Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

covered with three squares, the jewels of our
three ancient Grand Masters; and from this
circumstance, we supposed it to be the long-lost
Master Mason's word; and, on applying our Key
to it, it proved our suspicions to be correct. It is
the name of Deity in three languages, viz.,
Chaldaic, Hebrew, and Syriac, which is the longlost
Master Mason's word, or Logos, and has now
become the Grand Omnific Royal Arch word.
It is the divine Logos, or Word, to which
reference is had in John (i. 1-5):
"In the beginning was the word (Logos), and the
word was with God, and the word was God; the
same was in the beginning with God: all things
were made by him, and without him was not any
thing made that was made; in him was life, and
the life was the light of men: and the light shineth
in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it
not."
This word was anciently written only in these
sacred characters, and thus preserved from one
generation to another. It was lost by the death of
Hiram Abiff, was found again at the building of
the Temple, and will now be given to you; and
you will re-member the manner you receive it,
and that you have sworn never to give it to others
except in that particular manner.
The candidates, instructed by the Principal
Sojourner, now learn the Grand Omnific Royal
Arch Word, as follows:
Each one takes hold with his right hand of the
right wrist of his companion on the left, and with
his left hand takes hold of the left wrist of his
companion on the right. Each one then