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ished during his infancy in Crete by the daughters
of Melissus, with the milk of the goat
Amalthea . Zeus, when he came to the empire
of the world, in gratitude placed Amalthea in
the heavens as a constellation, and gave one of
her horns to his nurses, with the assurance
that it should furnish them with a never-failing
supply of whatever they might desire . Hence
it is a symbol of abundance, and as such has
been adopted as. the jewel of the Stewards of a
Lodge, to remind them that it is their duty to
see that the tables are properly furnished at
refreshment, and that every brother is suitably
provided for . Among the deities whose images
are to be found in the ancient Temples at
Elora, in Hindustau, is the goddess Ana
Puma, whose name is compounded of Ana,
signifying corn, and Puma, meaning plenty.
She holds a corn measure in her band, and the
whole therefore very clearly has the same allusion
as the Masonic Horn of plenty .
Coronet, Ducal . (Italian, Coronetta .) An
inferior crown worn by noblemen ; that of a
British duke is adorned
with strawberry leaves ;
that of a marquis has
leaves with pearls interposed
; that of an earl
has the pearls above the
leaves ; that of a viscount
is surrounded with
pearls only ; that of a
baron has only four
pearls . The ducal coronet is a prominent
symbol in the Thirty-third Degree of the
A. A. Scottish Rite .
Correspondence. See Committee on Foreign
Correspondence .
Corresponding Grand Secretary. An
officer of a Grand Lodge to whom was formerly
entrusted, in some Grand Lodges, the Foreign
Correspondence of the body. The office is
now disused, being retained only in the Grand
Lodge of Massachusetts .
Corybantes, Mysteries of . Rites instituted
in Phrygia in honor of Atys, the lover of
Cybele. The goddess was supposed first to
bewail the death of her lover, and afterward
to rejoice for his restoration to life . The ceremonies
were a scenical representation of this
alternate lamentation and rejoicing, and of
the sufferings of Atys, who was placed in an
ark or coffin during the mournful part of the
orgies . If the description of these rites, given
by Sainte-Croix from various ancient authorities,
be correct, they were but a modification
of the Eleusinian mysteries .
Cosmist. A religious faith of late rec-
'tion having for its motto, "Deeds, not
eeds,' ; and for its principle the service of
humanity is the supreme duty . The design of
Cosmism is to join all men and women into one
family, in which the principle of equality, together
with that of brotherly love (that is,
love of the human race), is the predominant
one, and the moral and material welfare of all
the sole aim and purpose .
The Cosmists are enjoined to act as follows :
To give one another encouragement and aid,
both material and moral ; to cultivate all their
faculties ; to contemplate all mankind as
brethren ; to be courteous and forbearing to
each and all ; to practise charity without publicity
or ostentation .
Freemasonry is an intensely theistical institution
; but its principles could scarcely be
better expressed than those above enumerated
as the foundation of the Cosmistic faith ;
more especially in the motto, "Deeds, not
Creeds .'
There is an observable difference between
Cosmists and Secularists, Collectivists and
Positivists .
Cosmopolite. The Third Degree of the
Second Temple of the Rite of African Architects
(q. v .) .
Council. In several of the high degrees of
Masonry the meetings are styled Councils ; as,
a Council of Royal and Select Masters, or
Princes of Jerusalem, or Companions of the
Red Cross .
Council Chamber. A part of the room in
which the ceremonies of the Companions of
the Red Cross are performed .
Council, Grand . See Grand Council .
Council of Allied Masonic Degrees . An
organization formed in England in 1880 to
embosom, protect, and promulgate all side
degrees of a Masonic or other secret character,
and those otherwise unclaimed that may appear
as waifs. The central organization is
termed the "Grand Council of Allied Masonic
Degrees ."
Council of Companions of the Red
Cross . A body in which the First Degree of
the Templar system in this country is conferred
. It is held under the Charter of a Commandery
of Knights Templar, which, when
meeting as a council, is composed of the following
officers : A Sovereign Master, Chancellor,
Master of the Palace, Prelate, Master
of Despatches, Master of Cavalry, Master
of Infantry, Standard-Bearer, Sword-Bearer,
Warder, and Sentinel .
Council of Royal and Select Masters.
The united body in which the Royal and Select
degrees are conferred . In some jurisdictions
this Council confers also the degree of
Super-Excellent Master .
Council of Royal Masters . The body in
which the degree of Royal Master, the eighth
in the American Rite, is conferred . It receives
its Charter from a Grand Council of Royal
and Select Masters, and has the following
officers : Thrice Illustrious Grand Master,
Illustrious Hiram of Tyre, Principal Conductor
of the Works, Master of the Exchequer, Master
of Finances, Captain of the Guards, Conductor
of the Council, and Steward .
Council of Select Masters . The body in
which the degree of Select Masters, the ninth
in the American Rite, is conferred . It receives
its Charter from a Grand Council of Royal
and Select Masters . Its officers are : Thrice
Illustrious Grand Master, Illustrious Hiram
of Tyre, Principal Conductor of the Works,
Treasurer, Recorder, Captain of the Guards,
Conductor of the Council, and Steward.