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.
Council of Kadosh
30th Degree -
Knight Kadosh or
Knight of the White and Black Eagle
No apron is worn.
The
cordon is a black watered silk ribbon, four or five inches wide, edged
with narrow silver lace and worn across the body, from left to right.
The letters 'K' and 'H' are embroidered in scarlet silk on the front
part of the cordon. They stand for the Hebrew words meaning 'Holy
Temple'. Also embroidered on the cordon are two Teutonic crosses and a
double headed eagle, his wings extended, holding a poniard in his
claws. The two heads and the blade of the poniard are of gold. The
handle of the poniard is oval, one-half of it white and the other
black. The colors represent the division of good and evil in the
universe.
The jewel is a double-headed eagle, with wings spread, and
measuring about one inch across from outside to outside of the wings.
The eagle rests upon a Teutonic Cross one and a half inches in size.
The eagle is of silver, and the cross of gold, enameled with red.
DUTIES
Labor unceasingly for the good of mankind.
LESSONS
Arm yourself with faith in God, love toward your fellow man and
knowledge.
Great examples are the noblest legacies from the past; they enrich a
nation
more than wealth or power.
FOR REFLECTION
Are the knightly values obsolete in the modern world?
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS
Three skulls, three funeral urns, the mystic ladder, the double headed
eagle.