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Chapter 7 - Rituals
Its color is yellow and I entrust you with this color for safekeeping. It
represents Nature when she is in the very height of her glory and the
transforming power symbolized by this color, begins her process of
turning the landscape into gold. (p. 48)
We have to remember that the initiate is a young girl. She likewise obtains
the advice that
[n]ature is out-of-doors and you must not forget that a portion of your
time belongs there. [...] Get His lessons there [...]. Drink them into the
very depths of your soul, for you will need them in the after years of
responsibility. Do not let your social activities or any other claim
deprive you of the joy of the open field and the out-of-doors. Nature has
a healing power. She has wonderful secrets and she has them for you.
(p. 48)
The candidate, upon having affirmed to learn those secrets while in her
girlhood, is given one end of the yellow color streamer to carry it to the altar and
fasten it there. Having given report to the Worthy Advisor, Sister of Faith leads
the candidate to the station of Immortality, who rises and explains to her that her
color is green, and holds a lecture about death who does not spare youth, but that
even though her body may die, her soul shall live forever. She asks the candidate
whether she will begin now to prepare for Life Eternal (p. 50), and this being
affirmed, the candidate obtains one end of the green color streamer to lay it upon
the Altar of the White Light.
Sister of Faith receives the order to lead the candidate to the station of
Fidelity, whose color is blue which has, in all ages, been the symbol of loyalty
(p. 50). Sister of Fidelity explains to the candidate that great confidence has been
put in her when she was selected to become a member of this Assembly. Her
family and friends believe in her fidelity, and she should give loyalty and
faithfulness to God, which is a "foundation for true happiness" (p. 51). The
candidate having affirmed to "begin that foundation now" (p. 51), obtains one
end of the blue color streamer to lay it on the altar.
Then, the candidate is escorted by Sister Faith to the station of the Sister of
Patriotism, whose color is indigo, an intensified color because it even demands
the sister's life on the altar of sacrifice, if need be, for her country (p. 51). Sister
of Patriotism evokes an image of a soldier brother going out to war, his sister
remaining in silence to "fight the first battle": "Womanhood stands back of the
ranks and holds up the Flag at home, for if it were not for Womanhood and the
love that is centered in her realm, there would be nothing to incite him to deeds
of bravery on the field of battle." (p. 52). After the candidate has promised to be
true to her Flag and always defend it, she is given one end of the indigo color
streamer and puts it on the altar.
The last station where she is led is the station of the Sister of Service, whose
color is violet as "the only ray of light that has healing power" (p. 53). The