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
8th Degree - Intendant of the Building
The apron is white, lined with red and bordered with green; in the center is an embroidered nine-pointed star and over that a balance. On the flap is a triangle, with Phoenician letters at each angle. The three colors white, red and green, the chief symbolic colors of Scottish Rite Masonry, teach is to imitate the purity of morals and zeal for the service of Masonry which have made our deceased Master immortal in the recollection of men.
The jewel is a delta of gold. On one side is engraved or enameled a Phoenician word meaning 'nobles' or 'freeborn'; on the reverse the letters are Samaritan and stand for Achad, or 'our only God, chief and source of all'. Pike derives this interpretation from its root which means 'first'. The triangular shape is the most fundamental symbol of the Deity.
The cordon is a broad watered crimson
ribbon, worn from right to left; the jewel is suspended from it by a
green ribbon.
DUTIES
Be benevolent and charitable.
LESSONS
Benevolence and charity demand we correct our own faults and those of
others.
That which a man knows dies with him; therefore, transmit your
knowledge.
Labor is honorable if done with sobriety, temperance, punctuality and
industry.
FOR REFLECTION
Is this life more than a portal to another?
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS
Triple triangle, nine pointed star, the colors crimson, green and white.