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MASTER ELECT OF NINE.
THE NINTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED
SCOTTISH RITE, AND SIXTH DEGREE OF THE INEFFABLE
SERIES.
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DECORATIONS, ETC.
The hangings are black, strewed with flames, suspended
from eight columns, four on each sida There
are nine great lights—eight forming an octagon round
the altar, which is in the centre : the other light is
placed half-way between the altar and the East. The
altar is covered with black, and on it are placed the
Book of the Testimony, two cross-swords, and a dagger.
An urn, containing a number of white and black bal-
lots, on the Secretary's desk.
A room representing a cavern.
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TITLES.
The body is styled a Chapter, and consists of nin«
members, who represent the first Nine Masters Elect.
The officers are