Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor - Rose Croix

Arise, brother, and I will invest you with the pass-grip and word, and also the real grip
and word of a Mark Master Mason.
The pass-grip of this Degree is made by extending the right arms and clasping the fingers
of the right hands, as one would naturally do to assist another up a steep ascent. It is said
to have originated from the fact that the banks of the river at
FIG. 23. PASS-GRIP OF A MARK MASTER MASON.
Joppa were so steep that the workmen on the Temple had to assist each other up them
while conveying the timber from the forests of Lebanon. The pass-word is JOPPA. 1
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FIG. 24. REAL GRIP OF A MARK MASTER MASON.
R. W. M. (to candidate.)--Will you be off, or from?
Candidate (prompted.)--From.
R. W. M.--From what?
Candidate--From the pass-grip to the true grip of a Mark Master Mason.
R. W. M.--Pass on.
The grip is made by locking the little fingers of the right hands, turning the backs of them
together, and placing the ends of the thumbs against each other; its name is SIROC, or