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.
Consistory
31st Degree - Inspector Inquisitor
Though no apron is worn in
the Tribunal, there was an apron that was to be worn when an Inspector
Inquisitor visited an inferior body. That custom has been dispensed
with but the apron is still a part of the history and symbolism of the
degree; so it is displayed here. It is of pure white lambskin with a
Teutonic Cross embroidered in black and silver upon the flap.
The collar is white and at the point upon the breast is a gold triangle emitting rays with the letters 'xxxi' in the center.
The jewel of the degree is a Teutonic Cross of silver worn
with a white watered ribbon around the neck.
DUTIES
Judge yourself in the same light as you judge others - consider both
actions
and motives.
LESSONS
The good man is able to portray himself and his actions positively and
not
simply assert the absence of wrong in his life.
Justice and mercy are two opposites which unite in the great harmony of
equity.
To aim at the best but be content with the best possible is true wisdom.
FOR REFLECTION
Is a man a thief who steals a loaf of bread for his children?
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS
Balance, heart, columns, sages, Tetractys.