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Chapter 7 - Rituals
The Grotto Standard or Banner bears a Persian inscription which is to be read
from right to left:
As to the differences and similarities with Masonic terminology, God is
either called, in conformity with Craft Masonry and still employing Grotto
phraseology, "Great Architect of the Universe, the only true Prophet, who hides
not his face behind a veil, but allows the sunshine of his love to shine down upon
us" (p. 27), or, in the terminology belonging to the Veiled Prophets, "Grand
Monarch of the Universe" (p. 71).
7.3.2 Comparison of Masonry with the
International Order of Odd Fellows
This internal, truly living spirit of Love and of universal fraternity,
pervading all our rituals and ceremonies; recognized in emblems,
colors and regalia; using every adjunct for strengthening its influence
on the soul; speaking to ear and eye in every lecture, charge, sign and
token, and to the touch in grip and pressure; and manifesting itself
(silently, like rain, and sunshine, and electricity) in beneficent
organizations and institutions; this soul of all its teachings and