THE ARCANE SCHOOLS - Fort Myers Beach Masonic Lodge No. 362

Battery: [2-2-2]. The apron is white, bordered in purple, and
contains a three-headed serpent and a table with instruments and plans
on it. The jewel is an axe and handle of gold. On the top of the
handle are the initials of Noah and Solomon. In the middle of the
handle are the initials of Libanus and Tsidun. On the blade are
the initials of Adoniram, Cyrus, Darius, Zerubbabel, Nehemiah,
Ezra (on one side), and Shem, Kham, Yapheth, Moses, Ahaliab, Betselal
(on the other).
23. CHIEF OF THE TABERNACLE (THE FOUR CHAPLAINS)
This degree, connected with the one succeeding it, is based on the
perfection and purity of the Hebrew Tabernacle, or Sanctuary. "Unholy
sacrilege and presumptuous interference with sacred ceremonies are
forbidden and punished; and only those with hearts divested of all
impurity, are commended in the performance of holy rites."
The Lodge, styled a Court, has two apartments. The first, for the
Reception, is a small dark room with an altar at the center, upon
which is a dim light and three skulls. In front of the altar is a
skeleton. The second apartment represents an encampment of the Twelve
Tribes of Israel, near Sinai. The Tribes are arranged, with standards
(of specified color and device) clockwise from the East, as the
following:
1 Judah crimson stripes Lion, couchant
2 Zebulon light green Ship
3 Simeon yellow Sword
4 Reuben brilliant crimson Man
5 Gad bluish green Starry field
6 Manasseh agate Vine
7 Ephraim opal Bull
8 Benjamin violet Wolf
9 Asher blue Tree
10 Dan gold-stone Eagle holding serpent
11 Naphtali bluish green Running doe
12 Issachar greenish yellow Ass, couchant
In the center of the Court is a representation of the Tabernacle of
Moses, described in Exodus 26 and 36. The Master, the "Most Excellent
High Priest," represents Aaron, and the two Wardens, in the West,
represent Eleazar and Ithamar. The three wear white turbans, with a
blue ribbon with the Hebrew inscription, QDSh L-IHVH, "Holy to the
Lord!" All others are styled "Worthy Levites."
Battery: [2-2-2-1]. The apron is white, bordered with red, blue, and
purple ribbons. These colors, from the curtains of the Tabernacle,
represent earth, fire, air, and sea, respectively, as well as the
Lord's benificence, glory, wisdom, and power. On the apron is the
golden seven-branched candlestick, representing the seven planets