The Universal Language of Freemasonry - ArchiMeD - Johannes ...

Chapter 4 - Signs & Symbols 183
The text above, coded by the square alphabet, reads: "Vorzeiger hat 1
Duc(aten) fuir Joh(ani) bezahlt," which means that the bearer of this receipt has
paid 1 ducat or St. John's Louis d'Or. The use of the square alphabet was
historical and is found on old documents. According to Hall, to a limited extent,
Masonic high degrees still use a form of arbitrary cipher (the angelic writing,
referred to as "Malachim," which appears in the following illustration 509 of
Cabalistic and magic alphabets):
509 Illustration taken from Hall, p. CLXXII.
Mystic Alphabets
Angelic alphabet
(used in the 4 th
degree of the A.
& A.R.)
"Passing the
river"
(used in the 15 th
degree of the
A.&A.S.R.)