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

The doctrine was taught as an abstract proposition by the ancient
priesthood of the Pure or Primitive Freemasonry of antiquity, but was
conveyed to the mind of the initiate, and impressed upon him by a
scenic
representation in the ancient Mysteries, or the Spurious Freemasonry of
the ancients.
INCOMMUNICABLE NAME. The tetragrammaton, so called because it was not
common to, and could not be bestowed upon, nor shared by, any other
being.
It was proper to the true God alone. Thus Drusius (Tetragrammaton, sive
de
Nomine Dei proprio, p. 108) says, "Nomen quatuor literarum proprie et
absolute non tribui nisi Deo vero. Unde doctores catholici dicunt
_incommunicabile_ [not common] esse creaturae."
INEFFABLE NAME. The tetragrammaton. So called because it is
_ineffabile_,
or unpronounceable. See _Tetragrammaton_.
INTRUSTING, RITE OF. That part of the ceremony of initiation which
consists in communicating to the aspirant or candidate the aporrheta,
or
secrets of the mystery.
INUNCTION. The act of anointing. This was a religious ceremony
practised
from the earliest times. By the pouring on of oil, persons and things
were
consecrated to sacred purposes.
INVESTITURE, RITE OF. That part of the ceremony of initiation which
consists of clothing the candidate masonically. It is a symbol of
purity.
ISH CHOTZEB. Hebrew, _hewers of stones_. The Fellow Crafts at the
temple of
Solomon. (2 Chron. ii. 2.).
ISH SABAL. Hebrew, _bearers of burdens_. The Apprentices
at the temple of Solomon. (2 Chron. ii. 2.).
J
JAH. It is in Hebrew [Hebrew: yod-heh] whence Maimonides calls it "the
two-lettered name," and derives it from the tetragrammaton, of which it
is
an abbreviation. Others have denied this, and assert that _Jah_ is a
name
independent of Jehovah, but expressing the same idea of the divine
essenee. See Gataker, _De Nom. Tetrag._.
JEHOVAH. The incommunicable, ineffable name of God, in Hebrew