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28 The Degree Rituals religions. 5 The overall effect was a substantial decrease in playing time, thereby facilitating presentation of the allegory by Lodges of Perfection. Finally, the traditional title of the degree, “Master Elect of Nine”, which no longer was relevant to the content of the ritual, was changed to “Master of the Temple.” These revisions were approved as the 9° Ritual of 2003. 5 Two cast deletions, the Chinese merchant and the Persian priest, were apparent anachronisms. It is unlikely that direct commercial contacts existed between China and the Middle East in the tenth century B.C. Even less explicable was the presence of a disciple of Zoroaster some 400 years before the latter’s lifetime.
The Degree Rituals Disobedience - The Tenth Degree As part of the Rite of Perfection, the ritual of the 10° appeared in the Francken Manuscript under the title “Illustrious Elect of Fifteen.” It was in the traditional form of degree ritual, with reception, obligation, and explanatory lecture. In the mid-19th century the ritual was expanded by Albert Pike, who injected symbolism with philosophical meanings and titled it “Illustrious Elu of Fifteen.” Although a virtual copy of the Pike ritual was in use after the Union of 1867, it was superseded in 1871 by a shorter ritual that omitted much of Pike’s symbolism and adopted the modern title “Master Elect of Fifteen.” The influence of Pike reappeared in the ritual of 1894. The early rituals of the 10°, as those of the 9°, were based on a theme from the Hiramic legend exemplified in the symbolic lodge; that is, the pursuit and apprehension of the assassins of Hiram Abif. The lesson that pervaded the various versions of the ritual was obedience to authority. The ritual of 1917 dramatized the episode of the assassins in two scenes, which was expanded to five scenes in the tentative ritual of 1966, in addition to the traditional elements of the ceremonial section. For some years it had been customary to present the 10° in conjunction with the 9°, as the rituals of the two degrees were based on the same theme and the dramatic action from the 9° ritual to the 10° was continuous. The succession of three tentative rituals proposed for the 10° (as for the 9°) over a span of 15 years from 1965 indicated dissatisfaction with the content of the ritual and repeated efforts to rework the Hiramic legend and improve the message. As early as 1943, McIlyar Lichliter had criticized the rituals of both the 9° and 10° as presenting a version of the Hiramic legend that differed from that exemplified in the symbolic lodge to which the Scottish Rite rituals obviously were intended to relate. The primary author of the tentative rituals was Ill. William H. Cantwell, 33°, Active Member for Delaware, a member and one time chairman of the Committee on Rituals. Cantwell’s efforts culminated in a short-lived attempt to combine the ritual of the 9° with that of the 10° into a single ritual which was approved by the Supreme Council as the 9° and 10° Tentative Ritual of 1980. In the event the combined ritual never was issued. By this time the Committee on Rituals was moving to implement a plan to replace several of the Lodge of Perfection degree rituals, 29
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