying revenge.
—
Most Sovereign How did Solomon behave and re-
ceive you when you presented him the traitor^s head?
—
Stolkin With indignation, as he had proposed to
himself much gratification in punishing that villain,
and he even doomed me to death, but on account of my
zeal, forgave me..
—
Most Sovereign What did the dark room^ represent
into which you were conducted before your reception?
—
Stolkin It is the representation of the cave where I
found the traitor.
—
Most Sovereign How came you to be left there
blindfolded?
LECTURE. 17'?
—
Stolhin From the left shoulder to the right hip with
the poniard hanging at the bottom of said order. "^
Most Sovereign — Of what color isyour apron?
Stolhin —^Fiite skin, lined and bordered with black
178 MASTEH ELECT OF NINE.
Stolhin—Nekam.
-
Most Sovereign— there no other pass-word
Is ?
—
Most Sovereign (Knocks eight and one.)
—
Stolhin (Knocks eight and one.)
Most Sovereign—Brethren, ignorance yields to our
repeated vows. Let us advance in our labors.
I declare this college closed.
'^'^^%:
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Ninth Degree or Master Elect op Nine.
Rage for a Multitude of Degrees—A Drill of Assassination and Revenge
—Turns Lynch Law into a Religion—John Quincy Adams on Masonlo
—
Penalties Sweara to **Revenge Masonry in General'*— Masonic Murders
—
Proved in Court "They were Not at all Ashamed."
could have formed and let loose among the people a de-
vice better adapted to form fiends to work the guillo-
tine in the horrors of the revolution which followed,
th^n this Ninth Degree of the Ancient and Accepted
TURNS LYNCH LAW INTO A RELIGION. 183
will satisfy 999 men in every 1,000 that the whole Ma-
sonic system and especially this Ninth Degree, is cal-
Popery does not burn heretics when she will lose more
than gain by it. Masonic crimes are plenty enough in
Africa^ as Messrs Hinman and Cole are witnesses, both
of whom have been there ; and the latter, Mr. Cole, was
born there, and has been in the African lodges. Other
missionaries confirm their statements. But though
idolatry is practiced in Christian as well as in heathen
countries, the crimes of idolatry in Christian lands must
be covered. Nay; lodges sometimes go through the
farce of expelling men whose crimes have made them
outlaws; while in Africa where murder is not unpopular
it is well known that human flesh is eaten as proof of
^w
t
'^
CHAPTER XV
Tenth Degree or Master Elect of Fifteen/*
Note^ 83.
—"Master
Elect of Fifteen. —
[Scotch Masonry,] The seventh
degree conferred In the Lodge of Perfection, Scotch Masonry, and the
tenth upon the catalogue of that system. There are three oflScers, a Most
Potent Master, representing Solomon; A Grand Inspector, representing
Stolkin, and a Junior Warden, styled Introductor; other oflScers as In the
preceding grade. The assembly is entitled a Chapter. The hangings are
red and white. The apron is white, lined with black, with a representation
of the Temple, having towers upon it; on the movable part, three spikes.
The jewel is a poinard. Hours of work, 5 a. m. to 6 p. m. The lesson
is the certainty of divine justice. '•—Morris's Masonic Dictionary, Article
Master Elect of Fifteen.
MASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN. 189
f
heads on the other.
—
Note 84, "And so we may through these mingled English and French
corruptions trace the genealogy of the word Jubelum; thus, Ghiblim, Gib-
lim, Giballm, Chibbelum, Jiblime, Jibelum, Jabelum, and, finally, Jubelum.
It meant simply a Fellow Craft, and was appropriately given as a common
name to a particular Fellow Craft, who was distinguished for his treach-
ery. In other words, he was designated, not by a special and distinctive
name but by the title of his condition and rank at the Temple. He was
the Fellow Craft, who was at the head of a conspiracy. As for the names
of the other two RuflSans, they were readily constructed put of that of
the greatest one by a simple change of the termination of the word from
um to a in one, and from um to o in the other, thus preserving, by a
similarity of names, the idea of their relationship, for the old rituals
said that they were brothers who had come together out of Tyre. This
derivation seems to me to be easy, natural and comprehensible. The
change from Giblim, or rather from Gibalim to Jubelum, is one that is far
less extraordinary than that which one-half of the Masonic words have
undergone in their transfoi'mation from their original to their present
—
form." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Ruffians.
OPENING CEREMONIES
Master Elect of Fifteen.
\
CHAPTER XVI
Tenth Degree or Master Elect oe Fifteen."
initiation.
—
King Maacha Let them be admitted.
Expert — (Goes to the door, knocks five, 00000; an
opens it.) Let them be admitted.
Master of Ceremonies with candidate and attendani
enter, approach the throne and kneel on one knee.
—
Master of Ceremonies Most Powerful King Maachf
Solomon our King, hearing that a number of his subjecl
had fled from Jerusalem and taken shelter in this cour
try and are at this present time working in the quarrie
of Bendaca, has sent this embassy into your royal pres
ence to ask permission to search in the quarries for th
other two murderers of our lamented Master Hirar
Abiff ; to secure them and carry them back to Jerusaler
to receive the punishment due for their crimes. (Hand
the letter to King Maacha, who opens it and pretends t
read it.)
—
King Maacha Illustrious Grand Captain of th
Guards, you will assemble a sufficient number of you
guards and conduct these brethren from Jerusalem t
the quarries of Bendaca, cause strict search to be mad
therein, and if the murderers are found, let them b
bound in chains and delivered to the embassy, to be sen
back to Jerusalem, as I should be most happy in havinj
my country cleared of such monsters.
Captain of Guard —Attention guards. (All rise anc
—
Master Brother Expert, see who knocks at the door
of our Chapter to interrupt our deliberations.
—
Expert (Goes to the door, knocks five, 00000; and
opens it.) Who knocks at the door of our Chapter to
interrupt our deliberations?
—
Master of Ceremonies It is brother Joabert from the
country of Cheth, having in charge the other two mur-
derers of Hiram Abiff.
—Most Powerful,
Expert brother Joabert having
it is
SIGN.
ANSWER.
Answer
198 MASTER ELECT OP FIFTEEN".
TOKEN.
Token.
PASS WORD :
Elignam or EUam.
SACRED WORD :
Zerbal, answer BenjaJi.
Note 92. — "During the last age it was a fashion among the material
philosophers to explain all ancient mythology, and the mysteries in this
manner, in order to show that they had no religious sense. This was
carried so far that even Christ was declared to be nothing but a symbol
of the sun and the twelve aix)stles were the twelve signs of the zodiac!
We cannot admit that the Osirian myth is to be explained solely from the
astronomical point of view. It had a higher meaning, and shadowed
forth the great mystery of the world, the conflicts of good and evil, of vice
and virtue, and announces that even through persecution and death, jus-
tice and truth, and virtue, shall advance to a perfect victory; and that
the night of death shall yield to an immortal day." Macoy's Encyclo-
paedia and Dictionary of Freemasonry. Article Osiris.
—
—
Note 93r "Ormuzd was the principle of good and the symbol of light,
and Ahriman the principle of evil and the symbol of darkness, in the old
—
Persian religion." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Or-
muzd and Ahriman.
200 MASTEB ELECT OF FIFTEEK".
you,
his
.1
receive
and on what occasion ?
—
Inspector Because one of the villains had already
suffered before the other two were taken.
—
Most Illustrious Master What were the names of the
two you brought Jerusalem?
to
Inspector — One was called Jubela (Guib) and the
other Jubelo (Gravelot.)
Most Illustrious Master —How
were they discovered ?
—
Inspector By the diligence of Behgabee, Solomon^'s
Intendant in the country of Cheth.
—
Most Illustrious Master What method did Solomon
take to get them.?
—
Inspector- He wrote to Maacha, King of Cheth, de-
siring him to make a strict inquiry for them.
—
Most Illustrious Master Who carried and delivered
Solomon^s letter .to Maacha?
—
Inspector Zerbal, captain of Solomon^s Guards.
Most Illustrious Master —Did Maacha hesitate to
grant Solomon^s request?
—
Inspector N"o; on the contrary he gave us guides
and a guard.
—
Most Illustrious Master ^Where were they found?
—
Inspector In a quarry called Bendaca^s quarry.
Most Illustrious Master—Who was Bendaca
this ?
Inspector— One of Solomon^s Intendants, who had
married one of daughters.
his
Most Illustrious Master—How came these two ruf-
^fiansdiscovered?
Inspector— means of a shepherd who showed us
^By
their retreat.
Most Illustrious Master—Who perceived them first?
Inspector— and Elignam, after
Z'erbal days^
five
search.
Most Illustrious Master— How were their chains
made ?
Inspector—In form of a rule and square, on which
was engraved the crimes they had committed, in order
to have their approaching fate before their eyes.
—
Most Illustrious Master Wheii» did you return to
204 MASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN.
Jerusalem ?
—
Inspector The fifteenth of the month Ab, which an-
swers to our month of July.
—
Most Illustrious Master How long were you on the
voyage ?
Inspector—^One month exactly.
—
Most Illustrious Master How many masters were
elected by Solomon to go on this expedition?
—
Inspector Fifteen, of which number I was one.
—
Most Illustrious Master ^Was there nobody else with
you?
Inspector —Yes, King Solomon sent troops to escort
us.
Most —
Illustrious Master ^What did. you do with the
ruffians after you arrived at Jerusalem ?
Inspector—We carried them directly into the presence
of Solomon.
Most Illustrious Master —What orders did Solomon
give about them?
—
Inspector After he had reproached them bitterly for
the enormity of their crimes, he ordered Achizar, Grand
Master of the household, to confine them in the tower
that bore his name, and that they should be executed
the next day at ten o'clock in the mornin.2:.
—
Most Illutrious Master With what kind of death
were they punished?
—
Inspector They were tied naked by their necks and
heels to two posts, their bodies cut open from their
breasts to the arse-pubis and cross wise.
—
Most Illustrious Master Did they continue any time
in that condition?
—
Inspector They were thus exposed for eight hours
in the hot sun, that the venomous flies and insects should
suck their blood; which made them suffer even more
than death itself. They made such lamentations and
cries that they even moved the executioner.
—
Most Illvsirious Master ^What did he do with them
afterwards?
LECTURE. 205
—
Inspector He was so moved with their cries, that he
cut off their heads and flung their bodies over the walls
of Jerusalem, as food for the ravens and beasts.
Most Illustrious Master —What was done with their
heads?
—
Inspector They were fixed on poles by order of Solo-
mon and exposed to public view, with that of Akirop,
in order to give an example as well to the people as to
the workmen of the temple.
Most Illustrious Master —What was the name of the
first villain?
—
Note 96. "Guibbs. The names given to the Assassins of the third
degree by some of the inventors of the high degrees are of so singular
a form as to have almost irresistibly led to the conclusion that these
names were bestowed by the adherents of the house of Stuarts upon
some of their enemies as marks of infamy. Such, for instance. Is Romvel,
the name of one of the Assassins in certain Scottish degrees, which is
probably a corruption of Cromwell. Jubelum Guibbs, another name of one
of these traitors, has much puzzled the Masonic etymblogists. I think
that I have fOund its origin in the name of the Rev. Adam Gib, who
was an antiburgher clergyman of Edinburgh. When that city was taken
possession of by the young Pretender, Charles Edward, in 1745, the
clergy generally fled. But Gib removed only three miles from the city,
where, collecting his loyal congregation, he hurled anathemas for five
successive Sundays against the Pretender, and boldly prayed for the
downfall of the rebellion. He subsequently joined the loyal army, and at
Falkirk took a rebel prisoner. So active was Gib in his opposition to
the cause of the house of Stuart, and so obnoxious had he become that
several attempts were made by the rebels to take his life. On Charles
Edward's return to France he erected in 1747 his 'Primordial Chapter' at
Arras; and in the composition of the high degrees there practiced It is
very probable that he bestowed the name of his old enemy Gib on the
most atrocious of the Assassins who figured in the legend of third degree.
The letter u was doubtless inserted to prevent the French in pronounc-
ing the name from falling into the soft sound of the G and calling the
word Jibt The additional b and s were the natural and customary results
of a French attempt to speU a foreign proper name."—Mackey'» jBjicyolo^
pa94ia of Freemasonry, Article Guibbs,
206 KASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN.
avenged.
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Master Elect of Fifteen".
*
'There ye wise saints, behold your light, your star.
Ye would be dupes and victims, and ye are.
So shall my votaries wheresoe'er they rave
Proclaim that heaven took back the saint it gave;
That I've but vanished from the earth awhile
To come again with bright unclouded smile!
So shall they build me altars in their zeal.
Where knaves shall minister and fools shall kneel."
— Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.
sonry! It is lie all over!' The holy man had long be-
fore renounced the three degrees he had taken. {Bee
the oath in the Ritual) We read from Milton:
REPLACE POPERY OK" THE THRONE OF ENGLAND. 211
Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous wolves,
Who all the sacred mysteries of heaven,
To their own vile advantages shall turn
Of lucre and ambition.
CHAPTER XVII
Eleventh Degree or Sublime Knights Elected/'
household; to see that the taxes were fairly assessed; to superintend the
collection of the revenue, and to protect the people against rapacity and
extortion of the tax-gatherers. In this degree is shadowed forth the
—
great principle free constitutions, without which liberty would often be
—
but a name the trial by jury of twelve men, whose unanimous verdict
is necessary to convict of crime. The assembly is called a Chapter. It is
lighted with twelve lights, by threes, in the East, West. North and
South, each three forming an equilateral triangle. The presiding oflBcer
represents King Solomon, and is styled Thrice Illustrious Sovereign; the
two Wardens are styled Inspectors; the Chapter consists of twelve mem-
bers only. The apron is white, lined, edged and fringed with black, and
the flap is black. In the middle of the apron is painted or embroidered
a flaming heart. The sash is a black ribbon, worn from right to left,
and on which, over the breast, is painted or embroidered a flaming heart;
and over that the words Vincere aut Mori, The jewel is a sword, worn
suspended to the sash."—Macoy's Enoyclppedia And Dictionary of Free-
n^asonry, Article Sublime Knigrht Elect,
SUBLIME KNIGHTS ELECTED. 213
F
OPENING CEREMONIES
Sublime Knights Elected.
—
Thrice Puissant Brother Inspector, what is you
duty to this Chapter ?
Inspector —To that we are
see all secure.
—
Thrice Puissant Brother Expert, you will now
teach brother Joabert to travel.
Expert divests him of his sword and compasses which
he hands to the Master of Ceremonies, makes the candi-
date cross his hands on his breast, and conducts him
first to the West ; causes him to kneel and say Cm.
—
Thrice Puissant Ky. (Candidate rises.)
Expert conducts him to the South where he kneels,
from thence to the North where he kneels, and from
thence to the East, in front of the Thrice Puissant, where
he kneels also.
—
Thrice Puissant ^Brother Joabert, you have been
caused to kneel at the four points of the compass in
allusion to the four gates of the temple, and the respect
we should have to enter a place consecrated. You will
now contract the solemn obligation of a Sublime Knight
Elected.
SIGN.
Sign, Sublime
.Knigbt.Ifilected.
TOKENS.
b
INITIATION. 221
t
cipal object, and most indispensable duty
of a mason to
devote himself to prac-
tice virtue, what
care ought not an
Elected Sublime Mason to have, never
to depart from this principle. He who is in the
superior degrees ought always to act effectually to ren-
der himself worthy of that distinction. Charity is of all
virtues, the principal one which satisfies humanity.
Instead of the inflamed heart, which was worn (at the
time of the written law) as a distinctive mark of the
Sublime Elected, we wear a cross the form of which
is traced to you. It is the happy epoch of the law of
grace we live in. Since upon the cross was spilled the
precious blood of the Sovereign Redeemer to whom we
we are all obliged to wear
are all indebted, it, not as
^
a mark which may please our vanity or our affections,
324 SUBLIME KNIGHTS ELECTED.
LECTURE.
Thrice Puissant —Are you a Sublime Knight Elected ?
Inspector — Illustrious Thrice Puissant, my name will
inform you.
—
Thrice Puissant What is your name?
—
Inspector Emeth.
—
Thrice Puissant What means that name?
Inspector— A true man in all things.
Thrice Puissant— How were you arrayed when intro*
duced in this Chapter?
LECTURE. 235
—
Thrice Puissant Why the sword across your body ?
Inspector— "Yo remind me that my body should be
severed in two if I was vile enough to reveal the myster-
ies of this degree.
Thrice Puissant—And why the points of the^ compass
on your breast?
Inspector —To show that my actions were encompassed
as I was found worthy to receive the degree of Sublime
Elected Knight. -
Inspector — StolJcin.
Knights Elected?
Inspector—To the arms on the
cross the breast, fingers
clinched, and thumbs elevated.
Thrice Puissant—What the is sign? sacredl
luent?
—
Inspector ^To take the right hand of a brother and
with the thumb strike three times on the first joint of
the middle finger.
—
Thrice Puissant What signifies this token?
—
Inspector Love to God, Fidelity to my country and
.Charity towards my neighbors.
Thrice Puissant —What did yon see on entering the
Chapter?
—Twenty-four (34)
Inspector lights.
Thrice Puissant—What do they signify?
Inspector—The Masters Elected, and the
twelve'*^
twelve tribes of Israel.
Thrice Puissant—What the names of the twelve
are
Masters Elected ?
—
Thrice Puissant And the sword?
—
Inspector To make use of it as we ought to those
who do not walk in the paths of virtue, and are so vile
as to reveal the secrets they are entrusted with.
—
Thrice Puissant How long did you take to complete
the temple ?
Inspector— SeYen years to complete the whole ; six for
its construction and one for the ornaments and its
dedication.
—
Thrice Puissant How long was the building ?
—
Inspector Twenty cubits.
—
Thrice ~Puissant How many precious things have
you in the Chapter of Sublime Knights Elected?
LECTURE. 229
Inspector Five. —
—
Thrice Puissant What do yon call them ?
—
Inspector The ark of alliance, the golden box, the
two palm trees, the candlestick'*"^ with seven branches
and the veil which is draw^n np.
Thrice Puissant —
^ What signifies the Arh
of Alliance.
Inspector —1 1 was
Ark of Alliance.
^hc figure of Solomon's
temple consecrated to God and contained the two tables
of the law which God gave to Moses on the holy moun-
tain when he contracted an alliance with the people of
Israel. ^ -
Inspector—Emeth.
Thrice Puissant—^What that name?
signifies
Inspector—A true man on occasions. all
The
K
PISCES OR THE FISHES.
eleven degrees of the Ancient and Accejjted
first
Rite are a complete course of architecture^ and a long
and serious study of human nature having been neces-
sary thus to lea^d man from his primitive state of naked-
ness to the beneficent forms of society^ it must be ac-
knowledged that a mason thus experienced in the prac-
tical science of his profession^ has a right to an increase
of knowledge; each mason has his peculiar talent and
merit, which deserves a proportionate reward, but a
mason who by dint of labor has succeeded in ascertain-
ing the origin of things and in combining them together
for the good of mankind^ is truly a Grand Master Archi-
tect-
—
Note 107. "Grand Master Architect. The twelfth degree of the An-
cient and Accepted Rite. In this the principles of operative Masonry
become prominent; it is a purely scientific degree, in which the rules of
architecture and the connection of the liberal arts with Masonry are
dwelt upon. Although the lectures on the Fellow-Craft degree illustrate
architecture from the same point of view, the subject is susceptible of
great extension, and under the "Grand Master Architect" numerous de-
tails illustrative of the temple dedicated to the Most High by the wisest
man might be worked out. In the absence of distinct information upon
many points there is some exercise for the imagination in furnishing
a complete description of Solomon's Temple, which was an astonishing
and magnificent work for the time in which it was built; and it seems
to have been distinguished from all other temples of remote antiquity
by its snmptuousness of detail. The principal officers of this degree are
the Master, denominated Thrice Illustrious, and two Wardens. The body
is styled chapter, and is decorated with white hangings, strewed with
crimson flames; the ornaments are the columns of the five orders of archi-
tecture, and a case of mathematical instruments.'* Macoy's Encyclopaedia,
and Dictionary of Freemasonry, Article Grand Master Architect.
238 GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT.
DECORATIONS :
—This assembly is called a Chapter. It
must be hung with white tapestry strewed with red
flames.
The five orders of architecture should he delineated
in the Chapter, together with a representation of the
North Star in the North, and seven (7) small stars sur-
rounding it in form of the Ursa Major, signifying that
as the North Star is a sure guide to mariners so should
virtue be the guiding star of every Grand Master Archi-
tect.
titles: —The
master seated in the East represents
King Solomon, and is'styled Most Powerful; before him
a table with a case of mathematical instruments upon it.
OPENING CEREMONIES
Grand Master Architect."*
Most Powerful— (Strikes 00.)
Senior Warden —
(Strikes 00.) ,
Junior Warden —
(Strikes 00.)
—
Most Powerful What is your duty Brother Inspec-
tor?
Senior Warden—Most Powerful the Chapter is well
tyled and the profane cannot penetrate into our myster-
ies.
f
Senior Warden—A compass with points^ a par- five
I
a scale, a compass of proportion, a protractor,
allel rule,
I on which are engraven 180 degrees.
Most Powerful —Where were you received an Archi-
tect?
Senior Warden— In a white place figured with
flames.
Note 108. — "Grand Master Architect. (Grand Maitre Architect.) The
twelfth degree in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. This is
strictly a scientific degree, resembling in that respect thedegree of
Fellow Craft. the principles of architecture and the connection of
In it
ter and two Wardens. The Chapter is decorated with white and red
—
the liberal arts with Masonry are unfolded. Its oflBcers are there a Mas-
hangings and furnished with the five orders of architecture and a case of
mathematical instruments. The apron is white, lined with blue, and the
:fewel is a gold medal, on which are engraved the orders of architecture.
It is suspended by a stone-colored ribbon." —
Mackey's Encyclopaedia of
Freemasonry, Article Grand Master Architect,
340 GRAND MASTIIR ARCHITECT.
—
Most Powerful What do they mean?
—
Senior Warden The white signifies the purity of the
heart and the flames the zeal of the masters*
—
Most Powerful ^What do the stars in the North mean ?
^
—
Senior Warden That virtue should guide every ma-
son in his actions, as the North Star does the mariner
in his navigation*
—
Most Powerful What is the hour?
—
Senior Warden The evening star has risen; night
and doubt prevail.
—
Most Powerful Since it is so, let us study to find
out path.
Most Powerful— (Knocks 00.)
Senior Warden —
(Knocks 00.)
—
Junior Warden (Knocks 00.)
Most Powerful—^{Opens the case of instruments)
""
this box is opened.
at the door.
Most Powerful—^Brother Expert, ascertain the cause
of that alarm.
Expert— (Goes the door knocks
to' 00; and opens
it.) Who knocks at the door of our Chapter to interrupt
our deliberations?
Master of Ceremonies —Brother Joabert not being sat-
isfiedwith the knowledge he has already attained, and
the dignities conferred on him, finds he cannot measure
distance beyond the reach of his limbs, nor can he find
his path through darkness, or in unknown places.
—
Expert Most Powerful, it is Brother Joabert who,
not being satisfied with the knowledge he has already
attained and the dignities conferred upon him, finds he
cannot measure distance beyond the reach of his limbs,
nor can he find his path through darkness, or in un-
known places.
Most Powerful —Let him be admitted. "'^
—
Most Powerful Give the Sign, Token and Word to
the Senior Grand Warden. (He turns and gives them.)
[See pages 197 and 198.]
—
Most Powerful Brother Joabert, are you a Sublime
Elected Knight?
—
Master of Ceremonies Most Powerful, my name will
inform you.
—
Most Powerful Give the Signs, Token and Word to
.the Junior Grand Warden. (He turns and givis them.)
[See pages 218 and 219.]
—
Most Powerful Brother Joabert, it gives me joy un-
speakable to find you thus skilled in our Eoyal Art, and
as a reward for the faithful and meritorious, I will now
confer upom you the degree of Grand Master Architect
come and contract your obligation.
Master of Ceremonies then causes him to take three
square steps to the altar, where he kneels and takes the
obligation.
TOKEN, G. M. ARCHITECT.
Join right hand to the other^s
left, interlacing the fingers;
hand on the hip
place the left
the brother will do the same
with his right hand.
Token.
BATTERY :
—Three strpke, by one and two ; 00.
MARCH —Make three form a square, the
step so as to
the two others somewhat
first step slow, quicker.
HOURS OF WORK — Open on the day when Solomon
commenced the building of the temple. Close on the
day the temple was completed.
MORAL— That virtue is as necessary as talent to every
Grand Master .Architect.
—
Senior Warden Brother Joabert, you will now take
three square steps to the altar and face the Most Power-
ful. (He does so.
—
Most Powerful Brother Joabert, Solomon determin-'
ed to form a school of Architects for 'the instruction of
those who conducted the work of the temple, to encour-
age and improve such as were worthy, and to promote
from thence those whose zeal and discretion should make
them deserving the highest degree of perfection, induced
him to create the degree of Grand Master Architect..
Solomon, full of justice, and foreseeing the events
which were likely to take place, willing to recompense
the zeal and virtue of the Sublime Knights, that they
might approach nearer the Celestial Throne of the Great
Architect of the Universe, induced him to cast his eyes
on those who were last made Knights in or-
Illustrious
der to effect the promise which God made to Enoch,
Noah, Moses and David, that if through ardour they
penetrated into the bowels of the earth, it would not
avail unless divine providence permitted it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
First— The Parallel Ruler
Ljjp •
- ^^'J enables us to draw two lines
rrif > ir^ '
equi-distant from each other at
The Parallel Euier. Gvery poiut; SO that they never
can meet, which signifies that the agreement of the
works of the Grand Architect is determined by means
of equalizing opposition of forces; and hence, that in
human government the. division and balancing of powers
is essential.
—
Fourth The Sector enables us to
adapt our proportions to the limits as-
signed. This teaches us to reduce our
designs to the measure of our means
and time.
The Sector.
Fifth —The Protractor enables us to
draw angles from a given point and to
protract* and measure lines at all distances.
"^
The Protractor.
This shows the necessity of having a fixed and sure
beginning in order to discover truth, or to act with
confidence.
Sixth —The North Star demonstrates the universal
harmony and works of the Grand Archi-
stability of the
tect of the Universe. In fact the whole planetary system
presents a field worthy the attention of the whole civi-
lized population of the globe, and more particularly the
—
members of the masonic institution ^which was orig-
inally a school of science.
Each and every planet has by the Grand Architect of
the Universe been assigned to spme definite position and
all 01 them so arranged by divine wisdom to act in con-
cert with each other; the combination of which pro-
duces to our view an arrangement, the extent of which
the human mind cannot comprehend. Some of them are
designed to shed light to this planet, earth, and among
those and the greatest of all is the Sun which spreads
light and lustre to all within its circle.
You, my worthy brother, having passed through the
intermediate degrees and having been endorsed by
these Grand Master Architects who now surround you,
and among whom you are now, admitted a member, it
INITIATION*. 249
secret place where you may rest from your labors, and
with joy imspeakable, contemplate the pillar of beauty.
My brother, the history of the degree which you have
just now taken is short. I would merely say to you that
masonic tradition informs us that King Solomon es-
tablished this grade with a view to forming a school of
Architecture for the instruction of the craftsmen em-
ployed in the building of the temple and to animate
them with a desire of arriving at perfection in the
Eoyal Art.''"" He was a prince equally renowned for his
justice, wisdom and foresight; he therefore desired to
reward the faithful and meritorious craftsmen, so that
by perfection in the Art, they might be better prepared
to approach the throne of God.
It
—
Note 110. If I were to define Freemasonry as an art I should say that
was an art which taught the construction of a spiritual temple, just
as the art of architecture teaches the construction of a material temple.
And I should illustrate the train of ideas by which the Freemasons were
led to symbolize the Temple of Solomon as a spiritual temple of man's
nature, by borrowing the language of St. Peter, who says to his Christian
initiates: *Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house.' And
with great emphasis, and as still more illustrative, would I cite the
—
language of the Apostle of the Gentiles that Apostle who, of all others,
most delighted in symbolism and who says: 'Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?"
And this is the reason why Freemasonry is called an art.
Having thus determined the conditions under which Freemasonry be-
comes an art the next inquiry will be why it has been distinguished
from all other arts in being designated, par excellence, the Royal Art.
And here we must abandon all thought that this title comes in any
,
tion.
Mackey^s home was Charleston, S. C, the seat of the
Pike Supreme. Council, whose rite was brought there by
Morin from a ^'Council of Emperors'' in Paris. And
*
T
Thirteenth or Eoyal Arch'" Degree
mm in ore leonis.
The fourth officer represents Joabert, seated in the
3outh, and is styled Grand Secretary; is clothed in blue.
The fifth officer represents Stolkin, seated in the
tVest, and is styled Grand Inspector. He is clothed in a
i;
engraved the Delta of Enoch with rays; on the other
I
the trap-door of a vault.
Note 112.— "Zabulon. The Greek form of Zebulun, the tenth son of
Jacob. Delaunay (Thuilleur, p. 79) says that some ritualists suppose that
it is the true form of the word of which Jabulum is a corruption. This
is incorrect. Jabulum is a corrupt form of Giblim. Zabulon has no con-
nection with the high degrees, except that in the Royal Arch he represents
—
one of the stones in the Pectoral." Mackey*s Encyclopaedia of Free*
masonry, Article Zabulon.
OPENING CEREMONIES
113
ROYAL ARCH • DEGREE.
PRAYER.
Thrice Puissant — My
brethren, Enoch' '^ before the
lood, desiring to preserve the knowledge of the name of
jod for future ages^, and hoping that one day the de-
cendants of Noah might be able and worthy of learn-
ng it, built a sacred vault in the bowels of the earth,
ilosed the entrance with a key-stone and marked the
pot by means of two pillars, Strength and Beauty.
On the pillar of Beauty, he inscribed the methods of
\.rt,and on the pillar of Strength, he inscribed the rules
)f moral action.
Expert —Principium.
Thrice Puissant— God is the principle, the owner of
all things, the great supreme cause and Universal Fa-
ther.
—
Thrice Puissant Brother Expert, you will now cause
one of the candidates to lift the second of the Arches.
(Which is done.) ,
— —
Note 116. "Enoch. [Scotch Masonry.] The name of this patriarch is
introduced in Scotch Masonry in the degree of Knights of the Ninth or
Royal Arch. He was born A. M. 622, and was translated without seeing
death, A. M. 987. He is fabled to have built a subterranean temple upon
the spot afterwards known as Mt. Moriah. This he dedicated to God.
Therein he deposited the secrets of Ineffable Masonry, which remained
undiscovered until the days of Solomon. He also built two great pillars,
respectively of brass and marble, and upon them indicated by hieroglyphics
—
the fact that the sacred treasures lay beneath." Morris's Masonic Dic-
tionary, Article Enoch,
264 THIRTEENTH OR ROYAL ARCH DEGREE.
Expert —Existens.
Thrice Puissant— God him we
is^life; in and have
live
our being.
Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, you will now cause
one of the candidates to lift the third of the Arches.
(Which
Expert
is
—done.)
Pot ens.
—
Thrice Puissant God is power, all things are subject
to his unlimited dominion and irresistible strength*
Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, yon will now danse
one of the candidates to lift the fourth of the Arches.
(Which is done.)
Expert—^ternalis.
Thrice Puissant— God is eternal, without beginning
and without end, unto him the past, the present and the
future are one.
Thrice Puissant —Brother Expert, you will now cause
one of the candidates to lift the fifth of the Arches.
(Which is done.)
Expert—Infinitum,
Thrice Puissant God — he dwelleth in all,
is infinite,
—
Thrice Puissant God is love^ his unbounded and
inexhaustable mercy is our trust and our hope^ and
giveth joy throughout the Universe.
—
Thrice Puissant Brother Expert you will now cause;,
A d m ir ation
raise the hands
to heaven, the
head leaning on
the left shoulder,,
fall on the right
'knee.
Second —Ado- ^^
ration, fall
both knees. second sign, Royal ^ch.
TOKEN.
ToUep.
268 THIRTEENTH OR ROYAL ARCH DEGREE.
—
battery: Five strokes, by two and thr^e; 00 000.
—
SACRED word: Jehovuh.
HOURS OF LABOR :
—
From evening until morning.
—
Inspector Brother Expert, yon will, now conduct the
brethren to the East, to listen to the discourse by the
Grand Orator.
—
Note 122. "A writer in the Freemason's Quarterly Review says, on
this subject, that ** it seems probable that Enoch introduced the specula-
tive principles into the Masonic creed, and that he originated its. exclusive
character," which theory must be taken, if it is accepted at all, with
very considerable .modifications.
The years of his life may also be supposed to contain a mystic meaning,
for they amounted to three hundred and sixty-five, being exactly equal
to a solar revolution. In all the ancient rites this number has occupied a
prominent place, because it was the representative of the annual course
of that luminary which, as the great fructifier of the earth, was the
peculiar object of divine worship." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freema^
sonry, Article Enoch.
Note 123. —
"Enoch himself is but the symbol of Initiation, and his
legend intended symbolically to express the doctrine that the true
is
Word or divine truth was preserved in the ancient initiations." Mackey's
I^icyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Enoch, Legend of.
—
Note 124. "The legend goes on to- inform us that after Enoch had
completed the subterranean temple, fearing that the principles of those
arts and sciences which he had cultivated with so much assiduity would
be lost in that general destruction of which he had received a prophetic
vision, he erected two pillars —
the one of marble, to withstand the influ-
ence of fire, and the other of brass, to resist the action of water. On
the pillar of brass he engraved the history of the creation, the principles
of the arts and sciences, and the doctrines of Speculative Freemasonry
as they were practiced in his times; and on the one of marble he
inscribed characters in hieroglyphics, importing that near the spot where
they stood a precious treasure was deposited in a subterraneim vault.
Josepbus gives an account of these pillars in the first book of his An-
tiquities. He ascribes them to the children of Seth. which is by no
means a contradiction of the Masonic tradition, since Enoch was one of
these children. 'That their inventions,' says the historian, 'might not
be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction
that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire and
at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two
pillars— the one of brick, the other of stone; they inscribed their dis-
coveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed
by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain and exhibit those dis-
coveries to mankind, and also Inform them that there was 'another pillar
of brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this
day.'"—-Mackey'8 EncyoXoj^dia of Freemasonry, Article Exwch.
imTiATioisr. 271
this connection of Noah with the mythic history of the Order was ren-
dered still closer by the influence of many symbols borrowed from the •
'
was obliged to give the pass-word ShihboleW^
three
times with an aspiration.
There were besides the above number 3^568 Masters
who had served at the construction of the teiriplC;, and
becoming jealous on seeing a preference given to the
above 25 Masters which chagrined them .much as they
had frequently seen the King's apartment shut against
them, consequently they sent deputies to Solomon to
ascertain the cause of that preference.
Solomon after hearing the complaint of the deputy,
replied as follows: Those 25 Masters have deserved
this preference by their zeal in working the hardest and
have always shown invaluable constancy, consequently
I have loved and cherished them. Your time has not yet
come. Go, God will permit you one day to be recom-
pensed as you deserve.
One of the deputies being of a passionate disposition
and dissatisfied with the reply of Solomon, answered:
We also have claims for a higher degree. We know how
the word was changed and can travel into foreign coun-
tries and receive master's wages as such. Solomon be-
ing struck with this reply, but at all times full of
wisdom and goodness did not rebuke, but thus addressed
him :Those Ancient Masters deserve the degree of
Perfection, as they have been in the ancient ruins and
penetrated into the bowels of the Earth and took from
—
Note 128. "1st, an ear of corn; and 2ndly, a stream of water. As
the Ephraimites were desirous of crossing the river, it is probable, that
this second meaning suggested it to the Gileadites as an appropriate
test word on the occasion. The proper sound of the first letter of this
word is sh, a harsh breathing which is exceedingly difficult to be pro-
nounced by persons whose vocal organs have not been accustomed to it.
Such was the case with the Ephraimites, who substituted for the aspira-
tion the hissing sound of s. Their organs of voice were incapable of
the aspiration, and therefore, as the record has it, they 'could not frame
to pronounce it right.' The learned Burder remarks (Orient. Gust, ii,
782,) that in Arabia the difference of pronunciation among persons of
various districts is much greater than in most other places, and such
as easily accounts for the circumstance mentioned in the passage of
Judges." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Shibboleth,
282 THIRTEENTH OR ROYAL ARCH DEGREE).
—
Solomon By virtue of the power vested in me, I
decorate you with the jewel of the order of this Eoyar"
Degree. It is a representation of the Delta found by our
Ancient Masters, which you are to wear from a purple
ribbon round your neck. Its color expresses the love and
friendship we ever ought to have for the order and our
brethren in general. Brother Expert, you will now con-
duct the brethren to seats in the college.
—
Note 132. "It can never be too often repeated that the WORD is, In
Masonry, the symbol of TRUTH. This truth is the great object of pur-
suit in Masonry —
the scope and tendency of all its investigations the—
promised reward of all Masonic labor. Sought for diligently in every
degree, and constantly approached, but never thoroughly and intimately
embraced, at length, in the Royal Arch, the veils which concealed the
object of search from our view are withdrawn, and the inestimable prize
is revealed.
**This truth, which Masonry makes the great object of its investiga-
tions, is not the mere truth of science, or the truth of history, but is^
the more important truth which Is synonymous with the knowledge of the*
—
nature of God, that truth which is embraced in the sacred Tetragram-
maton, or omnific name, including in its signification his eternal, present,
past, and future existence, and to which he himself alluded when he
declared to Moses, *I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob by the name of God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah was
I not known unto them.*
'•The discovery of this truth then, the essential symbolism of the
Is,
Royal Arch degree. Wherever it is —
practic^ and under some peculiar
preserved. However, the
—
name the degree is found in every Rite of Masonry, this symbolism is
legend may varf, however the ceremonies of
reception and the preliminary steps of initiation may differ, the consum-
— —
mation is always the same the great discovery which represents the
attainment of Truth." ^Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article
Royal Arch Degree.
fr' t
^
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Royal''' Arch Degree.
Solomon —Brother Inspector, what are yon ?
Inspector— am
I that I am ; I have seen the resplen-
dent Delta bearing the Ineffable name, and the Cube
Stone upon which it was placed by Enoch.
—
Solomon Did the Cube Stone bear any inscription?
Inspector—Yes, \0, '.L. •. one letter on each
J. '.V. \1.
face of the Pedestal; Juveni Verbum in ore Leonis,
which reads; I have found the word in the mouth of a
Lion and that we will defend the name of the Grand
Architect of the Universe with the courage of Lions;
—
Solomon Have you anything else to desire ?
Inspector-'— Ye^y to read the Ineffable name according
to its true pronunciation.
Solomon — God will permit one day that your wishes
may be accomplished. What is the clock?
—
Note 133. "Among the many precious things which were carefully
preserved in a sacred vault of King Solomon's Temple was a portrait of
the monarch, painted by Adoniram, the son of Elkanah, priest of the second
court. This vault remained undiscovered till the time of Herod, although
the secret of its existence and a description of its locality werie retained by
the descendants of Elkanah. * * * Time sped on; the Romans invaded
Britain; and, previous to the crucifixion, certain members' of the old town
guard of Edinburgh, among whom were several of the Royal Order, pro-
ceeded to Rome to enter into negotiations with the sovereign. From thence
they proceeded to Jerusalem, and were present at the dreadful scene of
the crucifixion. They succeeded in obtaining the portrait,, and also the
blue veil of the Templa rent upon the terrible occasion. I may dismiss
these two venerable relics in a few words. Wilson, in his Memorials of
Edinburgh (2 vols., published by Hugh Patton). in a note to the Masonic
Lodges, writes that this portrait was then in the possession of the breth-
ren of the Lodge St. David. This is an error, and arose from the fact of
the Royal Order then meeting in the Lodge St. David's room in Hindford's
Close. The blue veil was converted into a standard for the trades of
Edinburgh, and became celebi^ated on many a battle-field, notably in the
First Crusade as *The Blue Blanket.' From the presence of certain of
their number in Jerusalem on the occasion in question, the Edinburgh City
Guard were often called Pontius Pilate's Praetorians. Now, these are
—
facts well known to many Edinburphers still alive." Mackey'a Encyolo-
pa^4i?i of Freemasonry, ArtiQle Eoygtl Order of Scotland.
386 ROYAL ARCH DEGREE. ^
^fS^*
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Thirteenth or Royal Arch Degree.
— —
False History and False Religion Acknowledged Fabrication yet
—
Sublime ''Infamous Scheme for Lucre and Ambition" Writ-
ing Latin Before It Existed.
have any Eoyal Arch degrees'' after all For the form !
'Sapientia; 9. Justus."
Now to setEnoch, before the flood, to writing Latin
on his arches, buried so low that the deluge could not
reach them, when no Latin language existed for ages on
ages after God had taken the good man to himself, is
as sensible as it would be in -a religious play to set
Adam, as engineer on a railroad, to take Eve to make a
speech at a W. C. T. U. meeting.
No! The power of this degree, long as it has be-
fooled its thousands, is the power of Mormonism, of
Alchemy, of Astrology, of Spiritism, Mesm^erism and
whatever holds the mind steady for Satan to demoralize
it. It is the power of that spirit whose ^^coming is with
lying wonders.^' The wonders may be real, but they
land men in the lie, that they may be saved without
Christ.
CHAPTER XXIII
Fourteenth Degree or Grand Elect, Perfect and
Sublime Mason.''*
'(
The ring of alliance is of gold. On the inside is engraved: *Virtue unites
what death cannot separate;' with the name and date of initiation of
—
the owner." Macoy's Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of Freemasonry,
Article Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Masons.
Note 135. — ''Vault. Vaults are found in every country of the world as
Thus Stephens,
—
well as in Judea, and were used for secret purposes.
speaking of some ruins in Yucatan, says 'The only way of descending
was to tie a rope around my body, and be lowered by the Indians. In
this way I was let down, and almost before my head had passed through
the hole, my feet touched the top of a heap of rubbish, high directly
under the hole, and falling off at the sides. Clambering down it I
found myself in a round chamber, so filled with rubbish that X could
not stand upright. With a candle in my h^nd, I crawled all round on
my hands and knees, The chamber was in the shape of a dome, and
had been coated with plaster, most of which had fallen, and now encum-
bered the ground, the depth could not bo asr-ertainod without clearing
out the interior,"— Macoy's iEncyclopaQdi^ fi^nd PiQtiQRiiry of FrQ^m^tsQ^y,
ikrtiol© Vault*
292 GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON.
that far onward and above the steps he has already taken
freemasonry is to develop itself on a still larger scale.
The Sacred Vault''* is the last place of rest in the
mystic Freemasonry and proph-
field of "the first efforts of
esies itsfuture triumphs. The candidate looks for the
last time at the mystic furniture of thg Solomonian
School, such as the Altar of Sacrifices, typifying materi-
al worshipj the Altar of Perfumes, t)^pifying intellectual
religion; the Brazen Sea, typifying impenetrable in-
finity; the Loaves of Shew bread, typifying the mystic
communion of mankind ; the Golden Tray and Trowel,
typifying the fusion of all the races of men and the
secret of their alliance, despite the many differences of
customs and laws which divide the sons of the Almighty
Father.
On one side and in the past appears the formidable
God of by-gone generations ; his names are inscribed on
the Breast Plate of the High Priests of the Jews. On
the other side and far in the future, the Eternal, Good,
Simple, Benevolent, Merciful, Equitable and ever con-
soling Father of mankind, whose titles are written with
the blood of that Sublime Teacher, who first of all pro-
claimed the existence of a God of Love and Love only.
—
Note 136. "In the early ages, the cave or vault was deemed sacred.
The first worship was in cave temples,- which were either natural or
formed by art to resemble the excavations of nature. Of such great
extent was this practice of subterranean worship by the nations of antiq-
uity, that many of the forms of heathen temples, as well as the naves,
aisles, and chancels of churches subsequently built for Christian worship,
are said to owe their origin to the religious use of caves.
From this, too, arose the fact, that the initiation into the ancient
mysteries was almost always performed in subterranean edifices; and
when the place of initiation, as in some of the Egyptian temples, was
really above ground, it was so constructed as to give to the neophyte
the appearance, in its approaches and its internal structure, of a vffult.
As the great doctrine taught in the mysteries was the resurrection from
—
the dead, as to die and to be initiated were synonymous terms, — it was
deemed proper that there should be some formal resemblance between a
descent into the grave and a descent into the place of initiation. *Happy
is the man,' says the Greek poet Pindar, *who descends beneath the
hollow earth having beheld these mysteries, for he knows the end as
well as the divine origin of life;' and in a like spirit Sophocles ex-
claims. 'Thrice happy are they who descend to the shades below after
having beheld these sacred rites, for they alone hnve life In Hados.
while all others suffer there every kind of evIL'^'—Mackey's Encyclopae-
aisi of Freemasonry, Article Vault, Secret.
L GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 293
of Gilead. Said in the old rituals to have been the keeper of the Seals
in the Scottish degree of Knights of the Ninth Arch or Sacred Vault of
—
James VI." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, Article Galahad.
Note 139.— "Abdamon. The name of the orator in the 14th degree of
the Rite of Perfection, or the Sacred Vault of James VI. It means a
servant, from abad, 'to serve,' although somewhat corrupted in its trans-
mission into the rituals. Lenning says it is the Hebrew Habdamon,
a servant;' but there is no such word in Hebrew."'—Mackey's Encyclo-
paedia cf Freemasonry, Article Abdamon.
GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND ST^BLIME MASON. 295
ELECTION :
—Takes place every on the third day
year,
of the month Adar. Besides this day lodges are re-
quired to observe the St. John's day and to celebrate on
the fifth day of October, annually, the building of the
first temple, also the fifth day of the month Ab, in com-
CLOTHING :
—All the ofiicers are dressed as in the pre-
ceding degree, except they wear the apron, order and
jewel of this degree; the officers wearing their official
jewels,
The worn by the officers is a broad white watered
collar
ribbon, with a white and red rosette at the. bottom from
which is suspended the official jewel. All wear swords.
The brethren wear black, loose gowns with hoods behind
at back of neck, white gloves and purple and red turbans.
—
apron: White, lined and bordered with crimson, a
narrow blue ribbon is set across the edge. In the centre
of the apron is painted or embroidered a square flat
29fi GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON.
OPENING PRAY^B.
Almighty and Sovereign Architect of Heaven and
Earth who by thy divine power dost ultimately search
the most secret recesses of thought, purify our hearts by
the sacred iire of thy love, guide us by thy unerring
hand in the path of virtue and cast out of thy adorable
sanctuary all impiety and perverseness.
. We beseech
thee that our thoughts may be engaged in the grand
v/ork of our perfection, which when attained will be an
ample reward for our labor. Let peace and charity link
us together in a pleasing union and may this lodge ex-
hibit a faint resemblance of that happiness which the
elect will enjoy in thy kingdom.
Give us a spirit of holy discrimination by which we
may be able to refuse the evil and choose the good, and
also that we may not be led astray by those who un-
worthily assume the character of the Grand Elect, May
298 GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON.
,
The sacred vault I entered in,
By mystic numbers four.
*Twas there, impressed with holy awe,
A gold engraven plate I saw,
With dazzling splendor shine.
To us, the Grand Elect alone
Its secret characters are known.
—
Ineffable Divine.
Senior Warden —
The first two conduct us immediate-
ly to the third, and when these are properly attained
they lead us to happiness and perfection.'*'*
—
Thrice Puissant What is the true disposition of an
Elect and Perfect Mason ?
Senior Warden— To divest his heart of iniquity, vin-
dictiveness and jealousy; to be always ready to do good
and' never employ his tongue in calumniating his bro-
ther.
I
—
Thrice Puissant How are you to behave in this
'place?
—
Senior Warden With profound respect.
—
Thrice Puissant How comes it that rich and poor,
prince and subject are here always friends and brothers ?
—
Senior Warden Because there is something in that
Delta, (pointing to it) repeated on the pedestal and
firmament which is greater than you.
—
Note 140. '*A French system founded by de Bonneville, 1754, whict
assumed that the Freemasons were the lineal descendants of the Tem-
plars, and therefore that all Masons were Knicrhts Templar. It had
25 degrees. Stephen Morin and 'others introduced some modifications
and additions' into the rite,—and transplanted it in the United States
under the name of the Ancient and Accepted rite." Macoy's Encyclo^
paedia aii^ jDiQtionary of Freemasonry, Art, Perfegtion, Bit© of,
300 GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON.
—
Senior Warden Three times three, the perfect num-
ber 81, when properly repeated by our mysterious calcu-
lation.
Thrice Puissant—Ro-w, my brother, can you demon-
strate this?
Senior Warden — I am a Perfect Sublime Elect Ma-
son, my travels are finished and it is now time for me to
reap the fruit of my labor.
—
Thrice Puissant What did you contract when you
were made a Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Mason ?
Senior Warden— contracted an
I with alliance virtue
and the virtuous.
Thrice Puissant—What mark have you show got. to
it?
Senior Warden—This gold a symbol ring, of purity.
Thrice Puissant—What's the clock ?
—
Thrice Puissant Where is the divine wisdom dis-
played ?
—
Senior Warden In the hearts of the worthy, upright
brethren who compose this respectable lodge, of which
you are the supporter.
—
Thrice Puissant And now my respectable brethren,
I am going to enforce your designs to this effect.
Brother Senior Grand Warden, announce that I am
going to open this lodge of Grand Elect Perfect^" and
Sublime Masons by the mysterious numbers, 3-5-7-9.
—
Senior Warden Brethren, you will please take notice
that the Thrice Puissant Grand Master is going to open
this lodge of Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Masons
by the mysterious numbers 3-5-7 and 9. /
Junior Warden —(Claps three slow; 000, all rise.)
Senior Warden —(Claps five slow; 00000.)
Thrice Puissant — (Claps seven slow; 0000000, all are
silent for a moment.)
Thrice Puissant— (Claps three; 000.) To order my
brethren; (all make the sign of obligation.)
—
Note 141. **The Lodge in which the fourteenth degree of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite is conferi'ed. In England and Anaerica this
degree is" called Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Mason, but the French
designate it Grand Scottish Mason of the Sacred Vault of James VI.,
or Grand^ ecossais de la Voute Sacree du Jacques VI. This ^ is one of
— —
the evidences and a very pregnant one of thie influence exercised by
the exiled Stuarts and their adherents on the Masonry of that time in
making it an instrument for the restoration of James II., and then of his
son, to the throne of England.
This degree, as concluding all reference, to the first Temple, has been
called the ultimate degree of ancient Masonry. It is the last of what
Is technically styled the Ineffable degrees, because their instructions
relate to the Ineffaole word.
Its place of meeting is called the Sacred Vault. Its principal offi-
cers are a Thrice Puissant Grand Master, two Grand Wardens, a Grand
Treasurer, and Grand Secretary. In the first organization of the Rite
in this country, the Lodges of Perfection were called *Sublime Grand
Lodges,' and, hence, the word **Grand" is still affixed to the title of
the officers.
The following mythical history is connected with and related in this
degree.
When the Temple was finished, the Masons who had been employed
in constructing it acquired immortal honor. Their order became more
uniformly established and regulated than it had been before. Their
caution and reserve in admitting new members produced respect, and
merit alone was required of the candidate. With these principles in-
stilled into their minds, many of the Grand Elect left the Temple after
its dedication, and, dispersing themselves among the neighboring nations,
instructed all who applied and were found worthy in the sublime degrees
—
of Ancient Craft Masonry." Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonryt
Article Ferfectioni Lodge of*
302 GHAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASONS.
SIGN OF OBLIGATION
side.
Sign of Obligation
G^. E. P. and S. Masoo.
^fj
SIGN OF FIRE.
Sign of Fire.
OPENING CEREMONIES. 303
SIGN OF ADMIRATION.
Sign of Admiration.
^
Second Guard— Ro^w does he expect to gain admis-
sion?
—
Master of Ceremonies By the pass.
—
Second Guard Give me the pass.
Candidate —
(Prompted by Master of Ceremonies)
El-Hhanan.
Second Guard Pass. —
They then proceed to the door of the lodge and knock
3, 5,and 9.
7
^
Junior Grand Warden —
(Knocks 3, 5, 7 and 9.)
Senior Grand Warden —
(Knocks 3, 5, 7 and 9.)
Thrice Puissant Grand Master —
(Knocks 3, 5^ 7, and
9.) Brother Junior Grand Warden go and see who
knocks at our door as a Grand Elect, Perfect and Sub-
lime Mason.
Junior Grand Warden —
(Goes to the door and knocks
opens the door and says:) Who knocks at our
3, 5, 7, 9,
door as a Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason?
Who is there?
—
Master of Ceremonies A Sublime Knight of the
Eoyal Arch, who desires perfection in being introduced
into the Sacred Vault.
—
Thrice Puissant Grand Master Let him be intro-
duced in a proper manner.
The door is then opened by the Captain of the Guard
'who says, let him be admitted. He enters and is con-
ducted round the lodge to the Altar, they at the same
time pointing their naked swords at his breast. As he
^
enters the Thrice Puissant says
—The Lord
Thrice Puissant Holy Temple.
is in his
His eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of
men.
Hiram King of Tyre —Lord, who abide in thy
shall
Tabernacle?
Thrice Puissant—He that walketh upright and work-
eth righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart.
306 .GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AK^D SUBLIME MASOIST.
—
Senior Orand Warden He that sweareth to his own
hurt and changeth not his oath, who sweareth not by the
name of God profanely.
—
Master of Ceremonies What man is he that desireth
life and loveth many days that he may see good ?
—
Thrice Puissant Keep thy tongue from evil and thy
lips from speaking guile ; depart from evil and do good,
~
seek peace and ensue it.^
—
Senior Grand Warden Thus saith the Lord of Hosts,
amend your ways and your doings and I will cause you
to dwell in this place forever.
King —Who can say I have made my heart
of Tyre
clean,I am pure from there not a just man on
sin, for is
the earth who doeth good and sinneth not—no not one.
Thrice Puissant—But whoso confesseth and his sins
forsaketh them he shall have mercy, saith the Lord of
Hosts.
Senior Grand Warden —Thus saith the Lord, Heaven
is my Throne and the earth is my footstool; Where is
the house ye have builded unto me ? For all these things
hath my hands made. But to this man will I look, even
to him' that is poor and of a contrite spirit and that
trembleth at mv word.
King of Tyre—From the rising of the Sun, even unto
the going down of the same, my- name shall be great
among the gentiles, and in every place incense (at this
word the coals which are in the pan on the Altar of per-
fumes are lighted and the incense burnt) shall be offered
unto my name, and a pure offering, for my name shall
be great among the heathen, said the Lord of Hosts.
[Master of Ceremonies then orders the candidate to
make the sign of admiration.]
Thrice^ Puissant —
What do you want, my brother?
IKITIATION. 307
^
—
Thrice Puissant What have you done ? You affright
us my brother on speaking this word so high. We are
always ready to punish the indiscretion of those persons
who pronounce word so high and loud for fear some
this
of the profane might hear you, but as-you did not do it
with a bad intention we freely forgive you.
—
Thrice Puissant Are you a Secret Master?
—
Candidate I have passed from the Square to the
Compass, I have seen the tomb of our respectable Mas-
ter Hiram Abiff and have shed tears thereat.
—
Thrice Puissant Give the Sign, Token and Word to
the Senior Grand Warden.
Candidate gives the Secret Master's step, etc.
—
Thrice Puissant ^Are you a Perfect Master ?
—
Candidate I have seen the three circles and the three
perfect squares placed on the two columns across.
—
Thrice Puissant Give the Sign, Token and Word to
the Senior Grand Warden.
Candidate gives them, and as soon as he pronounces
the word ^^Jeva'^ or "Jehovah,^' all cry out, what do you
say? y
—
Thrice Puissant We are always alarmed when we
hear this word given, and are always ready to put any
man to death who dare to pronounce it, or the least
syllable of the sacred mysterious name.
—
Thrice Puissant Are you an Intimate Secretary?
Candidate—My curiosity is satisfied which had almost
cost me my life.
—
Thrice Puissant Give the Sign, Token and Word to
the Senior Grand Warden.
Candidate gives them-.
—
Thrice Puissant Are you a Provost and Judge?
—
Candidate I render justice to all workmen without
any distinction.
INITIATION. 309
—
Thrice Puissant Are you an 'Elected Knight?
—
Candidate One cavern received me, one lamp lighted
me and one fountain refreshed me.
—
Thrice Puissant Give the Sign, Token and Word to
the Senior Grand Warden.
Candidate gives them.
Thrice Puissant-—Are you a Grand Master Elect ?
—
Candidate My zeal and labor have procured me
this degree.
Thrice Puhsant —Where were you received and by
whom?
Candidate- —By Solomon himself in his study.
Thrice Puissant —When were you received and on
what occasion ?
—
Candidate ^When he sent me with my companions
to search for the two other ruffians who destroyed our
Grand Master Architect Hiram Abiff.
—
Thrice Puissant How came they to be discovered ?
—
Candidate By the industry of Benjah or Bengabee^
Solomon'^ Intendant in the coi:inty of Cheth.
310 GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON.
—
Thrice Puissant Give the Sign, Token and Word to
the Senior Grand Warden.
Candidate gives them.
^ Thrice Puissant—Are you a Sublime Knight Elected ?
—
Note 144. "The name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In
form it is a triangle, and was considered by the ancient Egyptians a
symbol of fire, and also of God. In the Scottish and French systems, and
also that of the Knights Templar, the triangle or delta is a symbol of the
—
Unspeakable Name." Macoy'3 Ilncyclopaedift Itnd Pictioiiary of JFre^-*
masonry, Article Pelta.
INITIATION. 311
—
Thrice Puissant I presume, my brother, you are ac-
quainted with that mysterious name?
j
—
Candidate I am not; my time has not expired; the
Sacred name is only known by the Grand Elect, Perfect
and Sublime Masters. All my hope is in God, that I
shall arrive at a knowledge of it in fullness of time.
—
Thrice Puissant What is your quality?
—
Candidate Knight of the Eoyal Arch.
—
Thrice Puissant What is your name?
—
Candidate Guibelim or Jahbulim.
—
Thrice Puissant Give the Sign, Token and Word to
the Senior Grand Warden.
Candidate gives them.
—
Thrice Puissant -What do you now desire, my bro-
ther?
—
Candidate The Sublime Degree of Grand Elect, Per-
fect and Sublime Mason.
Thrice Puissant — (Giving
the sign of Admiration.)
God will permit you this day to receive what you so
much desire.
—
Senior Grand Warden Brother Grand Master of
Ceremonies, you will now retire with the candidate until
he is wanted. (Master of Ceremonies and candidate re-
tire.)
Thrice Puissant —My dear brethren do you again con-
sent that this. Knight of the Eoyal Arch be passed to
the degree of Perfection? (All hold up their right
hands in token of consent.)
—
Thrice Puissant liet us applaud by 9-7-5 and 3, to-
gether, brethren. (All applaud.)
—
Thrice Puissant Brother Captain of the Guard let
the candidate be admitted; / ..
_^
—
Captain of Guard (Goes to the door, gives it.) Let
the candidate be admitted.
Master of Ceremonies enters with candidate and con-
ducts him around the [i; [lodge] and to the Altar, dur-
ing which the Thrice Puissant recites : ^
k.
INITIATION. 313
INITIATORY PRAYER.
—
Thrice Puissant My brother, salute the Bible three
times. (Candidate obeys.) »
Thrice Puissant —
Eise, my 'brother, and receive the
same consecration which every successive Champion of
the Secret Vault has received since its discovery.
—
Thrice Puissant Brother Master of Ceremonies, eon-
duct the candidate to the Altar of Perfumes (obeys and
causes him to kneel).
—
Thrice Puissant By the power transmitted to me
and which I have acquired by my assiduity, labor and
integrity I make sacred your heart, lips and eyes with
the Holy oil that anointed the pious Aaron, the penitent
David and the Wise Solomon.
May your heart ever throb with a hope of immortality,
may your lips ever invoke the true name of the Grand
Architect of the Universe, and may your eyes behold
him face to face and not fail when they awake in the
dazzling glory of his presence. I now stamp you with
the seal of the Grand Architect of the Universe (stamps
him), to the end that you may always live in his adorable
presence and. that he may always be in your heart and
mind and that an ardent zeal and constancy may always
be the rule of all your actions.
Brother Master of Ceremonies, you will conduct the
candidate round the lodge to the table of Shew-bread.
Thrice Puissant —
(Eehearses.) Behold how good and
how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in
unity. It is ointment upon the head
like the precious
which ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beards
that went down to the skirts of his garments. Ointment
and perfume rejoice the heart so doth the sweetness of
;
and poor and fallen into decay thou shalt relieve him.
Give of thy bread to feed the hungry and of thy wine to
cheer the sorrowful, and forget not to pour the oil of
consolation into the wounds which sickness and afflic-
tion may have rent in the bosom of thy fellow traveler.
By kindness and commiseration fail not to pour the
balm of oil and wine into the bleeding heart.
Our labors of duty and love will soon be over.
As the lightning writes its fiery path upon the dark
cloud and disappears, so the race of men walking amid
the surrounding shades glitter for a moment through the
gloorri and vanish from our sight forever.
SIGN OF OBLIGATION.
side.
Sign of Obligation
G. E. P. and S. Masoiu
riEST TOKEN.
WORDS,
First Pass For^Z— Shibboleth,
Fmt Covered W or d-^J 3i\)n}vim.
322 GRAND ELECT^ PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON,
SIGN OE FIRE.
sign of Fire.
SECOND TOKEN.
Second Token.
ANSWER.
The other slips his hand along the
forearm up to the elbow.
other's
Each then places his left hand on
the other's right shoulder and
bal-
WORD.
—
^Sec ond Covered Word Makobim, Interpreted/^That^s
he He is dead/^
!
SIGN OP ADMIRATION.
Sign of Admiration.
THIRD TOKEN.
Seize each other's right hand, grasp each
Third Token.
WORD.
Third Covered Word Adonai. —
—
Third Pass Word Bea Makeh, Bamearah, interpre-
ted, ''Thank God we have found/'
324 GRAND ELECT^ PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON.
SACRED WORD—Jehovah. :
—
Thrice Puissant My dear brother, I now salute you
as a Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason, and with
great pleasure decorate you with the symbols of the
grade.
COLLAR —
This collar of flame color is emblematic of
:
This wise King knew the force of his most Holy name
he knew that he had appeared to -Moses in the
alscy
knocks?
Senior GrancR Warden —Nine loud knocks, which
anark the age of a Perfect Master, and- which, when
represented by the numbers of the Grand Elect, Perfect
and Sublime Masons, make eighty-one.
Thrice Puissant —What followed these nine knocks?
Senior Grand Warden—The door of the ninth vault
was opened and I entered into the most Holy and sacred
place of all the earth, at the same time I pronounced
Shibboleth,' '" Shibboleth, Shibboleth, with an aspira-
tion.
so affected you?
Senior Grand Warden—li was the Ineffable and real
name of the Almighty and Grand Architect of the Uni-
verse, engraven on a triangular plate of gold upon an
agate stone, which had been deposited there by one of
thus: After the battle gained by Jephthah over the Ephraimites, (Judges
xii..) the Gileadites, commanded by the former, secured all the passes
of the river; and, on an Ephraimite attempting to cross, they asked him
if he was of Ephraim. If he said no, they bade him pronounce the
word Shibboleth, which the- Ephraimites, from inability to give the
aspirate, gave Sibboleth. By this means he was detected as an enemy,
and immediately slain. In modern times this word has been adopted
Into political and other organizations as a pass or watchword."
Macoy's Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of Freemasonry, Article Shib-
'boleth.
340 GRAK^D ELECT, I>1RFECJT AK^D SUBLIME MASON".
I INITIATION. 343
guards.
Thrice Puissant —
Did the King of Cheth hesitate to
deliverthem up ?
—
Senior Grand Warden No, he gave a guard to escort
the messengers and search with them.
—
Thrice Puissant -Where v^^ere they found ?
—
Senior Grand Warden In a quarry called Bendaca.
—
Thrice Puissant Had not Solomon an intendant of
that name? '
—
Senior Grand Warden He had, one who was married
to one of his daughters.
—
Thrice Puissant How came they to discover the two
assassins ?
—
Senior Grand Warden ^^By the intelligence of a
shepherd who showed them the place of their retreat.
—
Thrice Puissant ^Who were the persons who saw
them first?
Senior Grand Warden—
.
and Elignam,
^Zerbal after
fiveday's search.
Thrice Puissant — In what manner were they carried
up to Jerusalem?
Senior Grand Warden — In chains, with hands
their
fastened behind their backs.
Thrice Puissant—What was the form the chains?
of
Senior Grand Warden— A square, a rule and a mal-
let, on which was engraved the kind of punishment they
were to suffer at Jerusalem.
—
Thrice Puissant On what day did they arrive at
Jerusalem? •
—
Senior Grand Warden On the fifteenth day of the
month Nissan, anno 3775; which answers to the month
of April.
—
Thrice Puissant How long was it before the assas-
sins were executed ?
—
Senior Grand War^n One month.
—
Thrice Puissant How many masters did Solomon
send to search for them ?
—
Senior Grand Warden There were fifteen, of which
iNiTiATioisr. 347
people.
Thrice Puissant —What hour was it when the two
rufBans expired ?
Senior Grand Warden — ^At six in the evening ven-
geance was completed.
Thrice Puissant
—^What is the meaning of the letters
B.:.N. -.S.-. which you see in the triangle of the Inti-
mate Secretary?
—
Senior Grand Warden The alliance of Moses and
Aaron, the same of Solomon with Hiram King of Tyre;
they also signify alliance, promise and perfection.
—
Thrice Puissant What is the word of the Grand
Master Architect?
—
Senior Grand Warden Eab-Banain, (master build-
er.)
Thrice Puissant —In what manner were you after-
wards rewarded?
Senior Grand Warden —Divine providence was gra-
ciously pleased to direct my researches into the bowels
of the earth, wherein I discovered. the brilliant Delta on
which W£ls engraved th€f sacred name of the Almighty.
As a reward for my zeal Solomon gave me the degree
of guardian of the narrow passage which leads to the
Sacred Vault.
Thrice Puissant —What quality did you on receive
that occasion?
^ior Grand Warden—That Knight of the Eoyal
of
Arch.
Thrice Puissant —By whom were you received?
Senior Grand Warden—By Solomon King of Israel
and Hiram King of Tyre. Asa reward for my labor
they also gave the same rank to my two companions
Joabert and Stolkin. *
—
Thrice Puissant ^What was your name then?
INITIATION. 349
—
Senior Grand Warden Here it is, (he gives it), the
word isJabulum.
Thrice Puissant —Are you a Grand Perfect and Elect,
Sublime Mason?
Senior Grand Warden— have penetrated
I the into
most sacred place of all the earth.
Thrice Puissant—What the name that place
is of ?
Senior Grand Warden — was the Secret
It first called
Vault, but after the Divine Delta was placed therein it
was called the Sacred Vault.
Thrice Puissant— Where do the Grand Elect, Perfect
and Sublime Masons Work ?
—
Senior Grand Warden In a holy place under ground.
Thrice Puissant—Where that place situated?
is
Senior Grand Warden— Under the Sanctum Sanc-
torum ofthe temple Jerusalem.
of -^.^K^,.
Tokens?
Senior Grand Warden— The
principal ones are three in
Ninth Sign.
Eighth Sign.
number: first, that of Inti-
—
Senior Grand Warden Thrice Puissant, I cannot, I
am not able to pronounce it Machbenah and Mah-hah-
bone, were substituted in its place. You know what I
mean, Adonai is the last covered word for this myster-
ious one.
Thrice Puissant —How do you enter a lodge into of
Perfection?
Senior Grand Warden—With firmness and constancy
in my heart.
Thrice Puissant —Why do you always stand in a lodge
of Perfection in a posture of surprise?
—
Senior Grand Warden- In allusion to Moses who was
obliged to stand in that position when he received the
table of the laws from the Almighty, and also the two
INITIATION. 355
—
Senior Grand Warden They retired contented, re-
solving that in future they would never trust this holy
name to be written or engraved, but to preserve it faith-
fully in their hearts and that their descendants should
only know by tradition, from thence arose the custom
it
Thrice Puissant
— "WTiat are the wages of our success ?
Senior Grand Warden —Virtue, which all may obtain
who desire it.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
To be taken by every brother when advanced to the degree of
Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason.
\ ^
> i
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason.
Thrice Puissant—Brother Senior Grand Warden from
whence came you ?
Senior Grand Warden— Thrice Puissant, from Judea.
Thrice Puissant—What did you bring from thence ?
CLOSING prayer.
Direct our steps. Oh Adonai, Supreme Lord and Mas-
ter of the Universe, grant that we may shun the paths
of the wicked and not fall into the pit which our ene-
mies have made for us, that the effulgence of divine wis-
360 GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON.
ARTICLE 2nd.
ITo lodge of Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mas-
ters can correspond with any other such lodge, except
such as are reported by the Secretary General of the
Grand Council to the Grand Inspector or his Deputy,
and by him communicated.
ARTICLE 3d.
Whenever a lodge of Perfection made acquainted
is
with the existence of another lodge of Perfection not
included in the list furnished itself by the JGrand In-
spector or his Deputy, it should at once advise the
Grand Inspector or his Deputy thereof, that it may be
made known to the Grand Council.
364 STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.
ARTICLE 4th.
If any brethren assemble irregularly for the purpose
of initiating persons into this. degree, they should be
reprimanded, and no mason of a regular lodge can
recognize or visit them on pain of such penalties as the
laws of the lodges of Perfection shall prescribe.
ARTICLE 5th.
If a Eoyal lodge of Grand Elect, Perfect and Sub-
lime Masters should expel one bf its members for mis-
conduct, information thereof must forthwith be given to
the Grand Inspector or his Deputy, that he may be able
to notify thereof the other regular lodges and the Grand
Council. If a regular lodge should violate the laws im-
posed upon by the solemn provisions of our secret
it
ARTICLE 6th.
Any new lodge that may come into possession of new
degrees, relating to the order in general should im-
mediately make the same known to the Grand Inspector
or his Deputy.
ARTICLE 7th.
'
The present and regulations must be read to
statutes
every brother when he takes the degree of Royal Arch.
He must promise punctually to obey them, and at all
tim^s to recognize the Knights of the East, Princes of
Jerusalem, Knights of the East and West; Knights of
LODGES OF PERFECTION*. 365
ARTICLE 8th.
Every lodge of Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime
Masons should have nine officers, including whom the
number of members should not exceed twenty-seven.
The Thrice Puissant is not counted among the nine
officers. He represents Solomon. Hiram King of Tyre
sits on his right, in the absence of the Grand Inspector
or his Deputy.
First— The Oraiid Keeper of Seals, representing
Galahad, son of Sophonia chief of the Levites, who sits
on the left of the Thrice Puissant.
Second — The Grand Treasurer, representing Guibu-
lum, the confidant of Solomon, who sits in front of the
table of shew-bread.
ARTICLE IOTTI.
Everything like party organization and cabal is ab^,
solutely prohibited in connection with the election of
officers, on pain of expulsion and erasure of membership.
ARTICLE 11th.
All the brethren must, in open lodge, wear all their
decorations. A brother who enters a lodge without his
ornaments or the insignia of some higher degree shall
lose his right to vote at that meeting, and pay into the
treasury such fine as the lodge shall impose.
ARTICLE 12th.
Lodges of Perfection are to be held on specified days
and at fixed hours, whereof the brothers shall have due
and regular nptice from the Secretary, in order that if
business of importance prevents any brother from at-
tending he may advise the Secretary thereof by letter
on the morning of the day of meeting, whereof the
Secretary shall inform the lodge in the evening. This
the brethren shall not omit, under such penalties as the
Thrice Puissant and the lodge may determine.
article 13th.
All lodges of Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Ma-
368 STATUTES AlTD BEatfLATitOK'S.
ARTICLE 14th.
The Grand Secretary shall issue to every brother who
is about to travel, a certificate signed by the Thrice
Puissant, the Wardens and the Grand Keeper of the
Seals, who shall there affix the seal of the lodge and
countersigned by the Grand Secretary. The signature
of the brother to whom it is granted must appear in the
margin.
ARTICLE 15th*
The Grand Electa Perfect and Sublime Masons may
admit to the degree of Perfection such brethren as are
worthy thereof, and who have held office in symbolic
lodges, and to all the degrees that precede that of Per-
fection to wit: Secret Master, Perfect Master, Confi-
dential Secretary, Provost and Judge, Intendant of the
Buildings, Elect of the Nine, Elect of the Fifteen, Illus-
trious Knight, Grand Master Architect and Knight of
the Eoyal Arch.
The Thrice Puissant may confer three degrees at one
and the same time on each brother by way of reward for
zealous service, and may at last confer the degree of
Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason when the
proper time has elapsed.
ARTICLE 16th.
Besides the feast days of the 24th of June and 27th
of December, the Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime
Masons, must every year, on the 5th of October, cele-
brate the rebuilding of the first temple of the Lord.
The Prince who is oldest and highest in degree, will
preside, and if the two Wardens be of inferior degree,
L0DG15S OP PERFECTIOK". S69
ARTICLE 17th.
All matters whatever must be proposed by a Grand
Elqct, 'Perfect and Sublime Mason and the members
will vote in order commencing with the youngest^ and
whenever a candidate is proposed to the lodge it must
be shown that he respects and is attached to his relig-
ion, that he is a person of true probity and discretion,
and that he has given proofs of his zeal, fervor and con-
stancy for the order and his brethren.
ARTICLE 18th.
When the Wardens are notified by the Thrice Puis-
sant of his intention to hold a lodge, they must attend
and with might advance the prosperity of the
all their
ARTICLE 19th.
The Grand Keeper of the Seals, will have the Seals
ready for receptions, set everything in order, and affix
the seals to all certificates or other documents signed by
the officers of the lodge.
ARTICLE 20th.
The Grand Orator will deliver a discourse at each re-
ception (initiation) enlarging therein upon the excel-
lence of the order. He will instruct the new brethren, ex-
plain to them the mysteries and exhort them not to
slacken in their zeal, fervor and constancy, that they
may attain to the degree of Grand Elect Perfect, and
Sublime Mason. If he has noticed any indiscretions on
the part of any brethren or any dispute among them, he
370 STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.
ARTICLE 21ST.
The Grand Treasurer will safely keep all funds de-
voted to charitable purposes, as well as moneys received
for receptions. He will keep a regular Book of accounts,
at all times ready to be examined by the lodge, and as
charity is an indispensable duty among masons, the
brethren should voluntarily contribute to the fund for
that purpose, each according to his means.
ARTICLE 32nd.
The Grand Secretary will keep a record of all the
transactions of the lodge, plainly written, and always
ready to be inspected by the lodge, the Grand Inspector
or his Deputy, he will dispatch all orders issued by the
Thrice Puissant within such time that they may reach
ARTICLE 23rd.
The Master of Ceremonies must repair to the temple
ARTICLE 24th.
The Captain of the Guard sees that the Tyler does
his duty, and it is his business to see the lodge well
tyled. He receives all visitors wearing his hat and
sword in hand, unless they are Princes masons in whose
presence he is uncovered. He will advise the Thrice
Puissant whenever a visitor desires to be admitted, will
assist in examining him, and will in all cases precede
the brethren in the ceremonies of instruction. When he
reports that the visitor is a Prince mason, such visitor
will be received with all the honors, the brethren form-
ing the vault of steel with their swords, and the Grand
Master of Ceremonies conducting him to the foot of the
throne and afterwards to an elevated seat near the
Thrice Puissant.
ARTICLE 25th.
If any lodge is for good cause dissolved or temporarily
interdicted, the officers thereof must deposit the charter,
regulations and statutes, and all the papers of the lodge
with the Grand Council if and if not with
there be one,
the Grand Inspector or his Deputy, where they will re-
I .main until the lodge is allowed to resume labor, and if
the members of such lodge should not submit to the de-
cision of the Grand Council, their disobedience with
their names, degrees and civil characters, are to be noti-
fied in writing to all the recognized lodges in the two
Hemispheres, that they may incur the contempt of all
^ masons.
ARTICLE 26TII.
If any member of the lodge thathas befn dissolved by
the Grand Council, shows that body by petition, that he
is innocent, he shall be restored to favor and affiliated
with another lodge.
'
ARTICLE 27th.
Nothing that done in a lodge should be made known
is
ARTICLE 28th.
No can be admitted until the lodge is opened,
visitor
nor until he has been scrupulously examined by two well
informed brethren and he shall take his obligation also
unless more than one member of the lodge shall state
that they have seen him sit in a rgularly constituted
lodge of at least the degree of that which he seeks to
visit.
ARTICLE 29th.
Every lodge may have two Tylers, whose good char-
acter should be known. They will be clothed at the
expense of the lodge and wear' the proper jewel at the
button hole of their coats.
article 30th!
The Knights and Princes Masons being the great
lights of the lodge, all complaints against them shall be
made in writing and presented at the next lodge meet-
ing. The lodge shall hear and decide and if a party
things himself aggrieved he may appeal to the Grand
Council which shall determine in the last resort.
ARTICLE 3 1st.
Secrecy as to the mysteries being of indi'spensable
obligation the Thrice Puissant Grand Master shall be-
LODGES OF PERFECTIO]Sr. 373
ARTICLE 33rd.
When a brother dies, all the brethren are obliged to
attend his funeral in the usual manner.
ARTICLE 34th.
If a brother meet with misfortunes, it is the duty of
every brother to visit him.
ARTICLE 35th.
If the Thrice Puissant be not present at a lodge meet-
ing, for one hour after the hour fixed for opening, and
there be five brethren present the oldest officer will for
the time take the throne and proceed regularly with the
work, provided the Grand Inspector and his Deputy are
absent, but if either of them be present, he shall be
invited to take the throne, with all the honors, the same
honors being paid the Deputy as to the Inspector in the
absence of the latter.
ARTICLE 36th.
To secure regularity in the lodge the Thrice Puissant
Master and the Grand Inspector or his Deputy must
keep a list of all the members of the lodge, showing the
degree and civil character of each, to be laid before the
Grand Council and transmitted to all the regular lodges.
They will also advise the Grand Inspector or his Deputy
of every matter of interest communicated to the lodge.
ARTICLE 37th.
If the members of any lodge deem it necessary to
make any alterations in the present constitutions and
374 STATUTES AND REGULATION'S.
ment/'
2. This degree makes a false use of the Decalogue,
and a profane use of the Lord's Supper.
While the candidate is led into and around the lodge,
the Thrice 'Puissant reads the ten Commandments;
knowing, as he must, that the Decalogue is not the Ma-
son's law of life, but the Lex Naturoe or Law of Nature.
{See the Ritual, page 312.) Mackey says: ''The ten
Commandments are not obligatory upon a MasonT (See
Art Decalogue,) And on page 319 of the Eitual, the
Thrice Puissant and Candidate take solemnly conse-
crated bread, and drink wine from a cup. The obvious
and intended effect of which must be to degrade the
Decalogue, and rival and run down Christ's commemora-
tive supper.
3. Then the candidate is made to swear {p, 317), noi
to "take arms," or ^^ enter into any conspiracy against his
country/' Nevertheless the ten Lodges of the District
of Columbia all entered into such a conspiracy before the
Eebellion, and Pike, Sovereign Grand Commander of
this Eite, initiated, in Federal Lodge, Washington, and
fought Indians against the Union at Pea Eidge, Ark.
And years before, Southern Lodges, and Charleston, the
:tHE CATACOMBS OF A NEW WORSHIP. 379
tured, made up, and yet the name is real, and Masonry
a good thing! Then he has accomplished the ruin of
every such deluded man !He has taken av^y God, and
the only Mediator by whom finite creatures can come to
Him and
; set his dupes to gazing on imaginary letters,
on an imaginary gold plate! And this is as good as
worj^bipping the mooo^ or praying to spirits (devils^)
383 SATAN FILLS THEIR HEARTS WITH LIES.
—
with one^s fingers on a table ; ^he accomplishes a double
—
purpose; ^he plucks men from God and chains them to
himself;—he sets them to "behold and wonder/^ and
then he knows that they will "despise and perish'^ as they
do; —he inserts himself into their worship; —^mesmeri-
zes them as conjurers mesmerize men ;
—charms them as
serpents charm and birds
rabbits —
-fills their hearts with
;
All lose the way to God. ISTone "find rest to their souls,''
after Satan enters into them, as he entered Judas and
Ahithophel. But we are "complete in Christ,^^ because
He is our way to God, who is Infinite and Immovable.
CHAPTER XXV
Fifteenth Degree or Knights of the East or
Sword/^^
SECOND APARTMENT —
Sovereign Master is Styled
:
ate in safety.
Note 164.— "Knight of the East or Sword. [Scotch Masonry.]— The
first degreeconferred in the Council of Princes of Jerusalem, Scotch
Masonry, and the fifteenth upon the catalogue of that system. The
officers are, Cyrus the Sovereign, Nehemias the Senior General, the
Junior General, Grand Master of the Palace, Grand Master of Cere-
monies, Grand Master of Dispatches, and Grand Captain of Guard.
The hangings of the Council Chamber are water-green tapestry; of the
hall of the Workmen, red. There are seventy lights. The apron is
white, lined and^- edged with green, and displays a chain of three
links; upon the movable part, two crossed swords. Jewel, the same
as the Grand Master Architect, which see, together with crossed swords
at the bottom. Hour to open, the end of the seventy years of cap-
tivity; hour to close, the completion of the second Temple. Age 70.
—Morris's Masonio Dictionajry, Artkle Knifhtg of th© E^st or Sw.ora.
KNIGHTS OF THE EAST OR SWORD. 387
that sufBcient ?
—
Master of Ceremonies A wand Elect, Perfect and
Sublime Mason, who solicits the honor of being created
a Knight of the East or Sword.
—
Captain of Guard Is this an act of his own free will
and accord?
Master of Ceremonies It is. —
—
Captain of Guard By what further right or benefit
does he expect to obtain this privilege ?
—
Master of Ceremonies By the benefit of the Sacred
Word, and with your assistance we will give it. (The
Captain of the Guard retires and the word is given as in
the lodge of Perfection, when all rise.)
—
Captain of Guard Who is this brother, venerable
Grand Master of Ceremonies, and whence comes he?
—
Master of Ceremonies His name is Zerubbaber'" a
Prince of the house of Judah who comes from Babylon
to view the ruins of the temple and the holy city.
—
Captain of Guard ^What does he desire ?
—
Master of Ceremony To offer his services to his
brethren who have returned from captivity.
—
Captain of Guard Let him wait a time with patience
and I will inform the Thrice Excellent Grand Master of
—
Note 166. "This eminent Prince who in wisdom, influence and zeal
for God's honor, was only second to Solomon himself, is introduced
into the degrees of Royal Arch and Red Cross Knight, also into various
degrees of Scotch Masonry, occupying the same relation to the second
temple as Solomon did to the first. So prominent, indeed, was his
position, that the Second Temple is most frequently called after his
name. The name Zerubbabel signifies ^'begotten in Babylon,' referring
to his nativity. He is called 'the son of Shealtiel.' He was the
prince, or head, of the tribe of Judah, at the time of the return from
the Babylonish captivity, B. C. 536. Of the decree of Cyrus he
immediately availed himself,, and placed himself at the head of those
of his countrymen 'whose spirit Go& had raised to go up to build
the House of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.' It was probable that
he was in the service of the King of Babylon, for he had a Chaldaic
name, Sheshbazzar, and was appointed by Cyrus governor of Judea,
Being armed with a grant from that King, of timber and stone for
the building, and of. money for the expenses of the builders, he col-
lected the materials, including cedar trees from Lebanon, and got
together masons and carpenters to do the work by the opening of the
second year of their return. But misrepresentations at the Court of
t*ersia cast a blight upon the prospect, and for many years the work
of building ceased. In t'^ie second year of Darius, however, B. C. 520,
a favorable decree was secured, gained, according to masonic tradition,
by a personal appeal from Zerubbabel, who had spent some of the
years of his youth with Darius, while the latter was a private
—
citizen." Morris's Masonic Dictionary, Article Zerubbabel.
390 KNIGHTS OF THE EAST OR SWORD.
—
Thrice Excellent What is the cause of this alarm?
—
Captain of Gvxird Thrice Excellent Grand Master,
there is without a Grand Elect, Perfect and Sublime
Mason who solicits the honor of being created a Knight
of the East of Sword.
—
Thrice Excellent an act of
Is own
this* his free will
and accord?
Captain of Guard— It is.
Master of Ceremonies—
I beg if possible, that you
would procure me the honor of speaking to the king.
Captain of Gtuird—Who are you?
—
Master of Ceremonies A Jew by nation, a Prince
by blood, descendant from the race of David and the
tribe of Judah, but a captive and slave by misfortune.
—
Captain of Guard ^What is your name?
—
Master of Ceremonies Zerubbabel/"
—
Captain of Guard What is your age ?
—
Master of Ceremonies Seventy years.
—
Captain of Guard From whence came you?
Master of Ceremonies-^From Jerusalem.
—
Captain of Guard What motives bring you here?
—
Master of Ceremonies The tears and distresses of
my brethren.
Captain of Guard—^Wait a while and I
will go and
intercede with the king for you. (Captain of the Guard
shuts the door and approaches the altar.)
Captain of Guard— SoYereign Master, there is with-
out one who desires the honor of being admitted into
your presence.
—
Sovereign Master ^Who is he ?
Captain of Guard— A Jew by nation, a Prince by
Note 172.— "Zenil)bal)el (sown in Ballon), a Prince of Jndah, first son
of the
of Shealtiel, of the royal house of David, was the leader
land under
colony of Jews that returned from captivity to their native
precious vessels
the permission of Cyrus, carrying with them the
aid of
belonging to the temple for the service of God. ^ With the arrival
Joshua and his body of priests, Zerubbabel proceeded on hisaltar of
in Jerusalem, to rebuild the fallen city, beginning
with the
burnt-offerings, in order that the daily services might be
restored. The
excluded
Samaritans, however, having been offended at being expressly
from a share in the land, threw obstacles in the way to
binder the
that it should
work, and even procured from the Persian court an order until the sec-
be stopned. Accordingly, everything remained suspended
ond year of Darius Hystaspis (B. C. 521), the when the restoration was
influence of Zerubbabel
??sumed and carried to completion, through m
with the Persian monarch. This subject is beautifully exemplified
Ihe degrees of the East and Sword and the
Knight of the Red Cross.-y
Macoy'llncyclopaedia and Dictionary of Freemasonry, Article Zerubhabel,
INITIATION. 395
—
Master of Cavalry What motives bring you hither ?^
Master of Ceremonies —I am come to implore the
396 KNIGHTS OF THE EAST OR SWOHD.
Sign Knight*
of the East
or Swota.
404 KNIGHTS OF THE EAST OR SWORD<
TOKEN.
Seize mutually
the left hands, the
arms lifted and ex-
tended as if to re-
pulse an attack ; at
the same time make
with the right hand
the motion of clear-
ing the way; then
point the swords to
each other's heart.
One says Judah the
other answers.
Benjamin,
Token.
MARCH —Proceed proudly by long
:
five steps and hold
the sword high.
battery: — Seven by and strokes five two.
AGE — Seventy
:
years.
PASS WORD —laaborou, hammain
:
or liberty of pass-
age.
—
GRAND word: Shalal, Shalom, Abi, in Latin Re-
storavit pacem patri, lie resotored peace to his country.
SACRED word: Eaph-0-dom. —
Senior Ora7id Warden —
(Continuing) My brother, the
destruction of the temple subjugated masons to such
severe calamities we feared that their captivity and dis-
persion might have impaired their fidelity to their en-
gagements, and for this reason we have been obliged
while rebuilding the temple to remain in a secret and
retired place, where we carefully preserve some pf the
ruins of the ancient temple.
We do not introduce any to that place unless we know
them to be true and worthy masons, not only by their
signs, grips and words, but also by their conduct. To
— INITIATION. 405
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Knights of the East or Sword.
Thrice Excellent — (Strikes 5 and 2 with the pommel
of his swordJ Princes and Knights, this council is
closed.
\
\
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Fifteenth Degree, Knights oe the East or Sword
A Jewisb Degree— "Believe a Lie That They All Might be Damned."
This is a Jewish degree. There is no hint as to who
invented it. But ''The Knight of the Sword" was the
15th in the ''Rite of Perfection/' which the Jew, Morin,
brought from France.. This rite had 25 degrees. But
Macoy says (Encyc. Art Rite of Perfection,) Stephen
Morin and others introduced some modifications and
additions into the rite and transplanted it into the
United States, under the name of ''The Ancient and Ac-
cepted Rite/' But who are Stephen Morin and others?
Robert Folger, 33**, and "Ex-Secretary General/' says
that thirteen out of sixteen of them were Jews; of
course, ex-Jews, for sonie of the degrees compliment
Christ, which sincere Jews will not do. They were there-
fore Jews who retained nothing of Judaism but its
hatred of Christ (Folger's History, p. 38.) Hence
this flimsey degree bespatters the Jews with praise.
7,000 of them cut to pieces and drowned an^armed force
in the Euphrates, ^^to a man,'^ as Jack Falstaff demol-
ished his enemies, in Jfiction, (see Note 167), and the
Ritual (p. 399), makes King Cyrus say, as the candi-
date's chains are being taken off "May those badges of
:
SECOND APARTMENT —
Is led^ representing an eastern
:
—
QUORUM FOR BUSINESS: Five members of a Council
of Princes of Jerusalem shall constitute a quorum for
opening and transacting business, provided always the
Most Equitable, the Grand High Priest or either of the
Wardens are present.
ELlOTioN ;—Annually on the 30th of the moiith
PRINCES OF JERUSALEM. 417
Tebet.
—
installation: The 33d of the month Adar, on
which days a feast should be held.
dress : —
The officers and brethren are clothed in yel-
low robes and caps, with red gloves and swords, with a
shield and cuirass.
OFFICERS — Wear their official jewels suspended from
:
yellow qollars.
brethren: — the sash with the jewel suspended
^^^ear
GLOVES Eed. :
—
—
battery: Five, [in some councils] five times five,
—
age: Ninety-two years.
—
HOURS OF work: From sunrise until the middle of
the day.
Note 177, —
"The jewel is a model of gold; od which Is engraved a
hand, holding an equal balance; a double-edged sword, surrounded by
five stars; on one side of which is the letter D, and on the other the
letter Z, the initials of Darius and Zerubbabel. The Princes of Jerusalem
are sometimes styled 'Chiefs of Masonry,' and are authorized to visit
and inspect all lodges of inferior degrees. "-^Macoy's Encyclopaedia and
dictionary of Freema-sonry^, Article PrincQ of Jerusalem.
OPENING CEREMONIES
Princes of Jerusalem*'®
—
Most Equitable Most Enlightened Senior Grand
Warden, how comes it that we use two apartments in
this degree, one yellow and the other red ?
—
Senior Grand Warden Most Equitable Sovereign
Prince Grand Master, because one apartment represents
Jerusalem an holy place, where the first temple was
erected, and the other red, Babylon, in allusion to the
blood that was shed in the different combats that were
fought on the road between Babylon and Jerusalem by
the Knights Masons when they returned from captivity.
—
Most Equitable If it is so. Most Enlightened Senior
and Junior Grand Wardens, acquaint the Valorous Prin-
ces here present that I am going to open this Council.
—
Senior Grand Warden Valorous Princes, the Most
Equitable Sovereign Prince Grand Master, informs you
that he is about to open this Grand Council. Be atten-
tive to what he proposes.
—
Junior Grand Warden Valorous Princes, the Most
Equitable Sovereign Prince Grand Master informs you
—
Note 178. "Prince of Jerusalem. [Scotch Masonry.]— The second de-
gree conferred in the Council of Princes of Jerusalem, Scotch Masonry,
and the sixteenth upon the catalogue of that system. The oflQcers are,
Most Equitable, representing Zerubbabel; Grand High Priest, representing
Jeshua; a Senior and Junior Most Enlightened Grand Warden, Grand
Keeper of the Seals and Archives, Grand Treasurer, Grand Master of
Ceremonies, Grand Master of Entrances and Grand Tyler. The apron is
white, bordered with gold lace and lined with aurora color; on it are
the emblems of the degree. The jewel is a square silver medal, display-
ing on both sides a balance in equipoise, two-edged sword, with five stars
surrounding the point and the letters D. and Z. on opposite sides. Hours
of work, sunrise til] sunset,"—Morris's Masonic Pictionary, Article Princ©
of Jerusalem,
OPENING CEREMONIES. 419
initiation.
The Council being opened in the yellow apartment
or court of Zerubbabel, the Master of Ceremonies pre-
pares the candidate in the ante-room by placing a piece
of crape over his head and face, leads him to the door
of the Council and knocks three and two ; 000 00.
—
Master of Entrances Most Enlightened Senior
Grand Warden, there is an alarm at the door.
—
Senior Grand Warden See the cause of that alarm,
"Valorous Grand Master of Entrances. (Master of En-
—
Note 179. "Prince of Jerusalem. (Prince de Jerusalem). This was
the sixteenth degree of the Kite of Perfection, whence it was transferred
to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, where it occupies the same
numerical position. Its legend is founded on certain incidents which took
place during the rebuilding of thb second Temple, when the Jews were
so much incommoded by the attacks of the Samaritans and other neigh-
boring nations, that an embassy was sent to King Darius to implore his
favor and protection which was accordingly obtained. This legend as
developed in the degree, is contained neither in Ezra nor in the apocryphal
books of Esdras. It is found only in the Antiquities of Josephus (lib.
xi., cap. iv., sec. 9), and thence there is the strongest internal evidence
to show that it was derived by the inventor of the degree. Who that
inventor was we can only conjecture. But as we have the statements of
both Ragon and Kloss that the Baron de Tschoudy composed the degree
of Knight of the East, and as that degree is the first section of the
system of which the Prince of Jerusalem is the second, we may reasonably
suppose that the latter was also composed by him. The degree being one
of those adopted by the Emperors of the East and West in their system,
which Stephen Morin was authorized to propagate in America, it was
Introduced into America long before the establishment of the Supreme
Council of the Scottish Rite. A Council was established by Henry A.
Francken, about 1767, at Albany, in the State of New York, and a Grand
Council organized by Myers in 1788, In Charleston, South Carolina. This
Do<ly exercised sovereign powers even after the establishment of the
Supreme Council, which was May 31st, 1801, for, in 1802 it granted a
Warrant for the establishment of a Mark Lodge in Charleston, and another
In the same year, for a Lodge of Perfection, in Savannah, Georgia. But
under the present regulations of the Ancient and Accepted Seotti«5h RUo,
this prerogative has been abolished, and Grand Connells of Princes of
Jerusalem no longer exist. "«—Mackey's ]Encyeiopaedia of freemasonry,
Article FriRO§ ot ^^rug^lem,
IHITIATIOISr. 421
—
Third Master of Infantry as Junior Warden.
—
Fourth Master of Palace as Orator.
Fifth—Master of Dispatches as Treasurer.
—
Sixth Master of Chancery as Secretary.
—
Seventh Master of Ceremonies.
—
Eighth Master of Entrances as Captaiin of the
Guard.
All the officers being in their stations, the Master of
Ceremonies from without, knocks on the door three and
two; 000 OO:
—
Master of Infantry Sir Knight Master of Cavalry,
there an alarm
is theat door.
Master of Cavalry — Sir Knight Master of Infantry,
see who approaches and what it is they desire.
Master of Infantry-^SiT Knight Master of Entrances
attend to that alarm. See who approaches and what it
is (Master of Entrances goes to the door,
they desire.
knocks three and two; 000 00 and opens it.)
—
Master of Entrances ^Who approaches the presence
of King Darius and what is your desire ?
—
Master of Ceremonies -Five companions Knights and
Princes, who have been sent from Jerusalem as ambassa-
dors to the Court of Darius to pray for justice against
the Samaritans. (Master of Entrances shuts the door.)
—
Master of Entrances Sir Knight Master of Infantry,
the alarm is caused by five ambassadors who have been
sent from Jerusalem to the Court of Darius.
—
Master of Infantry Sir Knight Master of Cavalry,
the alarm is caused by five ambassadors who have been
sent from Jerusalem to the Court of Darius.
—
Master of Cavalry Sovereign Master, there are with-
out five Knights and Princes who have been sent from
Jerusalem as ambassadors to the Court of Darius to pray
±.
INITIATION. 423
DECREE OF CYRUS.
Cyrus the King to Sysina, and Sarabasan sendeth
greeting
Be it known unto you, that I have given leave to all
the Jews that are in my dominions, to return into their
own country and there to rebuild their capital city, with
the holy temple at Jerusalem, in the same place where
it stood before. I have likewise sent my treasurer
Mithridates Zerubbabel, the governor of Judea, to
superintend the building and see it raised sixty cubits
upwards from the ground, and as many over.
The walls to be three rows of polished stone and one
of the wood of the country, together with an altar for
sacrifices, and all this to be done at my charge. It is
my further pleasure that they receive, entire to them-
selves, all the profits and revenues that were formerly
enjoyed by their predecessors, and that they have an
allowance paid them of 205,500 drachmas in considera-
tion of beasts for sacrifices, wine and oil, and 2,500
measures of wheat in lieu of fine, and all this to be
raised upon the tribute of Samaria, and the priests may
offer up sacrifices according to the laws and ceremonies
of Moses, and pray daily for the King and the Eoyal
family, and for the welfare and happiness of the Per-
sian Empire, and let no man presume to do anything
contrary to the tenor of this my royal will and procla-
mation upon pain of forfeiting life and estate.
Signed, Cyrus Rex,
INITIATION". 425
DECREE OF DARIUS.'"
We, Darius first; King of Kings, Sovereign of Sover-
eigns,and Lord of liords, being willing to favor in our
gratitude and goodness, our dear people of Jerusalem
in example of our Most Illustrious and Most Puissant
predecessor King Cyrus, having heard their complaints
by their ambassadors against the people of Samaria, who
Note —
181. *'With regard to the exiled Jews, then residing as captives
in his dominions, he pursued the same generous policy as Cyrus had
done, and restored them many of the privileges they had lost. The year
after his accession to the throne, viz.: B. C. 520, he issued a decree
confirming that of Cyrus, made 16 years before. This aroused the prophets
Haggai and Zeohariah to encourage their countrymen to resume the work
of building which had for a number of years languished, and the temple
was completed within four years," Morris'3 Majsoniq Dictionary, Article
Parius Hystaspis,
428 PRINCES OF JERUSALEM.
—
Most Equitable Valorous Grand Master of Entran-
ces, cause it to be proclaimed throughout the city, unto
the people, that Darius the King has graciously granted I
our requests, arid commanded that the work upon thei
house of the Lord shall no longer be hindered or delayed
and bid them rejoice for the end of the sorrowing and
sufl;ering of Israel approaches.
(Master of Entrances retires for that purpose.)
—
Most Equitable My brethren, the people of Jerusa-
lem are under the greatest obligations to you for the zeal
and courage you have displayed in surmounting the
obstacles which you encountered in your journey You :
SIGN
Present yourself boldly with your
left hand resting on your hip, as if
Sign Princes
of Jerusalem.
ready for a combat
IK-ITIATIOif. 431
ANSWER.
Answer
TOKEN.
Join right hands, placing the
thumb on the joint of little finger;
with the thumb strike on that joint
5 times, by 1, by 2 and by 2, at same
time join right feet by the toes so as
to form a straight line, touch the
knee. Lastly place the left hand
open on the shoulder, one of the
other. One says twenty, the other
twenty-three.
Token.
—
Master of Ceremonies The road to Babylon is known
to me.
Grand Orator —What were you before you traveled
that way ?
—
Master of Ceremonies I was a Knight of the East,
which I merited after a captivity of seventy years and
my ancestors found the precious treasure of the Grand
Elect, Perfect and Sublime Masons under the ruins of
Solomon^s temple which was destroyed by Nebuchad-
nezzar's General, Nebuzaradan, who commanded his
troops.
Grand Orator —How came you by the dignity of
Prince?
—
Master of Ceremonies By the great zeal and ardour
that I have shown on different occasions and the success
I met with in my embassy to King Darius.
—
Grand Orator Where did you travel to merit this
dignity ?
—
Master of Ceremonies- From Jerusalem, to Babylon.
—
Grand Orator For what reason were you sent ?
—
Master of Ceremonies As the Samaritans refused to
pay the tribute for the sacrifices of the new temple,
therefore an embassy was sent to King Darius by the
people of Jerusalem, to lay before him their just com-
plaints.
Grand Orator —What was the number of the embassy ?
Master of Ceremonies— Five.
Grand Orator—Who was the chief ?
—
Master of Ceremonies The city of Jerusalem sur-
rounded by bonfires displayed by fives. On* the return of
the embassy the people gathered around them with in-
struments of music. The craft were armed with swords
and shields, some carrying equilateral triangles and one
with an equal balance.
Grand Orator-^— Why do the Princes of Jerusalem still
wear their aprons ?
—
Master of Ceremonies In remembrance of their first
origin.
Grand Orator —What is the pass-word ?
—
Senior Warden To know if we are secure.
—
Al Puissant See that we are so. (Senior Warden
goes to the door sees that the Council is tyled.)
Senior Warden —All Puissant we are in perfect se-
curity.
All Puissant— (Seven raps; 000000 0.) All rise,
West/^'
preparation of candidate.
SIGN.
ANSWER.
Jubulum.
FIRST TOKEN.
SECOND TOKEN.
—
Senior Warden The power to darken the sun and
tinge the moon with blood.
All Puissant—What the seventh?
in
Senior Warden—^Seven trumpets and perfumes.
All Puissant—The bow, arrows and crown .signify
that the orders of this respectable Council should be
executed with as much quickness as the arrow flies
from the bow, and be received with as much submission
as if it came from a crowned head or chief of a nation.
The sword, that the Council is always armed to punish
the guilty. The balance is a symbol of justice. The
skull is the image of a brother who is excluded from a
Lodge or Council. The cloth stained with blood, that
we should not hesitate to spill ours for the good of
masonry. The power of obscuring the sun and tinging
the moon with blood is the representation of the ppwer
of Superior Councils in interdicting their work^ if they
are irregular, until they have acknowledged their error
and submitted to the rules and regulatioiis of the craft,
established by the Grand Constitutions. The seven
trumpets signify that masonry is extended over the sur-
face of the earth, on the wings of fame and supports
itself with honor. The perfumes denote that the life
of a good mason should be, and is, free from all re-
proach, and is perfumed by means of good report.
—
All Puissant What age are you?
—
Senior Warden Very ancient.
—
All Puissant Who are you?
—
Senior Warden I am a Patrician (i. e. of Patmos.)
—
All Puissant Whence came you?
—
Senior Warden From Patmos,
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Knights of the East and West;
—
All Puissant Brother Venerable Grand Sexiior War-
den, whaf s the clock ?
Senior Warden —Thrice Puissant, there is no more
time.
Thrice Puissant —
(Seven raps; 000000 0.) AH rise.
'
Note 190. — "The jewel of the Rose Croix is a golden compass, ex-
tended on an arc to the sixteenth part of a circle, or twenty-two and
a half degrees. The head of the compass is surmounted by a triple
crown, consisting of three series of points arranged by three, five, and
seyen. Between the legs of the compass is a cross resting on the are;
its center is occupied by a full-blown rose, whose stem twines around
the lower limb of the cross; at the foot of the cross, on the same side
on which the rose is exhibited, is the figure of a pelican wounding its
breast to feed its young which are in a nest surrounding it, while on
the other side of the jewel is the figure of an eagle with wings dis-
played. On the arc of the circle, the P. -.W.*. of the degree is engraved
in the cipher of the Order.
•*In this jewel are included the most important symbols of the degree.
The Cross, the Rose, the Pelican, and the Eagle are all important sym-
vbols, the explanations of which will go far to a comprehension of what
is the true design of the Rose Croix Order. They may be seen in this
work under their respective titles. "^ Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Free-
masonry, Article Rose Croix, Prince of.
OPENING CEREMONIES
ISovEREiGN Prince of Rose Croix de Herobem and
Knight of the Eagle and Pelican/"'
Master —^My Perfect Brothers Knights Princes Ma-
sons, please assist me to open this Chapter.
Senior Warden — Most Respectable and Perfect
Knights, the Most Wise and Perfect Master asks you
to assist in opening this Chapter.
Junior Warden —
Most Respectable and Perfect
Knights, the Most Wise and Perfect Master asks you
to assist him in opening this Chapter.
Master— (Thiee and four raps; 000 0000.)
Senior Wurden —
(Three and four raps; 000 0000.)
Junior Warden —
(Three and four raps; 000 0000.)
Master —Most Excellent and Perfect Wardens, what
is our care ?
Senior Warden —To ascertain whether the Chapter is
well covered and if all the brethren present are true
Knights.
—
Master Convince yourself my perfect brethren, one
from the north and the other from the south.
—
Senior Warden Most Wise and Perfect Master, all
Note 191.— "Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix, de H-R<D-M. [Scotch
—
Masonry.] The second degree conferred in the Chapter of Princes of
Rose Croix, Scotch Masonry, and the eighteenth upon the catalogue of
that system. It is otherwise known as Knights of the Eagle and Pelican.
The assembly is termed a Sovereign Chapter. The officers are* Most
Wise and Perfect Master, Most Excellent and Perfect Senior Warden
and Junior Warden, Captain of Guard, Master of Ceremonies, Secretary
and Treasurer. Its historical lessons are intensely Christian, the masonic
support of Wisdom, Strength and Beauty being exchanged for the
Christian virtues, Faith, Hope and Charity. "--MorriB^s Masonic Diction-
wy, Article Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix, de H-R-I?-M.
4G8 sovEUiiiiGN piiiNCii of hose croix*
were lost and the cubic stone s^^at blood and water;
that was the moment when the great masonic word was
lost.
Candidate — I will.
Knight —Do you
solemnly engage on your honor,
never to reveal the place where you are received, who
receives you or the names of those present at your re-
ception ?
Candidate — I do.
Knight —Do you solemnly promise to conform to all
the ordinances of this Chapter and keep yourself uni-
formly clothed as far as you are able ?
Candidate — I do.
Knight —Doyou promise to at all times and in all
places acknowledge the authority of the Most Wise and
Perfect Master, and never to confer this degree with-
out permission and to answer for the probity and re-
spectability of those you may propose for this degree?
Candidate I do. —
On the evening appointed in the answer to petition
of candidate he comes to the ante-room.
Master-^Mo^i excellent and Perfect Senior Warden,
what is the cause of our assembling here ?
—
Senior Warden The propagation of the Order and
the perfection of a Knight of the East and Wiest who
demands to be received among us.
—
Master Let the ballot be spread.
If the ballot is clear, the Master of Ceremonies at
once ushers the candidate into the Chamber of Eefiec-
tion; a gloomy apartment painted or draped in black.
In the center is a small table on which is a Bible and a
skull and cross-bones and a candle inside of the skull
X is the only light in the room. After leaving candidate
alone here a short time, Master of Ceremonies returns,
dresses him as a Knight of the East and West, with a
sword and white gloves, when he addresses him
—
Master of Ceremonies AH the temples are demol-
ished, our tools are destroyed with our columns; the
sacred word i? lost notwithstanding all our precaution
naTiATioN*. -
471
—
Master Most Excellent and Perfect Brother War-
dens^ it is necessary this worthy Knight should travel
thirty-three years [alluding to the years of the life of
Christ/^'] to learn the beauties of the new law.
The Wardens conduct the candidate slowly seven
times around the room^ causing him to kneel as he
comes in front of the altar and when passing the West
to bend the right knee^ also to call out the name of each
of the columns. Faith, Hope and Charity, as he passes
them, after which he is halted in front of the Master.
—
Master My brother, what have you learned on your
journey ?
Candidate —
(Instructed.) I have learned three vir-
tues, by which to conduct myself in future: Faith,
Hope, Charity. Inform me if there are any others?
—
Master No, my brother, they are the principles and
—
Note 193. "In passing from Scotland to France it greatly changed
its form and organisation, as it resembles in no respect its archetype,
except that both are eminently Christian in their design. But in its
adoption by the Ancient and Accepted Rite, its organization has been so
changed that, by a more liberal interpretation of its symbolism, it has
been rendered less sectarian and more tolerant in its design. For while
the Christian reference is preserved, no peculiar theological dogma is
retained, and the degree is made cosmopolite in its character.
"It was, indeed, on its first inception, an attempt to Christianize Free-
masonry; to apply the rites, and symbols, and traditions of Ancient
Craft Masonry to the last and greatest dispensation; to add to the first
Temple of Solomon and the second of Zerubbabel a third, that to which
Christ alluded when he said, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days
will I raise it up.' The great discovery which was made in the Royal
Arch ceases to be of value in this degree; for it another is substituted
of more Christian application; the Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty which
supported the ancient Temple are replaced by the Christian pillars of
Faith, Hope and Charity; the great lights, of course, remain, because
they are of the very essence of Masonry; but the three lesser give way
to the thirty-three, which allude to the years of the Messiah's sojourning
on earth. Everything, in short, about the degree is Christian; but, as
I have already said, the Christian teachings of the degree have been
applied to the sublime principles of a universal system, and an interpre-
tation and illustration of the doctrines of the 'Master of Nazareth,' so
adapted to the Masonic dogma of tolerance, that men of every faith
may embrace and respect them. It thus performs a noble mission. It
obliterates, alike, the intolerance of those Christianc who sought to erect
an impassable harrier around the sheepfold. and the fqual intolerance
of <hj;so of Hlier rolij^fons who would Im- ready to oxclaiin
'("?"! any
good thing cr.me out of Nnz-ireth?' "--Mackey's F^cyclcpaedia of Fre^-
jhasonry, Article Rose Croix, Prince of,
INITIATION. 473
Sign c
Good Shepherd
Master —Most Excellent and Perfect Brother War-
dens^ wjiat is the motive of our assembling ?
—
Senior Warden The loss of the word, which, with
your assistance, we hope to recover.
Master —What must we do to obtain it ?
Senior Warden— Be convinced of the three vir-
iviily
tues which are the basis of our columns and our princi-
ples.
Master —What are they?
Senior Warden—Faith, Hope, Charity.
Master— How we
shall those three columns
find ?
—
Master Approach, my brother, I will communicate
to you our perfect mysteries. (Candidate is conducted
to Master.)
Note 194. — "On
the segment of the circle are the letters I. N. R. I.
The jewel of gold, with the pelican and eagle of silver.
is In this jewel
are included the most important symbols of the degree. The cross, the
rose, the pelican and the eftgle, are all important symbols. th€> explana-
tion of which will go far to a cGmprehen^3ion of v.h;it is the true denign
of the Rose Croix degree. "--^Macoy'a Encyciojmftdia and Dictionary of
jT^ema^Qpry, Article Frince of Rose QroU,
478 SOVEREIGN PRINCE OF ROSE CROIX.
CHARGE TO CANDIDATE.
I congratulate you my
brother on the recovery of the
word^ which entitles you to this degree of Perfect Ma-
sonry. I shall make no comment or eulogium on it. It^;
sublimity will no doubt be duly appreciated by you.
You perceive, no doubt, with satisfaction, that you were
not deceived when you were promised an aim Sublime
which makes you perfect in the mysteries of masonry
and unveils to you its allegorical emblems. To that
point we are about to arrive. Now that you have at-
tained this high estate in masonry, you have found in it
all that is beautiful and good ; you ha^e become perfect.
The sublime and the true have been developed to your
eyes. It is not enough, my brother, to have been able to
merit and acquire it, you must more and more, render
yourself perfect in it and study to draw from it for the
future all the fruits possible, and may you my dear
brother long enjoy it among us. Grant us that friend-
ship, which is the bond of all associations, and be as-
sured of ours, which you have now acquired.
I will now instruct you 'in the signs, tokens and words
of this degree.
sign of the
Good Shepherd
INITIATION. 479
SIGN OF RECONCILIATION.
ANSWER.
sign of ReconciliatfoB.
SIGN OF HELP.
Sign of Help.
480 SOVEREIGN PRINCE OF ROSE OROIX.
ANSWER.
Answer.
TOKEN.
Give the sign of the Good Shepherd ; faee each other,
bow ; place reciprocally crossed hands on breast and give
the fraternal kiss and pronounce the pass word.
—
PASS word: Emmanuel.
—
SACRED word: I. :.N. :.K. :.I. :. Inri; lettered by the
persons giving it alternately. They are the initials of
the latin words; Jesus, Nazarenus, Rex, Judoeorum,
signifying Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. [In
Latin I and J are interchangeable.]
—
Master Go, my brother, and make yourself known to
all the members of this Sovereign Chapter and return
again. (Candidate passes from one to another whisper-
ing the pass-word in the ear of each, then returns and
kneels before the altar when the brethren gather around
him and each places his right hand on him.)
—
Master (Investing candidate with ribbon and jewel
of degree. ) By virtue of the authority vesteij in me by
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INITIATION-. 481
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PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
Eighteenth Degree, or Sovereign Prince op Hose
Croix de Herodem, and Knight of the
Eagle and Pelican.
Pretended Scotch Origin of Degree False.— To Steal the Popularity of
,
— —
Robert Bruce. Rose Croix Hell, a Masonic Caricature. Impudent and
Detestible Mimicry.
The review of this degree appropriately closes Vol.
1, of this work. To understand it, read carefully the
foot-notes, taken from the masters of Masonry, and
seers of religious antagonism to the Bible and God.
From these Masonic teachers we learn that this degree
of the Eose (or blood-red) Cross "was founded by the
Jesuits for the purpose of counteracting the insidious
attacks of Free Thinkers upon the Komish Faith/^
{Note 186.) This testimony of Clavel is obviously true.
"It is conferred in a body called a Chapter,^Y-^^*^ ^^^)
which is the Eomish name for a Dean and his Clergy.
^^The word is now exclusively appropriate for lodges
conferring degrees higher than the Symbolic,^^ or Old
York degrees, (MacJcey's Cyclopaedia/ Art Chapter.)
These "higher'' degrees, we need scarcely say, are
French; i|i vented in the Jesuits' Coll%e of Clermont,
Paris; and that ^t the time when Scotch mind led the
Protestant world, Scotland had overthrown and ex-
pelled Popery without shedding a drop of Popis^h blood ;
though her own martyrs shed plenty France then led
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