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    Chapter of Rose Croix

    17th Degree - Knight of the East and West


    The apron is of yellow silk, lined and edged with crimson; the
    colors are emblematic of the dawn. Its triangular shape is
    symbolic of the Deity in His first three emanations. In the center
    is a gold Tetractys formed of 10 Hebrew Yods. They represent
    the ten Sephiroth (or manifestations of Deity) on the Tree of
    Life in the Kabalah.
    The order is a broad, white watered ribbon, worn from the right
    to the left. It is crossed by a black one of equal width, worn from
    left to right. The jewel is suspended from the latter. The two
    colors are symbolic of the two principles of good and evil as
    explained in the dualist doctrines of Zoroaster and Manes.
    The jewel is a heptagonal (seven-sided) medal, half gold and
    half silver or mother of pearl. These two colors are emblems of
    the sun and moon, themselves symbols of the Egyptian deities
    Osiris and Isis, who represent the generative and productive
    powers of nature, illustrated in Masonic Symbolism by the
    columns Jachin and Boaz as the active and passive forces
    manifested in nature (Morals and Dogma, p. 202). On one side
    are engraved, at the angles, the same letters as are on the
    capitals of the columns in the ceremony and possessing the
    same meaning, that of the last seven of the Sephiroth of the
    Kabalah. A star is over each. In the center, on the same side, is
    a lamb, lying on a book with seven seals, on which seals are,
    respectively, the same letters, though shown in this representation as the Roman equivalents. On the reverse
    side are two crossed swords, points upward; their hilts rest on an even balance. In the corners are the initials
    in Greek of the names of the Seven Churches (Revelation 2 and 3).

    DUTIES
    To work, to reflect and to pray.
    To hope, to trust and to believe.
    To teach the truths that are hidden in allegories and concealed in the symbols of Freemasonry.

    LESSONS
    An army of martyrs have offered up their lives to prove their faith or benefit mankind.

    FOR REFLECTION
    Can Masonry teach religion without being a religion?
    What is the meaning of the vacant chair in the ceremony?
    IMPORTANT SYMBOLS
    The East, the West, John the Baptist, the colors of the rainbow, the candidate, the number seven, the vacant
    chair.

    The regalia pictures and excerpts from the degree descriptions are from the book,
    " A Bridge to Light" by Ill. Rex R. Hutchens, 33°.
    Copyright 1988, 1995, 2006 by the
    Supreme Council of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry,
    Southern Jurisdiction of the USA.

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