Blanchard J (anti-masonic) - Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated Part I

352 GRAND ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MA8O~#.ing them to each other threetimes; then place the left hand onth~ brother’s back, then on hisneck as if to raise him.Thrice Puissant-What are thepass-words?Senior Grand Warden-Thereare three principal ones: the firstis Shibboleth three times with anaspiration. The second is El-Hanan. The third is most essentialto be known and is Bes-Makeh,~amearah, which is interpreted“thank God we have found it.” Token or Reeistane~ ~odThrice Puissant—Wliat are the eov~reff words?Senior Grand Warden—There are~tF~ee: The firstis Guiblim or Jabuluni. The second is Makobim, whichinterpreted; “That’s he! He is dead !“ The third isAdonai, Supreme lord of all,Thrice Puissant—Give me the word?Senior Grand Warden—Thrice Puissant, I cannot, Iam riot able to pronounce it Machbenah and Mah-hahbone,were substituted in~ its place. You know what Imean, Adonsi is the last covered word for this mysteriousone.Thrice Puissant—How do you enter into a lodge ofPerfection?Senior Grand Warden—With firmness and constancyin my heart.Thrice Puissant-Why do you always stand in a lodgeof Perfection in a posture of surprise?Senior Grand Warden—In allusion to Moses who wasobliged to stand in that position when he received thetable of tne laws from the Almighty, and also the twoINITIATION. 353Xings, Solomon and Hiram, who were seized with sur-.prise. when they beheld the sacred name on the GoldcnPlate which was brought to them by Guibelum, Joabertand Stolkin.Thrice Puissant-What signifies the sign of cuttingyour belly.Senior Grand Warden—An allusion to the wounds ofour respectable Master Hiram Abiff.Thrice Puissant-What are the tools of a GrandElect, Perfect and Sublime Mason?Senior Grand Warden—A shovel, Crow and Pick-axe.Thrice Puissant—What use do they make of them?Senior Grand Warden—They served to discover andraise the square stone on the top of the arches whichwere built by Enoch and also to break the pedestal onwhich the treasure was deposited when the templewas destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar and to prevent thesacred name of names from falling into the hands ofthe profane. They melted down the plat~ and determinednever to write, engrave or pronounce it, but to treasureit in their hearts.Thrice Puissant—When the Grand Elect came to theVault did they find anything besides the pillar ofBeauty?Senior Grand Warden—Yes, they found the body ofGalsad.Thrice Puissant-Who was Galaad?Senior Grand Warden-He was the son of Sophoris,a considerable man among the Perfect Masons, andChief of the Levites, Galaad was the guardian of theSacred Vault, and to him was entrusted the care of thelamp which burnt without ceasing in that Sacred andHoly place. His fortitude and x~aguanimity were not ex•