Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

FIG. 23. PASS-GRIP OF A MARK MASTER MASON.
Joppa were so steep that the workmen on the
Temple had to assist each other up them while
conveying the timber from the forests of
Lebanon. The pass-word is JOPPA. 1
p. 170
FIG. 24. REAL GRIP OF A MARK MASTER MASON.
R. W. M. (to candidate.)--Will you be off, or
from?
Candidate (prompted.)--From.
R. W. M.--From what?
Candidate--From the pass-grip to the true grip of
a Mark Master Mason.
R. W. M.--Pass on.
The grip is made by locking the little fingers of
the right hands, turning the backs of them
together, and placing the ends of the thumbs
against each other; its name is SIROC, or MARK
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