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VOLUME 19, PART 2
Manual
Of the Degrees of the
Ancient & Primitive Rite
Of Masonry.
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With the “Secret Work”
Arturo de Hoyos, Knight Grand Cross

Grand Archivist, Grand College of Rites, USA
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2006
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MASONIC HISTORY OF He became a plural life member of the Valley in 1999 and in 2001 was
elected to the Valley Cathedral Board, a position he still holds He was
5K. J. GARRIE BURR made an Honorary Commander-in-Chief in 2000 He also served the
Brother J Garrie Burr was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1937, Illinois Council of Deliberation as Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Ritual
educated in Illinois, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Committee for six years
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Brother Burr is a past presiding officer of Centralia Chapter No 93,
For twenty years he was in charge of the installation and mainte- Royal Arch Masons, Herrin Council No 116, Cryptic Masons, and
nance of the PLATO teaching system developed by the Computer- Pilgrim Commandery No 100, Knights Templar He is a plural life
hased Education Research Laboratory, and which, at the time of his member of Salem Council No 97, Champaign Chapter No 50, Urbana
retirement was the largest computer-assisted instructional system in the Council No 19, Urbana Commandery No 16, and Patton Commandery
world He retired in December 1994 as a Senior Research Engineer No 69 His York Rite Honors include the Purple Cross, and the Knight
Brother Burr and his wife Pat are owners of Burr Properties Land Trust, York Cross of Honor with one bar In 2000 he was elected an Honorary
which owns rental properties and is the manager and a principal in Most Illustrious Past Grand Master of the Grand Councrl of Cryptic
South Vine Street LLC Masons of Illinois and in 2003 was elected Excellent Grand Royal Arch
Brother Burr’s Masonic record began in 1963, when he was raised Captain of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons advancing to the
in Western Star Lodge No 240 After five years as an officer, in 1969 position of Right Excellent Grand Scribe before business obligations
he was elected Worshipful Master After his term as Grand Master was forced his resignation In 2006 Brother Burr was elected Most Illustrious
concluded, the brethren of Western Star Lodge elected him Treasurer, Grand Chancellor of the Grand College of Rites of the United States of
a position he held for five years He is also a Past Master of Mahomet America and received the Grand Cross of the Rite
Lodge No 220, and a member of Centennial Lodge No 747 and St He is a member, Past Patron, of Vesper Chapter No 128, and is
Cecilia Lodge No 865 currently the Asssociate patron of Ionic-Thompson No 147, Order of
Brother Burr served the Grand Lodge of Illinois in many capacities the Eastern Star Other appendant Masonic bodies of which he is a
He was a commissioned Grand Lecturer from 1971-1989, and was member are the Allied Masonic Degrees Council 356, in which he is
appointed as one of the first Grand Lodge instructors serving from 1978 Junior Deacon, the Ancient Order of Corks, Order of the Mortar and
thru 1986 Appointed to the Board of Grand Examiners from 1989 thru Pestle, Illinois College of Rosicrucians, St Bridgets Council No 23,
1991, he served as both its Secretary and Chairman He is the Grand Knight Masons of the United States, St Johns Conclave, Red Cross of
Representative of South Carolina near Illinois Constantine, in which he is the Junior Chancellor, the Order of Holy
In 1992 he was elected Junior Grand Warden, progressed through Royal Order Knight Templar Priests, the Past Commanders Associa-
the elective line, and was elected Most Worshipful Grand Master in tion, where he is an officer, Ansar Shrine, A A 0 N M S Sword of,
October 1998 He was the first Past Master of Western Star Lodge to Bunker Hill, Abbas Grotto, East Central and Southern York Rite Col-
he elected Grand Master In 2000 he was elected an Honorary Past leges, the Illinois, Iowa, Southern Jurisdiction AASR, and South Caro-
Grand Master of Prince Hall Masons in Illinois and in 2001 was elected lina Lodges of Research, and the Illini Shrine Club Other Masonic
an Honorary Past Grand Master of the State of Minnesota He currently honors include the DeMolay Legion of Honor and he is a Deputy
serves the Grand Lodge of Illinois in an advisory capacity member of DeMolay International, the Rainbow Cross of Color, and an
Brother Burr is an active life member of the Valleys of Danville, honorary membership in Champaign Assembly, Rainbow Chapter
Bloomington, and Chicago, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rites taking Brother Burr is a life member of the Grotto, a member of the
principai parts in many degrees He is a Past Most Wise Master in the National Sojourners, Inc and the Hero’s of 76 branch of that order He
Vailey of Danviile He was Chairman of the By-Laws Committee that was made a Kentucky Colonel in 1999
rewrote the hy-laws for the Valley of Danville and continues to serve as A member of the Methodist and Catholic Church, Brother Burr has
Chairman of the Valley Speakers Bureau He was coroneted a 33rd served as a Sunday school teacher, Board member, and Superinten-
Degree Mason in 1981 dent of Youth He has also participated in Babe Ruth League Baseball,
In 1997 Brother Burr was made an honorary memher of thu Vaiiey Scouting, and Toasimasters
of Chicago It was the first such honor granted to anyone in tli’ii Iii’~t~oy His interest in the plight of the children in distress of the State of
Illinois resulted in his participating as a work group member of the State OFFICERS - 2006
of Illinois Regulations Subcommittee of the Interagency Authority on
Residential Care Facilities for Children Grand Chancellor R I J Garrie Burr
In 1998, Brother Burr was elected an Annual Advisory Trustee for 2509 Teakwood, Bloomington, IL 61704
the Illinois Masonic Medical Center, a position he held until Illinois
Masonic’s sale to Advocate Health Care in 2000 At that time he was
Senior Vice Chancellor R I Reese L Harrison, Jr
elected to the Board of Directors of the Masonic Family Health Foun-
711 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX 78205
dation and the Masonic Family Health Services Board, positions he
currently holds He is a Director of the National Masonic Foundation for
Children and has also served as its Secretary and President. Junior Vice Chancellor R I Urban J Peter
Brother Burr is most proud of his work as a cast member, for over 11713 N Marlton Aye, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
47 years, of the internationally known American Passion Play of
Bloomington, Illinois He has served as a cast member and the Grand Registrar R I Gary D Hermann
Assistant Director and became the Director of the Production in 2003. 2675 Ashley Ct, Tremont, IL 61568
Brother Burr married Patricia Ann in May of 2006 in the yard of the
No-Kill Animal Shelter they own and operate He has seven children/ Grand Registrar Emeritus M I Herb A Fisher, HPGC
stepchildren, seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren Two of 553 Caren Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
his four boys are Master Masons and one of his grandsons is a
F ellowcraft
Grand High Prelate R I David D Goodwin
(Updated December 26, 2006)
1509 Campus Dr, Vestal, NY 13850-4036
Grand Archivist R I Arthur deHoyos

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Grand Redactor R I Franklin C Boner

10866 Butler Rd, Newark, OH 43055-8852
Grand Mareschal R I Martin P Starr

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Grand Seneschal David L Hargett

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Dr William 0 Peachei
PAST GRAND CHANCELLORS *
NY 1973
J Edward Allen * William M Wyman CT 1974
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NC 1932
Henry V A Parsell * Russell B Tandy TN 1975
*
NY 1932
* J Raymond Shute, II NC 1933 Herbert A Fisher (Honorary) VA 1975
* Harold Van Buren Voorhis NY 1934 * Stanley P Matthews NJ 1976
J Hugo Tatsch * Robert L Grubb NC 1977
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MA 1935
William Moseley Brown * Allen E Roberts VA 1978
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VA 1936
Luther T Hartsell, Jr * Gordon R Merrick (Honorary) CO 1978
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NC 1937
Ray V Denslow * James R Case CT 1979
*
MO 1938
* Kennon W Parham NC 1939 Donald S Smith ME 1980
Walter L Stockwell * Harold D Elliott, II NJ 1981
*
ND 1940
Charles C Hunt * James D Penley SC 1982
*
IA 1941
* Charles H Johnson NY 1942 Jamil Shaloub (Honorary) Israel 1982
* C Vernon Eddy VA 1943 * Jerald Marsengill IA 1983
Henry Emmerson, Jr NY 1944 Royal C Scofield OH 1984
* William L Cummings NY 1945 James A Shaw Ontario 1985
* Clarence Brain OK 1946 * Charles R Glassmire ME 1986
* Gardner R P Barker NY 1947 Eddie P Stiles NC 1987
Godfrey Pittis * Walter M McCracken VA 1988
NJ 1948
Lewis E Smith * Charles L Harrison NC 1989
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NE 1949
Elmer T Reid * S Flory Diehl MD 1990
*
NY 1950
* Ward K St Clair NY 1951 Thurman C Pace, Jr NJ 1991
* John Black Vrooman MO 1952 Merle P Tapley CT 1992
* John W Lainhart DC 1953 James M Ward MS 1993
* Charles H Pugh NC 1954 Charles R Neumann IL 1994
* Joseph S Lewis OK 1995
John B Phelps FL 1955
Nicholas A Tumolo * William Schoene, Jr CT 1996
*
PA 1956
* Edwin E Gruener PA 1957 Arthur J McKinney CT 1997
* Stanley W Wakefield (Honorary) NY 1957 William H Thornley, Jr CO 1998
* Dr Francis J Scully AR 1958 William Jackson Jones IL 1999
* Albin C Anderson NY 1959 Kenneth B Fischer TX 2000
* Edwin Knudsen MO 1960 Charles S Iverson DC 2001
Marvin E Fowler PA 1961 Owen R Henry PA 2002
* Archibald R McNeill (Honorary) NY 1961 Arthur deHoyos (Honorary) VA 2002
Vincent Smith Martyn PA 1962 Frederick H Lorenson CT 2003
Grover Michael FL 1963 Richard B Baldwin VA 2004
Charles K A McGaughey KY 1964 Gary D Hermann (Honorary) IL 2005
* Raymond B Holtz NJ 1965 William H Koon, II OH 2005
* Early B Bridges NC 1966
Harry W Bundy CO 1967
Wendell K Walker NY 1968
* Charles F Adams NE 1969
J Landis Randall PA 1970
John F Zietlow, Jr NY 1971
C Wallace Jackson NC 1972
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4.—KNIGHT OF ELOQUENCE. 8.—KNIGHT ARCHIVIST.

KNIGHT KADOSH.
~&ik Degree.
Three apartments are used. The first is Black, and dimly
5.—KNIGHT OF FINANCE. 0.—KNIGHT RECORDER. lighted by a sepulchral lamp, suspended from the vault;
there is an altar, on which is a skull and the Sacred Book-.
The second apartment or Senate, is Red, containing aTomb
on which is a Knight reprosenting J.B.M.; in the North is
the Mystic Ladder, on the uprights of which are the words
“Oheb Eloah,” and “Oheb Kerobo.”
9.—Ki. OF INT. 7.—KNIGHT MARSHAL
NAMES ON THE FIRST STEPS NAMES ONTEE SECONDSTEPR.
1.—Tsedakah. 7.—Astronomy.
~itar. 2.—Shor Laban. usic.
3.—Mathoc. 5.—Geometry.
4.—Emounah. 4.—Arithmet[c.
5.—Amal Sagghi. 3.—Logic.
6.—Sabbal. 2.—Rhetoric.
7.—Ghemoul BinahThebunah 1.—Grammar.
11.—Kr. STO. BR. 12.—KNIGHT Swo. BR. The third apartment is styled Areopagus. It represents a
Temple with twelve red and white columns sprinkled with
flames, and decorated with the Banner of the Rite; near the
Orient there is placed a King’s Crown, and a Triple Tiara;
the altar is in the centre; all the Knights wear gowns
and swords. A black scarf with a double-headed eagle.
To right of the altar is placed an image of Justice, severe
3.—JR. Kr. INT. 2.—SEN. Kt.r. INT. in aspect, holding in one hand the Material Arms of a Knight
Kadosh, and in the other the Emblem of Truth aud the
Standard of the Order; its right foot crushes the 1i~ydra
head of ignorance, by which the poniard is broken. To
the left is the Double-Headed Eagle with expanded wings,
a Symbol of Masonry, which is spreafi over the two hemi-
spheres, and which ought one, day to unite all mankind
SUD3 ALWA3
1O.—KT. CAPT. OF GD.~ i13—Kr.GD.oF8ANc~ under the Banner of. Fraternity.
In some Rites the name of Senate and Areppagus are the
reverse of this, and the Mystic Ladder is plced in the
Areopagus.
4 SENATE: 2 S.—5c. KNIGET KADOSH. 7oS.~18on. 5
SENIOR KNIGHr.—
Illustrious Knight. Marshal; advance, and give
OPENING. me the word of a Knight Kadosh.
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER. —Strikes 3~3 This is done.
Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter: the JUNIOR KNIGHT.—
first duty of a Knight Kadosh? Illustrioas Knight of Introduction: advance, and
SENIOR KNIGHT.— give me the wocd of a Knight Kadosh.
Sublime Grand Commander: it is to assure our- This is done.
selves that we are guarded against the indiscretion SENIOR KNIGHT.—
of the profane. Illustrious Knight Marshal: you will receive the
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— word from the Knights in the South, and com-
Let it be done. municate it to the Sublime Grand Commander.
SENIOR KNIGHT.— JUNIOR KNIGHT.—
Illustrious Knight Guardian of the Sauctuary: Illustrious Knight of Introduction: you ~vill
ascertain if we are guarded against the indiscretion receive the word from the Knights in the North
of the profane ? and communicate it to the S ablime Grand Com-
G. of’ S. opens the (loor; ascertains from the Sentinel mander.
that the Senate is secure; thencloses door, and addresses This is done.
the Senior Knight Interpreter:
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
GUARDIAN OP SANCTUARY.—
Illustrious Knights: the word is received in the
Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter: we are Orient in A. and P. form. Most Learned Senior
secure from the prying eyes of the profane; none Knight Interpreter: are you a Knight Kadosh?
can overhear our mysteries.
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
SENIOR KNIGHT,—
I am, Sublime Grand Commander.
Sublime Grand Commander: all is secure.
Ascertain if all present are Knights Kadosh. What is your Age?
SENIOR ENIGHT.—Strikes 333 SENIOR KNIGHT.—
Illustrious Knights in the South: to order. One Hundred Years.

All in the South rise. SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
JUNIOR KNIGHT.—Strikes 333 What do you mean by Kadosh?
Illustrions Knights in the North: to order. SENIOR KNIGHT.—
All in the North rise. Holiness of Life.
6 SENATE: 2 S.—5 c. KNIGHT KADOSH. 70 S.—18~ R. 7
SUBLIME GRAND COMMAND KR.— SUBLEME GRAND COMMANDER.—
Give the sign.—Done.—Why do you place the N. M. What do you mean by the 4rst?
right hand on your heart? SEN [OR KNIGHT.—
SENIOR KNIGHT.— Consolation from God.
To acilnowledge my confidence in God. SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
‘~3UBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— And the second?
Why do you place the right hand on your knee? SENIOR KNIGHT.—
SENIOR ENIGHT.— Vengeance on the murderers.
To indicate that a Knight Kadosh should kneel SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
with reverence to T. S. A. 0. T. U.
What is your Grand Word?
SUBLEME GRAND COMMANDER.—
SENKOR KNIGHT.—
What is your P. W.?
N.A.
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
K.E.
What does it signify?
SEN [OR KNIGHT.—
What do you mean by E ?
Vengeance, Lord.
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
Strength of God.
What is the aim of a Knight Kadosh?
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
What do you mean by K.?
5ENIOIi KNIGHT.— To dispel ignorance, punish crime, and war
Lord. against snperstition, despotism, and tyranny..
5UBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
Have you a Sacred Word? When do the Knights Kadosh celebrate their
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
mysteries?
5ENIOR KNIGHT.—
I have two.
From the rising to the setting of the sun
Give them.
What time is it?
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
M.
Sunrise.
8 SENATE: 2 S.—5c KNIGHT KADOSH. 7~ St8~ ~. 9
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— the Sanctuary: inform the Sentinel, and if there
That being the time for the commencement of are any visiting Sir Knights, invite them to par.
our labour, join with me, Illustrious Knights, in ticip~te in our labours.
imploring a blessing from the All-Powerful. 8. G. Commander strikes 1. AU seat.
All kneel facing the Orient.
RECEPTION.
PRAYER. The Neophyte is prepared as a Knight of the last degree
Supreme Intelligence, source of all happiness, by the Knight of Introdnotion, who knocks on the door,
Father of Life and Nature, whose hand guides by the Battery 22—22—22.
the Universe, and controls the celestial powers, to GUARDIAN OF SANCTUARY.—
whose laws the stars are submissive, and at whose Sublime Grand Commander: an alarm!
command the seasons return. All-Powerful Creator,
SUBLIME GRAND CO&!MANDER.—
look with benignant love, we beseech Thee, upon
us, and all Knights Kadosh. Enable us to pursue Illustrious Knight Marshal: demand the cause.
the. paths of justice and truth so that our hearts Knight Marshal goes to inner door, opens it, and esks;
may become pure and unspotted, and we be the KNIGHT MARsHAL.—
better enabled, by a purified life, to maintain,
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Who disturbs this Senate of Knights Kadosh P
within and without our Temples, the dignity and
purity of Knights Kadosh; for the honour and KNIGHT OF INTRODUCTION.—
glory of Thy name, the benefit of our Antient and A Knight Mason desirous of receiving the degree
Primrtive Rite, and the prosperity of humanity. of Knight Kadosh.
All Respond—Glory to Thee, 0 Lord! Glory to KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
Thy works! Glory to Thy name! Are you prepared to undergo the trials which
S. G. Commander resumes his station. Strikes 333. await you?
All rise. NEOPHYTE.—
I am.
To Order,Illustrious Knights: Observe the Orient, KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
and attend to giving the 5—. *18* Accordingly, What degree do you possess?
in the name of T. S. A. 0. T. U., and under the
auspices of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient NEOPHYTE.—
and Primitive Masonry in and for Great Britain and Knight Hermetic Philosopher.
Ireland, I declare the labours of this Senate in KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
activity on the Eighteenth Degree of Freemasonry,
Knight Kadosh, for the Propagation of Wisdom, Give me the S. W. and token. This is done. You
will await the orders of the Sublime Grand Corn.
Science, and Truth. mander.
fliustrious Knight Orator: unfold the Sacred Closes door, and approaches the centre of the Senate,
Book of Laws. Illustrious Knight Guardian of saying:
1.0 SENA1~: :2 S.—5 a. KNIGHT KADOSH. 7o S.~~18o u 11
Sublime Grand Commander: there is in the Oh, spread thy sheltering wings,
Peristyle of our Senate, ~ Knight Hermetic Philos- ‘Till all our trials cease;
opher, desirous of receivng the Degree of Knight And at Jehovah’s blessed abode,
Kadosh. Our souls arrive in peace.
The Orator approaches the Neophyte.
.KNIGHT OF ELOQUENCE.—
If he has confidence to attempt the ordeal, you
will conduct him to the Black Chamber. Illustrious Knight: long before the First Crusade
Knight Marshal retires to Neophyte.
there cxisted concealed in caverns, woods, and
mountains of the Holy Land, certain solit~ires,
KNIGHT MARS HAL.— named Knights of the Dawn and of Palestine, who
It is the order of the Sublime Grand Commander were descended from the builders of the Ancient
that if the Neophyte has confidence to attempt the Temple, they had religiously preserved its plans
ordeal, that he be admitted to the Black Chamber. ~nd measurements. Wandering ever since the dis-
persion of the tribes, they languished in fear a d
The Neophyte is led into first apartment by the Knight bbscnrity, nourishing the hope of one day, re-
Marshal and Knight of Introduction.
erecting the fallen columns of the Ancient Edifice,
KNIGHT MARSHAL. Pointing to a Seat-- and of resuming in the New City, the station and
You must not leave this seat, if you do, the the patrimony of their ancestors. Fear of the
greatest dangers await you. A pause. Here there Saracens, who were as cruel as they were for-
is none to aid you; he that enters leaves hope midable, compelled them to live isolated from the
behirrd; the Knight Kadosh is not the ignorant world, and to impose on themselves the strictest
sluggard who reverences superstition; he is brave, observance of their hereditary ceremonies, and
just and good, true to his country and its laws; availing themselves o F every idea of wisdom and
enjoys thankfully the blessings emanating from the philosophy that might conduct to the realization of
Deity, and endures misfortune patiently. Take this their hopes, they kept alive their aspirations.
skull, and in solitude, reflect in profound obscurity; Upon tidings of the Crusade, which was deter-
banish from your mind the frivolties of this life, in mined on at the Council held at Clermont, in
order to commence a new existence. Auvergne, November the 18th, A.D. 1095, by Pope
Urban the Second, the Solitaires, or Coptic Priests,
He is left alone; the following ODE is sung by the Knights: were transported with joy, and gave utterance to
God of our fathers, by whose hand their feelings in songs of happiness. On the arrival
Thy people still are blessed; of the Crasaders, the Anchorites mingled in their
Be with us through our pilgrimage, ranks, and abjuring the outward observance of their
Conduct us to our rest. creed, yet cherishing it in their hearts, they
Through each perplexing path of life, nourished in secret the hope of rebuilding to
T. G. 0. T. S. A. 0. T. U., a new Temple. Such
Our wandering footsteps guide; is the foundation of our traditional Mysteries of
Give us this day our daily bread, Kadosh, and its connection with our Ancient’
And help for us provide. Philosophical Mysteries.
12 SENATE: 2S.—5c. KNIGHT KADOSH. 7o ~ 113
The Knights of Palestine had for their avowed SUBLIMs GRAND cOMMANDEI.—
purpose the reconstruction of the Temple. Ocw Illustrious Knight: since you have resolved to
modem Knights Kadosh, more enlightened than penetrate our mysteries, place that skull upon the
their predecessors, desire to erect a Temple, devoted Sacred Book of Laws; kneel, and repeat your Oil:.
to Truth and Intelligence, Wisdom and Virtue; to
abjure vice, superstition, despotism and tyranny; to To the Glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe.
cultivate knowledge, that we may increase the power In the name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Autient and
PrimitiveMasonry, in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
of our intellect, the range of our enjoyment, as Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to
rational and social beings, and our power to benefit the Order.
and enlighten our fellow men. I, A. B., do solemnly swear to keep secret all
It is my duty to inform you that as Knights the mysteries of the Knight Kadosh, and that I
Kadosh, we consecrate our labours to T.S.A.O.T.U. will use my best endeavours to protect Virtue, dis-
Virtue is pleasing to Him, and we believe that seminate Truth, and eradicate Ignorance, upon my
we glorify Him when we teach, practice and word of honour. Amen.
develop those virtues he has implanted in the
human breast, by destroying vice, ignorance, and You are now bound to us by the sacred pledge
superstition. Ignorance is one of the first evils the of honour. I leave you to prepare for your further
Knight Kadosh should war against. Misery is the advancement.
product of ignorance, and he who possesses know- The Sublime Grand Commander leaves him; after a
ledge can extricate himself from difficulties. To pause, the Marshal approaches Neophyte.
attack ignorance is, therefore, to relieve misery. KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
Vice is the first-born of ignorance, and a violation Sir Knight: you will follow me.
of the moral and divine law; therefore, when we
instruct the ignorant, we afford them incentives to
virtue; we seek to accomplish our objects by re-
searches into the great principles which govern Music plays; Knight Marshal leads Neophyte into the
man on this Terrestrial Ladder, where the S. A. Senate or Second Apartment, and conducts him seven
times around. He is encountered by Seven Knights of
has placed him. Office disposed for that purpose.
To enter the Areopagus of the Kadosh you must
pledge your honour to aid in the inculcation of I. GUARDIAN OF SANCTUARY.—
those principles which are in harmony with the Judge not thy brethren hastily, whatever their
progress of science and the wants of humanity. apparent faults; in the vicissitudes of life, the just
Knowing perfectly our objects, do you still desire man is often exposed to the severest trials; he that
to be admitted among us? Answer understand- would not violate truth must avoid all injustice.
ingly; for the Antient and Primitive Rite desires 2. CAPTAIN OF GUARD.—
none to enrol themselves under its banner un- Endeavour erch day to add to thy knowledge.
willingly. Will you proceed? Slothfulness is fatal to all enterprise, while labour
Neophyte answers; Orator leaves him, and Sublime accomplishes all it undertakes. Forget not that the
Grand Commander approaches him; a drawn sword in
his hand. most perfect man is he who labours for his brethren.
14 ~N~TB: 2 S.—5 C. KNIGHT K~At)OSH. 7~S.~18~R.
KNIGHT.—
3. JUNIOR KNIGHT.—
Meekness of conduct should characterize a true May the excruciating torments of remorse prey
Knight Kadosh, thereby proving his respect to our .on your soul, should you break your solemn oath.
Jaws, and reverence to the great First Cause. All kneel, and say; Amen, Amen, Amen.
4. SENIOR KNIGHT.— SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.-?-
Masonry is Fidelity, Truth, and Virtue; its wor- Lead the Neophyte to the Mystic Ladder.
ship, God; its mysteries, Light and Reason. This is done.
~. KNIGHT OF ELOQUENCE. The Ladder is one of the most ancient portions
By perseverance only can we accomplish great of initiation used in the Eleusinian, Mithraic and
objects; pause not in your efforts of enlightening Egyptian Mysteries, and its steps represent the pro~
gress of the arts and sciences, and the Justice,
and benefiting mankind.
Labour, Meekness, Fidelity, Perseverance, Patience,
6. KNIGHT OF INTRODUCTION.— Generosity, and [ntelligence that should distingaish
The Kadosh bears the burden of the trials he Knights Kadosh from other men.
has to undergo with patience, being ever prepared Illustrious Knight Marshal: Let the Neophyte
to fight the good fight against sin and death. pass over the Mystic Steps.
7. KNIGHT ARCEIVIST.— Sublime Grand Commander strikes 1: Neophyte mounts
first step.
Let prudence direct your actions, generosity
adorn, aud intelligence enlighten them. Sir Knight: you perceive that the two uprights
have engraved upon them the Hebrew words,
Neophyte stops in the West. “Oheb Eloali,” which signify, Loving God; and
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—— “Oheb Kerobo,” Loving his Neighbour.
Sir Knight: the Knight Kadosh wars against The first step bears the word, “Tsedakah,” mean-
the tyranny and despotism which destroyed our jug Justice, which is the foundation on which a
Grand Master J. B. M.; will you swear upon the Knight Kadosh must base all his actions.
tomb of that martyr to fight against ignorance and Sublime Grand Commander strikes 1: Neophyte mounts
tyranny? second step.
Answer. The second step bears the words, “Shor Laban,”
Then kneel at the tomb of this noble victim, and signifying White Ox, and means the purity of in-
repeat after me: tention, which by Labour leads to success.
Sublime Grand Commander strikes 1: Neophyte mounts
I, A. B., swear upon this tomb, to oppose des-
third step.
potism and tyranny, whenever it shall attempt to
oppress my brethren, or encroach upon the freedom The third step bears the word, “Mathoc,” Sweet-
of the people. Amen. ness, which signifies that meekness we should
exercise towards those Knights Kadosh who have
The Knight on the tomb clasps his arms around the deviated from the paths of rectitude and honour.
Neophyte, saying:
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Zublime Grand Commander strikes 1: Neophyte mountg Nothing can be expected from an ignorant man;
fonrth step. he is bound for ever to be a slave and a dupe. A well-
The fourth step bears the word, “Einurxah,’ informed man is free, for education has expanded
signifying .,Fidelity. Fidelity is the brightest ~ewe1 his intellect, enlarged his mind, and has borne him
of a Knight Kadosh, constantly reminding him oi as it were to the very steps of the Throne of Eternal
the duty he owes to mankind and to the principles Truth. Light is given to him. To his brethren
of our beloved Rite. he may be a guide, a teacher. But an ignorant man
Sublime Grand Commander strikes 1: Neophyte mounts is blind, he staggers in the dark, he falls a victim
fifth step. to imposture and tyranny, and what is still more,
The fifth step bears the name of “Amal-Sagghi,’~ he very soon -becomeR an instrument of oppression
signifying Great Labour, by the exercise of which to menace his own brethren. He knows not the
only can we strengthen our hands and exclude the extent of the mischief done by him. His conscience
slaves of prejudice and error from our Temples. speaks not; and thanks to his ignorance, humanity
Snblime Grand Commander strikes 1. Neophyte mounts retrogrades to barbarism and idiocy. Study, then,
sixth step. my brother, without ceasing, and be always guided
The sixth step bears the name of “Sabbal,” by the noble ambition of teaching and directingyour
signifying Burden or Patience. We must with brethren. Acompe tent acquaintance with the liberal
patience bear the burden of calumny, that fan at. sciences elevates the mind, and may carry us to the
icism, superstition, and ignorance is ever prone to very steps of the Throne of Light and Truth.
heap upon the virtuous. 1.—Astronomy treats of the movements of the
Sublime Grand Commander strikes 1: Neophyte mounts heavenly bodies; the science is as ancient as man,
seventh step. and its cradle the delicious countries of Asia. 2.
The seventh step bears on it the words “Ghemul, Music treats of the affinity of mound. 3.—Geometry
Binah, Thebunah,” signifying Generosity, Intel- is a science which relates to measurement and
ligence, and Prudence, which is the last step or extensions. 4.—Arithmetic is the science of num-
Perfection of a Knight Kadosh. bers. ~.—Logic teaches us the use which we ought
A Generous man should sacrifice everything for to make of our reason in the search for truth; it is
the benefit of humanity. By Intelligence we direct divided into Natural and Artificial. Natural Logic
those faculties with which God has endowed us, in teaches us to think justly; Artificial to com-
order to promote wisdom and happiness. Prudence municate our thoughts in due order. 6.—Rhetoric
is the Queen of Virtues, by its exercise we con- is the art of expressing thought elegantly. 7.—
tribute to the success of all our undertakings. Grammar teaches us to write and express thought
On the reverse side, the steps bear the names of correctly. He who is unacquainted with his own
those arts and sciences which as a Fellow-Craft you language excites the mirth of others.
were enjoined to cultivate, that you might become The Ladder is lowered, and the Neophyte finds himself
a well-informed student in the Masonic art; for on the floor.
education expands the intellect and prevents us SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
becoming the dupes and slaves of superstition and Thus falls man from the pinnacle of fame into
tyranny. the bosom of his mother earth, Cherish, then, the
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instruction that has been imparted to you, ever Grand Master, J. B. M., the solemn oath, which
remember that a single breath may bring you down justifies my introducing him to your presence.
to a common level. Retire, and prepare yourself SUBLEME GRAND COMMANDER.—
for further instruction.
Since he has taken the oath, let him behold the
Neophyte is Led out by Marshal. members of the Areopagus. Uncover his face.
With his head and face covered he is led to the Third This is done.
Apartment, or Areopagus, to the door of which Seven
Knights accompany him, as was done before to the Stranger: you have desired to seek a knowledge
second apartment. Marshal knocks. of this, the most important degree of our Rite.
SENIOR KNIGHT.— You will be required to take an oath more solemn
Who alarms the Areopagus? than has been propounded to you. If you are faint-
hearted, you may retire; be warned, for once you
KNiGHT MARSHAL.— have been enrolled as a Knight Kadosh, there is no
A Knight desirous of finishing his probation.. retreat.
SENIOR KNIGHT.— Illustrious Knights: shall he who stands before
Let him enter. you be received as a member of this Areopagus?
:Music plays. He is brought in. The Knights now wear Let the ballot be cast.
their cowls. The apartment is brilliantly lighted,. Knight Marshal prepares and passes the ballot, each
melodious sounds are heard, and incense burns on the Knight votes in silence and without moving from his seat.
altar.
SUBLIME GRAND cOMMANDER .—Ex~mines the Ballot.
SUBLIME GRAND cOMMANDER.—
Illustrious Knight Marshal: whom do you Illustrious Knights: the ballot is objectionable
conduct? to the reception of the stranger.
KNIGHT MARSHAL.— .IUNIOR KNIGHT.—
A man, divested of prejudice and superstition,. I object to his admission, believing that he is not
who is desirous of assisting as a Knight Kadosh in sufficiently liberal in his opinions to became a worthy
the propagation of the principles of our Antient member of this Areopagus.
and Primitive Rite—Truth, Justice, and Tolerance. SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— On what grounds do you base your belief?
Illustrious Knight Marshal: is he so confident in
JUNIOR KNIGHT.—
his resolutions to love the brotherhood, to practice
justice, help the weak, assist the poor, enlighten He has advanced too rapidly in Masonry to com-
the ignorant, punish crime, and to destroy tyranny prehend the aim of our Antient and Primitive Rite.
and superstition, that he dare venture amongst us? I believe that he is intolerant in politics and religion;
KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
and that he owes his progress more to unwise friend-
ship of the brethren than to his knowledge of the
He is; and as a proof of the liberality of his degrees through which he has passed.
views, he has taken, on the tomb of our murdered
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SUBLIME GRAND COMbiANDER.— end we must come at last. Then, while life exists,
Stranger: this is a serious accusation; and we let us employ it for the good of our brother man.
must reject you unless you answer satisfactorily our Gives it to Neophyte, who repeats:
interrogatories: To the Glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe.
In the name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and
Do you believe that truth and honour are neces- Primitive Masonry, inand for Great Britain and Ireland.
iary qualifications of a true Mason? Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to the
Do you believe that Masons should be liberal in Order.
their opinions, whether political or religious, and On this emblem of mortality, and on the Sacred
13ook of Laws, I swear never to relax my exertions
that they should oppose tyranny and superstition? in the propagation of the Antient and Primitive
Do you believe that Masons should propagate Rite. I will defend its principles against all whom
justice and peace, science and morality? the sun enlightens or the earth supports, and I wiJI
Do you believe that a man should offer his homage not fight with a Knight Kadosh, or reveal our
to Deity, according to the dictates of the reason mysteries. I promise that I will never refuse the
God has endowed him with? hand of fraternity to a Knight Kadosh, or fail to
Neophyte answers him affirmatively.
assist him when called upon to do so. To this I
solemnly pledge my sacred honour. Amen.
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER takes up the crown and
Knights: do you deem the Neophyte worthy to gives it to Neophyte:
become a Knight Kadosh? Arise, Sir Knight, take this crown—emblem of
The Knights answer. tyranny; it represents the crown of Philip the
~y Brother: we do not wage war against those Fourth, called Le Bel, King of France, the tyrant
murderers who destroyed the Knights Templars and who destroyed the Templars, and the crown of all
our Grand Master J.B.M., but against the intoler- those who have usurped the power of the people;
ance, ignorance, and bigotry which assail reason, cast it beneath your feet, and repeat after me—
truth, and intelligence. The sword and dagger of Down with Tyranny!
the Kadosh Templarare but symbols of our weapons; He does so. All raise their swords, saying:
wisdom, intelligence, and intellectuality, by which Down with tyranny.
we hope to secure to humanity the blessings of SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER takes ~p the tiara and
Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. If you still per- gives it to Neophyte:
sist in aiding us to establish peace and good will
upon earth, kneel and take your final OB. To Take this tiara, en.blem of superstition and
order, Illustrious Knights. imposture; it represents the tiara of that cruel,
cowardly, deceitful, and godless monster, Bertrand
Neophyte kneels. Knights draw their swords and pre-
sent them to his heart. Sublime Grand Commander
de Goth, afterwards Pope Clement the Fifth, the
takes the skull in his hand. perjured accomplice of Philip, by whose machin-
ations our Grand Master, J.D.M., was basely mur-
Such is the end of all human greatness—humility, dered. A crown of gold and precious stones ill
pride, honour, glory, and fame! To this common befits the head of the vicar of Jesus. Cast it at your
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Arise, Illustrious Knight of the Order of Kadosh,
feet, and repeat after me—Down with imposture which I now proclaim you, and I call upon all now
and superstition! present to recognise you in your quality as such,
He does so. All raise their swords, saying: and to render you aid and protection in case of need.
Down with imposture and superstition. SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— I call upon all true Knights Kadosh to punish
Illustrious Knight Marshal: you will cause our him if he proves false, and to help, aid, and assist
brother to advanceand receive the acknowledgement him, even at risk of their lives, whilst he remains
his enlightened courage and constancy has merited. true to his vows.
He is invested with a White Tunic and Black Cordon. All exclaim—We swear to do so.
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— SUBLIME GRAND CObiMANDER.—
I now invest you with this tunic of pure white, You will now listen to the Historical Lecture of
bordered with black; also the black cordon. The this Degree.
white symbolises thc purity of our lives, may you~ He is led to Orator and seated.
preserve it unstained; and the black, our griet
at the oppressions of humanity. DISCOURSE.
In the initials of our Grand Master, Jacobus From the Era of the Crusades may be traced the
Burgundus Molay, behold the initial word of our advent into Europe of Eastern Philosophy and
three first degrees. I will now confide to you the other branches of knowledge, which largely con-
S.G. and W. of a Knight Kadosh. This is done. tributed to introduce into society order and improve-
To gain these secrets you have given us a claim ment.
upon you that can never be relinquished. Your Few expeditions are more extraordinary than those
actions from this time forth are bound to our wiill. undertaken by the Crusaders for the recovery of
Remember the oaths you have taken; dare not to Jerusalem from the Turks. The name of Crusader
break them. Dread our power; you know not its or Crois~s, is derived from the cross which they
extent. Thousands of engines, which our Areopagus wore on their persons, in gold, silk, or cloth. In
can put in motion from this time forth surround you, the first Crusade all were red; in the third, the
French alone preserved that colour. Green crosses
ready to destroy or succour you.
were adopted by the Flemings, and white by the
SUBLIME GRAND COMMAXDEB.— English. Each company, likewise, bore a standard,
Illustrious Knight Captain of the Guard: let on which was a cross.
the proclamation be made. When Omar, the successor of Mahomet, con-
Captain of the Guard, laying his sword thrice on Neo. quered Syria and Palestine, Jerusalem was regarded
phyte’s head says: as an Holy City, and was by him embellished with
To the Glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe. a magnificent Mosque, built of marble, its interior
In the name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and being adorned with an immense number of lamps
Primitive Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland. of gold and of silver. During the Eleventh Century
Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to Pilgrims to the Holy Sepulchre visited Jerusalem
the Order.
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in great numbers, and received a partial protection They defeated the troops of Sultan Solyman, in two
from the Caliphs, because they derived a revenue pitched battles, captured Nice and Antioch, and
from them. But a new and ferocious race, the arriving at Jerusalem, laid siege to that city, which,
Seljouks, or Turks, conquered the Arabians in the after forty days, was captured by storm, and the
year 1055, and embraced Mahommedanism; they warriors of the Cross walked with naked feet in
oppressed the Pilgrims, and heaped such brutal solemn procession to the Holy Sepulchre, where they
treatment upon them that it excited a general gave thanks for so great a victory. This occurred
feeling of horror. on the 5th day of July, 1099.
A pilgrim named Coucoupetre, a native of Amiens, The Second Crusade was undertaken in 1147,
in Picardy, who is known to moderns as Peter the armed with the authority of Pope Eugene the Third;
Hermit, was so incensed at the cruelties of the Turks, its principal leaders were Conrad the Third, Emperor
and related them so vividlyto Pope Urban theSecond, of Germany, and Louis the Seventh of France,
to whom he brought letters from the Patriarch of who met with such reverses, that King Louis re-
Jerusalem, that Urban exhoited the Christian war- turned to France in July, 1149, overwhelmed with
riors to take arms against the Mussnlmans, at a grief for the loss of so many brave warriors of Gaul,
Council held at Placentia, on the 1st of March, 1095, who had left their bones to whiten on the Plains of
which was attended by 200 bishops, 4,000 of the Syria.
clergy, and 30,000 laity. Peter, meanwhile, was The Third Crusade was occasioned in 1190, by
earnestly preaching war against the Turks in every the astounding intelligence of the fatal battle of
part of France. Pope Urban summoned a second Tiberias, gained over the Christians by the great
Council to meet him at Clermont, the capital of Salah-ed-Deen, or as he was called by the Crusaders,
Auvergue, on the 18th day of November, 1095, to Saladin, on the 2nd of July, 1187, in which the King
deliberate on the affairs of the East; this was the of Jerusalem, the Count of Edessa, and the Prince of
most important event ever witnessed by the Western Tyre were made prisoners, and the Knights of the
Church. It was attended by 14 Archbishops, 225 Temple and of St. John almost destroyed; this was
Bishops, 90 Abbots, several thousand Knights, and followed immediately by the news of the loss of
a multitude of people; this Council lasted seven days. Jerusalem.
Peter the Hermit excited his hearers to frenzy, by The great Barons of England, France, and
his relation of the atrocities of the Turks, and the Aquitaine, attended a Conference near Gisors,
horrible sufferings of the Christians, advised them when Richard C~ur de Lion received from the
to take the road to Jerusalem, and assured them of Archbishop of Tyre the White Cross, and Philip
imperishable glory in the Kingdom of Heaven. Augustus, King of France, the lied Cross; they, with
The whole assembly, as if moved by inspiration, Frederick Barbarossa,resolvcd to retrieve the honour
exclaimed with one voice: “It is the will of God.” of the Christian arms. They were reinforced by the
Three great armies marched for the Holy City, led fleets of Genoa,Venice, and Pisa, and with the hardy
by Peter the Hermit, Walter the Moneyless, Godfrey warriors of Flanders and Denmark. The fleets of
de Bouillon, Duke of Normandy, Hugues, Count of Richard and Augustus captured the City of Acre,
Vermandois (brother to Philip the First of France), and the Turkswere compelled to paya fee of 200,000
Raymond Dupuy, and other renowned warriors. pieces of gold, to release 100 nobles and 1,500
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inferior captives, and to restore the wood of the true the 25th of August, 1270; his brother Charles,
cross. In consequence of a delay in the execution King of Sicily, arriving soon after, saved the
of the treaty, 3,000 Turks were beheaded almost remainder of the Crusaders from destruction. The
in sight of Saladin, by the orders of King Richard. son of Louis, Philip the Hardy, defeated the Moors,
Ascalon fell into the hands of the Crusaders, after the and compelled them to pay 210,000 ounces of gold
memorable battle of that name, in which 40,000 to the French, and a double tribute foi’ fifteen
Saracens perished, and a truce was established for years, and to permit the Christians to preach in their
the space of three years, thrce months, three weeks, dominions; these conditions being subscribed to, the
three days, and three hours, during which pilgrims honour of the Crusaders was saved, and they
were permitted to visit Jerusalem unmolested. returned to Europe.
Saladin dicd soon after this truce, and Richard The establishment of the Knio’hts Templars, and
departed unattended for England, when he was Knights Hospitallers, owe their ?oundation entirely
treacherously entrapped and secretly imprisoned by to the French; the Orders were instituted by
order of Leopold, Duke of Austria. Raymond Dupuy, a native of Dauphiny, (the
The Fourth Crusade was commanded by Baldwin, first Grand Master,) Hugnes de Payens, Godfrey
Count of Flanders, in 1202, wheii Constantinople de Bouillon, and other Knights and Monks, who
was captured, but little was effected to recover the consecrated themselves to the service of the sick
Holy Land. and wounded, in the year 1118. Shortly after the
The Fifth Crusade, headed by Simon de Montfort, foundation of the Order, Baldwin, afterwards King
in 1207, made an ignominious return. of Jerusalem, conferred on them a house, said to be
The Sixth and Seventh Crusades were undertaken situated on the site of King Solomon’s Temple;
by Louis the Ninth of France, commonly known as hence they derived their name of Knights of the
St. Louis. The first in 1249, which he headed, Temple or Templars.
having a fleet of 1,800 vessels, and an army of During the Crusades, from 1095 until 1270. a
50,000 men; the only trophy of this expedition was period of one hundred and seventy-five years, the
the capture of Damietta. Advancing along the Order of the Templars increased rapidly in numbers,
banks of the Nile, his army harrassed by the wealth, and power, and they were renowned for
Egyptians and Arabs of the desert, and being their indomitable prowess against the enemies of
reduced by sickness and famine, was obliged to Christendom. The war with the Saracens was
surrender. Louis was loaded with chains, but was fiercely contested, and these Knights often pene-
released on condition of paying a vast ransom in trated far into the country, away from any support
gold. and exposed to constant peril, frequently sought
In the Seventh Crusade, in 1270, St. Louis, and obtained aid from the Coptic Priests, whom the
accompanied by his three sons, invaded Africa, with oppressions and persecutions of the Saracens, their
the intention of punishing the King of Tunis for conquerors, compelled to live retired and worship
interrupting the passage of the Mediterranean, or to in secret. Time flowed on; the wars of the Crusades
convert him to the Christian faith; his army, how- were long, toilsome, and bloody. The Knights
ever, sickening under the burning sun, was reduced became more intimately connected with the Coptic
to a small number, and the king died in his tent on Priests, and by them were initiated into the Doctrines
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who descended from the Hierophants of Egypt.
and “Mysteries” practiced by “The Widow’s The Knight Templars entirely devoted to the
Children,” and introduced to a knowledge of sciences and doctrines brought from the country of
T. S. A. O.T.U., as taught by the ancient Egyptian Thebes, were anxious to commemorate and per-
Priests, who served “one living God, Creator of petuate this introduction to the end of time. The
light and darkness.” The Knights thus admitted Scotch Masons established three grades of St. Andrew
and initiated into the the Mysteries of Antiquity, and adopted the allegorical legends of the Templars.
upon their return to Europe, communicated the The Legend of this Degree relates that “The
Sciences, Doctrines, aud Legends of the Orientals Scottish Knights had commenced to excavatc a large
to their companion Knights,who, grateful for the plot of land in Jcrusalem, for the purpose of erect-
knowledge thus vouchsafed to them, devoted them- ing a Temple, ncar the site of the ancient edifice
selves zealously to the propagation of the principles built by King Solomon, and over the place of the
of the Antient and Primitive Rite. Grateful for Sanctum Sanctorum. In the course of their labours
their admission to the Mystic Temple, theypetitioned they came upon three large stones
Pope Eugene the Second to confirm the privileges 1 which appeared
of the Order, and allow them to retain, specially, to have formed a portion of the foundation of the
the title of Knight Templars; and this Pontiff, first temple; their monumental form invited a closer
believing the denomination only had reference to the examination, which was amply repaid by the dis-
Temple of Jerusalem, granted their request; and covery of the sacred name, within the ovals traced
from this period they have been known as Knight upon the last one. This was also the type of the
Templars, or Knights of Kadosh, holy and purified. Mysteries of the Templars, the holy Word lost
It is related in the Legend of the Swedish Rite, ~when H. A. was assassinated, as related in the Sym-
that eighty-one “Children of the Widow,” travelling bolical Degrees. This word thc Knights preserved
in Europe, AD. 1150, under the guidance of on the foundation stones of the Templc.” The works
Garimont, Patriarch of Jerusalem, visited the Bishop conunenced on St. Andrcw’s Day, and thus origin-
of Upsfal, who gave them a most cordial welcome. ated the general title of Knights of St. Andrew,
The Knights initiated him into the confraternity, and the Degrees of Apprentice, F.Craft, and Master,
and confided to him the documents and archives of worked under the title of Petit Architect, Grand
our laws, and the ritual of our Mystic Rite. By him Architect, and Scottish Master; for as the Knights
the priceless relics were preserved. The Knights in obedience to their vows were compelled to make
of the Temple received from the bishop the deposit pilgrimages and journeys into foreign and distant
formerly confided to him; and by this means the countries, it is claimed that they established these
Templars became the conservators of the Mysterious grades as a means of mutual recognition and
Rites and Ceremonies, brought from the East by assistance.
the Free-Masons—Priests of the True Light. Besides the war in Asia against the Saracens,
Thus the initiated would frate rnise with other sim- the Templara were engaged in a long and arduous
ilar associations, while preserving their own dis- struggle against “Thc Old Mau of the Mountain,”
tinctive forms. It admits of proof that the Ancient descended from thc family of the Arsacid~e, and
Templars were often initiated by the Symbolical whose rule extended over about a dozen large
Masons, as well by the Hermetic Brotherhoods, cities besides Tyre. This prince was the High
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Priest of a religion which some persons pretended a conspiracy for their destruction, from which they
to recognise as the ancient one of Egypt; be, by hoped to gain a threefold advantage, namely, obtain
the prestige of his power and genius, reduced his possession of their immense wealth, perpetuate
Neophytes to a state of blind and implicit obedience; fanaticism and protect imposture.
and young people imbrued with his doctrines aston- It is said that Bertrand de Goth could only obtain
ished the world by their courage and devotion. the triple crown, by consenting to the extermination
Eventually, however, the Knight Templars attached of the Templars; and contemporary history paints
the domains of the Old Man of the Mountain to this Prelate in the most repulsive colours.
their own by right of conquest, and, remembering The manner of the attack upon the Templars
the fidelity and bravery of his disciples, admitted commenced in the following manner: The Prior
them into their own order; and some maintain that of the Templars at Montfau~on had been condem-
the Templars even adopted a portion of their pecu- ned to imprisonment by the Grand Master, for
liar tenets. heresy and immorality, and he was thrown into a
The Grand Master of the Templars distinguished dungeon with another prisoner, Koffo Dei, a Floren-
himself by his exploits against the Saracens, accu- tine Templar, who had apostatized from the Order;
mulated vast riches, and by his virtues and bravery they agreed to obtain their deliverance by denoun-
acquired a reputation which awakened the envy and cing the Templars, and sent word to the king that
aroused the jealousy of the Princes of Europe, and they had a revelation to make which would be more
finally lcd to the dissolution of the order, which at useful to him than the acquisition of a kingdom.
the time of this deplorable event, numbered more Philip, overjoyed at this circumstance, eagerly
than 40,000 Knights and possessed 9,000 princely made use of it for the destruction of the Order.
estates. The apostates concocted an address to Enguerrand
The light which they had brought from the East de Marigny, the iMinister of Finance, and following
and diffused over Europe quickened the venom of up this first accusation, placed in the king’s hands
fanaticism and fear in the reigning despots, and the denunciation he had himself dictated, and which
finally they succumbed to these tyrannical powers. contained the most infamous charges, the falsity
About this time that celebrated Rosicrucian Mis- and grossness of ‘which have been exposed by con-
sionary, Raymond Lully, attempted to amalgamate temporary historiaus.
the Templars with the Knights of Malta and other
orders, but the union was refused by the G. M. of The Emperor Frederick II., grandson of Fred-
the Templars, Brother Jacques de Molay. erick Barbarossa, after his return from Syria, A. D.
1230, opposed with all his might the excesses and
Pope Clement the Fifth, and Philip Le Bel, King abuses of the Ecclesiastical power, and particularly
of France, finding the already great power of the that oF Gregory the Ninth, by whom he had been
Templars was increasing daily; and entertaining a excommunicated, previous to his departure for
natural dread of doctrines and mysteries which
Palestine; and indeed it was owing to this Pontiff’s
nullified their absolutism, made so many experts intriguing and tampering with the fidelity of Fred-
in civil liberty and was inculcating the propriety erick’s arxn~ that the object of the war was not
of individual judgment against the unintelligent obtained. ~‘rederick, in revenge, upon his return
obedience exacted by church and state, entered into to Europe, besieged the Pope in Rome, ravaged the
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adjacent provinces, and then concluded a peace, William of Kogaret, and Father Imbert, a Domin-
which the deadly animosity of the Holy Father ican Monk, a Member of the Inquisition; it being
prevented from being of long continuance; for the deemed expedient to make heresy a principal feature
Prelate, bitterly galled, and with pride touched to in the charges.
the core at seeing his Apostolic thunderbolts only Following out the conspiracy, and in accordance
amuse and excite Frederick to attack, and oppose with their secret understanding, the Pope pretended
the abuses of the clergy, by satires and lampocns, to be highly incensed against Philip, and wrote
which he caused to be published in Germany, several aug17 letters, “demanding to know the
France, and Italy, died of grief and baffled malice. authors of such accusations; that he believed the
There are many legends current in regard to the Grand Master of the Templars innocent, and that
great Emperor Frederick Barbarossa; one is that persecutions commenced against an Order so rich
he still lives spellbound, in a cave, in one of the and powerful, had their origin in jealousy; that in
German mountains, to be revived when the ravens fact, they were Military Priests, existing only by
cease to fly around the mountain’s summit, and Papal authority, and were, as a Religious Order,
each century Frederick awakes, exclaiming, “Is it only amenable to Rome.” After much simulated
time?” opposition, Philip acknowledged this priestly right,
Now, the accusation that we have spoken of and as a reward for his filial submission, was dele-
against the Knight Templars, was founded on gated as the agent to bring the Templars to justice,
a report of deeds alleged to have occurred eighty and was comforted and strengthened by a Papal
years before; and the history of the time, instead Bull, published expressly for that effect. “Our
of supporting the charge, shows how despotism, (learly beloved son, Philip Le Bel,” it commenced,
fanaticism and avarice, can distort facts and make “has not caused the arrest of the Knight Templars
them subservient to their Machiavellian policy. by any greed of wealth, but by a veritable zeal for
Pope Clement, King Philip and the Grand Master religion; and is far from intending to appropriate
of the Knights of Malta, an order better l~nowu any of their possessions.” Clement sent Legates
as Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, each gave to Paris, and came himself to France, to judge
publicity to this accusation, with such comments these already condemned victims of cupidity and
and colouring as suited their individual views. fraud.
It must be remembered, that in the Thirteenth
Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Templars,
and Fourteenth Centuries, scarcely any in France,
was at this time in Cyprus, where the General except the clergy, could read or write, and since
Convocation of the Knights was usually held, but
yieldingto the solicitations and advice of Clement,he the decadence of the Empire, ignorance had spread
her foul veil over the whole of Europe. With a
travelled to Paris, where he had no sooner arrived
than he was arrested and thrown into the Bastile, knowledge of such all-pervading ignorance, we
cannot be astonished at the influence of the church
by order of Philip, who in one day, October 13th, party, nor at the colossal power acquired by the
1307, had caused every French Knight Templar
to be cast into prison. At the king’s instigation, Priesthood.
proceedings were immediately commenced, and the At the commencement of the proceedings, Jacques
prosecution entrusted to the violent and vindictive de Molay, and three of the first dignitaries of the
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Order, wers arraigned before Clement the Fifth, at Order of Knight Templars,” objected that it would
Foictiers, and he confided the prosecution to two be contrary to law and justice to do so without
hearing them freely in their defence, and confront-
Cardinals, the Archbishop of Seus and some other
Prelates. ing them openly with their accusers, which was
what the Knights petitioned. Clement V., who
One of the first questions put to U)e Molay was, assisted in person at this council, exasperated at
“Have you no writing to produce in defence of this most unexpected opposition to his will, with
your community ?“ to which he replied, “Documents much excitement exclaimed: “If the absence of a
and evidence could be obtained, that his greatest trifling formality prevents the Council from passing
earthly ambition was to make the innocence of hie judgment on the accused, we will ourselves do it in
people apparent; but, that he was a Knight whose the plentitude of our pontifical power.” Disappointed
learning was his least boast, and he therefore prayed in the action of the Council, the holy father
for a council or a clerk to assist him in his work. summoned a secret Consistory, composed of cardinals
As the trial was but a mockery, not public, and the and bishops, who were convinced by the strength of
heresy of the Order being a foregone conelusion, his private arguments of the necessity of the sup-
he was refused either counsellor or advocate, and pression of the Order of Knight Temp lars. The
thus, little stood in the way to prevent this sacrifice sentence says: “The Knights not having been
of principle to expediency. It has been said that in convicted in strict form of law, but condemned by
our own day extortion, violence and bribery have the Pope, in virtue of his Apostolic authority, the
sometimes been enlisted to oppose the march of holy father would himself be answerable for the
justice; and that the excesses, dissipations and custody of their persons and the proper disposition
malignancy of Philip, are not without modern of their wealth.”
parallels. It is also asserted that the premature
death of Philip alone saved France from the abyss During the fonr years that this sacrilegious
into which his conduct was forcing her. No class persecution lasted, many of the Knights were
of society, no institution was safe from his perse- subjected to the most excruciating tortures for
cution and extortion, and a general revolt was fast the purpose of extorting confessions which would
becoming imminent, when he died. Still, there was aid in condemning the society, but few failed to
one exception. The Knights of St. Johxiof Jerusalem maintain their innocence; to those, who on the rack
lent its entire jufluence to the king, in order to were weak enough to acknowledge the charges, life
increase their own wealth and power, and this is was granted, and a pension allowed. To those of
the reason that the Grand Master of St. John stronger nerve, though not greater innocence, who
appears so conspicuously in the destruction of the persisted in the purity of the institution, the Infernal
Templars, whose possessions were afterwards divided “Question” was again applied, and many of the
between the Order of Malta and Philip. Knights who would have courted death and su~er-
The Templars struggled vainly against the regal ing in honorable warfare, quniled at the sight of
and papal power, and Clement, without loss of time, the horrible apparatus for inducing an avowal of
guilt; and with quivering nerves and maddening
assembled a general council, composed of more than
three hundred priests, in Dauphiny. This council, brain acknowledged deeds they had neither dreamt
hesitating upon the “Proposition to suppress the nor heard of until mentioned in the confessions they
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signed; for be it remembered, that even in the and a day from that time, and then and there to
accusations, the special crimes charged were not render an account of their judgment. De Molay
named to the prisoners, and yet in spite of all that was executed March 11th, 1314, and the finger of
cruelty could invent, or malignity inflict, the con- the Great Eternal, as in the day of the impious
stancy of a greater part of these martyrs remained King of Babylon, pointed in answer to the appeal of
unshaken. Even those whose firmness had given the Grand Master. Clement and Philip both died
way under their agonies, retracted their confessions before the end of April, 1314, and as history is
at the approach of death, and in sincere repentance silent as to the manner of their death, the enemies
declared the allegations untrue and extorted from of the Knight Templars have endeavoured to make
them under the excruciating tortures of the rack. it appear that they were poisoned by the surviving
members.
The reverend fathers, bishops, instruments of St.
Peter and of King Philip Le Bel, decided, in a The day following the death of Molay, Sir Knight
Provincial Grand Council, that those Templars of Aumont and seven other Templars, gathered the
who “falsified their confessions” should be treated ashes of the pile, as is related by the brothers
as recusants. A few days after this decision, Suedois. Fifteen days only elapsed when the
according to the barbarous jurisprudence of the apostate Knight, Squin de Florian, was assassin-
time, fifty-nine of these gentlemen were condemned ated. The Pope beatified him, and caused him to
and burnt. The Bishop of Led~ve describes these be interred at Aviguon. The Templars found means
unfortunates as they appeared in their last to remove the body and dcposited the ashes of De
moments: “Their eyes fixed towards heaven, as if Molay in its place. During his life this worthy
imploring from above the strength to support the Grand Master had established four Grand Temples
agony of the flames which licked their limbs and in Europe—North, South, East and West, to wit:
encircled their bodies, they repudiated the crimes Stockholm, Paris, Naples and Edinburgh. Bocace,
attributed to them, and prayed for firmness to the Bishop of Lodeve, Bertot, and a host of contein-
maintain the truth and innocence of themselves porary aud succeeding writers have spoken highly
and brothers.” Notwithstanding the unanimity of of the heroic virtues of these martyrs to truth,
their statements—a glorious proof of the falseness honor and innocence. Each and every one was
of the accusations—Philip, Clement, and the Grand steadfast to keep his obligation. No Iscariot, even
Master of Malta, confirmed the decree against the under the torture, developed the Mysteries or
Templars; condemned Jacques de Molay to the betrayed the Doctrines they had brought from the
flames, and according to many historians, confis- East. May we always show the same fidelity.
cated the property of six thousand Knights in one After the disasters just related, many of the
day. Knights quitted their native land, and by their
Jacques de Molay, as he approached the pile, and. escape and concealment were enabled to preserve
was about to assume the crown of martyrdom, our institutions and rites, and maintain the purity
harangued the populace and predicted the day and of our ancient Doctrines and Tenets of which we
hour of the death of Philip and Clement. He cited are so justly proud.
those, his implacable enemies, accusers and judges,
CLOSING, SAME A5 OPENING.
to meet him before the tribunal of God, in a year
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and Ireland, I declare the labours of this Senate in
activity on the Nineteenth Degree of Freemasonry,
Knight of the Royal Mystery, for the propagation
KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL MYSTERY. of Wisdom, Science, and Truth. Illustrious Knight
of Eloquence, attend to the altar and unfold the
1911% Degree. Sacred Book of Laws. Illustrious Knight Marshal,
inform the Sentinel, and if there are any visiting
In the West is placed the Banner of Judab, of the Cross, Knights, invite them to participate in our labours.
o~ the Turk, of Confucius, of Brahm, of Buddha, of
Zoroaster, of the Sun, of the American Indian, in form of a This is done.
tent representing a Nonagon. KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
OPEMNG. Sublime Grand Commander, the Sentinel is

informed.
SUBLIME GRAND coMMANDELI.—Strikes 333. SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter: the ‘Tis well. Illustrious Knight of Introduction,
first duty of a Knight of the Royal Mystery. retire and prepare the Neophyte.
SENIOR KNIGHT.— RECE PTION.
Sublime Grand Commander: it is to see the Knight of Introduction retires to ante.chamber, pro.
Guard properly stationed. pares the Neophyte as a Knight Kadosh, then strikes
SUBLITME GRAND cOMMANDER.— on the Door. 1—4444.
Attend to that duty. KNiGHT MARSHAL.—
Sublime Grand Commander, an alarm at the door
SUBLIME GRAND cOMMANDEB.—Strikes 333, all rise. of the Senate.
Sir Knights, to your respective Banners, March.
Senior Knight goes to First Banner—Junior Knight to
Second Banner—Oratorto Third—Archivist to Fourth— fllastrions Knight Marshal, demand the cause.
Standard Bearer to Fifth—Captain of Guard to Sixth— Knight Marshal goes to inner door, opens it, and asks,
Guardian of Sanctuary to Seventh—Sword Bearer to
Eighth—and the Knight of Introduction to the Ninth KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
Banner. Who disturbs this Camp of Knights of the Royal
SENIOR KNIGHT.— Mystery?
Sublime Grand Commander, the Banners are KNIGHT OF INTRODUCTION.—
guarded. A Knight Kadosh desirous of receiving the
SUBLIME GRAND cOMMANDER.—Strikes 333. degree of Knight of the Royal Mystery.
To order, Illustrious Knights. Observe the Orient KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
and attend to giving the *19* Accordingly, in
—.
in the name of T.S.A.O.T.U., and under the auspices Give me the S.W. and T. of a Knight Kadosh.
of the Sovereign Sanctuary in and for Great Britain This is done.
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You ~vill await the orders of the Knights of the for you w11i find much in all languages and systems
Royal Mystery. that will interest and instruct you; hence, if your
mind is liberal, and free from sectarian prejadice,
Closes door and approaches the centre of the Hall, saying, proceed. If you are unwilling, and if your mind
Sublime Grand Commander, there is in the vicinity is narrowed by passions and prejudices, depart, for
of our Camp, a Knight Kadosh, who desires to you cannot hope to form a lasting union with us.
eni~ol himself under our bann~ers. A pause. Will you persevere?
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDEII.— Neophyte answers.
Admit him. Illustrious Knight Marshal, accompany this Knight
Music plays. Neophyte is brought in.
in his search for truth.
Music plays. Knight Marsha] leads him to the
Who are you.? FIRST TENT,
BEAUH4G THE EANNSB OF THE “LION or JUflAH.”
NEOPHYTE.—(Prompted.)
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
My name is Kadosh, representative of an order
unjustly proscribed bybigotafor abo~-e five centuries. What Pilgrim Knight is this, and with what pur-
port visits he the encampment of the “Lion of
SUBLIME GRAND COMNIANDER.— Judali,” of the Sons of God’s own favoured and
Whence come you? appointed race?”
NEOPHYTE.— KNiGHT MARSHAL.—
From theWest,wliere I have worked in the silence He is a Knight Kadosh, who, inspired by the
of night for the erection of a New Temple. sacred lessons of wisdom and humanity, revealed
to him in the dcgree of our Sublime Rite, in which
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— he has already been initiated, yearns for more light
Whither going. and knowledge. He seeks the living truth and
NEOPHYTE. never dying faith; it is with this intent lie has com-
menced his pilgrimage, to gather from each nation
To the East, where I hope to arrive at gloly and
and each creed, the tenets and religious records of
perfection.
the past and the present. Reveal to him the Faith
~UflT~I31EGRAND COMMANDER.— that lives and reigns among you.
On what do you found that hopc? SENIOR KNIGHT.—
NFOPHYTE. We are the chosen people a f the earth, and though

Justice and Equity. we are now subservient to other nations, we yet shall
reign above all, for our Lord is the God of Abraham
$UBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— and the prophets, the sole Creator of all things, past,
Illustrious Knight Kadosh, in your further present and to come. We are i~he children of Judah,
dvancer~ient in the paths of light and truth you
ii and when all other races pass away from th~ face of
will meet with men of every faith and creed, with the land, we shall still dwell on it in honour, and in
whom it is neeessarv you should hold communion,
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glory, beneath the rule of the coming Messiah, humanity of man, and his equality before the white
promised by the Lord of Hosts. It is written. throne of the Great Creator of us all. Experience
Pass on. has taught him tolerance, and in a frank and candid
Music.— Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the spirit he would hear the tenets of your faith.
SECOND TENT, ORATOR.—
BEARING THE BANNER OF THE CROSS.
Our faith is simply this: “There is but one God
JUNIOR KNIGHT.— and Mahomet is his prophet!” For the true believer,
What seeks the Pilgrim, beneath the banner of the real Moslem, who fulfils the laws of the Prophet
the Cross? Surely the pure and holy precepts of and willingly dies in their maintenance —bliss
our Faith are known to him? everlasting, the pageantry of war, the luxuries of
KNIGHT MARSHAL.— peace, the blandishments of the fair Houries of
He seeks the truth where’er it may be found; Paradise, and the repose of the blessed. For the
for some exists in every creed and clime. What is Giaonr, the darkness and the tort ares of an Eternity.
Leave us.
just and credible can never fear investigation. All
men should give their reasons for the faith within Music.—Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the
them. FOURTH TENT,
JUNIOR KNIGHT.— FOLLOWERS OF CONPUCIUS. CHINESE BANNER.
Our religion is love to man, and reverence to
ARCHIvIST.—
Deity, although misrepresented and profaned too oft
by bigoted sectarians, it is one of universal charity Stranger from the far off isles of the outside
and justice. Our God is the Supreme Ruler of time barbarians, art thou come to the wisest of the
and of eternity—the blood of his Son is our salva- inspired Sages of the East to gather the words of
tion, and the workings of His Holy Spirit, sanctify golden wisdom, dropped from the honied lips of
our life and being. Let us live in accordance with Cathay’s god-like mentor, Confucius? Learn then
the Divine teachings; our hope is celestial happiness the precepts of the. best of men. “Worship the
in a never ending future, Pass on, in love and peace. Creator by acts, not words only. Reverence the
Music. Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the
memory of your ancestors, obey the decrees of your
rulers, relieve the poor, protect the weak. Do not
TRIRD TENT. unto others what you would not have them do unto
BEARING TEE BANNER OF THE CRESCENT.
you;” and, “remember that the knowledge of one’s
ORATOR.— self is the basis of all real advancement in morals
What would the Infidel Knight learn among the and manners.” Our Sages taught the existence of
followers of the Prophet? Comes he in peace, or a world of spirits, of their continual manifestations,
to deride the worship of a faith, which accords not and the transinigration of souls. Our reverend
with his own? master King, or Kung-fn-tse was born six centuries
KNIGHT MARSHAL.— before the Christian era, and his doctrines are now
He is a Pilgrim in search of truth and light. cherished by more than one-fourth of the inhabit-
Infidel he is none; for he is a believer in the common ants of the globe. Farewell, and if you do not credit
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our tenets, respect the teachings in which millions after long purifications. He therefore created fifteen
of your fellow beings find happiness and hope. orbits or planets, peopling them continually with
Music.—Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the living bodies, in which these rebel angels have to
undergo eighty-seven transmigrations; at the end
FIFTH TENT,
FOLLOWEIlS OF BRAMAH. of which purification, their souls return to the first
STAN DAI~D BEARER.— source from whence they proceeded, and thenceforth
What would you with the hereditary priests of enjoy eternal happiness. It is therefore criminal
the Immortal Brahm. Think you that the know- to destroy any living creature, as it contains a por~
ledge it has cost us yeats to acquire can be imparted tion of this universal soul; as the web issues from
to an unbeliever in a few brief minutes? the spider, as little sparks proceed from fire, so from
the one soul proceeds all breathing animals,all worlds,
KNIGHT MARSHAL.— all gods, all beings. The wise men gave many
He is a seeker after truth and 1~ght, and would names to the being who is one. I have spoken.
gain an insight of your faith and history. MusiC. Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the
STANDARD DEARER.— SIXTH TENT,
FOLLOWERS OF BUDDHA.
Away back in the vast bosom of countless millions
of ages existed a Power; grand, powerful, infinite, CAPTAIN OF GUAnD.—
eternal, but immaterial and alone. After passing Would the stranger learn the mysteries of Buddha
an eternity in self-contemplation he wearied of the from the lips of his consecrated votary, and comes
monotony of a solitary existence. “Brahm is,”— he for the purpose with good faith and an earnest
he exclaimed,—”I am.” And from himself created desire For the Truth?
three divine powers, Bramah the creator, Vishnu KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
the preserver, and Siva the destroyer of whatever
For that purpose, and none other, is he here.
is hurtful or unnecessary. After the creation of the
world and animal existence, continual wars arose CAPTAIN OF GUARD.—
between Bramah and Siva,—the powers of creation Then listen and be instructed. Buddha was the
and destruction. But Vishnu, the God mediator, miraculously conceived son of the God mediator,
by his wisdom, self-sacrifices, incarnations, and Vishnu, who, as often as right slumbers and wrong
changes of being, succeeded in preserving the uprises its head, incarnates himself, during his
universe and mankind from destruction. The God- nine incarnations and fourth descent from Heaven,
head, the Eternal of Ages, had created hosts of by Maya a virgin, though a wedded queen. Buddha
angelic beings, who were to reflect his glory and excelled all the sons of man in beauty, wisdom,
obey his commands; but lured by an ambitious strength, and purity. At an early age he gave up
chief, a number rebelled and sought to defy the family, wealth, friends and power, for the pursuit
power of their maker. After a fierce struggle they of truth and religion. He became a hermit in the
were defeated by the powers of Good and hurled wilderness, was tempted by the powers of Evil, but
into a world of darkness to endure everlasting prevailed against them; attained Bodhi, or Supreme
tortures; but the Great Being, touched with com- Wisdom, traversed many lands, wrought countless
passion for their sufferings, resolved to pardon them miracles, gained millions of converts, and is known
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by 12,000 different names of adoration. He spoke as the herald of everlasting truth to all humanity.
ut parables and taught that all in life was vanity, The Sacred Zendi Avest a was dictated to him by the
unreality and illusiveness; that naught is every- Most Powerful, and the holy fire brought by him
where and always, that perfect happiness is in the from Heaven still burns in the chief temple of
end of trausmigration and ambulation of souls, and Ormusd in the distant Ind.
in the return of the spirit to its creative God. There is one God, omnipotent, invisible, without
“There is but one law for all,” said he, “severe form, the Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the
punishment for crime, and great reward for virtue.” Universe, the last Judge of all. He is the ineffable
Again, “My law is one of grace for all; like Heaven, Ormusd, who sprang from the primeval light which
affording room for men and women, for boys and emanated fromthe Supreme incomprehensible essence
girls, for rich and poor, though it is more difficult called Zeruane Akerene, or the Eternal. He created
for the rich to find the way. He that forsaketh nine orders of Angelic beings, good spirits for the
father and mother, and followeth me, shall become protection of men and all living things. We ven-
a perfect Samanean. He that keepeth my precepts erate the Sun and Sacred Fire as emblems of his
to the fourth degree of perfection shall acquire the power and beneficence. We abominate Ahrimanes,
power of moving heaven and earth, of protracting the spirit of darkness and evil, the enemy of Ormusd
or shortening his life and of rising again Heaven and mankind, but who in time will fall, never to
and earth shall pass away, despise, therefore, your rise again.
bodies, which are composed of the four perishable Our sacred books inculcate the necessity of prayer,
elements, and think only of your immortal souls. obedience to authority, industry, honesty, hospitality,
Hearken not to the suggestions of the flesh, fear alms-giving, chastity and truth. Envy, hatred,
and sorrow are the product of the passions, stifle anger, revenge, and polygamy are forbidden. Fast-
them and fear and sorrow are destroyed.” Such ing, mortification, and celibacy are abominations in
is the belief taught in the Temple of Buddha, to the sight of Ormusd the never ending. May the
290 millions of mankind. spirits of light and good protect you on your way!
Music. Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the Musio.—Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the
SEVENTH TENT,
PARSERS, OR flIsCIPLEs OF ZOROASTER.
EIGHTH TENT,
WO~SHIPPRE5 OP THE SUN.
GUARDIAN OF SANCTUARY.— STANDARD BEARER.—
What seek you from followers of the Great and What seeks the stranger here? Is it a knowledge
Venerable Zoroaster? of the Faith we cherish and its origin?
KNIGHT MAUSHAL.— KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
Truth and light. Such is his object, and his desire is not to satisfy
GUARDIAN O~ SANCTUARY.— an idle curiosity, but to advance the interests of
They shall be granted you. Zarathustra, or humanity, and gain more light from every source.
Zoroaster as he is called by other nations, was born STANDARD DEARER.—
in the land of Iran, several thousand years ago, and Know then, that there is one great creation and
was selected by the Eternal First Cause of Creation first cause, Pachacamac. We do not dishonour him
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by personal representation, or insult his overwhelm- the land where the ashes of his sires repose?
nig grandeur by erecting temples for his worship, KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
for all creation is his mighty temple, and the puny
intellect oI~ man is incapable of understanding his He seeks a knowledge of your Faith,—Truth, and
boundless power and immensity. We adore and Light from every source.
worship his greatest emanation—the glorious Sun, KNIGHT OF INTRODUCTION.—
the giver of light and warmth—the parent of ri~u- Truth and Light are everywhere to be found by
kin d! Couutlessagesago,the great lnniinary, feeling those who truly seek them. Oar Faith is simply
compassion for the helpless and degraded condition this. The great Manito is our great benefactor and
)f his earthly children, sent to the world two of his our Ruler. Where he dwells is across the broad
celestial offspring to civilize and raise them from water, but we see him in the works of nature, and
their then state of barbarism. hear him in the thunder and the winds. When the
This heavenly pair, brother and sister, man and red man disappears from the earth, he rejoins his
Wife, were Ma~nco Capac and Mama Gello Huaco, fathers in the happy hunting grounds. More we
the children of the Golden Sun and the Silver Moon, know not; we bnt wait and hope.
the Queen of Heaven. Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to front of the A. of the
When they arrived on earth, their course was Areopagus.
directed by the magic power of a golden wedge, and KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
where that sank in the ground was to be the scene Sublime Grand Commander, I present to you a
of their labors for mankind; this event occurred in Neophyte who in true Charity and Toleration has
the valley of Cnzco, which became the centre of stadied the different religions, and has gained
civili7.abion. They taught the rude nations every therefrom some lessons of Wisdom.
art and science, and the precepts of a pure and SUBLIMS GRAND COMMANDER.—
simple faith, a future state of happiness in heaven What have you learned in your travels?
for the good, and misery in the burning hell located
in earth’s centre, for the wicked. They conquered NEOPHYTE.—
Cupay, the spirit of Evil; by their wise and bene- To respect the opinion of the men my brothers.
ficient sway they made the land both powerful and SUBLIMS GRAND COMMANDER.—
happy, and when their father recalled them to their You are right. (Strikes—1-4444~ To order, Illustrious
native heaven, they left intheir descendants a mighty Knights of the Royal Mystery; let the Triangle be
and god-like line of Incas, to govern the land they formed.
had loved so well. This is done.
Musio.—Knight Marshal leads Neophyte to the
NINTH TENT, The journies you have made in this grade have
purified you from all prejudice and rendered you
OR WIGWAM ON THE INDIAN.
worthy of marching in the same road with us.
KNIGHT OF INTRODUcTION.— Some acknowledgement is due to you for your
What brings the pale-face to the lodges of the perseverance, courage and zeal. I will now intrust
red man? Seeks he to drive him still further from you with the secrets by which Knights of the Royal~
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Mystery are enabled to recognize each other; but, in all things to the rules of an order of which the
be Fore doing so, you must bind yourself tons, never true principles are Justice and Equity.
unlawfully to reveal them; and I give you the same NEOPHYTE.—
assurance, previously given, that we exact of you I swear upon my honour.
nothing that will conflict with your Truth and The S. is
Honour.
To the Glory of the Sublime Architeot of the Universe. The W.P. is—i the answer is— both together say
In the name of the Sovereign Sanotuary of Antient az,d —* which signify Virtue, Charity, and Toleration.
Primitive Masonry, in and for Great Britain and Ireland, The sacred fire of Virtue supports the social and
Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respeot to the Masonic edifice and is the true corner stone of
Order. happiness. Charity is the daughter of Hea’ven and
[,A.B., do most solemnly promise and bind my- the Guardian Angel on earth. Relieve the poor
self by this oath, never to reveal unlawfully, any of not only with alms, but with good counsel and by
the secrets of this degree, and to be tolerant and good example. By the immutable law of nature
charits~ble to all men upon my sacred honor as a all mankind are brothers. Illustrious Knights of
true Freemason.— Amen. Salute. the Royal Mystery should therefore be tolerant in
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— To Knight Marshal. all things.
Cause the Neophyte to approach and receive the fliustrious Knight Captain of the Guard, let the
reward which his zeal has merited. proclamation be made.
CAPTAIN OF GUARD. — Drawing Sword, and striking
He kneels on his left knee on the seventh step of the
shoulder five times.
Throne.
To the Glory of the Sublime Arohitect of the Universe.
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—Invests with Cordon. In the name of the Sovereign Sanotnary of Antient and
The colour of this cordon is the emblem of the Primitive Masonry, in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
grief we carry for the oppressed innocent. Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to the
Order.
SUBLIME CRAND COMMANDER. Arise, Ill. Knight of the Royal Mystery, which I
Illustrious Knights, to order. In the name of now proclaim you, and T call upon all present to
T. S. A. 0. T. U., and under the auspices of the recognize you in your quality as such, and to render
Sovereign Sanctuary, I constitute you now and for you aid and protection in case of need.
ever a Knight of the Royal Mystery.
He embraces him three times. Join me, illustrious Knights, in saluting our new
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— made Knight. Together.
Receive, Illustrious Knight, this fraternal wel- Battery.
come, let it prove to you the sincerity of the senti- SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
ment, and the estimation and love with which you During your progress in this degree you have
inspire us. I present you with a sword. Be thou heard described the leading tenets of the nine
brave and generous. Never forget you serve a God principal religions of the world, and you must have
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primal faith to all the othe?s; a belief in one that politics is the moral cause of all our actions
Supreme Being, and a future state is common to and that to which ou~ steps tend, according to him
them all; even those nations who believe in a nothing can be compaxed thereto; politics he will
plurality of Gods, always ranked one as the first advance are the soul of governments, and he will
canse, the Great Originator. These ideas seem conclnde that the whole world shonld attend upon
inherent in the minds of all mankind, of all ages him; the prosperity of states, the fortunes of com-
and all climes. Whit lesson then are we to teach merce, the brilliant arts, the discoveries of genius;
onrselves from these facts? Toleration and Charity. valour, all wait upon him; and if he perceives that
he cannot persuade, then by an adroit detour he
Tolerance is a virtue difficult to practice, becanse conceals his defeat. The warrior, more fiery, will
it commands great sacrifices. It is proper to the vaunt bravery, holding that it is the infallible
good man and the foundation of that love wbich principle of success; that all bodies onght ~o bow
attracts the heart. Withont Tolerance there is no to its splendour; and that withont valour politics
sociability, union, nor confidence; with it we com- are but frivolous play, not worth the time conse-
prehend how to multiply the sparks of friendship, crated to it. The man of Ietbers, the artist, the
and effectuate incessantly the wishes of all. merchant, will vannt by a]l the means in their
Political Tolerance, when reasonable, serves to power the excellency of their several occnpations,
maintain justice and secure the repose of the world. and the nnmerous advantages which spring from
Religious Tolerance repels schismatic raving, odious them; each will struggle opinionatively and exalt
fa~iaticism, the spirit of disorder; it conforms wor- party spirit above bonnds, thinking he sees in each
ships, draws sects together, and admits all systems disput~ntagainst his system a personal enemy v~ hom
withont altering particular beliefs, and ma~kes to the he 6ugbt to pursue and overthrow. The Pontiff,
glory of the Creator a melo&ious whole out of a with a superb and sententious tone, will aftribute
thousand diverse homages. Literary Tolerance universal civilisation solely to religion, to it the
brings a multitude of beneRts; it prevents rivalry; respect tbe citizen pays to his government, or the
disposes to the admiration of genius; the admission chief of the state; to it tbe practice of all the
of snperiority; the encouragement of timid talent; virtues.
and to gather, witbout envy or hate, the palms 0, how ~vise is Tolerance, which prevents such
reserved to merit. Masonic Tolerance inclnde8 all tumult! or at least knows how to arrest the cause
others; the statesman, the warrior, the pontiff, the and prevent the excess.
man of letters, the artist, the merchant, all masons We are all striving to reach one goal—Happiness!
of whatever profession, carry even iuto the Temple One point—Truth! Our roads may differ; some
of Wisdom the passions which are habitual to them; may be straighter than others, but the destination
and if Masonic Tolerance is not paramount, there we all seek is the same. Let us then be tolerant
will result an aspect more violent and disordered as with all; let us respect the opinions of others while
the characters are varied and diverse. we still remain faitbful to our own; and let the
Snppose for instance tbat these various persons mautic of Cbarity be drawn orer the real or fancied
wish to discuss the prerogatives which each attributes errors of our brethren in humanity. For the Grand
to his social position. The statesman demonstrates Mystery is this—all the religions of the world, no
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matter what names mankind may give them, have Then the antique beliefs of mysterious Fgypt, the
but one source, one real object of worship—GOD sweet and patriarchial manners of the people of
THE ETERNAL—The Lord of Love and Justice~ In the East, and the belief of the less reflecting, but
His power we confide, in His justice we trnst, and as certain, savage tribes which people the deserts of
in His love we hope. Africa; beliefs which furnished to Pythagoras his
50 MOTE IT BE! system of transi~iigration of souls; those beliefs
You will now listen to the Discoarse of the present themselves ~o him in all the eclat of truth,
in all their ascendant strength, and he asks if these
Knight of Eloquence. are the only trnths, the only ones it is possible to
DISCOURSE. admit.
When casting investigating looks upon the debris In effect, let us ascend time, transport onrselves
which surrounds him, the Sage dares interrogate in thonght~ even to the cradle of ages and follow,
the bowels of the earth, which he treads disdain- step by step, the progressive march of humanity.
fully under his feet, he encounters buried under the If the perfection of the vital breath which animates
rnbbish immense skeletons, gigantic ruins apper- us is the indirect reason of civilization, are we not
taining~ to exfinct races which have turn by turn involuntarily, almost unknown to ourselves, coming
succeeded each other upon the surface of the globe: to o~ conclusion that the soul’s imperfect glimmer-
he sees the characteristics that separate them and ings are imperfect emami~tions of the divine breath,
is obliged to confess that there has been between which in proportion as it passes from one informal
the first creation and that of which we form a part, being to another more perfect, is by degrees
an undoubted progress npwards. If, now guide& refined, aaid tending imperceptibly to draw to itself
by the observations he has made, he submits to the the beings which infinite wisdom has formed. The
investigation of the objects which snrround him; unclean insect, object of our aversion, inherited
if, overrunning the chain of beings, from cold and Dntil it snccumbed an imperfect breath which it
inert matter, he passes to man, masterpiece of the exhaled from a being of a superior order: and it
new creation, stu&ying successively the innumer- is thus, that from one transmigration to auother,
able transformations, by the aid of which informal the sonl, after snccessively identifying itself with
clay is metamorphosed into imperfect vegetables, all the series of beings, ascends towards its author,
and £rom thence in an ascendant march to the most to repose in the bosom of the God which formed it.
accomplished animal organis~tion; then necessarily In this consisLed the veneration of the Egyptians
a vast and profound thought illuminates his spirit, for animal lire, they saw God in all forms. The
and unveils to him, so to say, the secrets of Indian Vedas teach that “the wise men give many
T.S.A.O.T.Th; he will be compelled to ask himself, names to the being who is one;” and that—”As
if the divine breath which animates him has not, the web issues from the spider, as little sparks pro-
like the impure vase, which grows snperb and ceed from fire, so from the one s )ul proceed all
odoriferous flowers, submissive to the progressive breathing animals, all worlds, all gods.” The
march of beings, undergone all possible transfor- Essenian philosophers held that pure ether, which
mations before elevation to the degree oi~ perfection was attracted into matter by the secret operations
~which characterises himself? of nature, was enclosed as in a prison, until the
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dissolution of the constituent atoms which formed dungeons for vice. Thus, to what they saw in the
such prison, setting free that ether which was the revered temples of superb Memphis, the mysteiious
soul, it returned to heaven and rejoiced once more followers of Isis added the basis of the first
in its innocent but individual liberty. wisdom, and raised themselves to the most hardy
The history of the tendencies of the human spirit theosophical conceptions—a spiritual theology s ar-
in different ages shows us immense generations of viving centuries.
the children of Eve, by timid and slow steps, haz- Ancient Greece, in its turn, ambitious of glory
arding the proofs of life, gradually strengthening and desirous of learning demanded from the aged
their steps, spreading in intelligence and rising, in Copts the secrets of their sciences and virtues; but
fine, to the highest point of perfection. It was not more greedy of honoars than of aspiring to the
done, it is true, without having tcrrible obstacles light, it opened its schools but to see the plaudits
to surmount, without having to wander, without and crowning of the pretended Sages of frivolous
having often deviated from the aim whither their Greece, amorous of pleasures and of fetea. One by
efforts tended, without having succumbed, even the force of his genius raised himself to a know-
under the burden which they had imposed upon ledge of our sublime doctrines, and it is to the
themselves: but what imports it? they were living l)enetration of his spirit, that the Athenians
elevated. The truth, pure and brilliant as a star owed the idea of a Temple to the Unknown God.
of the firmament, has spread lurid rays of light Freemasonry is then a scientific institution of charity
upon the horizon of the world; men have seen it, and love. Amongst the virtues which it teaches, one
found it beautiful, and are becoming more strong ought to place in the first rank the ahnegation of
and more courageous by the attainment. Proud of oneself and devotion to the general good. This
its high and glorious destiny humanity advances, sublime order which remounts, as we see, to the
as it traverses the ages, freeing itself at each step highest antiquity, has but a single aim and works
of a prestige, letting fall a shred of the veil of but to accoml)lish a single mission. This aim, this
iniquity which covered its humiliated forehead under mission, is the study of wisdom, whieh serves for
the weight of the infirmities of its imperfect nature. the discernment of truth; it is the b2neflcent work
The intellectual life of the people, as well as their of the development of reason and intelligence; it
political existence, has had its progressive develop- is the culture of the qualities of the human heart
ments, its epochs of conception and childhood, its and the repression of its vices. The degrees to
periods of transition and glory. Men of great and which you have already been admitted indicate to
profound spirit, geniuses whom we encounter, from you the philo~o~hical studies which expanded the
age to age, who have inspired the purest breath of minds of those who came in contact with the Eastern
divine inspiration, these have penetrated the sanct- se6ts, which originated in the mysteries of antiquity
uary of science and have arrived at the discovery and from which by direct descent we derive our
of the mysteries which the All-Powerful accorded principles.
them. They have dispersed the clouds which veil In collecting ~vhat remains of the Ancient
truth from the eyes of the profane, and they have Mysteries, their monuments, and the descriptions
taught, as well as they could, with the strength of which the poets have given to us, one may judge
l)erseverance, to raise temples to virtue and dig how they spread amongst all civilisel nations.
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to pierce the veil. Thus prepared they revealed to
The aspirant found in their caves pits of a fright- him the most important part of the mysteries. They
ful depth, which he descended by means of supports taught him the existence of a supreme intelligence,
for the feet; he overran long and tortuous sobter- first cause of all being; they informed him that a
raneans where he encountered spectres under hideous thick veil concealedthe grandeur of the light, that its
forms, monsters to combat, torrents to ford, braziers immensity could not be represented by any sign, that
to traverse. Everything which could affright his the different symbols which they offered to the pro-
imagination was put into requisitiou, and death fane were but emblems of his least known attributes.
seemed to present itself to him under many forms. They announced to him also the existence of another
Lugubrious and plaintive cries were heard in the being, enemy of the first, but less powerfol, the agent
distance, and the rapid movements of the lights of crimes and all evils. They taught him that there
plunged him all at once in fearful darkness. The
is in man a substance, simple, active, essentially
noisy play of machinery was heard; he was pained different from matter, which, more agile than air,
by the blowing of wind, claps of thunder, and the
more prompt than sight, glanced even’ to the
impetuosity of the torrents. At the least indication
extremities of the universe, sounded the aby~~s,
of weak pess or fear he was thrown into a dungeon developed its secrets, reviewed the past and dared
for the remainder of his days: the initiates believing even to advance to the future; they taught him
that timid and lax men were incapable of guarding
that he coold ouly raise himself by virtue and
inviolably the secrets of their mysteries, and they degrade himself by vice; they traced out to him the
retained the failing Aspirant in order that he might
duties which he had to fulfil towards the Author of
not reveal what he had seen in the preliminary pre- nature, mankind itself, and those which he con-
parations and in Ihe trials by earth, air, fire and
tracted in the quality of initiation; they rendered
water. The fortunate Aspirant was conducted into a him a reason for abstaining from certain animals
place embellished by all that art could add to nature; and vegetables; those sullied by crimes had to
a sweet and tender light rendered the objects more undergo still more severe proofs: it was pretended
interesting; the air was perfumed by the agreeable that they plunged him in a liquid which arrested
scent of flowers; and the melodious sounds of the action of fire and that they passed him several
instruments announced to the initiates their joy at times through the flames to purify him. After the
seeing him come out conqueror from the evil Initiation he was shown to the people in a proces-
genies of the elements. This place was the sion which was called the “Pomp of Initiation.”
emblem of the Elysian happiness which man This ceremony was made as imposing as possible,
would experience when he had surmounted the in order to show what a glorious thing initiation
obstacles before arriving at truth and virtue. There
was, and the initiated enjoyed the highest consider-
still remained one proof, less frightful, but demand- ation and were looked upon as men more pure and
ing still more constancy, it was a rigorous silence, instructed than the vulgar, andwere promised after
fastings and austerities, augmented from day to death the enjoyment of a more pure felicity—they
day, during which they prepared him by instruction were chosen to fill the most important places in
for the revelation of the mysteries. This instruc- society.
tion was proportioned to his light, the greater part The light of initiation was not confined to signs
being veiled under symbols and hieroghyphics, and tokens and words or even to morality and the-
questioning him upon matters which prepared him ology, but it embraced all the sciences. The Priests
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of each No?ne learned particularly one special latter were only the continuators of that ancient
science; and were the depositories of manuscripts caste which dispersed itself at the period of those
which were all the more precious as they were the troubles and dissentions which turned Egypt into
only copies existing in the world. One taught how one scene of anarchy, by which the Romans profited
to follow the Stars in their courses, calculate their so far as to convert it into one of their provinces.
swiftness, measure their distance, divide the seasons, It is reasonable to conclude that the founders of
give a more perfect form to the year by means of the Essenian Societies Were Egyptiau priests.
intercalation a; others, by the principles of Geometry, What proves this very clearly is that, on the one
knowledge of the laws of movements, and the cal- hand we know not what became of these after the
culation of resistance and friction, taught how to overthrow of the. throne of the Ptolemies and the
centuple the strength of man, level the earth, raise invasion of the coo.ntry, while on the other hand
dykes, dig canals, to construct Sais, Thebes, Mem- the societies of the Essenians which appeared at
phis, and above 20,000 cities, besides immense that time, present almost the same character as did
edifices of which several yet resist the destructive the priestly caste of Egypt; indeed we find among
band of time; others taught how to purify metals, the Essenians of Jerusalem and Egypt, the
analyse them, combine then, alloy them, so as to mysterious initiation, the oath of prudence, and
render them more ductile and malleable; to indi- the evidences of the Egyptian priests, the same love
cate the properties of vegetables and the means of of the sciences, the same philosophy; everything
extracting the sap, so as to prolong the days of man; in fact establishes a perfect resemblance. We may
or better to preserve the body after death from decay affirm from proofs so intimate, that the con-
during thousands of years, and preserve the fresh- federacy of philosophers, known by the name of
ness of colour and illusion of life. Others taught initiates or priests of ancient Egypt, reappeared
the principles of that celebrated legislation which and continued its system in the societies of the
sought to ally the general interest to that of the Essenes after those later wanderings which followed
individual, bring together men of primitive quality, its dissolution and the dispersion of its members.
simply by their wants, and cause them to love Contemporary with the Essenes, were the Thera-
virtue. Others presented in chronological order peutae, a magical, astrological, and alchemical sect,
the revolutions and events of nations, continuing who quietly disappeared, They were succeeded by
the list of Kings according to their names, their the Ascetics, that is, by a kind of Jewish monks,
actions, virtues, vices, and the judgements which who, though devoted to a purely contemplative
had been passed upon them. The Priests con- life, preserved amongst them opinions which suffice
sulted these writings on the death of the reigning to prove that they had received from the Egyptian
King, and these redonbtable judges traversed the Priests and Essenes that spirit of true philosophy
lake in a boat guided by Charon and exposed in the which neither new dogmas or even superstitions
presence of the people, all the good and evil which ha4 been wholly able to denaturalise.
he had done, and threw in the fatal urn, the ballot
which rendered his memory cherishej or odious. Christianity came and enlarged the circle of
initiation, it extended to all men the benefits and
It seems certain from our knowledge of the the moral parts of the mysteries; but the scientific
Egyptian priests and the EsseNian sects, that the part, its grand foundation, it neglected, as less
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essential to its mission; it left it as noble pasture books nuder the titles of Gobpet, Ohapiers, Mijs-
to the indefatigable study of the curious and the tery, and Treasures. Ferbulio, his disciple,
‘wise. inherited his fortune and his works; he betook
Christian Monks succeed in turn to the Jewish himself to Palestine and sought to propagate the
Ascetics and the ruins of the Coptic Monastery religion of the Magi; persecuted he went to Persia,
are shown, where it is said 360 monks were where he changed his name and called himself
Buddas; persecuted in Persia, he retired to the
devoted to seeking, without rest, for the phil-
osophers’ •stone. The traditional history of the house of a widow, where he died. This widow
Templars asserts, that their Grand Master of having bought a slave, adopted him and gave him
Nazareth was consecrated Pontiff of the universal the name Cubricus, the young luau made great
religion by the Priests of Egypt. progress in the books of Ferbulio, and, like his
master’s example changed his name to Manes,
What is historically more important to know is, which signifies conversation, and founded the sect
that the Coptic monks who exist in Egypt, even of Manichees. Pursued by the hatred of Archelaus,
in the present day, are the immediate successors of Bishop of Cassan, and the Priest Marcellus, he
the Egyptian Priests and Essenes. This connecting withdrew for shelter to a small mansion named
link having been established so clearly, it is evident .Arabion, upon the river Strenga, but was denounced
that the spirit and philosophy of these Priests and by another Priest named Triphon, to the King of
Essenes, are not lost, seeing that these different Persia, who sent seventy-two guards to take him;
bodies have been continued by an unbroken he was arrested upon the bridge of the Strenga at
succession till the present day. the moment when about to betake himself to a
At all times Christianity was far from absorbing neighbouring town named Diodoride. The King
the sacred sciences into its bosom, philosophy condemned him to be either roasted or burned alive,
preserved its independence, whilst making itself the flesh thus parting from the bone. After his
Christian, Origen, Justin, Clement of Alexandria; death, the number of disciples augmented con-
Hermesius, and many other fathers of the first siderably, and they gained followers of the most
centuries, are a proof of it. There were even some elevated intelligence, even St. Augustine. The
philosophers who imposed on themselves the task of filiation of the iManichees to the philosophical
conciliation and of making the christian dogmas doctors of antiquity is proved by a fact not
and philosophical teachings of christianity to generally remarked. The Catholic Church re-
concur. The Gnostics and Manichees, who lacked proached them with believino in two principles
not a certain grandeur, essayed the task and were and consequently in two Gods; the reproach was
persecuted by the church. Manes from whom unjust because they only followed the instruction
these last borrowed their name, was born in the of the three grades prescribed in Egypt first,
year 277 of the common era. There was at this Dualism, or belief in the two pi.inciples; second,
epoch in Egypt, a man named Scythianus, by Sabaothism, or the adoration of the natural forces;
birth an Arab, fully instructed in the secrets of third, Jahoism, or the worship of a sole God
the Magi; he had the knowledge of hieroglyphics, Sovereign of, and independent of, the material.
astronomy, mythology, and wa~ a man who world. They therefore only taught dualism as a
practised the soundest morality; he composed four mode to arrive at the manifestation of the entire
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truth. Beside the Manichees many other differently
named sects branched from the original tree of the
ancient mysteries and were known under the
general name of Guostics, a word signifying
knowledge. Nothing is better authenticated than
that the disciples of these sects were in existence in KNIGHT GRAND INSPECTOR,
the twelfth century in Italy, France, Germany, and
England, as Templara, Lollards, Ghibbelines, and 20/11 Degree.
AIbigenses. They had secret signs of recognition,
professed great purity, and were divided into two The Hall is hung with Black. On a Table, near the Sublime
principal classes, the Disciple and the Perfect Init- Grand Corn rnander is placed a wreath of Oak leaves, a
wreath of Cypress and of Roses. A S. with wine; a S.
iate; the latter of which were vowed to chastity, A Vase and a ring, with black hooded Gowns for K.
and on the dualistic principle they looked upon To call the Senate or Areopagus to Order, Strike 3 ; to
the head of the opposing sect as the evil principle seat 1; Alarm 1; Battery, various.
personified, and upon their own as the good
principle. The poet Dante belonged in Italy to OPENING.
the Ghibbelines, the poets Chaucer and Gower in
England to tbe Albigenses and the monument of SUBLIME GRAND CO?dMANDER.— strikes 333
the latter in London iepresents him as crowned Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter, the first
with a wreath of roses and having the cardinal duty of the Knights Grand Inspectors.
virtues at his feet. The Templars were judicially
suppressed for being Gnostics and are commemor- SENIOR KNIGHT.—
ated in our Rite. Eventually the philosophical Sublime Grand Commander: it is to assure our-
sects took the name of Rosicrucians, and so became selves that we are guarded against the indiscretions
Freemasons, of whose history the teaching of our rite of the profane.
is well known to you.
CLOSING, SAME AS Or~i ~G. Let it be done.

SENIOR KNIGHT.—
fllustrious Knight, Guardian of tbe Sanctuary:
ascertain if we are guarded against tbe indiscretions
of the profane.
G. of S. opens doors; ascertains from the Sentioel that
the Senate is secure, and addresses the Senior Knight.
GUARDIAN OF sANCTUARY.—
Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter: we are
secure from the prying eyes of the profane, none can
overhear our Mysteries.
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All the Knights form two parallel lines facing each
SENIOR KNIGHT.— other. The S. T. and W. are given.
Sublime Grand Commander: we are secure from
the prying eyes of the profane. JUNIOR KNIGHT.—
SUBLIME GflAND COMMANDEB.— Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter: all in

Ascertain if all present are Knights Grand In- the South are Knights Grand Inspectors.
spectors. SENIOR KNIGHT.—
SENIOR KNIGHT.—strikes 333. Sublime Grand Commander: all present are
fllustrious Knights in the South: to order. Knights Grand Inspectors.
All in the South rise, Draw Swords. 5UBLIME GRAND COMMAEDER.—
JUNIOR KNIGHT.—strikes 333. illustrious Knights, to your devotions. Let us
Illustrious Knights in the North: to order. pray.
All in the North rise, Draw Swords. All kneel.
I NVOcATION.
Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter : are you
a Knight Grand Inspector? Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent God
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
of Nature—we, thy children, assembled in this
Temple, devoted to Thee and to the elevation of
I am devoted to the pure principles of our Antient humanity, implore Thy aid. Bless us we beseech
and Primitive Rite, and I sympathise with suffering Thee, and the principles of the beloved Rite we have
ho.manity. pledged ourselves in Thy name to propagatc.—
5UBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— Grant us, we pray Thee, a spirit of tolerance, of
Why did you become a Knight Grand Inspector? love and charity to the human race—strength to
withstand temptation, so that by the practice of the
SENIOR KNIGHT.— virtues here inculcated we may live in peace and
That I might be the better enabled to perform good will upon earth, and be the recipients of eter-
my duty to God and to man. nal life and happiness hereafter.
5UBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— ALL SAt—Glory to Thee, Oh, Lord! Glory to
Receive the S. T. and W. of a Knight Grand In- Thy name! Glory to Thy works!
spector and give them to me.
S. G. Commander resumes his station. Strikes 333.
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
Illustrious Knights in the South: forward, march,
halt. To order, Illustrious Knights: observe the orient,
JUNIOR KNIGHT.— and attend to giving the S~*2O*. According1y,
in the name of T. S. A. 0. T. U., and under t\ke
Attention. Illustrious Knights in the North: auspices of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and
forward, march, halt.
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Primitive Masonry in and for Great Britain and KNIGHT OF INTRODUCTION.——
Ireland, I declare the labours of this Senate in By virtue of the S. and XV. of a Knight of tbe
activity, on the Eighteenth Degree of Freemasonry, Royal Mystery.
Knight Grand Inspector, for the propagation of
Wisdom, Science and Truth. Illustrious Knight of KNIGET MARSHAL.—
Eloquence attend to the Altar and unfold the Sacred Give them. He does so.
Book of Laws. Illustrious Knight Guardian of the ‘Tis well; you will wait until the Sublime Grand
Sanctuary inform the Sentinel, and if there are any Commander is informed of your request.
Visiting Knights, invite them to participate in our
labours. KNiGHT MARSHAL.—
Closes door, and coming between the Columns, addresses
RECEPTION. the Sublime Grand Comma~ider.
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— The alarm was made by Illustrious Knight—of the
Illustrious Knight of Introduction: you will ye- Royal Mystery, who is devoted to the pure prin-
tire to the Chamber of Reflection where you will 6ples of our A. and P. Rite, and sympathizing with
find in waiting an Ill. Knight of the Royal Mystery; suffering humanity, earnestly desires the Degree of
see him properly prepared and make the usual alarm. Knight Grand Inspector, that he may be the better
enabled to accomplish his duty to God and to Man.
K. of Introduction retires, prepares Neophyte as a Knight
of the Royal Mystery, and strikes I he battery on Door SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
1—4444.
How does he expect this favour?
KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
Sublime Grand Commander: t here is an alarm
from a Knight of the Royal Mystery. By virtue of the S. and W. of a Knight of theRoyal
Mystery, which he has communicated to me.
SUBLI ME GRAND COMMANDEn.—
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDF.I~ .—strikes 333.
Demand the cause. To order, Illustrious Knights. All rise. Admit
KNIGHT MARsHAL.—Opens door. the Neophyte.
Who alarms the Senate? Music plays. Neophyte is plaeed between the Columns,
KNIGHT OF INTRODUCTION..— with a C. T. around bis neck, and hookwinked,
A Knight of the Royal Mystery, devoted to the ODE.
pure principles of our .Antient and Primitive Rite, Our Master, Triune, Infinite,
who, sympathizing with suffering hamanity,earnestly Eternal Mystery, Judge Supreme,
desires the Degree of Knight Grand Inspector, that How teri’ible Thine edicts seem—
he may be the better prepared to accomplish his And yet how merciful Thy might.
duty to God and to man. Omnipotent, Omniscient, Just;
KNIGHT MARSHAL.— And Good, vouchsafe to teach me bow
How does he expect this favour? Before Thine awful Throne to bow,
A sinful finite thing of dust.
‘I
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Stretch me Thine hand, 0, Go.ide Divine— KNIGHT MAfl5HAL.—
0, hear me calling in the dark— Sublime Grand Commander: the Neophyte has
And bid, above my shipwrecked bark, completed his first journey in this sublime degree,
The beacon of Thy mercy shine. and now awaits your will and pleasure. He is
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— prepared to answer any questions propounded by
Let the Neophyte make five circuits of our Senate. you, that he may prove himself a true Mason, a
worthy Knight of the Royal Mystery, and a fitting
Neophyte is conducted five times around by Knight of
candidate to receive the 0, B. of this degree.
Introd uction,—Knight Marshal leading.
Illustrious Knight and Brother, to the will and
by the action of the Eternal of all ages—past, pre- There are two duties owing by man, which takes
sent and to come—do we owe our origin and being; precedence of all others. The first I need hardly
and when our earthly pilgrimage has ended, to that tell you is to his God, and the second to his country.
parent source of all creation must we return; He who is false to one, seldom proves true to either.
either to rest in blissful quietude, or become com- Callous indeed, must be the heart in which the
ponent parts of new combinations of mind and love of country has no place, and weak and worth-
matter, obedient to the mandates of the Most High less the affection of him as son, husband, father,
and Powerful. or brother, in whose breast Patriotism has no
We are but infants in His mighty hands—the existence.
clay which by the master skill is moulded into forms Behold the baunerof our common country (whether
of beauty and delight, or shapes of hideousness and by birth or by adoption). Are you prepared and
horror—the blank scrolls on which may be engrossed willing to take the sacred OB. to love, respect, and
the golden words of wisdom or the senseless babb- when required to defend it with your life?
lings of the profane. Neophyte answers.—
We are but the creatures of His will. How, then,
shall we presume to define, as with a line and rule, Then place your right hand on the Glaive of
the extent of His power, His attributes of love, Honour, and with your left hand holding and sup-
justice, wrath or wisdom? porting the flag of your country, repeat after me
your first 0. B.
We are but atoms in creation’s plan, oar world
itself a mere speck in the immense regions of bound- I, A. B., in the name of our Father, who is in
less space, and our very Universe is but one, per~ heaven, inHis presence and of this Illustrious Senate,
haps among countless thousands. upon the Glaive, symbol of honour, do sole zunly
In the last degree you were shown that all religions and sincerely promise to be true to my country and
have but one common origin, the worship of a its flag, and that if required I will defend both with
Supreme Being—the lesson sought to be conveyed my purse, my sword and my life, and never allow
was mutual toleration. either to be dishonoured, if in my power to prevent it.
So help me God! Amen.
The Neophyte is placed between the Columns and brought
to light. ALL—SO mote it be!
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SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman
As a token of your fidelity, salute with a kiss waketh but in vain.
this most sacred emblem of Knightly honour! Again led ronnd.
Your oath of patriotic fidelity is registered in our SENIOR KNIGHT.—
hearts and in the archives of the recording angel And it shall come to pass on that day, that
above You have well and truly proved your right the Lord shall set his hand again, the second time,
to the Crown I award you. True, it is only a wreath to recover the remnant of his people which shall
of Oak leaves, but still it is more priceless than be left.
the golden and bejewelled diadems of kings or
emperors. It is the Civic Crown, Corona Civica, And he shall set up an Ensign for the Nations,
of the ancient Romans, and which in the full glory and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather
of the days of their Republic, was only awarded to togetlfer the dispersed of Judah from the four
those who had saved the life of a fellow creature. corners of the Earth.
By becoming a Mason, you have also become a The Neophyte is placed between the Columns.
benefactor of mankind, for is it not our duty and SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.—
our l)ractice to help our distressed brethren, to
comfort and protect the widow and the fatherless, Before proceeding further, I must administer to
and to be just in our conduct to all men? you another O.B., one which, without doubt, you
will assume with pride and satisfaction. It is the
Illustrious Knight Marshal, conduct the Neophyte
Oath o f~ Fidelity to our Rite and its Banner—are
on his second journey.
you prepared to take it?
Neophyte is lead thrice around and placcd between the
Columns. i{EOPHYTE—Answer’.
II.
KNIGHT OF ELOQUENCE.—
Praise waiteth for the, 0 God, in Zion, and uuto In the name of God, Father of the human race,
thee shall the Vow be performed. and in his holy presence, I do most solemnly
promise to support and be faithful to the Banner
0, Thou, that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all of our Antient and Primitive Rite, and that I will
flesh come. propagate with zeal the knowledge and peaceful
Iniquities prevail against me; as for oar trans- morals which our sublime institution professes,
gressions, thou shalt purge them away. extend its usefulness, and exert my best endeavours
Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest, and to bring good and true Masons within its sacred.
causest to approach unto Thee, that he may dwell folds, and to exact no other condition from the
in Thy courts; we shall be satisfied with the good- candidate than probity or knowledge, without dis-
ness of Thy house, even of Thy Holy Temple. tinction of politics or country. I will to the end of
Again led round. my life, devote myself to our sacred Rite, and will
never denounce or desert it, without the consent of
JUNIOR KNIGHT.— my superiors therein. To this, in each and every
Except the Lord build the house, they labour part, word~ and sentence, by him that rules above,
in vain that build it. below, I swear. Amen.
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ALL.—In the name of T. S. A. 0. T. U. we are KNIGHT MARSHAL.—
witness. Amen. What hideous phantom is that which arrests
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— our steps and fills our souls with loathing and
Sir Knight and Brother, the pledge you have apprehension?
just given, is one of greater importance than at
first sight it may appear to you. Among the
several Rites pertaining to Masonry there have It is no phantom, but reality! What thou art
too often arisen differences and contentions on now, so once was this poor frail emblem of
slight grounds, which have estranged those who humanity—what he is now, shalt thou be ere
should have honoured the mutual bonds which many more years have sped their way into the
bind us to make the fellowship of Masonry the Ocean of Eternity. Within this hollow frame
most glorious in the world. Let us avoid such once beat a heart, as proud and joyous, or as
examples, and remain steadfast in our allegiance to humbled and saddened as thine own. These
the Antient and Primitive Rite in its present whitened bones were clothed with fair and healthy
purity. While we honour and uphold our own flesh, and the blood coursed warmly through the
institution, let us prove that we are willing to meet bounding veins. These fleshless limbs were en-
all in the spirit of LovE, JUSTICE, and TOLERATION. dowed with the full strength of proud exultant
Let the Knight proceed on his journey with our manhood. Beneath this skull throbbed a brain
best wishes for his welfare, and may the giver of filled with the accumulated wisdom of his days,
all good gifts, smile upon his progress, and vouch- and of by-gone ages—thoughts of devotion, love of
safe him the light of wisdom he seeks! country, kindred, friends. Within these hollow
Slow and solemn music is played. Marshal hoods Neo- sockets were eyes that beamed with kindness,
phyte and conducts him once around to S... iu the West, kindled with love, flashed with anger, melted with
while the following is recited. The Senate is darkened. sorrow or sympathy, and. closed in balmy sleep.
SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.— From this now lipless mouth drQpped honeyed
To the name of the most High be praise and words of eloquence, love, devotion, and friendship,
glory given now and forever. —or sprang the scathing tones of anger, scorn,
ALL.—SO mote it be. defiance, and contempt,—and now, behold! Is this
the end of all this beauty, glory, strength, and
SENIOR KNIGHT.—
intellect—this wretched mouldering remnant of the
May his love guide our footsteps in gloom, human form?
and exalt us in the radiance of his light!
Believe it not, my brother. Death is but the end
ALL.—So mote it be. of this earthly life; beyond its portal lies the
JUNIOR KNIGHT.— summer life of immortality, where, freed from the
God be with us now and forever. trammels of this perishable clay, purified from all
ALL.—Now and forever mortal passions, the enfranchised spirit ascends to
The hood is removed and the Neophyte is confronted
the mansions of the blest, and rejoices evermore in
with the emblem of Death, the Scull with wine, and the the glorious light which emanates from the throne
Knights clothed in hooded black robes. of the Eternal.
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SUBL]ME GRAND COMMANDER.—
Shrink not, then, from the emblems of the grave
and death; what are they but the broken fragments Sir Knight, are you still ffrm in your faith and
of that mould in which the work of perfection has trust in the truths of our Sacred Rites and teach-
been cast, and completed by the Great Artificer! ings? Answer.
I now crowii you with the wreath of Cypress, In the course of your career dangers may beset
the emblem not only of death but of eternity. you, the enemies of our Rite may seek to extort
Now, Sir Knight, before these monitors of what from you by guile or violence the secrets we have
awaits us all, repeat the 0. B. it is now my duty imparted to you, and to whose safe keeping you
to administer. have pledged your word and honour. Have you the
All thc Sir Knights point swords at his breast. courage, both moral and physical, to resist and
defy their power, even to death itself, if need
III. requires it? Answer.
I, A. B., in the name of T. S. A. 0. T. U., do Are you prepared to give us a proof of that
solemnly swear, in the presence of these wit- courage, springing from a bold heart and ready
nesses, that I will keep secret the mysteries of this hand which defies all danger, and is ready to strike
Degree of Kuight Grand Inspector, and will not at an instant’s notice in the defence of right?
reveal them to any person, unless I know him to
be legally entitled to the knowledge thereof. Answer.
I furthermore swear that should I linow of ano- Have you implicit faith in our honor and justice?
ther to violate his obligations of this sublime degree, Answer.
I will, with the assistance and blessing of God,use
my best endeavours to bring him to condign Behold, then, this vessel filled with molten lead.
punishment, by pointing him out to the fraternity Quick! give the proof of your courage and fidelity
and the world at large, as an object of contempt, —plunge your naked hand boldly into this seething
as a liar and perjurer. metal, and bring forth this ring!
I swear that I will never permit a Sir Knight of Sublimo Grand Commander drops Ring into the Vase,
this Degree to be slandered, calumniated, or defamed, Neophyte takes it out.
without vindicating his character, and causing jus- It was well and bravely done, most valiant
tice to be done to the accuser by the accused. Knight. You perceive your confidence in us was
I furthermore swear never to allow the rituals not misplaced, and our trust in you is still more
of these Degrees to be copied or printed by any strengthened. You see no real danger, or physical
one, without the authority of the Sovereign injury was intended you; the test was but to
Sanctuary, if i~ my power to prevent it. remind you, that in sudden emergency or peril,
To all these I swear sincerely and solemnly, and promptuess or valour will ever be triumphant.
should I break this oath may the arms of death Forever wear this Ring as an Emblem of Masonic
fold me in its cold embrace. Truth and Knightly Valour.
S. folds arms round Neophyte. Your pilgrimage in this degree draws to an end,
ALL.—Amen. one journey more and it will be completed.
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Before you start upon your way, you must need as belonging to the Antient and Primitive Rite of
refreshment and must receive it at our hands. A Masonry, except those owing fealty and allegiance
draught of -wine will re-invigorate your strength to the Sovereign Sanctuary of the 33d. Degree in
and prepare you to encounter the hardships of the and for Great Britain and Ireland, or other authority
road. recognised by it~, and that I will denounce all im-
Sublime Grand Commander preserts 5— with Wine. postors, spurious and clandestine persons, claiming
You look with wonder, perhaps disgust, upon to be of this Rite, and will expose them to the
the vessel which contains it. Why so? True, it is brotherhood wherever he or they may be situated.
not gold, nor silver, nor even crystal; but it has a This I promise, and to this I swear, and should I
greater value, it was the home of a human intelli- break my vow, may this wine I now drink, be unto
gence, the seat of wisdom and of feeling. me as deadly poison as the hemlock-juice drank by
Believe me, Brother, we must banish from our Socrates, our ancient brother. Amen.
minds the morbid feelings which make us shrink He drinks.
from everything denoting the great change await- SUBLIME GRAND COMMAXDER.—
ing all: we must teach ourselves to look with Proceed on your last journey, aud may the All
calmness on the em blems of mortality; xvhy should
not what t.he dead has left us, be used for the benefit Powerful bless and guard you.
of the living? We use this S as a drinking Solemn Music is played, during which he is conducted
cup to prove that we are superior to the childish twice around, while the following is read.
prejudices of the uninitiated, and that when the SENIOR KNIGHT.—
ceremonies of this sacred Rite demand it, we can The darkness is passing away and the dawn is
couq’uer any repugnance to what seems (but is not) nigh.
painful and revolting. This has a moral teaching
JUNIOR KNIGHT.—
also :—~‘ All that live must die, passing through
nature to Eternity.” Die! Yes, but is that the Praised be His name who rules the night and the
end? No! For as surely as day follows night, day.
and night again succeeds to day, so surely man is Neophyte stops at Altar—the Areopagus is lighted, the
immortal. What see you in this cup? Wine. Knights exclaim
Life in Death, Strength in Decay. The wreath of ALt.—Welcome to the Knightly Pilgrim—
Cypress on your brow, the liquor in this quaint welcome.
goblet, and the garland of roses which I now place
SUBLIME GRIVND COMMANDEE.—
on this fieshless skull, all teach the same lesson—
Life in Death and, I )eath in Life, succeeding to all You have completed. your final journey in this
Eternity. Now Sir Knight, place your left hand Degree, and all that remains is to administer to
upon your heart, raise the goblet in your right, and you the last 0. B. of it, and acknowledge you as a
repeat your 0. B. Knlght Grand Inspector and Commander in Mason-
IV. ry; this will insure your entrance into the 38d.
I promise and swear in presenceof T.S.A.0.T.U. Degree of Scottish Rite Masonry, wherever the
same is legitimately conferred. You have been
that I will never acknowledge any person or persons tried in the balance, and not found wanting.
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We are satisfied with the proofs you have given Ordinances of Antient and Primitive Masonry,
of your sincerity, perseverance, courage, and devo- emanating from the Sovereign Sanctuary of Patri-
tion to our sacred Rite. archs, in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
You have well and truly justified our confidence I do furthermore promise that I will never by
in your integrity, and all we now exact, before you look, word, or sign divulge or imperil the sacred
receive the secrets of a Knight Grand Inspector, is, mysteries of our Rite to the profane, or to those of
that you will promise on the Sacred Book of the inferior Degrees.
religion you profess, never to divulge our mysteries. I swear that I will not communicate to any person
We seek not to dictate or control the religious the sacred word of this Degree, not even for
feelings of any. Every man is free to worship God instruction to an Illustrious Knight of this J)egree,
as his own heart dictates, and God alone has the unless in the manner in which I shall receive it.
right to judge his children. Brother, what is the To this and all I swear, under no less penalty
creed or faith you profess? Answer. than that of being compelled to cut out my own
Place upon the Altar the Sacred Book of our tongue, and should I w’ilfully break this solemn
brother’s faith. vow, I invoke the power of Heaven to shower all
the calamities on me to which man is susceptible,
This is clone.
may my days be wretched, my nights sleepless, my
To order, Illustrious Knights, let the Triangle be life wither in misery, the scorn and disgrace of
formed. humanity. A~IEN!
V.
To the glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe. SUBLTME GRAND COMMANDER—
In the name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and It is sworn!
Primitive Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to the SENIOR KNIGHT.—
0 i-der. It is sworn!
I, A.B, swear, in the presence of T. S. A. 0. T. U. JUNIOR KNIGHT —
and the brilliant lights of this Illustrious Senate It is sworn!
and Areopagus, on the Sacred Book of Laws, and
on the Glaive, symbol of Honour, Fidelity to the SUBLIME GRAND COMMA1~D1iR.—
Celestial Empire of the Autient and Primitive The Jewel of this Degree with which I now
Rite of iMasonry, and obedience to its sacred laws. Invest you, is the double-headed Eagle, the Masonic
I promise and swear to abide by the Bye-laws, significance o~ which was explained in the Degree
Rules, and Regulations of this or any other body of Knight of the Red Eagle.
of the Rite, of which I may hereafter become a This Ring, with which you are never to part, is
member, and to obey all summons sent, or given an emblem of your truth, and a proof of your
me therefrom, and also to obey the Laws, Rules, Knightly valour. Upon it is engraved the device
and Regulations of the Mystic Temple of Princes of this Degree, Dens meurnque .Ths; and what more
of Memphis, 32d. Degree, for the Province of al)propriate device can iMasons use than that of
if within my power: I promise and swear to obey God and my Right.”
the Constitutions, Edicts, General Statutes, and
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It now becomes my duty to instruct you in the
upon all present to recognise you in your quality
S., T., and W. of a Knight Grand Inspector. as such, and to render you aid and protection in
ease of need.
The S.—of entrance is to The S.— of order;
.
place the left Sign of 0. B.— make the action

... SUBLIME GRA~D COMMANDER.—
of —and alludes to the point in your Join me, Illustrious Knights, in rejoicing over the
There are two P. •W., and two answers given happy acquisition this Senate has made. Together,
only with the T. Illustrious Knights.
The S. W. is given only in the Areopagus, and
—
Battery 55555-333-1-22.
in this manner. This is the battery or alarm of this Degree and

The Initials M. C. B. J. were emblazoned on the alludes to the journeys you made in the same, it also
standard of the family of the Maccabees, of Judas, alludes to the year five thousand three hundred and
that devoted champion of Liberty, of Right, and twelve, when our Grand Master Jacques De Molai,
of Masonry, who lost his life in defence of those was condemned to death, and the order declared
noble principles, against the Syrian oppressors of abolished, by the t~ rant Pope Clement the Fifth.
his country, 100 years before the Christian Era. You will now listen to the lecture or discourse
of our Knight of Eloquence.
Illustrious Knight of Introduction, you will con-
duct our newly created Knight Grand Inspector to Neophyte is conducted to Orator.
the north-west and south-west angles, and let him
prove to the Most Learned Senior and Junior DISCOURSE.
Knights Interpreters, that he is in possession of
the S., W., and T. of this Degree. In the beginning man was born free from sin,
pure—having within him a Divine instinct of the
This is clone. noblest virtue, and the most generous inspirations.
Illustrious Knight Captain of the Guard, make To do good was a natnral impulse. Evil did not,
the usual proclamation. To order, Illustrious could not exist, for Charity and Love were the sole
Knights. motors of his actions. He lived for others more than
for himself; his Religion, Politics, and Econoniywere
Neophyte is placed on his knees at the A. The Captain comprised in the command, “Love one another.”
of the Guard draws his sword, stands in front of Neo-
phyte, gives him the accolade, saying: Obedience to this law comprised every duty. In
his fellow man he recognized a brother, and freely
To the Glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe. shared with him the fruits of his vine-yards and
In the name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and
Primitive Masoury in and for Great Britain and Ireland. the clothing of his flocks. All lived in Peace and
Salutntioa on all points of the triangle. Respect to the Harmony, until families became societies, and
Order. societies grew into nations. Then the odious dis-
tinction “Miue aud Titine” arose, and Avarice and
Arise, Knight Grand Inspector, Commander in
Corruption, like noxious reptiles, began to crawl
Masonry, which I now proclaim you, and I call amongst and infest a happy leople with their
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venom. Avarice and Ambition united and brought few master-spirits preserved the emblems of the
forth Pride, Envy, and Hatred; together they sacred fire, end under various titles, Poets, Hist-
attacked the heart of man and destroyed in it the orians, and Philosophers, seemed united by a mystic
impulse of~ good, the seeds of virtue; all remem- chain, whose links, connecting every epoch, enclosed
brance of his celestial origin, and of his sublime all in a circle, whose centre is eternal Truth. Its
destiny. Love and Charity grew weak, and arbi- radius spread from one end of the world to the
trary power usurping their place, triumphed over other. A sacred and symbolical word would call
the feeble, subjected them to its caprices, and forced the virtuous to rally and close to each other’s aid,
them to cultivate the earth by the sw-eat of their or extend the hand of sympathy from Dan to Beer-
brow, and gathering in the harvest of which the sheba, to find out and succour the distressed,
powerful seized the fruitful ears, leaving scarcely whether in the hearts of cities, or the wilds of the
more than the barren straws to the labourer and desert. Pilgrims of this faith have undertaken
his little ones. distant and toilsome journeys; dared the rigours
Divisions soon took place among the rulers. Mur- of the polar regions, the destructive fevers of the
der depopulated the earth. War spread its dreadful tropics, suffered the hellish tortures of the Red
banners to the wind, and destruction, pestilence, Indians, the Chinese zealots, and the Persian Priests,
and famine followed in his train. The furrows not for wealth and poxver, but to succour and save
~i brother. Thus, by initaliun, the noble-minded
overflowed with the blood o~ those who disputed
for possession of tbe field, whilst the sweet voice of of every country. formed a symbolic union, founded
humanity was stifled by infuriate howlings and on Morality, Love, and Humanity. No one
savage discord. To crown the evil caine the reign remained deaf to the appeal of a brother; and
of Ignorance, grades of caste, party politics, and among a crowd of similar circumstances, we have
Priestly sway—when many a clever scoundrel called selecte•d the following for its suhlime simplicity
himself the Interpreter of Divinity, and sacrile- A disciple of Pythagoras, travelling in a wild and
giously bringing down the Supreme Benevolence to ahuost barbarous country, far from home or friends,
his own mean level, made him appear as avaricious, was taken sick in the cabin of some poor people,
bloody, and revengeful as himself. Religion, who, although they were themselves suffering from
which should be Faith in a just and kind God; a extreme poverty, assisted him x’~ ith what they had,
never failing consolation to the unhappy, and a and took the tenderest care of him. His sickness
balm to the wounded mind, became a trade, and was long, but their hospitable solicitude never
was sold as merchandise, until its spirit, seeking abated. Grateful for their attentions, but lacking
sanctuary in a few honest breasts, left only its the meaiis of recompensing their disinterestedness,
pompons ceremonies and heartless mummeries as teeIng himself on the. point of death, he asked for
the stock in trade of the traffickers. a flat stone, and tracing on it some symbolic charac-
•Without these few pure souls, a virtuous man ters, he besought them to place it near the road
might have looked mournfully around him, and side. He died. Many years after a disciple of the
reproached our common father for having aban- same school aecidently passed, perceiving the stone,
doned everything to the Genius of Evil. But with read the inscription, and watered it with his pious
the evil came the remedy.—Masonry arose! Some tears, hastened to acquit the debt the deceased had
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contracted, although he had never known him, or the tyrant that governed all;, nothing liberal,
ever seen him; but in the mystic writing he was nothing intellectual, withstood its attacks; nothing
requested, as a brother, to fulfil a dying man’s dared oppose its sway; nothing but Free Masonry,
wishes. which, like a Minister of Mercy, still answered the
Masonry, then, was the system which our appeal of Humanity and Progress—only being com-
petent to encounter cruelty and intolerance with
Sovereign Master chose as the means to preserve
benevolence and learning upon earth, and though their own weapons, our members donned the helmet
we may see some fail in their duty and defame our and glaive. the lance and shield, and advancing to
noble institution by their wickedness and folly, do the East and North, reached from the banks of the
poetic river Jordan, to the bleak shores of the
we not know that on earth nothing is perfect, and
that virtue even is subject to abuse. Let us Oder and Vistula, and effectually stayed the march
remark, however, that when these abuses multi- of brutish vandalism
plied, and everything seemed a prey to evil, God Can we contemplate, without admiration, those
drew from the treasure of his inexhaustible love, noble Cavaliers, as gentle after the carnage as
his most priceless gift. Jesus appeared—that terrible in combat; suecouring, after the battle,
sublime regenerator, that supreme and iucompre~ those whom their carnage had overthrown! Need
hensible being, that glorious light shining between we mention their oath to protect the fatherless aud
the past and future. Christ, the pacific conqueror, oppressed; or that unalterable friendship and
peaceably advanced before the amazed world, carry- touching brotherhood in arms, by which a Knight
iug aloft his banner whereon is inscribed “Love Mason was a stranger in no country nor under any
one another.” It was his theory of conquest, and misfortune
will yet restore all nations to innocence and happi- Masonry not only buckled on the sword and
ness. These three words contain all the wisdom, shield for the defence of society and Religion, but
al[ philosophy of the preceding ages. It absorbs furnished with the square and compass, it raised
and condenses every doctrine ever yet invented for gigantic Cathedrals, noble monuments on which
the general good, and. gives a tangible shape to our ancestors inscribed their creeds in language
every benevolent inspiration. as simple as profound, and their traditions des-
Love one another.” ‘Tis a charm, at the utter- cending from generation to generation, in their
ance of which the human race awoke from a long original purity, stand to this day as landmarks of
and frightful dream to find its hopes of happiness Faith, Patience, and Self-denial.
not destroyed, but shining more radiantly than ever The tie that united these chivalrous Knights was
-—for gradually we shall see despotism overthrown, the “cable tow” of Masonry, that strong symbolic
and Charity reigning universal over all. cord which binds so many thousand fragile hrands
Yet we must acknowledge that in consequence into one resistless body.
of the feebleness inherent in human nature, evil In the darkness of the middle ages it is more
once more prevailed, and barbarism once more difficult to follow the footsteps of our order, yet an
broke the bonds that had restrained it, and pouring earnest enquirer may still find it seeking shelter
where it gave protection, and in the schools of
.
in torrents from the Northern wilds, carried ruin
science, one of which in particular deserves men-
and devastation around. The pitiless sword was
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tion—the University of Paris, whose pul)ils united Thus will be seen how Intelligence continually
by initiation, defended and protected themselves enlarges the circle of human affeption, and gradually
against tyrannical oppression. extends from family to country, and thence to the
whole creation. You will see how Civilisation
In the bosom of the Universities was preserved resisted and withstood the Barbarism to which
that spirit of free inquiry which by instigating Feudality had reduced it,—ever strive to spread
religions reform, did so much towards the regene- the Masonic behest,—” Love one another.”
ration of humanity, and still more by Printing,
that powerful vehicle of thought, that wing of Wherever the armies of freedom have met those
God, which carries abroad, with the rapidity of the of tyranny, our order has been found, and it looks
wind, the results of human intelligence. hopefully to the day when unlimited and licentious
tyranny will no longer oppress the earth. The
The invention of Printing determined the eman- warfare against the powers of evil still goes bravely
cipation of the human spirit by secularising science. on, and freedom marches ever onwards toward the
Constantinople was taken and Rome accorded a conquest of the world. The vast power of public
noble hospitality to the illustrious proscripts of opinion reaches and controls even the occupants of
Greece; even the cannon civilizes by adjndging despotic thrones. The infamous tortures of the
the victory to genius and discipline. Thus the middle ages are no longer known, and the persecu-
first Printers, realising the importance of their tions for opinion’s sake are remembered like plague
work, formed themselves into a powerful corpora- and pestilence, which swept the earth with the
tion, and guarded care Lully the sacred areanum of besom of destruction. The rights of the people
their mystery; fabricating in silence, under the
are daily rising into view and their will i5 every
direction of Reason and Philosophy, the arms
which gave Liberty to the world of mind, and where coming to be recognised as the foundation of
annihilated Feudal and Religious Despotism for all civil power and government. But much still
ever. remains to be done. Tyranny is weakened but not
overthrown. Chains still weigh on human thought
The discovery of America led to a revolution in and conscience. Monopolies and privileges in the
the commerce, property, and finances of the ancient hands of favoured classes still impose burthens on
world. The introduction of gold from Mexico and the people, and there is work remaining for the
Peru lowered the price of the precious metals, and Elect. It is the old contest between good and evil,
created a new property and power—that of capitaL betweeti the sons of light and darkness. With the
Then succeeded Adventures beyond sea; the whole tongue and the pen, with all our open and secret
globe became aggrandised, colonies commenced, the influences, even with the sword, if justice and our
military, and merchant marine grew apace. The rights require it, we still advance the cause of
small interior sea of the ancients became but a human progress, freedom and civilization, and
basin, of little importance, since the riches of India labour to enfranchise human thought, and to give
arrived in Europe on the crest of the tempests. freedom to human conscience. Opposition to oh-
All these events contributed to revive the fire of garchial and sacerdotal tyranny and usurpation,
Masonry and project its rays into all civilised caused the dedication of our Masonic Lodges to
countries. Holy St. John, in opposition to St. Peter, an East -
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orders, and the adoption of Hiram the son of a
poor widow and a worker in metals, as the hero of
its legends, in succession to the God-King Osiris,
who was the typification of light, further evidences
the opposition of modern Masonry to the unjust
privileges of feudal times, and to all those Orders
ANTIENT & PRIMITIVE RITE.
which enjoy monopolies that they may be enabled
to live in contented indolence.
The West cries,—be of good cheer, the eagles
gather together, for the doom of tyranny is at hand. SERIES III.
The South—assures us that truth struggles bravely
on, and the great electric ocean of thought is in
agitation; the storm hovers on the horizon, and the
lightning is ready to leap forth against ancient
wrong and the hoary precincts of oppression.
SUBLIME COUNCIL.
From the East,—we hear that the people begin to
know their rights and to be conscious of their
dignity. The reign of darkness draweth to a close,
and the sun’s rays smite the mountains. Let us,
therefore, sow the good seed that those may reap
to whom God, in his own good time, may assign it
—be patient and hope. The golden age, of the
beginning, approaches; when the cycle of evil will
have run its course, and mankind, regenerated,
will contend only in good works,—love and bene-
volence for each other.
SUBLIME GRKND COMMANDER.—
CLASS Vi.
This concludes the twentieth Degree of Antient
and Primitive Masonry, and gives you the know-
ledge to be obtained in a Senate of Knight Her-
metic Philosophers.
CONSISTORY.
CLO5I1~G SAME AS OPENII~G.
w
GRAND INSTALLATOR.
First Degree of the Sublime Council
and Twenty-first Degree of
Antient and Przmitive Masonry.
The three following grades are Official Consecrations.
The Sash is white. The Jewel a winged egg engraved with
the Hermetic Cross and double-headed eagle, and placed
within an equilateral triangle.
OPENJNG.
SUBLIME DA].—Stiikes 333. Repeated by the Two M.Allrise.
Illustrious First Mystagogue, what in your duty?
FIUST MYSTAGOGUE.—
It is to protect the inviolability of our Mysteries
against all intruders.
SUBLIME DAI.—
Illustrious Grand Expert, assure yourself that
the accesses of the Temple are deserted and its
echoes silent.
GRAND EXPERT.—Retires, and, on return, reports.
Sablime Dai, no one can overhear us.
SUBLIME DAL—
Illustrions Second Mystagogne, at what hour is
the labour of this Stblime Council to be put into
activity?
SECOND MYSTAGOGUE.—
Sublime Dai, the labours are continuous.
SUBLiME DAT.—
Illustrious Second Mystagogue, why continnous?
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SECOND MYSTAGOGUE.— We prostrate ourselves before the eternal laws of
Because the labomrs to which we are vowed exact Thy wisdom; direct our laboars, enlighten Lhern
the perpetual employment of all our powers and with Thy light, dissipate the darkness which veils
suffer no interruption, except during the moments truth; unite mankind whom ignorance and pre-
devoted to the restoration of exhausted nature. judice divide; remove Ihe band of error which
SUBLIME DAI.— obscures their eyes; that led to truth by philosophy
What is the period for repose, conceded by our the buman race may present hit one family of
traditions? brothers offering from all parts an incense, pure
and worthy of Thee.
F1R~T MYBTAGOGUE.—
The interval of perfect darkness. ALL.—Glory to Thee 0 Lord! Glory to Thy works!
Glory to Thy jufinite goodness.
SUBLIME DAI.—
Illustrious Second Mystagogue, at what hour do SUB LI I~E DAI.—Re-ascends to the East, gives the Battery
we renew our labours? which is repeated by the two Mystagogues, and, sword
in hand, says,
SECOND MYSTAGOGUL— Illustrious Brothers, observe thc Orient and
At the first appearance of Iight~. attend to giving he S.*21*. To the Glory of
SUBLIME DAI.— T.S.A.O.T.U. In thb name and under the anspice~
What hour is it now? of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and Prim-
itive Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland,
SECOND NIYSTAGOGUE.—
It is the hour for resuming our labours. I declare this Sublime Council of Grand Install-
ators, open and at labour on the twenty-first
SUBLIME DAL— degree, with. the aim of securing to all brethren
Since it is the hour for resuming labonr, unite the inestimable blessings derivable from the ob-
with me in beseeching T.S.A.O.TJJ. to grant that servance of peace, tolerance, and truth.
we may have but one aim in view,—tlie glory of Strikes 1. All seated.
His name, the prosperity of our order and the
general good of humanity. RECEPTION.
The S.D.. descends, places himself in the midst of the
temple, facing the East, before him is burning incense, The Grand Expert, with Neophyte, strikes 333-333.333
at his side the i~wo Mystagogues; at the foot of the altar on the door of the Council.
are the Messenger and Accompanier, threepaces behind
these the Expert, Standard Bearer, and Guardian. All SUBLIME DAI.—
the members turn towards the East, and ~he Sublime Illustrious Messenger of Science, see who disturbs
Dai in a loud voice pronounces the following this Sublime Council.
MESSK~GER OF SCIENCE.—Opens the door and says.
PRAYER. Who alarms this Sublime Council?
S.A.O.T.U., Father of Nature, Source of Light, GRAND EXPERT.—
Supreme Law of the TJniverse, receive the homage It is Illustrious Sir Knight A.B., who seeks
of our love, of our admiration, a,nd of our worship. advancement, light and knowledge.
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MESSENGER OF SClENCL— noble faculty the Supreme hath endowed thee; to
It is Illustrious Sir Knight A.B., who seeks practice love and devotion to all thy brothers?
advancement in our venerated Rite, and is ac-
NEOPBYTE.—
companied by the Illustrious Grand Expert. I do.
5UBLIME DAI.—
SUBLIME DAI.—
Admit them that we may ascertain his motives. Dost thou solemnly promise to maintain faith-
Done.
GRA1~D EXpERT.—
ful allegiance to this Sublime Council, to use
Sublime Dai, I present to you Illustrious Sir ‘whatever light and knowledge thou mayst acquire
Knight A.B. who has worked his way with zeal for the good of the IRite and its members. Dost
and energy from the degree of an Apprentice thou, likewise, solemnly and sacredly promise to
Mason to that of a Knight Grand Inspector; and keep secret the forms, ceremonies, and teachings
who now desires more light and knowledge, in of this Sublime Council?
order to increase his usefulness to his brother NEOPHYTE.—
Masons in every degree. I do.
SUBLIME DAI.— SUBLIME DAT.—
By what recommendation does he solicit ad- Illustrious Brothers, are you willing to grant
vancement from this Sublime Council? advancement to this Candidate?
All signify assent by the battery.
GRAIID EXPERT—
By the many Masonic trials, ordeals, probations Illustrious Knight, we perceive that your petition
and purifications which he has already undergone. meets with a favourable reception from this Sublime
SUBLIME DAL—
Council and that the members are willing to grant
Dost thou know goodness and canst thou do it? your request. The labour of our Sublime Council
is directed to the investigation of the religious
NEOPHYTE.—Proxnpted by Expert. dogma of remote antiquity. The special aim of the
Yes, and I promise to do good wherever it is first three degrees, which we are about to confer
possible. upon you, is to prepare you for officiating in the
SUBLIME DAI.— Public Ceremonials of the Rite and to teach you
Forget not that man is a material being, mortal that our doctrine and faith is of the most remote
by his body, but spiritual and immortal by his soul; antiquity. In all religious Rites and Mysteries
that he may be drawn by one of these two sub- the priestly class have been inducted with solemn
stances of which he is composed to all sensible cerenionies, their Temples inaugurated with Mystic
beings and by the other to God himself, that he is Rites; and their dead. buried. in the faith of an im-
placed upon earth to be, as it were, the King and mortal life beyond the grave.
Pastor of nature and to render homage to its Author. We cannot do better in this introductory degree
Dost thou promise to propagate science, light and than recall to your recollection the ceremonial
the gentle mor~1ity professed by this Sublime observances of the various rites through which
Council: to teach truth and justice, with which you have already passed, from the degree of Ap-
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prentice and Master Mason to the point at which and render us superior to them, so that our organs
you have already arrived. These commence with may serve us in the best and most convenient
the primitive Craft traditions of the Semitic branch manner; endow us with the noble faculty of under-
of the human race. They allegorically represent standing truth and justice; deign to enlighten the
the creation of the world by the great Master Neophyte, who comes amongst us, with thy divine
Builder and as such you were placed as a found- light; receive, we pray thee, the homage of his
ation stone in the North East corner. The same love, bless our labours, dissipate the clouds which
custom ‘was followed in our Egyptian traditions, cover our eyes, in order that we may become worthy
they made use of the Mosaic pavement, the rough of Thy merciful kindness and protection. He places
and perfect ashlar, the square, trowel, the lotus, the sacred glaive npon his head, and says. To the glory
heliotrope, acacia, and myrtle, all symbols which of T.S.A.O.T.U. I consecrate thee to the service of
are well known to you. The science of symbolism God and the brotherhood. To qualify you for
was not only known amongst the Egyptians but further instruction I confer upon you the title of
spread, as an ancient form of civilization, into Grand Installator of our Antient and Primitive
Canaan, Syria, Chaldea, Arabia, Tyre, Sidon, and Rite. In your new quality it becomes your duty
Nineveh. The figures of animals were used by to make yourself fully acquainted with the ritual
these nations as symbolical only of the attributes and Public Ceremonials of our Rite, as they have
which guided their worship. The compound Cher- been transmitted to us, from the East, by the
ubic Sphynx especially symbolised the divine Patriarchs of our ancient and venerated order;
attributes and when applied to the position of the and contiuue our sublime teachings uncorrupted.
constellations, it gives to Masonry, as resurrected Gives to the Neophyte the ritual of Installator.
good, a period of 5876 years before the common era. I will now instruct you in the special S.T.andW.
In your earlier initiations you were instructed in which prove you to have been qua.lified for your
appointed duties.
the natural and mechanical sciences and more
especially geometry; as you advanced onwards you This is done. Stri]~es 1. All seated.
were made acquainted with theosophical emblems, You will now take your seat and. listen to the
and it now becomes your duty to make a practical instructive lessons of the degree.
application of these in conducting the Installation
of the Officers, of~ subordinate bodies of oar Antient
and Primitive Rite in their Chapters, Senates, and CHARGE.
Con ocils. Symbols and emblemswere the primitive language
Strikes 333. All rise. of the people of the East. The horse represented
SUBLIME DAI.—Plscing both hands on Neophyte’s head. courage, the o~s strength, the serpeti.i cunning or
S.A O.T.U., Chief and Father of thatfirst supreme prudence. Such symbols were adopted by theology
law and reason which dwells in us, deign to keep to designate the distinctive attributes of divinity,
us in remembrance of that nobility of nature which and science and art had no other language. The
we have received from thee; grant that it may aid symbols were further designed to express a grand
us to purify ourselves from unreasonable passions. idea. of the creator, a dogma, a doctrine, or a belief.
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The grand hieroglyphic used to express nature, for the same reason, and separated the last from
recalled to the intellect that eternal animation the two former by the rood-screen. Even so should
witnessed in the planetary world, the destruction our own symbolical temples be arranged. In the
and generation of beings, of which the sun was first degree you are taught morality and the love
considered the primary cause, and the moon, in its of mankind; in the second, the natural sciences,
absence, the secondary cause, the one typifying the and more especially mathematics, which were
father and the other the mother. The symbolical anciently termed, the gate of the gods; in the third
and emblematical language ‘was that of the priests, you are raised to ~ knowiedge of the dogma of a
savants, and architects; not because it is hidden life beyond the grave. In the first serial division
and mysterious, but because it personifies and of our rite are embodied out’ elementary principles;
perfectly characterises the truth of things. in the second our scientific teaching; and in the
third our philosophy and sacred theosophy.
It follows that since symbols and emblems have
been used to conserve Freemasonry, during the These three states were anciently symbolised by
lapse of centuries, and shew its true origin, they the rough and perfect ashlar, and the white marble
ought to be an object of great veneration to the stone of true die or square. The mosaic pavement
eyes of the brethren; but they have a further sacred represents the ancient doctrine of the dual principles
application which sanctifles their ordinarily wise of good and evil. The two pillars, J. and B., in their
use amongst us. Under their metaphysical envelope original irLport are those of llerme~ and mark the
is found the basis of thQ religious dogma and soistitial points. The flaming star, is Sothis or
philosophy of the institution. Each symbolical or Sirius. The seven steps represent the seven pro-
emblematical figure is the image of a natural truth perties of nature—attraction, repulsion, circulation,
which serves as a torch by which a brother may heat, light, sound, corporiety, symbolised by seven
enlighten his reason, and clear for himself a straight cosmogonical deities or hieroglyphical representat-
way in the passage of life. ions. Thus, as we have seen, the emblems of the
sun and moon have an abstract signification.
In the modern classification of Freemasonry?
each degree has its symbols and emblems, which The insignia of the degree of Rose Croix is a
are but the luminous lines traced for the intelligence rose united to a cross, the rose symbolisiug the
of the initiate, by which to arrive at the discovery secret and the cross immortal life; this is the key
of the essence of truth, and of what is good and of the grade, but the moral and philosophical
just in each thing. sense contained in these two emblems are the
secrets of science at which one can only arrive by
Our order is divided primarily into three degrees special study. Secrecy is a wise virtue, leading to
lengthened into three serial divisions, because the happy lessons of prudence, moderation and intimate
ancient Temples were divided into three portions;— confidence. The El,ose Croix Mason, in directing
the first for disciples, the second for believers, and his studies according to the fraternal and humani-
the third, or most holy place, for divinity. Our tarian spirit of Masonry, necessarily forms a just
ancient architectural brethren divided theirchurches idea of this virtue and of the truth of its moral
and cathedrals into nave, chancel, and communion quality. It is the same with the symbol of the
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cross, that most ancient emblem of eternal life; in ligences. These are errors which it is necessary to
considering the immortality of the soul, as a combat because they are dangerous. Men of science
glorious prize reserved for the wise man ‘who. are now only wading the stream which our order
consecrates his life for the happiness of his fellows, forded centuries ago. Moreover an institution
noble inspirations and generous sentiments are born founded upon the eternal principles of natural law
in his heart; for such immortality is not the stim- can neither change nor vary its doctrines; for that
ulant of egotism, r~ j the illusion of prejudiced truth which emanates from the bosom of divinity,
pride, it is the recompense which T.S.A.O.T.U. can have but one way of expressing itself and but
reserves for virtue. one mode of instruction. And in order that this
truth be not subject to false interpretations and
The symbols and emblems of a Rite each contain
in their metaphysical expression a ray of the true- eccentric heresies, it has need of auniversal language
immutable in its foundation and form, both in its
light; the explanation is but a scientific development
of these figures, leading to a certain knowledge of figures and expression. The hidden and problem-
atical sense of language, has, in all ages, created
the moral principles of masonry. The ancient
initiates recognised each other not only by signs confusion and disorder in the world and led the
human heart from the way of reason and truth.
and grips but by the rules of conduct which their Symbolical langnage remains constant to the nat ore
principles prescribed; the fraternity was not then
of things, and to their interior and exterior pro-
formulated entirely in words or in demonstrations,
perties, and cannot, in consequence, change its
it was all in action, it was the heart which did the
work, and as nature regulated the movement there- signification or figurative expression without de-
stroying its distinctive properties. Art is mute
was no ambiguity of either language or thought. thought and reproduces itself nowise better than
God, country, love, devotion, liberty, equality, and by images; it is symbols only, which, in speaking
all the other words which express such great things. to the eyes, recalls all the attributes of nature to
and which people for so long a time have employed
the mind. A universal language, which so far
to accomplish so much evil, had a precise and from becoming corrupt by old age, per Cects and
absolute sense; there is no better logic than that
enriches itself, is a precious help for an order
‘which comes from the heart, when the love of God which is spread all over the world, and divided,
and man dominates it. into little bodies independent of each other; it
There are some enlightened Masons, who, seduced conserves unity of faith, purity of doctrine, ortho-
by the false glitter of the profane sciences, imagine doxy of laws, homeogenity of teaching; lastly it is
that the symbols and emblems have neither social the electrical fluid of that social language which
bearing nor solemn character, and who desire to permeates everywhere with the same free effect.
see them no longer figuring as the sacred language
of the Masonic code. According to them it is To deprive Masonry of its sacred symbolical
necessary to nationalise its language, in order to language would be to spoil it of its direct strength,
place Freemasonry in accord with the age, and the breath of its universal animation; it is that
cause it to march in spirit with the sciences and which preserves all the charm~i which attach to its
arts, as they are traced by contemporaneous intel-- beliefs, and the sweet hopes which inspire its
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system that which the spirit ought to be able to
comprehend without seeking to define it. That
which is essence and light may be represented by GRAND CONSECRATOR.
symbols, but cannot be explained by the logic of
words. It is faith which sees and conscience which 22nd Degree.
decides. The Oviathan symbolism of the Ophites,
or the Sephiroth of the Hebrew Cabalists, which OPENING.
enclose in a simple table the attributes and spiritual As given in the last Degree.
properties of the Deity, are grand and sublime
images, inspiring in us admiration and respect, but RECEPTION.
imposing humility on science. IC you wish to evict
the sot and exclude the indifferent and the impious, The preliminary portion or Reception is identical with
give not to proud philosophy the means of subtiis- the grade of Grand Installator. (ride pp. 5 and ‘7)
ing upon our doctrines and of materialising our
SUBLIME DAT.—
faith. Respect the yea under which nature hides As in the last degree it became my duty to
her mysteries, content yourselves with the mute impress upon you the necessity of qualifying your-
language in which it speaks to your mason; itself
self by the study of our laws for the performance
is a grand symbol, the perfect image of a supreme
of the duties of Installation, so in this I have to
providence. Remain faithful then, my Brothers, impress upon you the necess4y which you are
to the language given to you, by which to imitate under of being able to fill (when called upon) the
the eternal and beneficent love of T.S.A.O.T.U., important office of Consecrating the Temples of
study and perpetuate our symbolism. our Rite to the service of the brotherhood. In
this, as in the duty of Installation, a full knowledge
of symbolism is of the greatest importance, and
that which applies to the one is equally necessary
in the other.
The form and symbolism which our Temples
take are already well known to you, and will be
still further elucidated as you proceed in the mystic
knowledge of our Rite. These, in our solemn
ceremonials, we purify and consecrate by fire and
water, and sprinkle our Lodges with corn, wine,
and oil; things which have a significant allusion,
long since elucidated, and. may be termed the
eroteric part of the degree which we confer upon
you at the present time.
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The grand aim of our Sublime Order is to raise swords, but sweet benevolence, seated at the first
a Temple to Wisdom, of which the immutable Portico, extends the band to timid beings who
principle is that virtue which it is necessary to arrive there te supp]icate I)iviuity for admission
strive to preserve in our souls. Our institution amongst the Grand Elect of this Sanctuary.
forbids only the vices,—pride, hatred, vengeance,
hardiiess of heart, slander, ingratitude, perjury, Upon the front is the image of the sun iu its
hypccrisy; it inspires and commands only the glory, below the Ineffable name. The stars circu-
sweetest and most sublime virtues; forget not that late rouxid the entahiatures which they decorate
strength of spirit is the triumph of reflection, an with their luminous globes; the columns are sur-
instinct superior to the passions, and to be just is rounded with -vine leaves and all the shrubs which
to know, to will, and to do good. Thus you see cling to the trunks of trees, for this our temple is
that the practice of tbe morals of our institution is an epitome of the universe. Between the columns
a veritable worship which ordains for us the de- are placed etherial statues of virtuous men, whom
struction of ignorance, misery, and depravity, and the Eternal has made the instrQment of bappiness
so to bring the kingdom of God upon earth. to their fellows, and who are worthy of the grat-
itude and admiration of the people. Upon the
The three circles which you behold traced before exterior face is a comprehensive and immense delin-
you, with the sun in the centre, represent the jation of the three kingdoms of nature; the entire
universal planetary system. The Illustrious Brother world, ornamented with its diverse productions, the
Orator will explain to you how the mystery of elements and their distinguishing characteristics.
bQildiug our Mystic [iII’empleof Sapenath Pencali There is displayed the imposing rising of the sun,
is performed; and the knowledge of which you until his sparkling disk rolls back to his couch
must acquire before you can hope ~o aid us in the upon the moun~ains’ ridge, where he throws his
mystical part of our order. last fires in the azure seas of the firmament; the
heavenly cupolas sprink]ed with scintillating stars;
oRATOR.— the silver disk of the moon bounding upon the
In the centrc of the space which the stars over- waves; the luminous phantoms which walk upon
run in their courses, is raised the Temple Sapenath the ocean in the midst of profound night; a majestic
Pencab. Marble, alabaster or porphyry compose Temple breaks the level of the seas, situated upon
not its elegant and majestic walls; such materials the mobile plains among long mountain cbains,
are left to mortals. Its columns are composed of falling ever, and ever renewed. The same hand
a pure, subtle, ma~eria1 essence of the elements has there represented the most beautiful scenes of
which glows with sweeI3 clearness; extending in earth the four seasons display their charms; there
long Porticos, rounded by imposing arches, headed may you behold the warm and. vivifying rain falling
by bold cup olas; forming a sanctuary of which art in sLreaks of silver, as it traverses the rays of the
cannot imitate its religious beauties. The place is sun, to reanimate the earth with the first tokens of
filled with a soft light which takes many forms and spring; the torrents of undulating beat raised by
the fires of summer on the corn6eldFi embraced by
everywhere charms the eye. The entrance thereto
is not defended by armed phantoms with flaming the sun; a prairie, its banks covered with a carpet
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The Eternal,addressing the Electsays:- Approach,
of roses loaded with diamonds, of the vapours of fear nothing, listen! The stars you behold in the
autumn, scattered by the winds, and making a soft fields of immensity are sustained in space by my
undulating robe, which during the repose of nature
arm; no obstacles oppose their coarse for the motive
covers the earth with a dazzling whiteness.
power is my will and the execution of my plans;
two, attracting and repellent movements, which,
In the interior of this Temple are magnificent according to human science, tend apparently to
bas reliefs which represent the history of man; the their destruction, restrain each in their orbits but
happy events which secure the felicity of mankind
and the actions of those illustrious mortals, who produce by occasional collision a shocking chaos.
My Omnipotent hand separates light and darkness~
brave the fury of mankind to defend innocence and gives brilliancy to those torches which scin-
and truth. Here are represented those who by
tillate in eternal glory in the skies; the star of day
the strength of their genius, the grandeur of their is filled with eternal light which II have caused to
conceptions, and their fearlessness of heart, have flow in inexhaustible torrents; other suns are scat-
preserved their country from the horrors of civil
tered in the void and form centres of vaster systems,
war by abating the fury of factions who were con- which turn their luminous torrents upon the stars,
spiring its ruin, putting an end to public calamities relegated to the very confines of space, again
and consecrating, for their fellow citizens, new annals borrowing light from crossing planets which become
of happiness.
confounded in space, uniting all together to enlighten
the inhabited globes which they vivify; and causing
The first object which strikes the ardent gaze of the elements, agitated by these fires, to produce in
the entering Neophyte, in this august Temple, is
their proper series the beings which embellish them.
Beaaty, eldest born of T.S.A.O T.EY., her delightful The kernel of the earth, I have formed of so hard
form serving for the model which gives being to a substance, that the water of the ocean, which
the charming companions of men; near to her is covers and dissolves all bodies, cannot penetrate it,
Nature, the elements composing her existence, the ‘whilst the surface is kept moist by the permeating
pure fire which burns in her eyes, forms round her waters. Two opposing forces cause the oscillation
forehead a luminous glory; her breath is the zephyr, from pole to pole, of this immense mass of earth,
and around her face and bosom curves meteoric
and the waters accumulated in the abyss, which
light in undulating waves; upon her diapered robe
is figured all the flowers which embellish the earth, yet are preserved. by this even balance from de-
struction. Vast forests are surrounded. with long
all the birds which animate the groves. Every- chains of mountains, cappcd with clouds, from
where is enchanting order, ravishing harmony, seas which they attract the n~irishing waters which
of pleasure and virtue; beneficent apparitions who furnish to the flowers their inexhaustible rivers,
conserve the world and are resident near T.S.A.O.
meandering to the seas by insensible slopes, and
T. IT., occupying themselves each moment with traversing co nntries over which they spread fresh-
delicious contemplation of his marvellous works, ness and life; these rivers are incessantly contrib-
participate in his felicity, and listening with avidity
uting to the oceans and to the waves, which maintain
and in silence to the sublime language which charms
their level without ever overflowing, and. rendering
them.
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back to them that which the winds and the heat give them back to earth; from their bosom warmed
have attracted from their surface; the reservoirs by the sun, arise vapours, invested by the twilight
which traverse the bosom of the earth in all direct- and the dawn with the most lively colours, which
ions receive the excess of these tributaries, and the atmosphere receives and transforms into fer-
overflowing the surrounding banks inundate the tilizing rams. The decomposition of certain bodies
earth. serve for the formhtion of others, the generation of
living beings breathe, with the air, the emanations
Streams, spouting from the bosom of the earth, of that which has just been extinguished; children
after having passed. through their subterranean are the coffins of their fathers, all set oQt from this
course, and vapours ol~ fertilising rain, warmed by animated matter and turn by turn all return to it;
the heat of the star of day, unite with matter to it is the same mother-world reborn unceasingly
cause fermentation in the inert and immobile mass, from its own ashes, nothing can depart from its
allotted sphere or be destroyed, nothing perishes.
from which is born and to which returns all
created beings. This mass of matter cracks and SUBLIME DAI.—
lifts in all its parts and becomes covered with a Such, my Brother, is the language which the
c~arpet of verdure. Thus are nourished immense Eternal holds to our senses.
forests inhabited by animals; delicious groves re-
served for mortals. From the celestial intelligences, Behold the clouds which arrest thy intelligence,
even to man, who is first in the order of those if thou art possessed of perseverance thou wilt
spirits united to matter, down to the inanimate penetrate obscurity; natur~ will deliver to thee its
vegetable which is born and flourishes on the shores secrets, and explain the dealings oi~ Omnipotence.
of the ocean, an innumerable train of beings exist Consult the heavens, the most beautiful and the
upon the globe; the air, the earth, the waters, grandest of all books, because composed by God
swarm with life; all is full ol~ animals of which the himself. Forget not that the myriads of beings
form and manners is varied to infinity and ol~ which which people the universe, and the number of which
the imperishable species will for ever attest my is known only to T.S.A.O.T.U., are but members of
power and the fecundity of my creative genius; the same family; they are thy brothers, for there is
legions of insects, born in the crystal waters, flutter but one vital essence, but one nature of soul, but
with their sparkling wings, upon the bank and one divine breath.
come to deposit the fruit of their ~rial loves.
Within the bosom of the motionless greenish pool Youwill perceive, my brother, that in the degree
of Grand Consecrator you have a double duty to
from which man swerves as from a corrupt dwelling,
are animated beings, in their simplicity approaching perform,----the exoirriG Consecration of our Temples,
and the esoteric consecration of a Temple prepared
the elements, beings long unknown to mortals who by T.S.A.O.T.U. for those who merit his favors.
had no suspicion of their existence, nourished with
the juices obtained by dissolution, and thus reen- Places hands on Neophyte’s head and receives him as
in the grade of Grand Insta.Ilator, saying finally:—
tering the mass of animated matter whilst them-
selves serving for food to other beings. These I receive you Illustrious Brother into the rank
waters collect all kinds of bodies and by friction of a Grand Consecrator of our Antient and Prim-
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itive Rite, and trust that you will make yourself spirit, no longer like a torch obscured ~vith its own
fully acquainted with the sacred rituals tised in vapours, would burn with the purest flame and
consecrating and dedicating our Temples to the cast over every object a gentle radiance.
service of T S.A.O.T.U. and the brotherhood.
Gives to the Neophyte the ritual or Public Ceremonial. When thy attention shall have contemplated our
Mystic Temple, learned all its beauties, and seized
I will now entrust you with the special S.T. and the affinities between its several parts, and over-
W. which prove you to have been qualified for run the immense labyrinth visited by the stars;
your appointed duties. thou wilt enjoy the celestial harmony oF the bodies
This is done. coursing in space, in fixed paths and combined
The Grand Invocation sign is accompanied by distances, moved by the arms of the Eternal, guided
three brcathings which express the past, present by Omnipotent intelligence, father of thought.
and future, birth, life, death, and form the sacred Then will develope to thy astonished eyes spectacles
name Ye-ho-ha; and which is formed symbolically, more grand and sublime than nature can offer;
as is the Braliminical A-U-M.; both expressing the thou wilt contemplate with astonishment bodies of
same icleain the act and formof their pronounciation. immense volume disposed in the space which they
You! will now take your seat a~d listen to the traverse, accoml)anied by a majestic galaxy of
closing discourse.
planets and scintillating stars, shedding a light
CHARGE. more pure than that of the star of day, and peopled
with beings destined like ourselves for eternal
If man had the intelligent strength of will to felicity, superior beings of which the forms, qualities
raise the Isiac veil which covers the mysteries of and manners, were not before suspected by thy
nature, he would seize the extent of her vast plans weak intelligence.
and the numerous means employed for their execu-
tion. He would comprehend the phenomenon of
fire which pcnetrates, animates and modi~es matter; The pleasures of this sublime contemplation will
the composition of bodies by the condensation of fill eternity for thee; thy faculties, ever increasing,
the fluids; light, that mother of illasions and will develope themselves so as to embrace all the
generator of all the colours which embellish the marvels of space, and the charms of truth will
various formations. He would understand the glitter before thine eyes in all its brilliancy; thy
elements and their combinations which constantly intelligence will then embrace the universe, its
escape attention; and the darkness which envelopes vast conceptions will comprise all that which is, all
the last limits of human knowledge would be dis- that can be, thy spirit, all the thoughts which form
persed; enabling him to seize with a glance the thy intelligence; thou wilt understand the univers-
long train of consequences; the labours and lights ality of affinities; the assemblage of celestial systems
of men of genius, as they accumulate to form accumulated in the powerful bands of T.S.A.O.T.U.,
sciences, are monuments of the extent of the supe- system upon system, even to the confines of im-
riority of man over the other bcin~s, by which he mensity; thou wilt comprehend the strength and the
is surrounded, as well as of his own feebleness in movements of those worlds, of which the union
the limits which he is unable to pass; the eulightened and alilnity create the harmony of the universe.
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Oh, my Brother, contemplate the world which spins, the bee with his policy and laws; the indus-
we inhabit. What order, what harmony! Each trious insect ~vhich purveys with so much art for
object is made for some other; earth, heavens, seas, the wants of its momentarily hatched little ones;
elements and seasons, all bound together In the the creeping caterpillar which metainorphoses
harmonious concert of things. Behold the assem- itself into the lovely butterfly; the plant which
blage of the celestial bodies, of which the prodigious vegetates, the shrub which grows by the aid of the
distances and astonishing grandeur exhaust the roots which seek its nourishment; the seed which
calculations of the greatest genius; those stars the earth receives into its bosom in order to render
which roll over our heads, those globes of light it back an hundredfold; the pippin which grows
which give brilliancy to the firmament, those worlds for our use, trees, flowers, and shrubs; the mobile
sprinkled in space, formingone complete, harmonious edifice of our own body, of which Galen could not
system, in which all bodies weigh against each other explain the structure, without exclaiming, with all
and produce a reciprocal movement, all held together tbe enthusiasm of which he was capable, that it
by general laws and constantly affording each other sang the most beautiful hymn in honour of T.S.A.
mutual support. O.T.U.
Now, from the infinitely great, let us descend to The universe is a book open to all men; the road
the infinitely little, and hy the aid of a microscope, which conducts to the Temple of T.S.A.O T.U. is
consider these animalcuhe which are millions of neither rough uor harassed with thorns, and Masonry
times less than a grain of sand; yet they have their does not require its members to abandon themselves
head, mouth, eyes, and those eyes have their eve- to superstitions terrors, ‘which break all the bonds
balls, fibres and muscles; they have their veins, ~vhich attach them to the objects by which they are
nerves and arteries; those veins have their blood, surrounded, or condemn them to privations, the
those nerves their spirit; they have their particles, practise of austerities, and a contemplative life. It
those particles have their pores, and those pores is a state contrary to our institution. What man,
are full of parts, each having their shape anddivision inflated with vain pride, dares to say? “I raise
into still more minute parts; all those innumerable myself by thought above other men, and break the
parts, of which no effort of intellect can conceive chains which unite me to them; I fix my attention
the minuteness, are formed by exact proportion into on divinity alone.” For mortal man it suffices to
a livm g amma] being, which has aliments proper love each other, sustain the weight of each others
to it, its chyle and its humours, and its special feebleness and enjoy without abuse the riches which
functioiis like other beings; trituration, circulation nature produces; it suflices for each to follow the
of the blood, digestion and generation; in fine, all secret inspiration which they bear in their heart,
these operations are amongst the marvels of nature this guide will never turn them from the path of
and bear witness of the intelligence, wisdom, and virtue, the mother of true happiness. The chains
power of the creator. which attach men to the earth are not weighty,
and they are able by contemplation to raise them-
Why choose, my Brother, from objects within selves above them; the moral world is man’s true
our range. Take at hazard and examine, the birds empire and T.SA.O.T.U. has placed immutable
which fly, the fish which swim, the spider which bonds between His spiritual world and that of
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There are the vast regions of thought, the realms GRAND EULOGIST.
of imagination; the spirit will find in traversing
them a joyousness of which all the powers of evil
will be unable to deprive it.
23rd De6oree.
Man has but a short distance to traverse in the
road of life; he is often persecuted and more easily OPENING.
detached from the earth, the wings of death are As given in the preceding degree.
his asylum, and when the blind divinity has broken
the thick mould of mati er which envelopes his soul,
he will shine in space as an angel of light; grief RECEPTION.
will no longer affect him, he will see with an eye The preliminary portion of Reception is identical with
of contempt the infernal cohorts of passion, in the Grade of Grand Installator. (‘vide pp. 5 and 7)
vain seeking their prey upon the slime which he
SUBLIMI( DA].—
has quitted; semblance of the hideous worm, which
It was customary amongst the Sages of Egypt
after having long crawled upon the earth an to require from Aspirants to their Order, a course
object of aversion and contempt, casts aside the
mask which veiled its beauty, and developes to the of studies in Rhetoric and the sacred dogmas before
their initiation into the Mysteries was permitted,
rays of the day-star his scintillating wings, raised
the object of this solicitude was that the Neophyte
triumphantly above those who would crush him might be qualified to deliver the funeral orations and
underfoot. The man who aspires to nothing but
conduct the same according to the authorised ritual.
material possession, cannot perceive what happiness In this degree of Grand Eulogist you are required
he could enjoy when separated from it; he is terri-
fied by the solitude of immensity; he sees ndthing to stndy the ceremonial usages and customs
observed in the interment of any member who
wherewith to occupy his spirit, no object that his
heart can love; what will he do in eternity? iHe has received the Rose Croix degree of our Antient
prefers nothingness. But scarcely relieved from and Primitive Rite.
his bonds, and he will know his sublime destiny, In the interment of our dead it has been custom-
and he will bless the powerful hand which drew aryto offer Water, which nature incessantly renews
him from this nothingness to give him eternity. and is an emblem of purity, in virtue of its removing
Such is the Consecrated Mission of Freemasonry. all stains; Milk, the first nourishment and the
It is for all of you, my Brothers, to cultivate the symbol of candour and freedom; and Wine, which we
vast 6eld of human intelligence to sow the seeds of derive from vegetation and which is the symbol of
a beneficent philosophy and point the road to strength.
happiness. The practise of funeral ceremonies has existed
amongst men in all ages, and are usually an occasion
to recall the good actions which have been done by
him whose loss they meet to deplore and to render
homage to the virtues which distinguished him.
¾
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hieroglyphical representation of seven great cos-
Amongst our old Masters, where Masonic science
was more cultivated than vain show, no one could mogonical and psychical gods whose worship had
gain admittance to the sacred asylum of the tomb, prevailed in the twenty-six Nomes of that, even
until he had passed a solemn judgment. A grave then, ancient country. This great Emperor, the
deceudant of a race of prophets, priests and kings,
tribunal sat equally in judgment upon the King
and the peasant. They said to the dead, “whoever built the Temple of Memphis and advanced the
worship of Heseri and Isis in the whole united
thou art give account to thy country of thine empire. He established at Memphis, the seven
actions; what hast thou done with thy life. The
sons of Ptah,who with Neith produced Ra or Helios,
law interrogates thee, thy country hears thee; Truth the creative power of the solar orb, which again
sits in judgement upon thee.” Princes were carried
produces Agathed~mon, spirit, or breath. After
to be judged, escorted by their virtues and their
vices. A public accuser recounted the history of this Chronos or Saturn and Nn or Rhea, time and
space, produce ileseri and Isis, Set and Nephthis,
the dead man’s life and threw the blaze of truth and they Horus, Anubis, and Hermes or Thoth,
o’er all his actions. If he were adjudged to have
led an evil life, his memory was condemned in the who is the Revelator.
presence of the nation, and his body was denied In the Egyptian Book of the Dead will be found
the honour of sepulture. We, in Masonry, have a description of the progress of the human soul in
no such tribunal to judge the brethren and our the future state. Some copies of this book are at
desire is that their good deeds live after them, the least 4.500 years old, even then accompanied by
evil be interred with their bones. But whatever is commentary upon commentary, proving that the
said in behalf of a deceased brother should be the great antiquity of the I3oox, ab that time, was s uch
truth, and if it should unfortunately happen of one that the educated priests themselves had a diffioulty
of our brethren, that nothing of good can be truth- in interj)reting its esoteric secrets.
fully said, let us inournful[y bury him out of our
The principal orders of gods or immottals, men-
sight in silence.
tioned, are the Nu or associate Gods and the
In the degree of Grand Eulogist we follow the primordial waters, the ~in—t or celestial cycle;
opinions of the ancient sages, who taught the the great gods !Veteru or N~ter-aat and the chiefs
resurrection of the human soul after it had vacated Gaga. There is moreover mention of the Mu or
its material bodily temple. dead, the Bet mrs or depraved, and the KeJli or
accusers of the passing soul. Two antagonistic
It is in Egypt that we find the most perfect
information in regard to the old faith, because of beings appear throughout, Osiris and his triad,
the prototype of the good and justified; and Set or
the care with which they are recorded to have
preserved ancient tradition, and because of the Balm and his devils, the subverters of good.
Physically they are divided into light and dark-
greatantiquity of their manuscript and monumental
records preserved to us. This great nation had a ness, symbolically they are represeuted by the sun
and the great dragon Apophis. The soul would
thoroughly developed religious system ~,880 years seem to be an uncreated being, but the breath of
ago, about which time IVienes united Upper and
life is the gift of Turn the setting sun, or Serapis.
Lower Egypt into a single empire, and embodied a
Th
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Isis and Nephthis render aid to the spirit, Thoth soul performs all the old functions of life, but
justifies him, Anubis embalms his mummy, Horns “There is not a limb of him not as a god.” He is
defends. The object of the book is to teach the triumphantly crowned as a faithful soldier of the
spirit how to avoid the “Second death in Hades” gods, who thus address him~—” rt~hy Father Tum
and to deliver itself from its various adversaries has bound thee with this good crown of justification,
who might seek to detain or destroy it, on its passage with that living froutlet: beloved of the gods, thou
or destiny. The sua is symbolical of this, for the livest for ever.”
Ritual says: “Ho~ workmen of the sun by day and The religious faith of all mankind derives from
by night, the Osiris lives after he dies, like the sun a single central source; with us the Great Spirit
daily, for as the sun died and was born yesterday de ~eIopes into the Being Jehovah, as Brahm into
so the Osiris is born “ “He is the son beloved of Brabma, and Kneph or Ptah into Osiris. Thus in
the Father, he has come from the mummy a pre- Isis and Swayambhnva we have the spirit or
pared spirit.” Aware of his divine nature, the generative principle. In Horus (who is also Khem),
spirit exclaims, “I know that I was bc~otteu by Kristna, and Buddha, we have the Saviour Medi-
Ptah, braught forth by Keith “ Like Osiris the afar. In Set, Siva, Satan, the accuser and destroyer
spirit is the victim of various diabolical traps aud of souls,
l)eisecutions over which he triumphs by gnn~is or Behold, then, the sun as it is about to disappear,
knowledge, of celestial and infernal mysteries which it symbolises life in death; birth, life, death and
he has learned. At leii’~th he soul ol the deceased resurrection; the victory of virtue over vice, the
Heseri, is conducted into time l31eseime of the divine present in the past; it is death which produces
tathee who is seated with f-o~y-two judges in the life. Beyond the tomb commences our true activity;
Hall of the Tv~ o Truths,” symnbolised, as truth here below is the country of errors, doubts, and
and jusLiec, b~ the cubit and ostrich featlici; mmd disbelief. It is after having freed the realm of
distinguished as ira mortals or gods, b~ the ring- death that thou wilt find the kingdom of certitude,
handled tan cross. liar-c he denied forty-two Sins. of conviction, and thy true country.
The soul is described as going in like a Phocuix; Places hands on Neophyte’s head and receives him as in
having passed through the roads of darkness he the grade of Grand Instalh~tor, saying finally,—
comes forth with joy, exclaiming: “I come forth
with justification age ii~1 my enemies; I have I receive -you, Illustrious Brother, into the rank
reached the heavens, I have passed through the of a Grand Eulogist of our Antient and Primitive
earth; I have crossed the earth at the footsteps of Rite.
the spirits a living chiel.” Brilliant as the Sun, I entrust to your hands as a Ceremonial Official
the god.~ exclaim. “Hail coming as Turn, created the Ritual of the three grades which have now been
by the Creator of the Gods,” and of the sun they conferred upon you by this Sublime Council. They
exclaim. “Hail thou greater than the gods, rising are branches of learnieg, in which it is necessary
in the heavens ruling in the gate! Hail thou who that the Patriarchs of our Rite should be accom-
hast cut in pieces the Scorner and strangled the plished so as to be qualified at any time to officiate
Apophis,” by which simile mortals were encouraged in such capacities.
to combat against darkness and evil. The renovated Gives to the Neophyte the Rituals or Public Ceren-tonials.
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I will now entrust you, with the special S.T.& W. outside his senses, that the universe is not a
which prove you to have been qualified for your perception of his soul, as it is one of the ideas of
appointed duties. T.S.A.O.T.U.? 0, thou Atheist, who says to thy-
This is done. self,—”What need to fatigue my imagination with
Illustrious Brother Sword Bearer, let proclam- the idea of a God who humiliates my pride? Matter
ation be made. has some inherent force ‘which suffices for its move-
ment, let ns relegate this Being to imaginative
SWORD BEARER.— children.” No, no, thou canst not humble this
To the Glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe.
In the name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and Snperior Being, the proof of his existence is ‘written
Primitive Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland. in letters of fire, upon the cupola of the firmament
Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to the in which thy spirit wanders. Why! man would
Order. be a prodigy of matter directed by intelligence, and
I proclaim our Illustrious Brother to be the universe in which he is but an atom would be
elevated to the dignity of Grand Installator, Grand produced and directed by chance! Those masses
Consecrator, and Grand Eulogist, 21st, 22nd, and scintillating in immensity ‘would be eternal and
23rd degrees of our Antient aud Primitive Rite, that which produced them perishable? No that is
and I call upon all Illustrious Brethren to recognise impossible! Is the idea of the existence of a Being
him in his high quality as such and render him aid superior to thee, and the immortality of the soul,
and assistance in case of need. too vast, too sublime, for thy comprehension? Thou
Join me Illustrious Brethren in rejoicing over art unable to sustain the weight of the word eternity!
Thy imagination is unable to conceive a world
the happy acquisition made to our Rite.
peopled with beings superior to thyself! If chance
All give Battery 333-333.333. S.D. Strikes 1. All
are seated.
is a God, to which mortals have knelt, they ought
to conjure a better state of things! If inert matter
You -will now take your seat and listen to the has created thought, if T.S.A.O.T.U. is a child of
closing discourse. the imagination; the idea of his existence was the
CHARGE. most vast, the most sublime of all mau’~ thought;
it is a man then who is the creator of the universe,
The examples of the most remote ages, and the the least perfect of mortals was the first of beings;
usages of the most barbarous people, teach us that it is he who has made whaL the earth adores as its
respect for the dead is universal. This respect is sovereign, it is to him that his fellowmen ought to
a proof that all nations admit the existeuc~ of God, raise their altars.
and of the immortality of the human soul. In vain, will it be, that a mother prostrates her-
The Atheist is a monster of pride and imperfect- self, to waste her grief on the tomb of some mortal
ion; in order to raise himself he debases divinity. whom she adored, to sorrow for that loss which she
He is enchained within the narrow circle of his most cherished, and to desire to launch herself
thoughts and whilst attempting to embrace im- into eternity with the lost one. In vain, will be,
mensity he makes an idol of matter. And what that hope of a better state which sustains a virtuous
means has he of assuring himself, that he exists, and persecuted man, dragging himself to the end
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moral law, natural duties, and the idea of liberty
of his career, for he will find beyond it, —Naught? felt by all men. If blind chance has formed the
It ‘will be in vain For the culpable man, torn with
remorse, to prostrate himself on the tomb of his world, whence above all intel]igeuce and wisdom;
why the a~nities between beings possessing these
victim! Since the poor man is but the dupe of qualities, wherefore have they order and idea? No,
virtue; since there is neither recompense nor rn-
demnity for long privation; there only remains for my brother, it is only the fool who has said in his
him the resources of crime and its concealment. heart there is no God, immortality is the innate
The bonds of society are broken and men may flee conception of mankind from the earliest era, and
into the forest for protection. Why should man the doctrine which we here enforce.
care to cultivate his heart and spirit, for reason, ~ou will see all this still more clearly when the
knowledge and sensibility will only serve to render Sublime Council accords you instruction in the
sc~ence, symbolism, and theosophy of the various
him the most unfortunate of beings, if his soul is
not immortal, if there is no God. No, my brothers, philosophies of antiquity, and the greater and lesser
believe it firmly, man is not the child of chance, he mysteries of our sage predecessors.
is not after death dissolved into nothingness It CLO SING.
is only the wicked man, pursried by remorse, who 5UBLIME DAI.— Strikes 333. Repeated by the Mystagogues.
dares not fix his looks upon that long succession All rise
of time which has no end; he trembles at the voice Illustrious First Mystagogue, at what hour ought
of the judge who calls him, and to reassure himself we to suspend our labours?
exclaims,—”Man is but matter and there is no FIRST MYSTAGOGiJE.—
God!” But the virtuous man, who has exercised self- At the heur of perfect darkness.
denial, counts upon immortality as his just recom- SUBLIME DAI.—
pense. Illustrious Second Mystagogue, is it time to
In Atheism there is nothing for imagination, snspend our labours?
nothing for misfortune; man is sustained by hope SECOND MYSTAGOGUE.—
and lives upon its sweet illusions, why deprive him It is, Sublime Dai.
of the most cousolotary of these? The truth, say SUBLfME DAT.—
they, the truth! The fanaticism of that truth is Illustrious Brother Messenger of Science, advance
then very cruel, since it assimilates man to the to receive a commission. He whispers in his ear the P.W,
brutes and deprives him of the hope of immortality. which he carries to the two Mystagogoes, and then lights the
But upon what solid foundation shall we believe incense. Since it is the hour to suspend our labours
that matter and chance have formed the universe, unite ~aJthme,Illustrious Brothers, for that purpose.
since the nature of things entirely belie it? If The S.D. descends form the East and places himself as
matter has created the universe, itself, by blind at the opeuing ceremony.
necessity, whence arise in us all those grand ideas PRAYER.
and sentiments so contrary to its principles; whence
S.A.O.T U., eternal and fruitful source of light
do we derive all such characteristics as prudence,
prevision, and choice, so repugnant to the system and truth, full of gratitude for Thy infinite goodness,
of fatalism. Whence come conscience, remorse, we render Thee a thousand thanks and attribute to
Thee all that we have done, of good, of the useful
during this day. Continue, Father of Mercies, to
protect our labours, direct them towards perfection
PATRIACH OF TRUTH.
and grant that harmony, concord, and union, be 241k Degree.
ever the triple cement which unites us.
ALL.—Glory to Thee0 Lord. Glory to Thy works. There are seven Obelisks of Egyptian design of the
Glory to Thy infinite goodness. following colours; which represent the seven Egyptian
The S.D. reascends the East, and the Officers resume Deities and their supposed mythological attributes, accord-
their places. Soft harmonious music. ing to the philosophy of the Magi. 1
7ALTAR2
They are arranged in the manner here
SUBLIIvIE DAI.—Strikes 333, which the two Ms. repeat. indicated.— 6 & 3
To the glory of T.S.A.O.T.U. In the name and 5 VASE. 4
flEITY. ATTRIBUTE. EMBLEM. COLOUR.
under the auspices of the Sovereign Sanctuary of 1. Seb, Chronos. Time. Scythe. Azure.
Antient and Primitive Masonry in and for Great 2. Kneph. Power. Eagle. Hyacinth or bloodred.
Britain and Ireland, I declare the labours of this 3. Osiris. Health. Silver Cock. Anachite diamond or
Sublime Council of Grand Eulogists suspended. 4. Ra, Hercules. Strength Lion. Ruby. [pure white.
Let us retire in peace, and may the spirit of T.S.A. 5. Isis. Love. WhiteDove. Emerald.
O.T.U. watch forever over you. 6. Taut, Hermes. Science. Caduceus. Agate.
7. Savonia. Purity. Crescent. Beryl or Crystal.
In the centre of the Circle stands a tripod, on which is
placed a vase containing wine and displaying this legend.—
“T’ruth lives in the blood of the vine” In the south must
be placed a Cabinet, of antique form, concealing a small
Electric Battery; in the East is a recess with very thick
black curtains or folding doors, behind which is placed the
Perfect Light.
The three following gi ades rank as schools of instruction.
The insignia is same as that in the preceding grades except
that the emblem upon the winged.egg is a pyramid sur-
mounted by a sun.
OPENJING.
As given in the preceding degrees.
RECEPTI ON.
The lights are reduced to the faintest glimmer. The
place of meeting represents the Pyramid of Cheops. Neo~
phyte is hooded, and stands in the west.
SUBLIME DAI.—
Again we are assembled in the Sacred Sanctuary
of the Fountain of Perfect Light, deep in the bowels
of our mother earth, secure from the observation
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Shall worship it as they have done,
of the profane, and only to be found by brethren Since earth itself was in its youth.
who have participated in our solemn mysteries;
and by those whom they may conduct hither for the M. of S.—Strikes 333—4444—22 in the West.
purpose of enlightenment in the secrets of nature SUBLIME DAT.—
and science. Who dares interrupt our solemnities? The soli-
Illustrious Brother Guardian of the Sanctuary, tude and silence of this mystic and secret Temple,
see that our portals are guarded; and you. Illustrious should never he broken but by the voice of wisdom
Brother Grand Expert, watch over the safety of and the hymns of praise and devotion. Answer,
the Sacred Light, and superintend its revelation. what means this rude intrusion, and what daring
GRAND EXPERT.— mortal has ventured through the tortuous passages
The servant of the Fountain of Mystic Light and of the great Pyramid, braved the horrors of the
of the mighty orb from which it first derived its dark pit of Orcus, and even demands admission to
origin, though now concealed and worshipped, deep this our most sacred of sanctuaries? What seeks
in the secret vaults of earth, far from its parent he here and by what right?
source, has observed your commands.
MESSENGER OF SCIENCE.—
Organ Music and Ode.
It is a Knight Hermetic Philosopher, tried and
iHere within these gloomy halls, well approved, truthful and honest. He is a wan-
Buried deep in earth’s dark breast, derer in search of more mental light and aliment,
Where no ray of snulight falls. still thirsting for deeper draughts of the sweet
And all seems hushed ii~ endless rest, waters of truth. Now in the deep darkness of our
Far beneath the haunts of men,
And its source, day’s orb, so bright, l)ortal, unarmed and unprotected, save by his
integrity and his reliance on the power and justice
Hidden from all eyes profane, of the Great First Cause, he awaits with patience
Burns the pure and mystic light. and submission your august award. He is a cand-
Alorus’ gift, when Nimrod reigned; idate for admission into the august Mysteries of
First hero and 6rst king on earth, Memphis, that he may study and compare the
The mighty god of fire, on high, knowledge of the East with that which he has
To this his Perfect Light gave birth, acquired in the West.
And to the Patriarchs of Truth, SUBLIME DAl.—
By Achan’s sacred charge twas given, By what right is he emboldened thus to claim a
Within these deep and silent caves, participation in the science and learning of this our
To guard the brilliant child of heaven. most secret retreat?
Be this our pledge ;—ne’er shall its light MESSENGER OF SCIENCE.—
Beam on unworthy or profane, He has expended many years of his life in an
But on each Brother of our Rite, arduous pilgrimage, seeking to obtain the knowledge
Its rays shall shine, and lustre reign; that shall give its possessor perpetual peace and
For countless ages yet to come happiness.
The favoured Patriarchs of the Truth,
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5UBLIM~ DAT.—
and he places an unfaltering trust in Supreme
And during this long pilgrimage through what Providence.
SUBLIME DAI.—
lands has he journeyed?
MESSENGER OF SCIENCE.—
Illustrious Brother Archivist, procure from the
The far lands of the West, where the descendants Sublime Treasurer, the Key of Zeus, and plunge it
in yonder cauldron of boiling oil. Lead the Neo-
of Japhet abide, are as familiar to him, as the laud
which gave him birth. He comes from the laud of phyte to the cauldron and let his right arm be
Judea, crossing the valley of death, and the bnruiug bared. If his courage be genuine and his motives
deserts, to the Kingdom of Mizraim. He has just and worthy, the seething liquid will become as
harmless and ~s cold as are the eternal snows, and
sojourned in the distant Ind, and studied deeply
the precepts and sacred lore of the followers of he will secure the key with ease; but if his courage
and intentions are alike false, his flesh will seethe
Brahma and Buddha.
and fall from the bone, and he will become the
SUBLIME DAT.—
But from whence came he originally? object of our contemptuous pity.
MESSENGER OF SCIENCE.— Whilst these d;rections are given the Officers execute
them. Music. The Neophyte secures the Key.
From a mould of living clay; cast by the Eternal
SUBLIME DAI.—
Artificer, who, to prove the transcendent superiority
Illustrious Brother Grand Expert, bring hither
of His last and noblest work, made man in His the Mystic Mirror, in which thine aged sight alone,
own image. can behold all that will transpire in the future, for
SUBLIME DAT.— the eyes of the Aspirant must for awhile icuger be
What advantage does he hope to gain by ad-
closed to the light. Conduct him to the entrance
ntlsslon to our inspired retreat? of the Cave of Knowledge, and guide his hand that
MESSENGER OF SCIENCE —
he may place within its massive lock the key that
He seeks the key of Zeus, which unlocks the
opens this mystic depository of unknown wonders.
treasure-cave of kuowledge,—past, present. and to
Music. Neophyte is conducted thrice round and over
come,—iu which the mysterious and hidden powers various obstructions; he is led to the South, the key is
of nature may be studied and developed; especially turned and the bolt shot. Gong sounds; a noise is heard
those forces as yet unknown, which in the future like the wash of waves. Music. The Sublime Dal puts
are destined to revolutionise the world, and make the following questions,which are answered by the Expert,
the wisdom of the present, appear but as the folly who wears a cap with wings, the emblem of the sacred
scribes.
of the past Q —Il]ustriou..~ Brother Grand Expert, what seest
SUBLIME DAI.—
thou in the Mystic Mirror, and what means that
And has this daring adventurer the courage and
confidence to hazard the fearful consequences that sound like unto the rushing noise of mighty waters?
may follow such a rash and unhallowed tampering A.—T see a mighty vessel on a boundless ocean;
with the unseen powers. no sails are set to catch the breeze, but two enorm-
MESSENGER OF SCIENCE.— ous chariot wheels, like wings, propel her swiEtly
He has and earnestly awaits the ordeal. He o’er the heaving waves, whilst from the interior of
knows that life eternal awaits hun in the future, this mighty galleon dense dark clouds arise, and
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mar the beauty of the bright blue sky. ment of thy temerity. What thou hast received is
The vision has faded from the surface of the bat a very slight monition of ~he fearful force
inherent in the power of that subtle essence, that
Mirror and another is slowly forming in its place.
Music. Noise. all pervading fluid, a knowledge of whose nature
and properties, you were so desirous to pluck from
Q.—What seest thou now, and what unearthly the secret records of the mighty Zeus. This much
noise was that, like unto the yell of a despairing I am permitted to impart to you. It is the primary
demon? and never resting caase and effect of all existence,
A.—I behold a still more marvel[ous vision than in our system and throughout all space. it is found
the first. I see what appears to be a living monster in the air we breathe, in the lightning that flashes
clad in green and gold, with eyes oF flame, and in the stormyheavens, the blood that coursesthrough
breathing fire and vapour. With strength incredible our veins, the very thoughts passing through our
and lightning speed he draws after him, scores of brain, the gentle dew that fal[s upon the opening
chariots of strange construction, filled with hundreds flowers, the howling winds that sweep across tke
of people, clad in unfamiliar garbs. Even in these raging main and submerging in their senseless fury
few minutes i~hey have crossed an arm ~f the sea, many a brave barqae with their devoted crews.
a viaduct across the valley, reached a distant It exists in and controls all created thing~,—animal,
mountain and disappeared as ‘twere through its vegetable and mineral; it regulates the movements
very centre! All is dark upon the Mirror’s surface of our solar system. ~or is this all, for it is alike
once again. powerful ir forming the innumerab]e systems that
Q.—Doth the enquirer after Trnih wish further revolve around the universe iii harmony an~ sweet
insight and knowledge of the ages yet to come? accord.
A.— Lie doth. I] e seeks but one more trial of the Kow let tlie Neophyte commence the last stage
Key of Zeus. He would open the inner door of the of his journey, at the termination of which his eyes
Cave of Knowledge and learn the secret of vitality; shall behold the glory of the Fountain of Perfect
the source of being, motion, and transmutation. Light and Truth.
Q.—His wish shall be accomplished; but ere he Music. Neophyte i~ led five times round by the Expert
and Messenger, during which the following passages are
ventures upon this second trial let him weigh the chanted
possible result. There may be danger in the bold 1. Long has our brother wandered in the dark-
experiment. ness; in the black gloom of horror and despair.
A.—He is prepared to meet it. 2. Seeking the light of reason and of hope, but
The Neophyte is conducted once round and faces the still not finding it, for false lights have beguiled him.
South. The Key is again placed in the lock, and the Neo-
phyte instanlAy receives a shock from the concealed 3. Leading his steps into the paths of error, and
Ba~tery, and the doors of the Cave close with a loud the worship of false gods; whose brilliancy was but
crash. the reflection of hell’s lurid fires.
SUBLIME DAT.— 4. Charity, Love, Hope, arid Faith, are lovely
Rash, but courageons brother, behold the punish- in their lustre; but He is the source of all glory and
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At whose command ~he darkness fled,
of all brightness; He, the central orb of boundless The glorious sun had birth;
space. Whose genial heat and dazzling rays,
6. Let then our Brother’s eyes behold; and his Then sanctified our earth.
soul rejoice in the ineffable beauty of His radiance. Music grows louder. Doors of the Perfect Light are
For the light shineth in the darkness and man rapidly closed. Sublime Da~ takes the hand of~he ~eophyte
comprehendeth it not; but the time hath come and and raises him.
the darkness rofleth away, and the glory of the SUBLIME DAI.—
Shekinah shall be manifested. Arise, Illustrious Brother, it is now my duty to
By this time Neophyte is placed upon his knees in the
East d~rect1y opposite the Perfect Light. greet you as a Patriarch of Truth, and an associate
of the devoted servants of the Fountain of Pure and
5UBLIME DAI.—Strikes 333. All rise. Perfect Light, for your eyes have seen a glimmering
Illustrious Brothers let the Triangle bc formed. of the glory of the Holy One and the dazzling
Done. whiteness of His raiment, for it is of Him that the
Now my Brother, whilst in that posture of Perfect Light is the type and synabo [. Light is the
devotion, repeat in our presence an obligation of life, the soul, the nourisher of the Universe, and of
secrecy. all created things.
To Ihe glory of the Sublime Architect of the U aiver~e. I will now instruct you. in the S.T. and W. of a
In Ihe name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and Patriarch of Truth.
Primitive Masonry, in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to the This is done. Then presents ~eophyte with a cup of
Order. wine from the vase on ~hetripod.
Sl7JBLIMI DAT.—
I, A.B., do most solemnly promise and bind my-
self by this oath, never to reveal the secrets of this My Brother, accept from my hands this cup of
retreat, to any person in the world, unless I know generous wine, and let the draught be a pledge of
him or them to be lawfully entitled to receive them, communion between us,—a communion of brother-
and should I knowingly break this oath, may I, for hood, love, and faith. It is an adage almost as old
the future, be deprived of my intelligence, by the as the earth itself, that “Truth lives in Wine,”
everliving God. Amen. the wine of life; and so it does, for truth must
ORATOR.—Exclaims. exist in all things that are real and have a being.
Wine is a symbol of the world and of the universe;
And He said, let there be light and there was for as it ~sthe blood of the vine, so is the element of
light. water the blood of all eternal and unbounded space.
Music. The curtain or doors are quickly thrown apart, All things around us are but emblems aud symbols
and the Perfect Light i~ displayed. The Council i~ fully
illuminated. All the brethren sing the following Hymn. of what is higher and nobler. Behold this azure
column, surmounted by a scythe, the emblem of
Glory to Him, the mighty One! Time, alike the creator and de&t~royer of all that
The Giver of all Light! lives and dies. Then look upon this hyacinth
Whose will from chaos formed the world, column upon which is placed the semblance of an
When all was cheerless night.
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eagle, the symbol of Kneph, whose attributes were CHARGE.
wisdom and majesty. This anachite column on
whose capital you see a silver image of the cock, The place of meeting of the Patriarchs of Truth,
represents Osiris as the tutelary deity of the Nile, represents a subterranean hall, situated in the
the God of agriculture, and the healing art. This lowest depths of the inmost recesses of the Great
ruby column, surmounted by a lion, represents Ra Pyramid of Cheops; the only entrance to which was
or Hercules, and is an emblem of strength and through a series of gloomy corridors, small winding
valour. This one of emerald, on whose capital is passages but three feet wide and the same in height,
seeLl a ~vhite dove is the emblem of Isis, the wife leading to the mouth of a dark and terrible abyss,
of Osiris and the goddess of divine love. The sixth apparently of immense depth, down which the
which is of agate, bearing on it the representation Patriarchs descended. The external of this gor-
of a Gaduceus, is typical of Hermes, the father and geous edifice was the symbolism of the world, built
presiding deity of science and the arts. The seventh upon the purest principles of astronomy, astrology,
and last whose shaft is of transparent beryl, and mathematics and geometry. The interior was a
whose emblem is a crescent, represents Savonia, the temple designed to teach and illustrate those
goddess of purity. sciences. Then the soul of man was regarded as a
direct emanation from the deity, and its fall from
The ancient Egyptians ~iadseven gods of the first spirit to dense matter, its trausmigration and
class, or the seven sons of Ptah at Memphis, twelve ultimate birth into manhood, and its redescent into
of the second order, and seven of the third order, animal forms in the case of the brutalised man, or,
who were children of the greater seven, and we if the divine element prevailed, a new birth into
have selected these to illustrate our meaning. the god-like nature. These were the stages of the
To the uninitiated profane, these columns would glorious drama which these temples were built to
represent so many deities, and each worthy, in the display, and chief of all the great temple of Cheops,
estimation of the common herd, of single and de- which the founders by abstruse astronomical cal-
voted worship; but to the initiated sons of light, of culations designed should be the physical centre of
all climes, they are but symbols representing some the world and the metaphysical centre of their
of the many divine attributes of the one true and sublime teachings. This dumb but eloquent
only Supreme God, of which the Fountain of Perfect structure is full of mystical revelation, to those
Light is but the faint and hiunble emblem. who possess Guosis.
My Brother, you must have been impressed The base line of this great building is 761 feet,
throughout your masonic career, with the con vict- and occupies over 13 acres of land, its vertical
ion that Masonry, even from the very first degree, height is 480 feeL. The standard of its construction
proclaims the power and glory of T S.A.O.T U. and was the common cubit of 17,7426 inches, or 6 palms
that to Him alone is worship due. You will now or 2 spans, the royal cubit being a handsbreadth
take your seat among your Brother Patriarchs. greater. The canon of proportion is 3,14169 and
The Illustrious Brother Orator will give you a the origiu of all the ancient standards of measure-
further description of the origin and history of this ment in time and space. Each side of the base
Sacred Rite. symbolises a quarter of a year in the computation
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of 100 inches per day, or 9131066 x 4~36624, 22 the astral light, of which electricity is a variation.
inches, thus each side is 616,1647 cnbits, a sum In this electrical action the planetary system
which plays an important part in the internal revolves, and in the astral matter the spiritual
symbolism, as it is the cubic diagonal of the king’s element. The astral matter of man is not a single
chamber, being also half the greatest circumference element like the immortal spirit but is a combination
of the coffer, the capacity of which is 4000 cnbits, of the elements from the sun and planetary systems,
or 70898,161 cubic inches. air, ether, atmosphere, earth with its organic and
inorganic life and emanations makeupthe wonderful
The base is a perfect square. symbolising the
body of man, who is a true Cosmos upon which is
union of the male and female principles of creation; impressed all that the soul has gathered up in its
the sides, a perfect triangle, symbolise the masculine
principle of nature. Twice in the year the beholder process of growth, and is as much a microcosm of
the individual’s mind within as of the visible and
witnessed the sun as if resting upon its very apex. invisible universe without: constituting spheres or
The different stages of the mysteries celebrated layers, which after death form the astral body of
within its bewildering passages, grand chambers, the spirit, and are analogous to the electrical and
galleries, sunken shafts ending in secret crypts, astral matter in the realms of space: the spiritual
the descending passages all leading to sepulchral
edifices, the ascending galleries and noble chambers principle of the earth, galvanism, magnetism, motion,
throughout its rocks, plants, minerals, waters and
with lidless and empty sarcophagi, all speak to gases.
the heart of the true Master. But their spirit is
According to the Arabs, each of the seven pyra-
found in the grand law of universal correspondence, midical chambers wasdedicated to a particular planet;
which makes geometry the plan, and mathematics each mummy, holding an influence over the departed
the sum of all things, binding together colour, spirit For 3000 years, was pfaced in such a position
sound, form, function, matter, spirit, man and his as to ascend through the seven planetary chambers
creator, each planet with its solar system, and these before its exit at the symbolical apex, in this further
with the entire universe in one stupendous scheme symbolisin~ the seven spiritual spheres. The sun,
of harmony. Sounds and colours are but spiritual to whose honour this temple of Cheops was dedicated,
numerals; as the seven prismatic rays proceed from
once in every year dies and descends into earth’s
one spot in the heavens, so the seven powers of depths, so does death linger in the lowest crypts in
nature, each of them a number, are the seven radi-
the ashes of the earthly founder of the building.
ations of unity, the central, spiritual sun. Fragments The intricate passages, the narrow, rough and
of the sublime Egyptian philosophy was obtained rugged paths and the final opening into the great
by all the capable minds who resorted to the Temple-hall, were only so many practical types and
Egyptian priests for occult instruction; and is found
symbols. comparing the soul’s progress to that ot
in the philosophical systems of the Greeks, Romans, the sun through the constellated zodiac of the skies.
Jews, and Hermetics of the West; in the fulness It was in this great hall that the Neophyte received
of ancient Masonry and the effete exoteric puerilities his final instruction in the mystery of life and death.
of some of the modern Rites. A pyramid in Slain by violence and laid in the coffer with him
revolution becomes a cone. Our grand triad is
is destroyed the Master’s word on which the building
indestructible spirit, life or motion, and matter, or
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of the great temple depends. Once found, raised, and Primitive Rite in all its pure unsullied beauty.
and born again; there the sun of heaven sits tri- At the most remote period, Masonry flourished in
umphant on the very apex of that pyramid, which Egypt and attained so strong a footing therein,
is itself a symbol of the generative life; that but an that all the most learned and powerful of its popu-
emblem of the spiritual sun, which is God, whence lation were members of the mystic vie. The archives
the material derives life and lustre. of the Rite of Memphis can reckou amongst its
I need not describe the ceremonies through which votaries such names as Orpheus, Homer, Pythagoras,
you have passed this evening, nor attempt to Thales, Virgil, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, and
interpret their meaning to you, as that has already many other great names of Greece, that intellectual
been made clear, step by step. At the same time daughter of Egypt. Triptolemeus, Erechtheus,
it is necessary that you should be enlightened as to Cadmus and many others tore themselves from the
the fact that the real birthplace of the most import- charms of home to carry the light of civilization to
ant and sublime portions of Masonry, was that barbarous peoples. Homer, Herodotus, and others
mighty land of mystery and wisdom,—the land of gathered at Thebes and Memphis, the knowledge
Egypt. Egypt, whose very origin is obscured by and science which they afterwards bestowed on
the mists of countless ages, upon the banks of their nugrateful countrymen. Pythagoras dared
whose great river, Nile, once stood 30,000 magni- the most frightful perils in travelling the banks of
ficent cities, some whose population seem of almost the Nile to learn from the hierophants how man
fabulous amount—whose gorgeous Temples and may become happy by being virtuous. The wealth
whose mighty works of art, laugh to scorn the and influence of the order was almost beyond com-
efforts of modern civilization. Their architectural putation. Buildings of enormous magnitnde were
works have withstood the ravages of time and the erected in which our rites were celebrated. The
destructive hand of man, for thousands of years, greatest precautions were usedto guard our mysteries
and will for ages yet to come; still the gigantic from the profane, so much so, that in the time of
pyramids rear their unbroken summits to the clouds, the Grand Hierophant Moeris, the successor of
eternal momentos of a mighty race. Egypt, the Osymandias, he caused a great lake to be dug
mother of civilization, the home of wisdom and of around the temple, sacred to our meetings, and
art, when Greece and Rome were yet unsung, called it after his own name; but in the course of
unheard of, and the mighty empires of the present ages that lake became choked up by the sands of
were not. the desert and the meetings of the Rite, from that
It was in this land of Egypt, in the valley of time, were held iu the Pyramids in chambers ex-
Memphis, that our beloved Rite first assumed a p~essly adapted for every degree of the Rite.
cognate and coherent form and gained from the From every part of the then known world came
greatest and best of Egypt’s Sages those divine the most learned philosophers, the most heroic
lessons of wisdom, virtue and charity, which with warriors, the most powerful princes, seeking admiss-
their knowledge of the artb and sciences combined, ion withiu the portals of our temples. VViIling and
has preserved through sixty centuries or more, eager to submit to the rigorous examinations, the
even through wars, famines, plagues, barbarism long probations, the fasts, the vigils, the hardships,
and the darkness of the middle ages, the Antient the terrible trials of courage, strength, endurance,
7
and intelligence, which were then exacted from all

candidates before they were allowed to receive even PATRIARCH OF THE
the first degree of Isis. The Greek and Roman
mysteries were nothing but corrupt perversions of
the moral teachings of Masonry, but the Jews who PLANISPHERES.
acquired their knowledge of the Craft in Egypt,
were so truly imbued with the pure doctrines of 25th Degree.
the Rite and its teachings, that they preserved
them intact, with the exception of altering the
names and locality and as it were nationalizing the OPENING.
earlier degrees. As given in the preceding degree.
Such, my Brother, was the origin and rise of this RECEPTION.
Rite which now exists in every civilized country of
the world; which counts its associates by thousands, in th~s degree the Planispheres are depicted on the floor.
Neophyte is prepared as a Patriarch of Truth, by the
whose principles are founded on truth, justice, Grand Expert, who then striI~es 333-4444.22, on the door.
humanity, and virtue; and whose power for good
excels that of all the pontiffs, emperors, kings, and 5UBL]ME DA].—
Illustrious Brother Messenger of Science, see who
potentates of earth combined.
disturbs us?
CLoSING 5MdE AS LAST DEGREE. MEssENGEa OF 5CIENCE.—Opens the door, and says.
Who alarms the Sublime Council?
GRAND EXPERT —
It is a Patriarch of Truth, who is desirous of

finishing his probation and anxious to receive the
knowledge of a Patriarch of the Planispheres.
MESSENGER OF sCiENCE.—
The prayer of the Neophyte shall be carried to
the Throne of Truth. Closes door and says. Sublime
Dai, the alarm was caused by the Grand EKpert,
who reports in waiting a Patriarch of Truth, desirous
of finishing his probation and receiving the know-
ledge of a Patriarch of the Planispheres.
SUBLIME DA].—
Let him enter.
MESsENGER OF 5CIENCE.—Opens door, saying.
Let him enter.
SUBLIME IAI.—
Let the Patriarch be led thrice round in the course
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bf those heavenly bodies by which we are enlight- Israel produced the taste for allegories with whibh
ened. our Rite is so often embellished.
Music. Expert leads Neophyte between the columns. Expert leads Neophyte round, and stops in front of Altar.
FIRST MYSTAGOGUE.— SUBLiME DAI.—
My dear Brother, in the degree of a Fellow Craft Man, thou hast two ears to hear the same sound,
Freemason your attention was particularly drawn two eyes to perceive the same objects, two hands to
to two columns and the globes surmounting them. execute the same purpose; so the Masonic science,
Since your advancement in philosophical Masonry, above all others is exoteric and esoteric. Exoterism
your intellectuality must have convinced you that constitutes the power, esoterism the thought.
this is a modern innovation, and we will no~v instruct ~xoterism is taught, is learned, is given, esoterism
you in the correct application. In our Antient Rite, is not taught, learned, or given; it comes from above.
the circles were depicted upon the floor, as you now What is the object of Masonry?
behold them, containing the plan of the celestial
hemisphere, and the signs of the zodiac, as originally rrns~ MY5TAGOGETE.——
To render man better; its means are to dissipa~e
designed by our ancient High Priests, on the banks
the darkness of ignorance, to give birth to all the
of the Nile. The duty of a true Mason is to contem-
virtues which flow from instruction, and the love
plate the works of T.S.A.O.T.U.
Expert leads Neophyte round to the North West. of our fellow-creatu ro~.
The following questions are sioiilarly put by S. D. and
SECOND MY5TAGOGUE.— answered by F. M.
The most ancient of the Egyptians were acquainted
with the signs of the zodiac, as well as with the Q.—Is it useful for man to know the order of
beings and things, whether material, spiritual,
correct system of the revolution of the heavenly
visible, or invisible, as God, Nature, Man, Truth,
bodies. Their earliest monuments, bear on them
numerous figures, amongst which those of the crab, Justice, Virtue?
I
the wild goat, the balance, the scorpion, the ram, A.—Yes, for the highest degree of intelligence
the bull, the kid, the lion, and the virgin, are that man can attain must be to know the nature of
frequently found. The twelve symbolical names, beings and their relation to us, the essence of things
which signify the twelve portions both of the year and the qualities of the objects destined for our
and the heavens, were among that.primitive people, instruction, for the development and perfecting of
a prodigious assistance towards regulating the our own nature. Man should observe all nature,
beginning of sowing, mowing, harvesting and other submit all to the examination of reason, experience,
agricultural pursuits of man. It was found con- and analysis, and direct all towards his perfection.
venient to publicly expose in certain places one of Q.—Why does philosophy form an essential part
these signs, to designate the period when general of Masonry?
works were to be commenced and popular celebra-
A.—Because all doctrine, moral, religious or
tions and feasts held. The use of these figures scientific, which is not enlightened by philosophy
were so convenient that in time they extended to is false; and would mislead more than ignorance.
more things besides the order of the calender.
This method amongst the Masons of Egypt and Q.—What is Sabeism?
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A.—Th~ worship and adoration of the stars and I, A.B., hereby renew all my previous bonds, to
elements—idolatry; which though an error, was a which I promise faithful allegiance, nuder penalty
natural one to man before he was enlightened, of being held in scorn and disgust as a false Mason
either by revelation or by that intuition which is and a perjured man. Amen.
called the exaltation of his intelligence. My Brother, Egyptian and Hebrew Masonry
Q.—in what did the primitive religion consist? were so closely connected in the earlier ages, that
A.—In adoring God in spirit and truth; that is deep research has been made to discover where and
to say, in thought, and knowledge of the heart, and when they were dissevered. Moses, as the adopted
also loving his neighbour as himself. son of Pharaoh’s daughter, and destined for the
Q.—By what means may the true iViason convince priesthood, had been early initiated into the Egyp-
himself of the existence of God? tian Mysteries, and taught his followers that it was
A.—13y the observation and contemplation of the an egregious error to represent the Deity under the
masterpieces which us Almighty Hand has produced form of animals, as the Egyptians did, or in the
in nature. shape of man, as was the practice of many, includ-
Q.—-How can we be initiated into the first ing the Greeks in later times.
principles of human knordedge? That is the Deity, said he, which made heaven,
A.—In carrying the primitive truths to the earth, and every living thing, that which we call
highest degree of evidence; the theory of being, its the world, the sum of all things, Nature. For this
possibility, its existence, its essence, its attributes, reason, Moses wished the Deity to be worshipped
modifications, strength, duration, principles, causes, without emblems, and according to His proper
effects, its truth and perfection. nature; and he accordingly ordered a Temple,
SUBLIME DAI— worthy of Him, to be erected, emblematical of the
If you feel the slighteat repugnance to subscribe three worlds,—the terrestrial, the celestial, and the
to our principles now ia the time lo declare it. angelical, it was constructed on the plan of the
This ~s no vain question. Vefiect there is yet time Egyptian Temples, and consisted of three parts, the
for you to withdraw, if you feel so inclined. Or, Court, the Holy Place, and the Sanctum ~anctorum.
are you content to proccect? The first contained the altar of earthy matter, sur-
Neophyte replies affirmatively. rounded by water, eKposed to the air, and having
on it a continual fire, the four elements of the ter-
You will then approach the Altar of Obligation, restrial world. The second was iu the middle, and
where you. will take upon yourself the obligation of represented the firmament. The third was the
this grade, according to the formalities of our dwelling of the Most High, who, by the medium of
Antient and Primitive Rite angels, condescended to communicate with man.
illustrious Brethren, let the Triangle be formed. But in vaiu cUd Moses try to efface from his religion
Strikes 333. Brethren form the Triangle. whatever could bring to remembrance the worship
To the Glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe. of the stars; a multiplicity of allusions, in spite of
In the name of the Sovereign 8anctuary of Antient auci
Prn,iitive Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
his exertions, remained to point it out.
Saintation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to the The twelve signs of the Zodiac, are represented
Order. by the twelve stones of the Essene of the High
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the duration and the succession of the seasons, the
Priest, and are arranged in the same order as the months and years. In order to do this, it was im-
precious stones by which the Arabian Astrologers perative to become acquainted with the course of
represent the twelve astrological houses of the sun. the sun
1 which, in its Zodiacal revolution, appears
The seven lamps of the great candlestick, the feast to be itself the first and supreme agent of all crea-
of the two equinoxes, each of which at that period tion; then the moon, by its changes and returns,
formed a year, the ceremony of the Lamb or Celes- regulated time; lastly the course of stars, and even the
tial Ram, then at its fifteenth degree; lastly, the planets; in a word to establish an entire system of
name of Osiris or Heseri, even preserved in his I astronomy. Then, observing that the productions
song,—” The words of Isour are perfect,”—l sour, to of the earth bore a regular connection with the
give, forming one of Plutarch’s definitions of phenomena of the heavens, men conceived an idea
Osiris,—and the ark, or coffer, an imitation of the of power in these bodies and they became to them
tomb in which that god was enclosed, remain to Genii, Gods,—authors of good and evil. By the
bear record of the domination of his ideas, and their more learned it was noticed that the sun originated
derivations from the common source. fertility, and that the moon had its effects upon the
The divulging of the first degree, by Moses to his tides, whilst generally the bodily health ~as influ-
countrymen ; the initiation of the Levites into the enced by the heavens. Records were made of
other degrees; explains the flight into the desert eclipses, comets, the varying positions of the
of the whole people, and their constancy in remain- heavenly bodies, and the effects of these upon ani-
ing, rather than return into Egypt. A whole mate and inanimate matter. Hence, by compari-
people initiated was an anomaly. The initiator son of these careful enquiries, arose the belief in as-
was a perjurer, and consequently, by the laws of trology as a science in which man’s destiny was
initiation, condemned to death. In the present influenced chemically and magnetically.
day we should call them irregular Masons, but in The Sun became the first symbol of God; the
those days that was sufficient crime, and explains Moon his consort; the Planets, servants; and the
the rigour of Pharaoh. multitude of Stars an array of heroes to govern
I now, my Illustrious Brother, receive you a Pa- the world. It was thus, on the shores of the Nile,
triarch of the Planispheres, and will explain to you that the complex system of Star-worship, as con-
the S..T. and W. of the degree.--Doue. nected with agriculture, was constructed. The
The sign of this degree if significant of the P.W. Thebans called stars of Inundation, or of Aquarius,
which sig’nifies,—abode of the [jord.—S~rik-es1. those under which the river began to overflow.
You will now take your seat and listen to the in- Stars of the Ox or Bull, those under which it was
struction of our Illustrious Brother Orator. convenient to plough the earth. Stars of the Lion,
those under which that animal, driven by thirst
CHARGE. from the desert, made his appearance on the banks
When the first men began to unite in society, of the Nile. Stars of the Sheaf, or the Harvest-
they found it necessary to apply themselves to agri- maid, those under which the harvest was gathered.
culture, the practice of which required the observa- Stars of the Lamb and of the Goat, those under
tion of the heavens. It was requisite to regulate which these animals brought forth their young.
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Having observed that the return of the inundation themselves in a labyrinth of absurdities. Moreover,
of the Nile was always preceded by the appear- the hieroglyphical sculptures of the priests were
ance of a very beautifal star, towards the source of si]nilarly misinterpreted; for as the Sages taught
the Nile, which seemed to warn the peasants against that God was found in all forms, through which
surprise by the waters, they compared is to the spirit transmigrated in becoming man, so the ignor~
animal, which by its barking gives notice of danger, ant worshipped these creations as deities, whilst
and called it Sirius or the dog-star. They called they were but emblems representing some of f-lAs
others, Stars of the Crab, which shewed them- attributes.
selves when the sun having reached the bounds of Such was the origin of this ancient and singular
the tropics, returned backwards and sideways, like worship of animals; and thus was formed the vast
the Crab or Cancer. Stars of the Wild.goat, those system of theology, which, from the banks of the
which,—the sun having arrived at its greatest alti- Nile. spread over the world.
tude,—imitated the action of that animal who A more elaborate allegory was developed in
delights in climbing the highest rocks. Stars of Persia, out of the solar system, to which also we
the Balance, those which,—the days and night be- find allusions both in India and Egypt. With the
ing~ of the same length,—seem to observe an equi- Zoroastrians there were six periods or months
librium like that instrument. Stars of the under the dominion of Ahrinianes—darkness, and
Scorpion, those which were perceptible when cer- si~ periods or months under the dominion of Aura-
tain regular winds brought a burning vapour like mazda—light. It was when the sun entered Virgo
the noison of the Scorpion. that the serpent or dragon of the constellation was
lfrom these things it resulted that, by a very crushed, and a new sun born.
natural metaphor, men said,—” the bull spreads The allegorical narrative of the Bounde~h thus
upon the earth the germs of fecundity (spring), represents each month as a thousand years and
and brings back the revival of vegetation. The reads as follows. The Supreme God created at first
Bam, or Lamb as it was of old called, delivers the the man, and bull, in an elevated place, and they
heavens from the evil genii of winter, and saves the remained 3000 years without evil,—the lamb, bull,
world from the serpent (emblem of the wet season); and twins. After this 3,000 years transpired with-
the Scorpion pours out its venom upon the earth, out further trouble,—the crab, lion, virgin. After
and spreads disease and death.” In process of this, at the 7th thousand, evil appeared,—the
time, man lost sight of the motive which led to the balance. Man was named Caimorah, and cultivated
adoption of these expressions; and the allegory the earth. The stars began their career in the
remaining, the people saw their gods before them month Farvardim, which is the new year; and by
and offercd up their prayers to them. They de- the revolution of the sky the day was distinguished
manded of the Ram of their flock, the influence from the night, such is man. The balance is the
which they expected from their celestial Ram. turning, or point of evil. Another passage
They prayed the Scorpion not to pour out its venom says,—Ahriman, the principle of evil and darkness,
upon nature. They revered the fish of the river, by whom evil entered the world, penetrates into
the crab and the scarabens of the slime; and by a the sky in the form of a serpent ;— or again ; made
series of corrupt, but inseparable analogies, lost himself a road between the sky and the earth.
Macrobins thus speaks of the Mysteries of

Bacchns, who was Dionysos, and Osiris. “The PATRIARCH OF THE VEDAS.
images or statues of Bacchns, represent him some-
times nnder the form of a yonng man, at other
times with the beard of a matnre man, and lastly,
2617>1 Degree.
with the wrinkles of old age. These differences
relate to the snn, a tender child at the winter OPENING.
solstice, snch as the Egyptians represent him at a As given in the preceding degree.
certain day, when they bring forth from an obsenre
nook of their Sanctnary, his infantine image, be- RECEPTION.
canse the sun, being then at the shortest, seems to
be bnt a feeble infant gradnally growing from this Expert introduces Neophyte in the West and strikes
333—4444—22.
moment.”
SUBLIME DAI.—
The equinoctial points of spring and antnmn at What stranger seeks admission to this peaceful
4,600 and 2,600 years before the common era were
academy of the Eastern Theologies, where the
the bnll and the scorpion, and the constellations of Sacred Vedas and the laws of Mann, the divine
the lamb and balance then replaced them. Mithra
no longer trinmphed nnder the sign of the Bnll, epics of the Ramayana and the Brahmins, the laws
and treatises of Buddha, and the Zend Avesta of
bnt the Christian Lamb, from whose rising to that
of the Pleiades, or 40 days, there was a ceremonial Zoroaster, are all studied with eqnal zeal, and im-
partially compared and jndged according to their
rejoicing. It was at the two points, Aries and
merits?
Libra, that the astrologers fixed the exaltation of
light and its degradation. The Egyptian Sphynx GRAND EXPERT.—
unites Leo and Virgo. Virgo gives birth to the It is a Patriarch who is desirons to learn the
new snn npon the 26th December, who becomes re- precepts of the Eastern faith, professed and be-
vived in splendonr, when he enters the sign of the lieved in by millions of his fellow-beings. He
Lamb on the 26th March. wishes to become a member of this Conncil of Wis-
dom, so that he may participate in its grave deli-
CLOSING SAME AS LAST DEGREE. berations.
SUBLIME DAI.—
His wishes shall be complied with. Prepare the
Sacred Vedas, the Bnles of Bnddha, and the Zend
Avesta of Zoroaster. Let the most learned stn-
dents of each faith be prepared to explain its tenets,
answer all enquiries, and as far as possible, meet
all objections.
Illnstrions Brother Orator, yon will exponud
the doctrines of Brahma; you Illnstrious Brother
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To the glory of the Sublime Architect of the Universe.
First Mystagogue, those of Buddha; and you Illus- In the name of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Antient and
Primitive Masonry, in and for Great Britain and Ireland.
frious Brother Second Mystagogue, will explain Salutation on all points of the Triangle. Respect to the
the teachings of Zoroaster. Order.
Music. The brothers rise. Neophyte is brought for- I, A.B., hereby renew all my previous bonds, to
ward by the Expert and Accoinpanier. He is led round
seven times; in alluAjon to the seven Caverns in which which I promise faithful allegiance, under penalty
Mahadeva bewailed the loss of Sita. of being held in scorn and disgust as a f~alse Mason
and perjured man. Amen.
SUBLIME DAI.—
Let the Neophyte be led seven times around the SUBLIME DAI.—
Temple, copying the benevolent example of the sun We now acknowledge you as a member of this
in its course, and in allusion to the seven caverns Sublime Council of Patriarchs of the Sacred Vedas.
of ancient initiation. I congratulate you upon your admission, and will
proceed to instruct you in the S.T. and W. thereof.
This is done.
PRAYER.
We are satisfied, from the circumstance of your
0, mighty Being, greater than Brahma, we bow having sought admission amongst us, that you are
down before Thee as the prime creator, eternal of a liberal, enquiring, and unprejudiced nature.
God of Gods; the world’s Temple. Thou art the Why should we fear discussion? Truth cannot be
incorruptible Being, distinct from all thin o~s
b tran- overthrown, and it is but right that falsehood
sient. Thou art before all gods, the ancient should be. Why should we condemn unheard,
Essence, and the supreme supporter of the uni-
doctrines which millions accept as true ? Is it not
verse. Thou art the Supreme Temple, and by our duty to investigate them, and form an impartial
Thee, 0 Infinite Form, the universe was spread judgment? We will now proceed to do so.
abroad. Illustrious Brother Orator, on you devolves the
ALL.—Glory to Thee, 0 Lord. Glory to Thy task of explaining the doctrines of Brahmanism,
works. Glory to Thy infinite goodness. and the origin of the Sacred Vedas.
SUBLIME DAI.— ORATOR.—
You are welcome, Illustrious Brother, to these Long millions of ages back, when earth, sun and
halls of study and reflection. Your reception here stars were not, or at best were cometary matter,
has been open and unostentatious; and you have there existed and had existed during all eternity,
no mystic ceremonies, no fearful ordeals to en- one great, uncreated, Supreme Being, invisible and
counter. We are rather an academy where the incomprehensible; without form and yet Himself
religions of the world are studied, compared, and pervading and filling all space; the Universal Soul
analytically examined. We only exact an obligation and germ of all that has since been developed; a
of secrecy as to our proceedings, such as you have womb in which exists the type of all things; so that
taken hitherto in your progress; and if you are all which now exists is but an archetypal emanation
willing to take it, you will advance to our common and reflection of this incomprehensible and un-
altar and repeat after me. knowable God. By one exertion of His will, the
S.D.—Strikes 333. All rise and form the Triangle.
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earth, the sun, the stars, the elements, and all the M, meruts, air, gods. It is under this trinity, ever
powers of nature sprang into existence. This First of active and tangible to all our senses that the in-
Beings whose glory is so great, that no description visible and unknown Monas, can manifest itself to
can be made of Him, is named Sat or Being, Sway- the world of mortals. When he becomes Sarira,
amhhu or self-existent, Nervikalpa or uncreated, or He that puts O]1 a visible form, He typifies all
Avyaka or invisible; Ash ann, or bodiless, and the principles of matter and germs of life; He is
Brahm, or infinite space, determing the form of the God of the three visages, or triple power, the
things, but not the form itself, or spirit as opposed essence of the Vedaic triad. Numerically, 1 is
to matter.
From his brain, or will, sprang Brabma, called
also Pitamaha, or all-father, Prajapati, or Lord of
beings; Dhatra, or generator, the male principle;
Lokaharta, or world-former; Lokapurwayas, or first-
i God; 2 matter; 3, the union, or phenomenal world;
4, expresses the emptiness of all ;~lO, the entire
cosmos. The symbol of Brahma is earth; Vishna,
water, which is condensed air; Siva, fire.
Q —What is said to have been the mission of
born of beings; Surasvara, or Lord of divinities, Brahma?
and to him Para-Brahma, or Brahni, the first cause A.—He, by one thought, created the Prajapatis,
delegated all his powers and returned to his orig- or Lords of creation. and from these proceeded all
inal condition of eternal rest and beatitude. The living creatures ; and, numberless spirits of lower
Book of Mann, says,—” After having produced the rank which swarm through all nature.
universe, He, whose power is incomprehensible, Q.—What is Vishnu’s mission upon earth?
vanished again, absorbed in the Supreme Soul. A.—To protect mankind from evil, punish vice,
Having retired into the primitive darkness, the reward virtue, and to maintain order and justice,
Great Soul remains within the unknowable, and is by coming upon earth in a manifest form.
void of ailform. lit is thus by alternate waking and Q.—What is the nature of Siva’s mission?
rest, that the immutable Being causes all existing A.—He was sent to destroy by fire, all that was
creatures to revive and die, alternately becoming evil, all that was superfluous, and needed to be
active and inert.” remodelled in other conditions; but as death is
Q.—What is understood by the Trimurti? only a transition to a new form of ]ife, he is re-
A.—The Being existing through himself is One, garded as the representative of ever decaying and
and emanates the creative faculty, or Perusha, the reviving nature. Siva is mythically said to cut
divine male, when the one becomes Two, male and off the head of Brahma each year, and form of the
female, and out of this union of the intellectual heads a necklace which he wears as Time; Brahma
principle with that of first matter, evolves a Third, as the sun dies every year and is born again ; hence
which is Viradj, the phenomenal world. From this we identify him with Osiris.
invisible trinity, a second triad is evolved, which Q.—How is the account of the Creation of man-
represents the creative, conservative and transform- kind, mythically rendered?
ing faculties, typified as Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. A.—Brahma, by his wife Sarbutie, brought forth
Unity, Tridandi, is the God triply manifested, a hundred sons, of whom the oldest, Datch, begat
which gave rise to the symbolical A.U.M. or abbre- an equal number; but these generations of spiritual
viated Trimurti—A, agni, fire, V, varuna, water, demigods, daints, giants, and the denizens of the
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the waters had attained their greatest elevation,
lower world, could not be employed to people Mirt- this god plunged into the ocean, attacked and slew
lock, or the earth. Therefore Brahma from his the giant and recovered three of the books, the
mouth engendered the Braliman or priest, to whom fourth having been digested. Then emerging from
he gave the four Vedas, or the four words or books the earth, half man and fish, he restored the Vedas
of his four mouths. From his right arm proceeded to Brahma; the earth returned to its former con-
Ractius, the warrior, and from his left arm Shater- dition, and was repeopled by the descendants of the
any, his wife. From his right thigh proceeded his eight persons so miraculously preserved. In the
third son Bais, destined to cultivate the soil, and second he assumed the form of an enormous turtle,
to prosecute commerce and the mechanical arts; bearing a mountain on his back. In the third he
from his left thigh, his wife Basany. Then from penetrated through the earth in the foriu of a wild
his right foot proceeded his fourth son, Suder, who boar, in pursuit of the monster Hiranyakshana,
was intended to perform all kinds of servile labour; who had taken refuge in the lowest of the seven
from his left foot his wife Suderany. These four inferior worlds ; he found and slew the monster.
ions typify the four Hindu castes, who received In the fourth Avater, he appeared as an animal,
the four Vedas as the law of human life. The first- half man and lion, snd slew the brother of Hirany-
born son, Brahman, also demanded a consort; but akshaua. In the fifth, as a diminutive Brahmin,
the Eternal who wished him to devote his life to he appeared before the giant Bali, and demanded
the study of the Vedas, to prayer and contempla- as much ground for a sacrifice as he could cover
tion refused, but Brahman, still persisting in his with his feet. On the giant acceeding to the pro-
desire, received, in anger~ to wife, a daughter of position, Vishnu assumed an enormous stature, one
the Daints or giants; and thus the entire Hindu foot covering the entire earth, the other filling the
priesthood, it is fabled, descend from a superior spirit entire space between earth and heaven ; while a
and a female demon. third foot, which sprang from his belly, crushed the
Q.—What arc die Avatars or incarnations of giant’s head, and hurled him down to the infernal
Vishnu? regions. In the sixth, in the human form, he en-
A.—There are nine of these which symbolize the countered and slew armies of giants. In the
nine geological periods, or more properly, the nine seventh, under the name of Rarna, he met with
manifestations of the Eternal Spirit in the develop- the most marvellous adventures, so many that it
ment of all created beings; advancing from the would fill volumes to recount them. In the eighth,
lowest reptile to the birth of mankind. armed only with a huge serpent, he slew hundreds
In the mythical account of the Avatars, it is re- of giants. In the ninth Avater, he transformed
lated that a demon named Hayagriva, having himself into a tree. The Brabmins confidently
stolen the sacred Vedas, swallowed them and took look forward for his tenth incarnation, when he
up his abode in the sea. The sacred books being will appear as a warrior, mounted on a white steed,
lost, mankind soon fell into vice and wickedness, and bearing a flaming cymetar, with which he will
and becoming universally corrapt, a flood of water exterminate all sinners and unbelievers.
destroyed all of them with the exception of a pious Q.—Explain the doctrine of Metampsychosis.
monarch and his family of seven persons, who were A,—The souls of unpurified men migrate, after
saved in a vessel constructed by Vishnu. When
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fifteen trausmigrations: the first seven in the
death, into beings of higher or lower nature, accord bodies of the lower animals, and the other eight in
ing to the degree of moral impurity into which the human form. Moisasur, and a few of his ad-
they have sunk in passing through existence. The herents still remain obdurate; but even for them
Bhagovat Ohita says,-—” As a man throweth away there will be mercy, for, when the Zodiac has ac-
old garments and putteth on new, even so the soul complished one entire revolution, the souls of all
having quitted its old mortal frame, entereth into men and spirits alike will re-ascend to heaven.
others which are new. Wise men who have aban- Q.—Are the Sacred Vedas still in existance and
doned all thoughts of the fruit which is produced used by the Brabmins?
from their actions, are freed from the claims of A.—They are; they were preserved orally for
birth, and go to the regions of eternal happiness.” many centuries; but a Brahmin named Vyasa col-
At cycles, of immense duration, things recommence lected them and arranged them in a proper syste-
anew their developments; the elements will com- matic order, thus :—prayers, hymns, invocations,
bat and everything return to its primitive state of religious rules, and philosophical doctrines. The
sublimated matter; again to solidify, bring forth Laws of Manu is also an important work, and con-
and produce as formerly. tains laws for the government of all political,
Q —How often is the earth supposed to receive religious, and social relations of life.
an Avater? Q.—One more question, Illustrious Patriarch,
A.—A portion of the Divine Being is supposed and we have done. What are the duties of the
to be incarnated every cycle, or great year of 600 Brahmin priesthood, and what was, and is, their m-
ordinary years, corrected to 608 years; the former fluence in political and national affairs?
is typified by the Osirian monogram XP, and the A.—The duties of a Brahmin, are to lead a pure
latter by the Greek, I.R.S. and holy life, to pass his time in prayer, contem-
Q.—You have well described the creatire deity of plation, and teaching the people the doctrine of the
the Hindus.—Para.Brahma, the deity with the four Vedas and the Laws of Manu. He must not
thousand heads which are one, and his manifesta- take life, nor eat animal food, unless it has first
tions: was there not also a principle of evil? been used for sacrificial purposes. As regards their
A.—There was; it is related that Moisasur, one of influence, political and social, it is all powerful.
the earliest creation of superior spirits, envious of the The princes and potentates of Hindostan are invari-
glory and power of the Trimurti, raised a host of ably of the military caste; but the priests or
Brahmins, being the most highly educated and in-
other malevolent and rebellious evil spirits, and
waged war against heaven itself. The struggle wa~ tellectual class, are the advisers and real directors
a brief but fierce one. Siva, the third person of of things, from the important ail~airs of government
the Hindu trinity, conquered Moisasur, and hurled to the minutest details of social life.
him and his adherents down from heaven into SUBLIME DAI.—
Onderah, the place of darl~ness. Yet even for these We thank you, Illustrious Patriarch, for your ex-
fallen spirits, there is a chance of regeneration. position of the Brabminical faith. We would now,
By the intercession of the Trimurti with Para- Illustrious Brother First Mystagogue, hear from
Brahma, or Brahm, instead of an eternity of yon, an exposition of the doctrines of Buddha, as
punishment, they were condemned to pass through
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ancient Persians and modern Parsees. They teach
that Zervane Akerene, or uncreated time, gave birth
briefly as you will, how and in what manner they to two divine beings named Ormuzd and Akriinan,
differ from the teachings of the Brahmins.
of entirely different natures, one being the offspring
FIRST MYSTAGOC{IE. of faith and the other of doubt. Ormnzd is the
The founder of this widely spread system of re- God of light and goodness, dwelling in the region of
ligion, which numbers two hundred millions of de- brightness, and creator of holy angels, and all
votees, was one Sakyamuni. lie was a prince of things necessary for the benefit and happiness of
royal descent, and possessed of every advantage of man; whilst Ahriman is the spirit of darkness
person and fortune. From the moment of his birth, and evil, and the creator of evil angels, and every~
which was attended by many -miraculous events. thing that can plague and destroy humanity and
he was under the guardian ship and tuition ot an- thwart the designs of Ormuzd. Thus, between
gelic spirits. Disgasted at a very early age with these contending principles of light and darkness
the vain pleasures of the world and the depravity there is a constant struggle for the supremacy ; but
of man, he retired from the coart, and seeking the which in the end will terminate in the dominion of
wilderness, he devoted six years of his life to prayer, Ormuzd, when even Ahriman and his legions will
mortification, and seclusion from his fellow-men. be pardoned, and all obtain eternal happiness.
By this ascetic life, he was so purified from all Man having fallea by the sin of his first parents,
human passions, that he became a Buddha or ~m- was exposed to the temptation of Ahriman, and the
mortal. Leaving this retreat, he resolved to purify Devs, his spirits of evil; but Ormuzd and his
religion, and teach mankind that faith alone was angelic hosts were constantly on the alert to save
not sufficient, unless accompanied by good-works. them from his malign power; the mediator for this
He taught. the trausmigratiOn of sonl.~, but con- purpose being Mithras, who was born in a cave
sidered that the hi~Jiest state of felicity was that liewen out ofa rock. The following Persian allegory
of Kirwana, in which the immortal spirit loses may not be out of place on this occasion. Ormazd
all bodily state and becomes at one with deity, but was formed from the purest light, and Ahriman
individually and eternally happy. This condition on the contrary from the thickest darkness.—Or-
of bliss v-as only to be attained by alms-giving, muzd created six good deities like himself and
morality, energy, and good-will to all men. His Ahriman created six evil ones. Ormuzd then made
doctrines were rapidly spread throaghout the en- twenty-four others, which he placed in an egg;
tire East, not only in ludia, but China, Thibet, Cey- but Ahriman made an equal number who broke
lon, and the Japanese Islands. In China he is open the egg; and in this way was produced in the
worshipped under the name of Fo, and in Japan as world the mixture of good and evil. The twenty-
Fohi. His followers believe that he is to rule the four good deities are the twelve months divided
world for .~000 years, and that when he is received into fortnights, to represent the waning and waxing
into Kirwana another Buddha will be inaugurated moons; as was the custom amongst the Indians
SUBLIME DAI.— and Romans. The Avesta impressed upon be-
Illustrious Brother Second Mystagogue, what are lievers the necessity of prayer, charity, resistance
the Zend Avesta and their leading doctrines? of temptation, obedience to authority, and industry
SECOND ~Y5TAGOGUE.— in the cultivation of the earth.
The Zend Avesta are the sacred books of th
I7
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Zoroaster was not the author of the Zend Ayes- thology developed into a warlike doctrine in which
Odin their Chief and All-Father would reward, in
ta, nor was he the founder of the religion, but he was
Valhalla, the valour of his race. These Teuts
its greatest expounder, reformer, and prophet. He
believed it impious to make any representation of
was also the founder of the Persian Mysteries, the Omniscient God, but placed in their Temples,
which in many respects were identical with those like the Egyptians at Memphis, seven statues
of Memphis, of which Zoroaster was a member. which are now identified in the seven days of the
SUBLIME DAI.— week The image of Odin was situated in the
Illustrious Brother Orator, what relation do the Holy Place upon a raised dais, behind him the Sun,
Khamitic or Egyptian dogmas bear to the Aryan and Moon, Tuesco, Thor, the Scandinavian war.god,
and Semitic? Friga, their Isis, and Seater. They had an ark,
ORATOR.— with a fire continually burning upon an altar before
The Egyptians derived their religious dogmas it, and a vase for the sacrificial blood, which was
from the same primitive source as the Aryau sprinkled upon the worshippers. Twelve priests
Indians, but were an earlier branch than the Vedaic and a Supreme Pontiff, who were clothed with Zo-
followers; at a later time the Zoroastrians became diacal emblems, officiated in a single national temple,
masters of Babylon, and more or less influenced though they had also grove-worship. Their mys-
Egyptianism. Communion between the Egyptians, teiies represented the God, Balder, as slain by
Ethiopians, and Indians was maintained at all times; Hodr.
and moreover the books of Hermes, like the Indian
Vedas, were four, divided into 42 sections, and carried CHARGE.
by both priests in the same order. The Brahunin- You have now heard from the lips of our Illustri-
cal system differed from the Egyptian only as a Rite. ous Patriarchs, the principal doctrines of the three
The Semitic race were younger, and had a faith of great religions of the East; they have been given
Babylonian design, modified by Egypt. The faith to you in a plain impartial manner, without any
of the Chinese, and other of the Turanian races, is prejudice for or against. This is the only way in
of primitive antiquity, but all teach the dogma of which such a subject can be investigated. The aim
a sole living God, and the immortality of the of this deg~ee is not the studious advocacy of any
human soul, the grand basis on which our Rite is of these creeds, but to shew oar brethren how re-
fo anded. ligion, like history, continually rer eats itself.
Q.—What relation do these races bear to the There is not, and there never has been, a single
Western Teutons? faith, that has not borrowed some portion of its
A.—They are of the same blood, and their reilgi- tenets from an older one; of course we accept the
ous mysteries have the same orign But the earliest Patriarchs, who worshipped God in the
Western Teutons, when we first hear of them, were most primitive manner, but ever since forms of
a warlike race, like the Vishnuites, whose mission worship and priestcraft commenced, the same ideas,
was to make themselves a home in Europe, against the same dogmas, the same prejudices, and, more
the Celtic and other tribes, of the same stock as or less modified, the same forms can be traced and
themselves, and hence the Aryan creed and my- identified down to the latest concoction of the last
impostor, or the ]ast prophet.
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seven Pleiades; the seven Hyades; the seven
The idea of one Supreme Being is common to Titans and Titanides; the seven Heliades of the
all religions, even if they run into polytheism and
Greeks; the seven Cabin of the Phoenicians; the
idol worship. The Para-Brahma of the Hindus,
seven sons of Ptah at Memphis, and the seven
Eternal Spirit of the Buddhists, the Zeruane Akerene great and seven lesser Gods; the seven Amschas-
of the ancient Persians, the Supreme Essence
pands of the Parsees; the seven Manus; the seven
floating on the surface of the dark waters of the Pitris, Rishis, or Sages of the Aryan race; the
ancient Scandinavian mythology, the Belus of body of Bacchus was cut into seven pieces by the
the Chaldeans ; the Ul6mos, or, EI-om-os, eternal, Bacehantes; there were seven holy temples in
rational, conscious God, of the Phoenicians, Arabia; seven lamps in the temple of Bactnia.
the Kneph of the Egyptians, the Virococha
The name of the wife of Thoth is Sfkb, Hebrew
of the Mexicans, are all identical and re- Sebah, or seven; her symbol is seven rays, or five
present the God of the Jews, Christians and
rays and two horns, in allusion to the five planets
Mohammedans. Every faith has its two opposing and sun and moon, by which the festivals and
influences of good and evil,—God and Satau, Brah-
seasons were regulated, and which Philo Herennius
ma and Moisasur, Ormuzd and Ahriman, Belus and of Byblus qualifies as “creations without conscious-
IMoloch, Osiris and Typhon, Vitzliputzli and Tez- ness through which rational creatures are gener-
catlipoca. All have their heavens and hells, and ated; called Zuphasemin, or, Heaven watchers.” I
prominently three have purgatories, namely,— might cite a thousand instances of its universality.
Roman Catholics, Egyptians and Parsees. The
Brahmins have their triuity in unity as we Chris- To readers of the T
1ble I need not mention its con-
tians have. These three are represented by gold, tinual recurrence in connection with all its most
silver and iron, or the three peaks of the holy important events. The number twelve is similarly
Mount Mern. In the Brahininical mysteries, the met with in all religious rites ; the Egyptians had
Mystagogues represented Brahma, Vishnu and twelve Zodiacal gods; the Scandinavians had twelve
Siva, or the Sun in the East, South and West. pniestd, and Jesus had twelve disciples.
The number four is common to all,—the four It is a remarkable circumstance, that many of
elements, the four seasons, the four cardinal points, the institutions and ceremonies of the Buddhists
North, South, East and West, but it is almost use- and the Roman Catholic Church so closely resemble
less to multiply instances of this; the cavern of each other that the two appear almost identical;
Elephanta is supported by four massive pillars. now,asthe sect of Buddha is eight or nine hundred
The number seven occurs so frequently in all re- years older than the latter church, how can we
ligions and ceremonies, that it almost conclusively possibly account for this mysterious coincidence P
proves a connecting link between them. Let us The greater portion of the Buddhists believe that
commence with the seven days of the week, and the their prophet was born of a virgin, and the Parsees
seven planets of the ancients. The Jewish Rabbis claim that Zoroaster was born in a state of inno-
describe seven hells and give their names. The cence, without sin, that he spoke as soon as he
iMohammedans believe in seven hells and seven came into the world, and was guarded by angels in
heavens. Zoroaster says that there are seven classes the cradle. In the temples ot Fo, or Buddha, in
of demons; there were seven Gothic deities; the China, there is always placed upon the altar a pie-
78
ture of
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Shin-mo, the holy mother, with a child in

her arms; the woman’s head is surrounded by a ray
4 MANUAL
of glory, and lamps are kept continually burning
OF THE
before it. To say that all these wonderful coinci-
dences are the result of chance alone, is an insult
to the human understanding.
SECRET WORK OF THE 18o~26o OF TIlE
I might point out many other startling resem-
blances among religions, for instance the use of ANTIENT & PRIMITIVE RITE OF
consecrated water, of fire in their ceremonies, from
the time when Cain and Abel offered up sacrifices MASONRY.
to the Lord, down to the wax tapers and swinging
Censers of the Catholic church; but your owu at-
tention being aroused will render that trouble
needless.
Illustrious Brother, may all the combined bless-
ings of the religions which we have been discuss-
ing, be showered upon your head and be yours now
and forever. Remember this, never condemn un-
heard. Examine, reflect, and tolerate.
You are now sufficiently enlightened by the in-
struction of the last three degrees to comprehend
the application and relationship of the various re-
ligious mysteries of the East and West, and you
will now be led to understand the great value of Transcribed from Authentic Sources by
Masonry as a cosmopolitan system. Our next Rites
will instruct you in those magnificent ceremonials Arturo de Hoyos, Knight Grand Cross
which were called the Lesser and Greater Mysteries
of the Egyptian priests, devoted to the worship of Grand Archivist, Chairman of the Publications Committee
Isis and Heseri or Osiris.
cr~osi~c sAME AS LAST DEGREE.
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AREOPAGUS. W of R. PHAAL-CHOL, (Separated) Answer,
PHARQSCHCHOL (United.)
18 —KNIGHT KADOSH
S Right hand upon the heart, fingers separate, then grasp

I Together SHADDAI (Lord.)
P.W. SALtx. Answer, NONi.
BAT 1-4444.
fogether, TENGU
right knee
S of 0 Hold sword in left hand, right hand on heart
G Right foot to other right foot, knee to knee, present right 20—KNIGHT GRAND INSPECTOR
hand with fingers clenched, seize the thumb alternately, step
back one pace, raise the arm as if to strike with a poniard and S Arms crossed on the chest, the head bowed
giving the following. — S. of 0 Left hand on the heart.
P W. ELIEL (strength ofGod) Answer EYRIE (Lord) S of 0 B Motion of cutting out the tongue
S.W MENNAHIM. (Consolation from God.) P W JACQUES-DE-MOLAY (Founder ofTemplar Masonry)
2 5 W NEKAM, MAGGHAi, (Vengence on the murderers.) Answer, HiRAM-ABIF (Founder of Hebrew Masonry)
W. of E NEKAMA. Answer, MENNAHIM 2. P W SESOSTRIS. Answer, MIzRAiM (Founder of Egyptian
Wii hdrawa[, PI-tAALKOL Answer, PHARASH- KOL Masonry.)
W of R CHOLsHANGHAS. (all is accomplished) S W. Given only in Senate. Mica, Macha, Bealim, Adonai
G W. ADONAi NEKAM (who is like unto Thee, 0 God.)
BAT 22—22—22—I BAT 55555—333-—l—s22
ALPHABET.
19—KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL MYSTERY

A. & P. COUNCIL.
S. Place the right hand on the heart, extend it horizontally
palm down, then let it fall by the side. 21—GRAND INSTALLATOR
G Carry right hand to the sword, draw it and point to the
right in the air, place the right foot against left, raise and the arm S. Place the right hand on the heart, raise the eyes to heaven,
as if in combat carry hand to pocket, and then extend horizontally—implying
Faith, Hope, ChaTity.
G The first, or man’s grip, symbol of reason The human
face of the Sphynx.
This is a misprint for Kyrie
P W PTAH [The builder, the former.I
2
3
BAr 333—333—333 P W KMs [Name of the Mystic Section of Memphis where
the Symbolic Palm tree was found.J
22.—GRAND CONSECRATOR 1. S ~N SGtr’rA [Mystic Valley, near Heliopobs, wheie the

Patriarchs of Truth assembled I
BAT 333—444’v-22
S. Uplift both hands as in Invokation, then lower them by
three equal acts, inhaling and exhaling mentally a breath. [AH
OH ET, the equivalent of the Brahminical A~U-M I 25—PATRIARCH OF TILE PIANISPEIFRES
G The second or Eagle’s grip, symbol of prevision and
intelligence. The wings of the Sphynx. S Point with the sword to the Orient
P W. NtiPH [The Spirit or sacred breath C As last
BAT. 333—333—333. P W DONNOUGH [The abode of the Lord I
BAT 333—4444—22
23.—GRAND EULOGIST
26 —PATRIARCH OF THE SACRED VEDAS
S Make a sign of horror, stroke hand over forehead, and
then interlace the fingers and bring the backs to the brow, then S Point to heaven with right index finger
extend the arms upwards G. As last
G The third or lion’s grip, symbol of Divine strength and P W 1st SlOE; 2d ALETHE.
truth The lion-body of the Sphymi SW. 1st Stt.ENCE, 2d TRUTH.
P W. KHE.M [The Son, “whose manifestation is his birth” BAT 333—4444—22
BAT 333—333—333 ALPH A.BET
24—PATRIARCH OF TRUTH.
S. Point to heaven with right thumb, carry open hand to the

forehead, then point with the index finger to the earth
[Signifying God, Intelligence, Futurity
G With right thumb balance 3ce, palm to palm, balance 4;
lock index finger, balance 2ce

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Grand Seneschal David L Hargett

1.—Sun. Go. COUR.

4.—KNIGHT OF ELOQUENCE. 8.—KNIGHT ARCHIVIST.

Illustrious Knights in the South: to order. One Hundred Years.

4. SENIOR KNIGHT.— SUBLIME GRAND COMMANDER.-?-

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36 SENATE: 2 S.—Sc. KNIGHT KADOSR. 70 S.~~18ox, 37

OPEMNG. Sublime Grand Commander, the Sentinel is

NFOPHYTE. We are the chosen people a f the earth, and though

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CLOSING, SAME AS Or~i ~G. Let it be done.

SUBLIME GflAND COMMANDEB.— Most Learned Senior Knight Interpreter: all in

place the left Sign of 0. B.— make the action

in this manner. This is the battery or alarm of this Degree and

ern schism introduced into Europe by the Knightly

10 COUNCIL: 3 S.—6 c. GRAND INSALLATOR. 1OC.~21OR. 11.

philanthropical efforts. There is in this mysterious

matter; what power can destroy those bonds?

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and intelligence, which were then exacted from all

It is a Patriarch of Truth, who is desirous of

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Macrobins thus speaks of the Mysteries of

Shin-mo, the holy mother, with a child in

cr~osi~c sAME AS LAST DEGREE.

S Right hand upon the heart, fingers separate, then grasp

19—KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL MYSTERY

22.—GRAND CONSECRATOR 1. S ~N SGtr’rA [Mystic Valley, near Heliopobs, wheie the

S. Point to heaven with right thumb, carry open hand to the

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