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CRYPTIC PUZZLEby LokiSolution in Next Month’s IssueDOWN1. E.g., Knights Templar, in Delawarethey cover tires (9)3. There in Europe, Hero is lost toMuse of lyric poetry (7)4. Regulation 1, US Post Office, §2:employee gets oldest Mason’scharges (6,4)5. Junk meat (4)6. Canadian, catching catfish with hisfingers, is petting (10)7. Color between the plus range andthe minus range (6)8. Thirteen systems embracingwhat’s tiny (6)10. Flea destruction of greenery on aplant (4)11. Artfully ingratiating fruity drink (8)13. Squandered battered apple slice oneducation (9)16. Half-brother or -sister is likesummaries - they just cover theessentials (7)17. Men hire truncated monolith (6)18. Many loud musical pieces takespecial skills (6)21. Stretched around carving letters (4)22. Robs transformation of Seers (4)ACROSS2. Mysteries re: being surroundedby sects (7)6. Mannerly youth takes short-cutin place of “Y” (5)9. Exclude ends from ooze (5)12. Coral structure bridges areeffective (4)14. Theater’s overseer makes saintgrow older, commoner growolder, royal (5,7)15. Need variety for Eve’s garden (4)19. Log is in tofu, returned tosaucer expert (9)20. Outwardly dead-positive amissing IV, lost, was put in asafe place (9)23. Bishop Eisenhower’s hog (4)24. Near-historic rearrangementby experts in one of the liberalarts (12)25. Father, rise in confusion (4)26. Innocent one in the middleof church (5)27. It produces a Rainbow Girl’sheart, reflected in Past SupremeMatron (5)28. Recommend to slug guest withoutUnderwriters Laboratory seal (7)We publish letters and articles from avariety of sources and points of view.The opinions expressed in these articlesdo not necessarily reflect the opinionsor policy of the Grand Encampment,the Knight Templar magazine, or theEditorial Review Board.20 april 2011
Some SymbolicInterpretationsof the CommanderyJewels of OfficeThe last in a two part seriesbySir Knight George L. Marshall, Jr., PGC, KCT, ADCAt the right is thePrelate’s jewel. Thejewel of this officeis a triple triangle with a redpassion cross in the centerof each triangle. It is also anemblem of Deity. This jewel,like that of the Jr. Warden, is also richwith symbolic interpretation.To begin with, the triple trianglehas long been taken asa symbol of Deity. For us asTemplars, the three equilateraltriangles of the Prelate’s jewel representthe three figures of the Christiangodhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.The triangles being the same size remindus of the equal importance of allthree. Further, each triangle has threesides, symbolic of the omniscience, omnipresence,and omnipotence of theHoly Trinity. It is of interest that if wejoin the triangles with lines as in the figureat left, we produce a six-sided geometricshape known as a hexagon. It isthe cross-section of the cell constructedby the bee, which is an ancient symbolof both industry and community. Otheroccurrences of the hexagon in natureare in some crystals such as basalt, andin snowflakes.We notice that the three trianglesknight templarhave a total of nine sides. In the NewTestament, the number nine is significantbecause Jesus Christ expired atthe ninth hour after being nailed on thecross; he appeared nine times to hisdisciples and apostles after his resurrection;and Saint Paul enumerated ninefruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience,kindness, goodness, trustfulness,gentleness, and self-control. In fact, thenumber nine is used fifty times in theBible. This number also finds referencesin other religions and cultures. To mentionbut a few, some peoples believedthat the sky was divided into nine celestiallevels. This was true for the Buddhistsand also for the last worshippersof Mithras; the Chinese prostrated ninetimes in front of their emperor; the nineopenings of the man for Islam; the ninestages that should traverse the souls ofAztecs to reach the eternal rest. Theycounted also nine underground worlds.In Brahmanism, Vishnu incarnates innine avatars to sacrifice himself for thesalvation of men.Finally, we see that the jewel containsthree passion crosses. The three crossesin Christian symbolism represent thework of the atonement at Calvary whereChrist was crucified with two thieves(typical of the human race), one on His21
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