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

Ba54 SECRET MASTER’S DEGREE.order, and your zeal in discharging the duties of yourobligation.The initials of the names you saw in the nine beamsof the Shekinah, are those which God gave himself whenhe spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, intimating to himat the same time that his future issue should one dayknow his real name. I will now endeavor to give themto you, with their explanations.Adonai, signifying (Supreme Lord.)JeAorvh, (fl’lr’V’) E~oht’m (Supremc Judge.~Ale, (Powerful) Shcalc,~ (Omnipotent.)Ysebratl&, (Lord of Hosts,) Ozi, (Mightiness.)Gs’bour, (Strength) Al&ad, (only one.)These, my brother, compose 888 letters and 75 namuwhich are like the ineffable name to be found in themysteries of the Cabala, and the angels alphabet.”I presume my brother that you are unacquainted withthe mysteries, but they will be fully explained to youUOYMIO.—”Ona o~ ~e names of God. In ‘Exodus vl. IS, the wdid transla.~GedAlmIghlsta.bthe&IxIsaI. SAwfdM. ‘1W: Illsthsjwforethe sameby whIch he was known to the IsraelItes before he eosnmnnleatsd toMoses the Tetragrammaton. The wbrd Is a pluraiis majestatis. and slg’nIflesalk~efui. omnlpotent.”—Mackey’s Encyolopadla of i’raemasonsp.Note 31.—”ln the old rituals of the fourth or Secret Master’s de’gree of the ScottIsh and some other RItes, we Sod this poe’sage: ‘The Seventy’two names, like the • name of the DIvIn.Ity, are to be takes to the Kabbaltetle Tree and the Angels’Alphabet.” The Kabbalistie Tree Is a name gIven by the Kahhaliststo the arrangement of the ten Sephiroth, (whlcit in.) The Angels’Alphabet Is called by the Hebrews O~)Ofl ~ ci ndnabi5fl U? 155writingof the angels OsEsrelsa3a. (Oul*5. lncsls.. eb. xIS. %) iliSt thestars, accordIng to the opInIon of the Hebrew writers. are ranged Isthe hesYcos In the form of letters, and that It Is possIble to read thosewhatsoever of importance Is to happen throughout the unIverse. AsSthe great EnglIsh Hermetic philosopher. Robert Plod, says. In bloApolcey for the Brethren of the Nosy Cross. that there see characters inthe heayens formed from the disposition of the stars, Just as geometrIclines and ordInary letters are formed from poInts; and he adds, thatthose to whom God has granted the hidden knowledge of reading theseaharacters wIll also know not only whatever Is to happen, hat all thesecrets of phllcoophy. The letters thus arranged In the form of stareare called the Angels’ Alphabet. They heyc tha’ power and artIculatIonhut not the form of the Hebrew letttrs, and the Kabbalista say that Inthem McOee wrote the tables of the law. The astrologers, and after thouthe alchemists, made much use of thIs alphabet; and Its IntroductlcmInto any of the high degree rItuals Is an evldesce of the Influence alertedon these degrees by the Hermetic phlloeoPh~.”—Maekey’a Enoyals.peedia of irsemasanry. Article Alphabet, ~..g.I.INITIATION. 55when you attain the degree of Perfection,” and havingnow done with the Delta and its awful characters, I willendeavor to give you an explanation of the meaning ofthe Great Circle” which surrounds it,It rcpresents masonically as all circles do, the immensityof the power of God, which bath neither beginningnor end.You also perceived in the Sanctum Sanctoruni aluminous circle enclosing a brilliant star of five pointswith the letter 0 in the center: The meaning of whichis thus described: Glory, Grandeur and Gomel, fromwhich we understand, by Glory, God; by Grandeur, theman who may be great by perfection, and by Gomel, aHebrew word which signifies, thanks to God, for hissupreme power; it is the first word which Adam spokeon discovering the adorable Eve. The five beams ofthe brilliant Star, represent the five orders of Architecture,which adorn the Temple, also the senses of nature,without which no man can be perfect.You also beheld in the Sanctum Sanctoruni the Arkof Alliance, the Golden Candlestick with seven branches,having a lamp in each; also a table. The Ark ofAlliance was placed in the middle of the Sanctum Sauctorumunder the brilliant star and the shadow of thewings of the Cherubim, which represents the alliancewhich God made with his people. This Ark of AllianceVote SS.—”The first degree conferred in the Ladge of Parfection.eotch Masosry, and the fourth 04~ea former, the ~talogue who Is styled of that Meat system. Pou~There osful. Is represente a MasterSolomon and a Warden. coming to the temple to elect seven skillfulworkmen to succeed HIram AblE; the latter, entitled Grand inapector,egpresonts Adonlram. The hangings are black, strewed wIth tears. Thehdge hon Si lIghts.’‘—Morris’ Masonic DIctionary, Article Som Nesting.Vote 3S.—”In the ohacieto lectures of the old Dngllsh system, It wassaid that ‘the cIrcle has ever been consIdered symbolical of the Pelty;as a circle appears to hav, neIther begInnIng nor end, It ~y be~tly consIdered a type of God, without eIther. boylnoing of days or end.~ofyeers.’”—Mackey’s Encyclopedia of lmamsaonry, Artiolo Glide.