Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

512 EIGHTH AND NINTH DEGREES.
TOKEN, INTENDANT OF BUILD-
ING,
Strike one with the right
hand over the other’s heart;
pass the right band under the
left arm, then seize the right
shoulder with the left hand;
one says ,Jacliinai, the other,
JudaA.
NINTh DEGREE, OR MASTER
ELECT oi’ NINE.
SIGN MASTER ELECT OF NINE.
First one raises the poniard
and makes the motion of striking
the other on the forehead
token, latondiatof BnIIdIng. the other places his hand on his
forehead as if to examine the
supposed wound.
Second raises the arm, strikes at the other’s breast as
if w,lh a poniard, and says, Nekam.
6’
ANSWER.
Pla~ your right
hand on ~‘ourheart
and say Nekah.
NINTI~ AND TENTH DRGBEE8. 513
) thumb
TOKEN.
Clinch the fingers of
your right hand, an]
at the same time elevate
your thumb. The
second ~~eizes your
with the r~ghi~
hand, at the same tune
elevating his Ihunib;
signifying the nine
elected, eio’ht close together and one by ih.elf.
v.~s “o;w :—Jleqoal-Kohl.
SACRED Woiw :—XeAa,n; answ er, Nekah.
SIG’C, MA~TI:i~ LLI:CT or FIFTEI~N.
Place tlit poi ut of the hiiiii aid nmoler Ilie clii ii, and
draw ii do~~ 110 a i-h to tIme ~;mi~t, as if in the act of ripping
op inen the abdomen.
ANSWER.
Give the sign of an
Entered Apprentice, with
the fingers clinched and
the thumb extended.
AL ~L