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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
the Mark or P . M . figure on this list : The Knt . of the Ninth Arch ( No . 13 ) is equivalent to the ft . A . degree , and the 27 th , S . C . of the Temple , to Knight Templar . The degrees of Knight of the East and Knig ht of the East and West , which
" Belfasticusis " has taken , do not correspond with those of the Same name in the series we have given , but are doubtless the same as those conferred under the Grand Chapter of Scotland along with the Royal Ark Mariner ' s degree . None of
these degrees are now practised in England , although several English brethren possess them . The 33 degrees refer only to the system of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , which is but one of
the many rites now worked throughout the world . We shall be happy to assist our correspondent at any time , so far as our knowledge of Freemasonry extends . —ED . F .
Always wishing to afford any information m my power to enquiring brethren , the following is in answer to the query by a Brother , in THE FREEMASON for September 4 th ( page 109 ) . It must be borne iu mind that tho Grand
Lodge of England only recognizes the three Craft degrees , and the Royal Arch ; Scotland , only the three Craft degrees , including the Mark and not the Arch ; and Ireland only acknowledges the Craft degrees . This statement , however , refers
to the Grand Lodges alone , wherein no jewel , medal , device , or clothing are permitted to be worn , belonging to any other degree than those considered to hi included in Craft Masonry . In Ireland , what are termed the higher
degrees are worked in an orderly maimer , and uniformly as they should be . The degrees above the third are thus arranged : —4 , Mark ; 5 , Arch ; 6 , Knight of the Sword ;
7 , Knight of the East ; 3 , Knight of the East and West ; 9 , Knight Templar ; 10 Knight of Malta ; 11 , Rose Croix and the other hautes grades . In addition to these degrees , preceding No . 11 , a candidate would have to be a Master Mason
for seven years , and a Past Master of a Lodge , to be qualified to receive the Rose Croix , unless by special dispensation . In England every Rite seems to be a law to itself , and one degree in particular , worked before another Rite was
formed and under the authority of the late and deceased Grand Master , is actually now by the latter Rito said to be irregular . This will serve to show how the Chivalric and other degrees are managed and controlled in this country , and
how imperatively a change in such dogmatic rules is required . In Scotland those in authority work more in unison above the Craft , and are idowly progressing towards a reciprocal treaty between all the Rites .
The order observed in that Masonic country is as follows : —4 , Mark ; 5 , Past Master ; 6 , Excel lent Master ; 7 , Royal Arch ; 8 , Royal Arch Mariner ; 9 , Knight of the Sword ; 10 , Knight of the Kast ; 11 . Knight of the East and West ,
( three points of the Babylonish Pass ) , and the three Installation degrees of the principals ( all these are recognised by tho S . G . Royal Arch Chapter ) ; 12 , Knight of the Temple ; 13 , lloyal Order of Scotland ; 14 , Rose Croix ; 15 , Knight
Kado . di ; 16 " , Thirty-Third . In the United States , the order in giving the degrees usually is thus : —4 , Mark Master ; 5 , Past Master ; 6 , Most Excellent Master ; 7 , Royal Arch ( all recognized by the Grand Chapters ) ;
8 , lloyal Master ; 9 , Select Master ( worked b y Grand Councils formed for these degrees ) ; 10 , Knight ofthe Red Cross ; 11 , Knight Templar . [ Brother Hughan then enumerates the degrees of the A . and A . Rite , which are given above . ]
I forbear giving the degrees of Misraim or the Rite of Memphis ( 96 ) . The above will serve to illustrate tho ingenuity of Masons , and evidence how brethren not content with the simple Craft Rito rush after high-sounding titles and Graud degrees . WILLIAM JAMES HUOUAN .
I may reply to "Belfasticusis b y giving him a short account of tho 33 ° of the Ancient and Accepted Rite as established in America . * — 4 ° . Secret Masttr . —Duties , to guar ! the sanctum sanctorum and sacred furniture of the Holy Temple .
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
5 . Perfect Master . —Gives particulars of the tomb of Hiram Abiff . 6 ° . Intimate Secretary . —Candidate represents Joabert , who in the way conveyed by the ceremonial obtained the secretaryship from Solomon and Hiram .
7 ° . Provost and Judge . —Constituting the office of Provost and Judge over all the workmen of the Temple of Jerusalem . 8 ° . Intendant of the Buildings . —The election of a successor to Hiram A biff for the completion of the secret works of the Temple .
9 ° . Elect of Nine . —The punishment of the first assassin . 10 ° . Elect of Fifteen . —The punishment of the second and third assassins . 11 ° . Sublime Knights Elected . — A reward for the zeal of the elect of fifteen .
12 ° . Grand Master Architect . —A school of architecture , established by King Solomon . 13 ° . Knight of tlie Ninth Arch . —Alludes to the concealment of the Holy Name by Enochsee the " Book of Enoch , " brought from Abyssinia by Bruce , and translated by the Archbishop of
Cashel . According to Finch ' s ritual , this degree formed the first part of the old English Arch . 14 ° . Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Mason . —Professes to reveal the true pronunciation of the Sacred Name , and alludes to the crusading knights . Bro . Oliver states that it was invented
by Bro . Ramsay ; the chapter represents a subterranean vault , and it has been styled the " Sacred Tault of James VI ., " who patronized a Lodge at Stirling . The foregoing degrees are termed " Ineffable" because they relate to the
sacred name , they seem to have been practised in France about 1750 . Degrees 4 to 8 , are adapted from supposedofficesin the temple , and the'hint may have been taken from oflicers of a Grand Lodge . Degrees 9 to 14 are more historical .
15 Knights ofthe East or Sword . —Represents the return of Zerubbabel . It is the English Royal Arch degree , andaccordingto Finchformerl y constituted the secondp > art of the ceremonial prior to 1813 . It is also identical with the degree of " Red Cross of Palestine . "
16 ° Prince of Jerusalem . —An appendant to the foregoing , and represents the edict of Darius . 17 ° . Knights of the East and West . —This degree professes to date from 1118 , when eleven
Knights made vows of secrecy , friendship , and discretion before the Patriach of Jerusalem . The opening of the seven seals is common to this degree and that of the British Templar Priest , but they are differently applied .
IS . Prince oj Rosy Cross , Rosy Croix , or Rose Croix . —The lecture of this degree , as given in England at the commencement of this century , derives the order from the old fraternity of the " Rosy Cross . " It is probable that the degree was practised in England before the establishment
of the modern Grand Lodge of 1717 , and there is said to be documentary proof in 1721 . The '' Royal Order of Scotland" revived the two degrees of II . R . M . ( The Red Cross , Koyal Arch , or Knight of the East ) and Rosy Cross in 1736 , and are said to have minutes from 1740 . Their
ceremonial connects it . however . with the Templars who aided the Bruce at Bannockburn , and relates the history ofthe Order in quaint rhyme . Hence tho question arises , whether a portion of the degree of Kadosh has not been engrafted on the Rosy Cross at its revival .
19 ° . Grand Pontiff . —In this degree St . John is mentioned as a Mason , and the ceremonial has reference to the New Jerusalem of the Apocalypse . The candidate enters decorated as a Knight of tho East and West , and tho two ceremonials seem to bo nearly related .
20 ° . Grand Maslei- of all Symbolic Lodges . — The candidate in this degree represents Zerrnbbabel admitted to the Symbolic Lodgo of Graud Masters .
21 ° . Noachite , or Prussian Knight . —Alludes to Peleg and the Tower of Babel . 22 ° . Knight of the Royal Axe . —Alludes to felling of cedars for the Temple .
23 . Chief of the Tabernacle . —This degree commemorates tho Jewish Orderof Priesthood . 24 ° . Prince of the Tabernacle . —Represents the lodge held by Moses at the construction ofthe Tabernacle . These two degrees may be supposed
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
to hold some relation to the " veils , " forming an intermediate portion in the English Royal Arch . 25 ° . Knight of the Brazen Serpent . —This degree is said to have been founded by John Ralph during the crusades . The motto is " Virtue and Valor . "
26 . Prince of Mercy , or Scottish Trinitarian , —Alluding to the triple covenant—first with Abraham by circumcision , next by Moses in the wilderness , third with all mankind by the sufferings of Jesus Christ . 27 ° . Sovereign Commander of the Temple . —
It is difficult to pronounce on this degree . Teutonic crosses are used , and the words Solomon and I . N . R . I . It may have been intended to imply the connection of the Crusading Templars with the military officers of Solomon ' s Temple .
28 . Knight of the Sun , or Prince Adepts—This degree is philosophical and moral , and conveys us into the land of spirits ; it may have been originally connected with some sect of modern Rosi crucians .
29 ° . Knight of St . Andrew . —Dr . Oliver states that this degree was invented by Ramsay , and was the first of his series . The learned Doctor
must , however , in this case have drawn upon his imagination for his facts , as everything in relation to Ramsay ' s doings is purely conjectural . 30 ° . Knight of Kadosh . —Next to the Rose Croix , this ceremonial is the most important and ancient in the rite . It is reallv the ceremonial of
the " Masonic Knight Templars , and five apartments are necessary to confer the Order properly . Candidate is instructed in the history of Masonry from Enoch to Solomon , Zerubbabel , and the Essenes , to the Crusaders of 1118 ; he is obligated and questioned , and receives seven passwords in
a manner very similar to the degree of Knight Templar Priest , after which he is instructed in the history of the extirpation of the Templars . Bro . Dr . Leeson informs us that lie lias seen a Constitution , printed at Brussels in 1722 , in which the following degrees are alluded to as
mentioned in the 37 th clause of the Constitutions of the English Grand Lodge , appioved on St . John ' s Day , 1720 : — "Masters of Lodges , Knights Elected Kadosh , Superintendents , Knights of Palestine , Princes of Jerusalem , Masons of the Secret , Scotch Elected Knights of St .
Andrew , Ancient Masters of the Royal Arch , Officers of the Grand Lodge , Masters , Companions , and Apprentices . " It is noteworth y that the Rosy Cross does not appear in this rite by name . Now , as Desaguliers visited the Operative Lodges of Scotland in 17 * 21 , the question arises
whether the Belgians pre-dated the printing of this Constitution , or the Moderns in the intervening two years detenu ined to strike off the high grades when they printed their Constitution in 1723 on what they found in Scotland where the Grand Mastership had passed into an hereditary
office . It is quite certain pure Operatic Masonry prior to 1717-21 had ceased to exist in England , aud that tho "Ancients" always asserted that their system was the old system of Speculative Masonry , and this view was shared by the Grand Lodge of York , which iu common with the Ancient body ,
recognised the lloyal A rch , Rose Croix , and Kadosh as of equal authenticity with the other degrees , and this as besides the question whether the present Order of St . John and the Temple had any formal connection with Masonry prior to 1745 .
31 Grand Inquisitor Commander . —Duties , to examine and regulate the subordinate degrees . 32 ° Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret . —A lecture on the history of Masonry is given in this administrative degree , in which the whole is connected with Christianity and the Templars . 33 ° Sovereign Grand Inspector General . —The
Grand Commander represents Frederick tho Great of Prussia , and the nine members of tho Chapter have the control of the rite , the worst feature of which is that , like the late Manx " House of Keys , " the Chapter elect themselves . JOHN YAKKEU , JR . 43 , Chorlton-road , Manchester .
Dv . SKNIGALI ., in his memoirs , remarks : —" The Master Mason's is the highest ; all other degrees that the Masons were kind enoiigji to entrust ine with are pleasant discoveries , but their symbolic orders do not raise the Master at all in substantial honor . "
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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
the Mark or P . M . figure on this list : The Knt . of the Ninth Arch ( No . 13 ) is equivalent to the ft . A . degree , and the 27 th , S . C . of the Temple , to Knight Templar . The degrees of Knight of the East and Knig ht of the East and West , which
" Belfasticusis " has taken , do not correspond with those of the Same name in the series we have given , but are doubtless the same as those conferred under the Grand Chapter of Scotland along with the Royal Ark Mariner ' s degree . None of
these degrees are now practised in England , although several English brethren possess them . The 33 degrees refer only to the system of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , which is but one of
the many rites now worked throughout the world . We shall be happy to assist our correspondent at any time , so far as our knowledge of Freemasonry extends . —ED . F .
Always wishing to afford any information m my power to enquiring brethren , the following is in answer to the query by a Brother , in THE FREEMASON for September 4 th ( page 109 ) . It must be borne iu mind that tho Grand
Lodge of England only recognizes the three Craft degrees , and the Royal Arch ; Scotland , only the three Craft degrees , including the Mark and not the Arch ; and Ireland only acknowledges the Craft degrees . This statement , however , refers
to the Grand Lodges alone , wherein no jewel , medal , device , or clothing are permitted to be worn , belonging to any other degree than those considered to hi included in Craft Masonry . In Ireland , what are termed the higher
degrees are worked in an orderly maimer , and uniformly as they should be . The degrees above the third are thus arranged : —4 , Mark ; 5 , Arch ; 6 , Knight of the Sword ;
7 , Knight of the East ; 3 , Knight of the East and West ; 9 , Knight Templar ; 10 Knight of Malta ; 11 , Rose Croix and the other hautes grades . In addition to these degrees , preceding No . 11 , a candidate would have to be a Master Mason
for seven years , and a Past Master of a Lodge , to be qualified to receive the Rose Croix , unless by special dispensation . In England every Rite seems to be a law to itself , and one degree in particular , worked before another Rite was
formed and under the authority of the late and deceased Grand Master , is actually now by the latter Rito said to be irregular . This will serve to show how the Chivalric and other degrees are managed and controlled in this country , and
how imperatively a change in such dogmatic rules is required . In Scotland those in authority work more in unison above the Craft , and are idowly progressing towards a reciprocal treaty between all the Rites .
The order observed in that Masonic country is as follows : —4 , Mark ; 5 , Past Master ; 6 , Excel lent Master ; 7 , Royal Arch ; 8 , Royal Arch Mariner ; 9 , Knight of the Sword ; 10 , Knight of the Kast ; 11 . Knight of the East and West ,
( three points of the Babylonish Pass ) , and the three Installation degrees of the principals ( all these are recognised by tho S . G . Royal Arch Chapter ) ; 12 , Knight of the Temple ; 13 , lloyal Order of Scotland ; 14 , Rose Croix ; 15 , Knight
Kado . di ; 16 " , Thirty-Third . In the United States , the order in giving the degrees usually is thus : —4 , Mark Master ; 5 , Past Master ; 6 , Most Excellent Master ; 7 , Royal Arch ( all recognized by the Grand Chapters ) ;
8 , lloyal Master ; 9 , Select Master ( worked b y Grand Councils formed for these degrees ) ; 10 , Knight ofthe Red Cross ; 11 , Knight Templar . [ Brother Hughan then enumerates the degrees of the A . and A . Rite , which are given above . ]
I forbear giving the degrees of Misraim or the Rite of Memphis ( 96 ) . The above will serve to illustrate tho ingenuity of Masons , and evidence how brethren not content with the simple Craft Rito rush after high-sounding titles and Graud degrees . WILLIAM JAMES HUOUAN .
I may reply to "Belfasticusis b y giving him a short account of tho 33 ° of the Ancient and Accepted Rite as established in America . * — 4 ° . Secret Masttr . —Duties , to guar ! the sanctum sanctorum and sacred furniture of the Holy Temple .
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
5 . Perfect Master . —Gives particulars of the tomb of Hiram Abiff . 6 ° . Intimate Secretary . —Candidate represents Joabert , who in the way conveyed by the ceremonial obtained the secretaryship from Solomon and Hiram .
7 ° . Provost and Judge . —Constituting the office of Provost and Judge over all the workmen of the Temple of Jerusalem . 8 ° . Intendant of the Buildings . —The election of a successor to Hiram A biff for the completion of the secret works of the Temple .
9 ° . Elect of Nine . —The punishment of the first assassin . 10 ° . Elect of Fifteen . —The punishment of the second and third assassins . 11 ° . Sublime Knights Elected . — A reward for the zeal of the elect of fifteen .
12 ° . Grand Master Architect . —A school of architecture , established by King Solomon . 13 ° . Knight of tlie Ninth Arch . —Alludes to the concealment of the Holy Name by Enochsee the " Book of Enoch , " brought from Abyssinia by Bruce , and translated by the Archbishop of
Cashel . According to Finch ' s ritual , this degree formed the first part of the old English Arch . 14 ° . Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Mason . —Professes to reveal the true pronunciation of the Sacred Name , and alludes to the crusading knights . Bro . Oliver states that it was invented
by Bro . Ramsay ; the chapter represents a subterranean vault , and it has been styled the " Sacred Tault of James VI ., " who patronized a Lodge at Stirling . The foregoing degrees are termed " Ineffable" because they relate to the
sacred name , they seem to have been practised in France about 1750 . Degrees 4 to 8 , are adapted from supposedofficesin the temple , and the'hint may have been taken from oflicers of a Grand Lodge . Degrees 9 to 14 are more historical .
15 Knights ofthe East or Sword . —Represents the return of Zerubbabel . It is the English Royal Arch degree , andaccordingto Finchformerl y constituted the secondp > art of the ceremonial prior to 1813 . It is also identical with the degree of " Red Cross of Palestine . "
16 ° Prince of Jerusalem . —An appendant to the foregoing , and represents the edict of Darius . 17 ° . Knights of the East and West . —This degree professes to date from 1118 , when eleven
Knights made vows of secrecy , friendship , and discretion before the Patriach of Jerusalem . The opening of the seven seals is common to this degree and that of the British Templar Priest , but they are differently applied .
IS . Prince oj Rosy Cross , Rosy Croix , or Rose Croix . —The lecture of this degree , as given in England at the commencement of this century , derives the order from the old fraternity of the " Rosy Cross . " It is probable that the degree was practised in England before the establishment
of the modern Grand Lodge of 1717 , and there is said to be documentary proof in 1721 . The '' Royal Order of Scotland" revived the two degrees of II . R . M . ( The Red Cross , Koyal Arch , or Knight of the East ) and Rosy Cross in 1736 , and are said to have minutes from 1740 . Their
ceremonial connects it . however . with the Templars who aided the Bruce at Bannockburn , and relates the history ofthe Order in quaint rhyme . Hence tho question arises , whether a portion of the degree of Kadosh has not been engrafted on the Rosy Cross at its revival .
19 ° . Grand Pontiff . —In this degree St . John is mentioned as a Mason , and the ceremonial has reference to the New Jerusalem of the Apocalypse . The candidate enters decorated as a Knight of tho East and West , and tho two ceremonials seem to bo nearly related .
20 ° . Grand Maslei- of all Symbolic Lodges . — The candidate in this degree represents Zerrnbbabel admitted to the Symbolic Lodgo of Graud Masters .
21 ° . Noachite , or Prussian Knight . —Alludes to Peleg and the Tower of Babel . 22 ° . Knight of the Royal Axe . —Alludes to felling of cedars for the Temple .
23 . Chief of the Tabernacle . —This degree commemorates tho Jewish Orderof Priesthood . 24 ° . Prince of the Tabernacle . —Represents the lodge held by Moses at the construction ofthe Tabernacle . These two degrees may be supposed
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
to hold some relation to the " veils , " forming an intermediate portion in the English Royal Arch . 25 ° . Knight of the Brazen Serpent . —This degree is said to have been founded by John Ralph during the crusades . The motto is " Virtue and Valor . "
26 . Prince of Mercy , or Scottish Trinitarian , —Alluding to the triple covenant—first with Abraham by circumcision , next by Moses in the wilderness , third with all mankind by the sufferings of Jesus Christ . 27 ° . Sovereign Commander of the Temple . —
It is difficult to pronounce on this degree . Teutonic crosses are used , and the words Solomon and I . N . R . I . It may have been intended to imply the connection of the Crusading Templars with the military officers of Solomon ' s Temple .
28 . Knight of the Sun , or Prince Adepts—This degree is philosophical and moral , and conveys us into the land of spirits ; it may have been originally connected with some sect of modern Rosi crucians .
29 ° . Knight of St . Andrew . —Dr . Oliver states that this degree was invented by Ramsay , and was the first of his series . The learned Doctor
must , however , in this case have drawn upon his imagination for his facts , as everything in relation to Ramsay ' s doings is purely conjectural . 30 ° . Knight of Kadosh . —Next to the Rose Croix , this ceremonial is the most important and ancient in the rite . It is reallv the ceremonial of
the " Masonic Knight Templars , and five apartments are necessary to confer the Order properly . Candidate is instructed in the history of Masonry from Enoch to Solomon , Zerubbabel , and the Essenes , to the Crusaders of 1118 ; he is obligated and questioned , and receives seven passwords in
a manner very similar to the degree of Knight Templar Priest , after which he is instructed in the history of the extirpation of the Templars . Bro . Dr . Leeson informs us that lie lias seen a Constitution , printed at Brussels in 1722 , in which the following degrees are alluded to as
mentioned in the 37 th clause of the Constitutions of the English Grand Lodge , appioved on St . John ' s Day , 1720 : — "Masters of Lodges , Knights Elected Kadosh , Superintendents , Knights of Palestine , Princes of Jerusalem , Masons of the Secret , Scotch Elected Knights of St .
Andrew , Ancient Masters of the Royal Arch , Officers of the Grand Lodge , Masters , Companions , and Apprentices . " It is noteworth y that the Rosy Cross does not appear in this rite by name . Now , as Desaguliers visited the Operative Lodges of Scotland in 17 * 21 , the question arises
whether the Belgians pre-dated the printing of this Constitution , or the Moderns in the intervening two years detenu ined to strike off the high grades when they printed their Constitution in 1723 on what they found in Scotland where the Grand Mastership had passed into an hereditary
office . It is quite certain pure Operatic Masonry prior to 1717-21 had ceased to exist in England , aud that tho "Ancients" always asserted that their system was the old system of Speculative Masonry , and this view was shared by the Grand Lodge of York , which iu common with the Ancient body ,
recognised the lloyal A rch , Rose Croix , and Kadosh as of equal authenticity with the other degrees , and this as besides the question whether the present Order of St . John and the Temple had any formal connection with Masonry prior to 1745 .
31 Grand Inquisitor Commander . —Duties , to examine and regulate the subordinate degrees . 32 ° Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret . —A lecture on the history of Masonry is given in this administrative degree , in which the whole is connected with Christianity and the Templars . 33 ° Sovereign Grand Inspector General . —The
Grand Commander represents Frederick tho Great of Prussia , and the nine members of tho Chapter have the control of the rite , the worst feature of which is that , like the late Manx " House of Keys , " the Chapter elect themselves . JOHN YAKKEU , JR . 43 , Chorlton-road , Manchester .
Dv . SKNIGALI ., in his memoirs , remarks : —" The Master Mason's is the highest ; all other degrees that the Masons were kind enoiigji to entrust ine with are pleasant discoveries , but their symbolic orders do not raise the Master at all in substantial honor . "