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372 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE.
and H.\ at the bottom. This jewel is suspended from a
small collar of narrow, watered, purple ribbon, and
hangs on the breast.
The March is 3 equal steps, the first taken with the
left foot.
The Order is, standing, the right hand on the right
hip.
The age is 9 by 9, or 81.
The Tessera, or mark, given to the initiate, is a small
fish, of ivory or mother-of-pearl, on one side of which
is the word niJT\ an^ on tne other " [L Q9||ac
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31.'. E.\ Listen to the ancient dogmas and teach-
Or. Thus said the holy books of ancient India :
There are three supreme gods, the three forms and
aspects of the first, the supreme, single, invisible
God, cause of all phenomena, and soul of the world:
and these three, the powers of creation, preservation,
and destruction, distinct in persons, are but one God,
the triple form of the Supreme, the word A.'. U.\ M.\,
first utterance of the Eternal.
J:. W:. Said the ancient Hindoos : Chrishna, the
second person of the Trimourti, bom of a royal vir-
gin, without sin, descended into hell, arose again,
and ascended to heaven. He will appear again at
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