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
20th Degree - Master of the Symbolic Lodge
The apron is yellow, bordered and lined
with sky-blue. In the center are three concentric equilateral
triangles, with the initial letters of the nine Great Lights in the
corners. The letters stand for the following: Charity, Generosity,
Veneration, Heroism, Patriotism, Honor, Toleration, Truth and Justice.
In the center of the inner Triangle is the Tetragrammaton in Phoenician
characters. Across it, from below upwards, are the Hebrew letters Yod,
He, Yod, written vertically bottom to top and sideways. The
remaining letters are Aleph, Vau, Ras; together
the letters form the Hebrew for "Let Light Be!" or, as in the King
James Version of the Bible, "Let there be light" (Gen. 1:3).
The cordon is a broad ribbon of yellow and sky-blue; it may also be two ribbons, one of each color, crossing each other.
The jewel is gold, like the triangles
on the apron, with the same words and letters.
DUTIES
Dispense light and knowledge.
Practice the Masonic virtues both in and out of the Lodge.
LESSONS
Truth, justice and toleration are indispensible qualities for a Master
of the Lodge.
Example is the best teaching method known.
FOR REFLECTION
Is your behavior the same both in and out of lodge?
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS
Triangle, square, octagon, candles, three pillars, Pythagorean right
triangle.