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The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.
Prefatory Note
PART TWO
The Rituals Themselves
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LODGE OF PERFECTION
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FOURTH DEGREE35
(Holy Royal Arch of Enoch)
The symbolism of this degree is based on that of the Holy Royal Arch degree of orthodox Freemasonry.
This is itself based on the Old Testament (Haggai II v. 1-9). The officers who operate the ritual (H., J.
and Z.) are, then, Haggai, Joshua and Zerrubbabel.
The altar of this rite is a modified form of that of the Holy Royal Arch, and without some description of
it both the opening of the Lodge of Perfection and its Mystical Lecture are incomprehensible.
The altar is in the form of a double cube (its top about sixteen inches square) and on it inscribed the
double triangle of the Seal of Solomon (identical with the Shield of David found on the flag of Israel)
within a circle. On this are placed, at random, the eight letters J, A, H, B, V, L, O and N; these represent
the corresponding Hebrew letters. At the conclusion of the ‘picking’ incident (see opening) the altar
looks like this:
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