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Article THE RITES OP FREEMASONRY. ← Page 5 of 14 →
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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
lime Masters . In this degree the pass words correspond Avith those of our RoyalArch installation . The sixth degree also requires three chambers ; the second , which is called the Hall ofthe East , represents the council
of Cyrus at Babylon , and is described— -in' somewhat inconsistent terms—as being composed of that prince , seven principal officers , and other knights . The decoration is green , and requires many lights . Behind the throne is a transparency , representing the A / ision of Cyrus , in which he received the injunction , Restore liberty to the captives . " The candidate , in passing from the second to the third chamber , has to cross a bridge of timber over a stream choked with
corpses and rubbish ; and having at length arrived at the last , or western chamber , he perceives the Masons reposing among the ruins of Jerusalem . The room is hung with red , and illuminated by ten groups of candles , of seven each . In the centre is the representation of the ruined temple . The Sovereign Master represents Cyrus ; the chief officer , Daniel the prophet . The badge is of white satin bordered with green ; the sash , of water green , is Avorn from left to
right ; the jewel is the triple triangle , crossed by "tAvo SAVords . The seventh degree is precisely our own eighteenth degree . * A rite , slightly differing from the preceding , and called the Ancient Reformed Rite , we are told , is noav practised in Holland and Belgium . The Rite of Elected Cohens , or Priests , was founded some time betAveen 1754 and 1760 by Martinez Paschalis , by whom it Avas introduced into the Lodges of Bordeaux , Marseilles , and Toulouse . Of its principles very little is knoAvn , but it is said to have been divided into tAvo classes , in the first ' of which was represented the fall of man
from virtue and happiness ; and in the second , his final restoration . It consisted of nine degrees : —Entered Apprentice ; Fellow Craft ; Master Mason ; Grand Elect ; Apprentice Cohen ; FcIIoav Craft Cohen ; Master Cohen ; Grand Architect ; and Knight Commander . Clavel tells us this rite Avas rather popular among the litterateurs of Paris lor a short time , but it has now ceased to exist .
TlisRite of St . Martin or Martinism was instituted by the Marquis de St . Martin , a disciple of Paschalis , some time after—of Avhose system it was said to be a reform . There were in this novelty , two classes , embodying ten degrees ; after the three first degrees , followed the First Temple , as it Avas termed by De St . Martin , comprising those of Ancient Master , Elect , Grand Architect , and Master of the Secret .
The degrees of the Second Temple Avere Prince of Jerusalem , Knight of Palestine , and Knight Kadosh . It was first brought out at Lyons , but in time extended to the principal cities of France and Germany . This rite most likely perished when all the continental Lodges Avere closed , during the panic produced by the French Revolution . Council of Emperors of the East unci West . Under this pompous
* Kcigon , in his < Cours Philosophiquc , " says the symbolism of this Kite is entirely astronomical . This is erroneous , as t ^ e first six degrees have all reference to the Old Testament history ; the Rose Croix being identical with the Ancient and Accepted Rite ,
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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
lime Masters . In this degree the pass words correspond Avith those of our RoyalArch installation . The sixth degree also requires three chambers ; the second , which is called the Hall ofthe East , represents the council
of Cyrus at Babylon , and is described— -in' somewhat inconsistent terms—as being composed of that prince , seven principal officers , and other knights . The decoration is green , and requires many lights . Behind the throne is a transparency , representing the A / ision of Cyrus , in which he received the injunction , Restore liberty to the captives . " The candidate , in passing from the second to the third chamber , has to cross a bridge of timber over a stream choked with
corpses and rubbish ; and having at length arrived at the last , or western chamber , he perceives the Masons reposing among the ruins of Jerusalem . The room is hung with red , and illuminated by ten groups of candles , of seven each . In the centre is the representation of the ruined temple . The Sovereign Master represents Cyrus ; the chief officer , Daniel the prophet . The badge is of white satin bordered with green ; the sash , of water green , is Avorn from left to
right ; the jewel is the triple triangle , crossed by "tAvo SAVords . The seventh degree is precisely our own eighteenth degree . * A rite , slightly differing from the preceding , and called the Ancient Reformed Rite , we are told , is noav practised in Holland and Belgium . The Rite of Elected Cohens , or Priests , was founded some time betAveen 1754 and 1760 by Martinez Paschalis , by whom it Avas introduced into the Lodges of Bordeaux , Marseilles , and Toulouse . Of its principles very little is knoAvn , but it is said to have been divided into tAvo classes , in the first ' of which was represented the fall of man
from virtue and happiness ; and in the second , his final restoration . It consisted of nine degrees : —Entered Apprentice ; Fellow Craft ; Master Mason ; Grand Elect ; Apprentice Cohen ; FcIIoav Craft Cohen ; Master Cohen ; Grand Architect ; and Knight Commander . Clavel tells us this rite Avas rather popular among the litterateurs of Paris lor a short time , but it has now ceased to exist .
TlisRite of St . Martin or Martinism was instituted by the Marquis de St . Martin , a disciple of Paschalis , some time after—of Avhose system it was said to be a reform . There were in this novelty , two classes , embodying ten degrees ; after the three first degrees , followed the First Temple , as it Avas termed by De St . Martin , comprising those of Ancient Master , Elect , Grand Architect , and Master of the Secret .
The degrees of the Second Temple Avere Prince of Jerusalem , Knight of Palestine , and Knight Kadosh . It was first brought out at Lyons , but in time extended to the principal cities of France and Germany . This rite most likely perished when all the continental Lodges Avere closed , during the panic produced by the French Revolution . Council of Emperors of the East unci West . Under this pompous
* Kcigon , in his < Cours Philosophiquc , " says the symbolism of this Kite is entirely astronomical . This is erroneous , as t ^ e first six degrees have all reference to the Old Testament history ; the Rose Croix being identical with the Ancient and Accepted Rite ,