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KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL AXE;
OR,
PKINCE OF LIBANUS.
THE TWENTY-SECOND GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND AO
CEPTED SCOTTISH KITE, AND THE FOURTH DEGREE 01
THE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SERIES.
LODGES, OFFICERS, DECORATIONS, ETC,
Bodies of this degree are styled Colleges. There are
two apartments. The first is a plain room, of moderate
dimensions, without any fixed number of lights, and
prepared to represent a workshop on Mount Lebanon.
The second is hung with red, and lighted by 36 lights,
arranged by sixes, and each six by twos. It represents
the Council-room of the Round Table. In the centre of
the room is such a table, around which the brethren sit.
The altar is in the East, and upon it are an open Bible,
the square and Compasses, and an Axe.
The officers are a Chief Prince, who is styled " Thrice
Puissant," a Senior and a Junior Grand Warden, a
Master of Ceremonies, and Captain of the Guard.
The order is a broad, rainbow-colored ribbon, worn as
a collar. It may be worn as a sash, from right to left,
and is lined with purple. The jewel, suspended to the
collar, is an axe and handle of gold On the top or end