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The only regalia required initially would be the collar and jewel pictured here. The significance of the symbolism in the designs of the collar and jewel is explained during the ceremony. The beautiful apron of the degree ceased to be worn many years ago; examples of aprons can still be seen in some Chapter rooms, perhaps being used as decorative cushion covers. The degree of the Rose Croix of Heredom, the 18th, is the last of the degrees of the Rite that can be conferred by a Chapter. doubt for those on whom it has been conferred. In Bristol, the members of Baldwyn have their own version as the pinnacle of their unique Rite of Seven first three degrees of the Rite are considered to be equal to those of Craft masonry and so prior to being 'perfected' in the 18°, the 'Intermediate Degrees' from 4° to 17° are conferred on knowledge. Following perfection, the ensuing "feast of fraternal affection" is a wonderful moment of shared Freemasonry all too often lost in other degrees. That this 18° is special is not in

that there are degrees numbered 'above' the 3° of Master Mason should not lead one to see any of them as 'higher' than the Craft. They have little bearing on the 18° itself, except in tracing theTemplar to give up their Rosae Crucis ceremony along with another form of the degree now called the Knight Kadosh (the current 30°), then often referred to as 'Ne Plus Ultra' ('nothing higher'), Some of the names of the Offices in a Chapter, for example, ‘Captain of the Guard’, are reminders of the days, long ago, when the Rose Croix degree was worked by the Knights Templar.

candidate's progress from symbolic, Old Testament masonry to that of the New Testament era and the New Covenant which is at the heart of Rose Croix. For such masons, the level of thought hasof their Freemasonry is membership of the Ancient and Accepted Rite. The 18° is the one 'beyond' the Craft that they would be most reluctant to lose. It is very rare to hear any member speak The collars and former aprons add to this most visual and Christian of degrees. So why Rose Croix? The Cross needs no moved on to encompass the life and message of Christ, but one should not think in terms of higher degrees or, worse still, of greater rank or promotion. the start, he is figuratively but a 17° mason, a Knight of the East and West, of symbolic age, coming – as the ritual explains – at a time of dire calamity with but incomplete pre-Christian influences from the Renaissance, Kabala, Rosicrucian's, and Enlightenment thought - being conferred in France by the 1760s. Variants of the degree arrived in England in different forms and by the

while at the same time warranting chapters of its own. My own Chapter – then Metropolitan and now Grand Metropolitan – was formed very shortly after the patent issued to Supreme Council and for There is also a link with Rosicrucian thought, despite some members being keen to downplay it. In the ceremony theThe VSL used in the ceremony is the Bible. The ritual is metaphor based on the first verse of St. John’s Gospel (at which the Bible is open for most of the time) extolling the principles of Christianity. Almost every line of the ritual is either a direct quotation of, or Masonic allusion to, verses of the New Testament, culminating in Christ’s words to the Disciples in St. John 13:34. symbols - the Rose, the Pelican in its Piety, the Crown of Thorns, the Serpent - it serves the 'perfected mason' as a wonderful aid in the teaching of Rose Croix and is used as such in the Although no fan of regalia myself – so often the jewels, sashes, aprons, and collarettes seem with their emphasis on The degrees beyond the Craft are many and varied. Whilst there are ways of classifying and grouping them together,

the Rosie Cruces degree was being conferred in Knight Templar Encampments – now called Preceptor. The superbly named Dr Crucifix, a mason with a considerable interest in degrees outside the The story from there on is one of this Supreme Council taking control of the Rose Croix and persuading the Knights One or two of these Intermediate Degrees are demonstrated each year at some places in the country, by the King Edward VII Chapter of Improvement Demonstration Team. Mostly, these degrees continue the stories of the Hiramic legend.

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Masonry' (hence in the USA and elsewhere these degrees are often referred to as the 'Scottish Rite') in the politically charged Europe of the Eighteenth Century. Of the 33 degrees, only five – some considerable time was used directly by Supreme Council to induct suitable brethren on its behalf with members of Supreme Council actively involved in these ceremonies and in the day-to-day Many regret the passing of the beautiful aprons with the tetragrammaton within a blazing triangle and, once again, the Rose Croix, like Freemasonry as a whole, is not a religion. It does, however, serve to point the way. It is this which was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the King, behold there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying: Where us He that is