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

10 CONTENTS. CONTENTS. 11Obilgation, Intimate Secretary’s Degree..............Page.101Sign. lutimate Secretary............................ 102Token. Intimate Secretary..........................Discourse. by Master of Rloquence..................108108Berith a S!gnificant Word. Note 58................ 108Name Zerbqi Invented by the Ritualist. Note 54......The Legend of the Degree. Note 55................108104Lecture. IntImate Secretary’s Degree................ 106CLOSING CERRMONJES, IhITIsIAra SacRz’rAar’e Du4Iazu........HIsroxIcAL A’e.&iYeIS, INrIxAl’s SuccurAax’s Duoaas.......109110Nothing But Faisehood............................. 110A Fortune from Seiiing Masonic Degrees.............“More Is Meant Than Meets the Eye”................111112Humbug Pretensions to Astronomic Teaching........ 112A Government of Wolves Over Sheep................ 11.4CHAPTER lX.—Suvv~ru Duorn. oc Puovoer MID Jonas.... 115Officers and Their Titles. Note 56.................. 115The Legend of the Degree. Note 57................Decorations, Apron. Moral of the Degree. Note 58....115115Adoniram &nd H:s rather. Abda. Note 59.......... 115Represenis Middle Chamber of Solomon’s Temple.OPENINC CEREMONIES, PaovosT AND Juooc................. 117History of This Degree. Note 61.................... 117CHAPTER 1.—INITUTIoN, Puovoar MID Junau............ 118Preparation of Candidate........................... ilkObligst:on Provost end Judge...............~...... 121Grip and Sign Provost and Judge.................... 122Answer to Sign................................... 128Tito~ Prince of Harodem. First Provost cad Judge.Jachinai. a Galile Corl~iption%f Shekinab. Note 63. . . 123MasoRry Erected on the Superstructure of Geometry.Lecture. Provost and Judge....................... 124Origin of the Scottish Rite Degrees. Note 6~........ 124Tito. Ch:ef of the Three Hundred Architects. Note 66.. 126The Grand Chapter of Harodim. Note 67............ 126“ZEs.e. A Significant Word.” Note 65.............. 127Red the Symboiic Color of the Higher Degrees. Note 69. 128CLOsINO CEREMONIES. Puovoar AND Juooz.................. 129HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, Piovoer AND JUDOE................. 180Going Into the Lodge As a Frog Into a Snakes Mouth. 180& Silly. Weak Anachroniam........................ 131Intellectual and Moral Ashe,....................... 182Moore’s Descrption of False Religions............... 188CHAPTER 11.—RIGHrn DEGREE, oa INThNDANT 01 THU -BUILD’Legend. Emblematic Coioz. l~tc. Note 70............ 184Decorations. Jewel and Moral. Note 71OveNI~1o CEREMONIES, INTENDANT OP THU BUILDINO..........Page. 184 136CHAPTER XiI.—INITIATION, INTUNDANY 01 THE BI;ILOINO..Preparation of Candidate ,.......................~18?187Joabert Personating HIram AbilF........,....... 139Obii~ation. Intendant of the Building...............• 140Sign of Surprise. Intendant of the Building.......... 142Benkhurlm. a Significant Word. Note 72............• 142Signs of Admiration and ~Jeh, Another Name of Deity, Used As a Pass143Note 73.. 148Token Intendant of the Building........... ..... 144“Masonic Allusion to the Lion of the Tribe of Judab.”Note ~ 144Lecture. Intendant of the Building“Sometimes Called Master in Israel.” Note 7~. .......145145CLOSING CREHoNIEs, I’ITENDANT OF THE DuILnIN(~ 152HxsroRIcu. ANALYSIs, INTENDAIT OF viii BUILDI?qo......., 153Masonry the Image of the Beast.................~,, 153Absolute Secrkcy and Absolute Despotism 154Caricature of Christ’s Resurrectinn 155Rulers of the Darkness of This WorldisoCHAPTER 1111.—NINTH DEGItEE. OR MASTER EL::cr OF NINF.. 157History and Object of This Degree. Note 70.......... 157Clothing. Apron. Jewel, EtcOlUNINO CEREMONIES• MASTER ELECT OF NINE 160CHAPTER XIV.—IWITIArxox, MASTER ELECT OF Xz’~: 161Detalir of Mode in Which Traitors Ree”it.’(l Punishment.Note 77..........................,. 161“Abfrcm. One of the Traitors Craftsmen - \‘ae 78.. 164“Vengeance. A Word Used in the High Degrees.”AhEtop. Name of a Ruffian of the Thud Degree.Obligation Master Elect of Nine .........~...-...... 168Sign. Master Elect of Nine“A Bioody Arm. Holding by the Hair s Bloody head.”Note 51 ion“Nokcm. A Hebrew Word Signifying Wiiccan,’.’”Apewer to Sign. Master Elect of NineToken. Master Elect of Nine ....................171170Discourse by Grand Orator 171Lecture. Master Riect of Nine ....................,~ 174CLOsING CEREMONIES, MA5TUR ELECT OP NINI 170HISTORICAL ANA.LYRIS. MASTER ELECT OF NINE.............. 151Rage for a Multitude of Degrees..................... isiA Drill of Assassination and Revenge 182Turns Lynch Law into a fleilgion, 18:’John Quincy Adams on Masonic Penalties 184