Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

384 SUBLIME PRINCE OF THE ROYAL SECRET.
7. Grand Secretary.
8. Grand Keeper of Seals and Archives.
9. Grand Hospitaller and Surgeon.
10. Grand Architeect and Engineer.
11. Grand Master of Ceremonies.
12. Grand Standard Bearer.
13. Grand Captain of the Guards.
14. Grand Tyler.
15. Assistant Grand Tyler.
When the Illustrious Commander in Chief aJdressea
a subordinate officer, or a member, and when such offeur
or member addresses the Illustrious Commander in
Chief, the officer or member will rise and salute with his
sword; bring it to the carry, then to the present and
then, dropping the point to the ground, to the right and
a little in front of himself, the arm fully extended downwards;
in which position he remains until the colloquy
is concluded, and then comes again to the present anti
then to the carry.
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OPENING CEREMONIES
SUBLIME PRINCE OF THE ROYAL SECRET.”’
Illustrious Commander in Chief—(Strikes one with
pommel of his sword.)
First Lieutenant Coimmander—(Strikes one with
pommel of his sword.)
Second Lieutenant Commander—(Strikes one with
Note 37’7.—”Tbia is thc thirty.soeond degree of the Ancient and Arcepted
Rite. There is abundant inteinsi evidence. derivcd from the rltusl
and from some bislori. at facts, that the degree of ~ublino’ Prine of the
Royal Secret was instituted by. the founders of the Council of Emperors
of the East and ~Vest whkh beojy was established ii. the year 1758. it
is certain list hofor” that reriod wc h,’a, nothing of such a degree in
any of the Rites The RU, of 14cr. don, or of Perfection, which was that
institutcd by the Council of Emperors, consisted ci t~e,,ty-tive degrees
Of these the twonty-llfOj, and highest. ~sp ihe i’,ir,cc of the iloyal Sc’
cret. it was brought to 4in.~ric, b, Niorin, an t~.e -ciomit of the tllgi,
Mc’..,.ry “hich b” intr’)duc-.d, and f-v tin’ p,”p gos’on of v,hich ‘~e had
received hi’. P~ ty at, In tb~ subsujucat eat”o or, of the Scottish ltire
abo it tIre trsgt.,,.iL~ of the present century, ..s tire alditiun of eIght new
d-’g,.’ea to th.’ original t~enty-tive the $uhii.oe Prince of the Itojal Bec.et
be2ame the ihirty-aecood
itoclics ,.f II,, thu tv-second degree nrc aslie.’ C~ nu’.ori”s. und where
there Is a aup’rlntending body err, ted by the Supreme Council for the
government of the inferIor dcgrecs In a State or Province, it is called a
Grand Conatatory.
The clothing of a SublIme Prince consIsts of a collar, jewel, and spins.
The collar is black edged with white.
The jewel is a Teutonic cross of gold
The apron Ia white edged ~sith black, Go the flap ere embroidered sli
flags, three on each ~lde the staffs Ia. saltier, and the flags blue, red, and
yellow. On the centre of the lisp, over these, is a Teutonic cross sue.
mounted iry an All-seeing eye, and on the rro,s a double-beaded eagle not
crowned On the body of the apron Is the tracing-hoard of the degree.
‘t’he most important part of the symbolism of the degree is the tracingboard.
which is technically called ‘The Camp - This is a symbol of deep
Import, and in Its true interpretatIon is found that ‘royal secret’ from
which the degree derives Its name This Camp constitutes en essential
part of the furniture of a Crosistory during an initistlon, hut its expia.
nations are altogether esotexic It is a singular fact, that notwithstanding
the Changes which the degree must hove undergone in being trans.
leered from the tnenty-fifth of one Rite to the thirty-second of another,
no slteration was ever made in the Camp, which retains at the present
day the same form and sigolitestion that were originally given to it
The motto of the degree is ‘Spec mes in Dro eat,’ I e - My hope is in
God - —Mackeys Encyclopaeda& of Freensasonry, Article Sublime lrlfloe
of the Royal Secret.