Ventura Valley Scottish Rite
Degrees 4th - 32nd
on the following pages are from the book,
" A Bridge to Light" by Ill. Rex R. Hutchens, 33°.
Copyright 1988, 1995, 2006 by the
Supreme Council of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry,
Southern Jurisdiction of the USA.
The Lodge of Perfection
12th Degree - Master Architect
The apron is white, lined and bordered with blue, and fringed with gold. On the flap is embroidered a protractor; and in the middle of the body a plain scale, a sector and the compasses, arranged to form a triangle. The colors are to remind us of the degrees of the Symbolic Lodge, the foundation of Masonry.
The cordon is a broad,
blue watered ribbon, worn from the left shoulder to the right hip.
The jewel is a heptagonal medal of
gold. On one side, in each angle is a five pointed star, enclosed by a
semicircle. In the center, on the same side, is an equilateral
triangle, formed by arcs of circles. On the reverse side are five
columns, representing the different orders of architecture, arranged
from left to right, with the initial of the proper order below each, in
old English letters - [T]uscan, [D]oric, [I]onic, [C]orinthian,
[C]omposite. Above these columns are a sector and a slide-rule; below
them, the three kinds of compasses, the plain scale and the parallel
ruler. Between the second and third and the third and fourth columns
are Phoenician letters equivalent to the English or Roman letters 'R'
and 'B'. These letters have two meanings, one exoteric and the other
esoteric. The exoteric meaning all may know; it is simply the initials
ofRab Benaim, the Semitic name for the degree. You
should pay particular attention to the symbolic meanings of the jewel
and its designs in the ritual.
DUTIES
Seek wisdom through knowledge.
LESSONS
Wisdom is a gift from God and should be preferred over riches.
Wisdom and knowledge bring honor, discretion and understanding.
Wisdom teaches the knowledge of God.
Wisdom enables immortality.
FOR REFLECTION
Are you in control of your life?
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS
Architects Tools.