Councils of Cryptic Masons

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Councils of Cryptic Masons

• Why do we hide things

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Council is composed of The Royal Master The
Select Master The Super Excellent Master
degrees

• The first two take place underground
• Beneath King Solomons
• Temple
• Cryptic degrees

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The Council (Cryptic )Degrees

• Cryptic degrees teaches us
• To search for more Masonic Light.
• How, when and where the Masters word was
  preserved.
• Assures us of the Divine Plan for Truth
• Symbolism at its best.

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Royal Master Degree

• First Section
• Players
• Hiram A.
• Adoniram
• Subjects
• (THE WORD)
• (DEATH)
• IF LOST ?

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The Royal Master Second SectionPASSWORD AND
OBLIGATIONHistorical Lecture

• The lesson of Advancement
• By Qualification
• And By Steps

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THE SELECT MASTER DEGREE

• PLAYERS-K.S, H.K.T., H.A., ZABUD,
  Ahishar
• LESSONS?The Ninth Arch and the Secret
  Vault
• OBLIGATION AND SIGNS
• Grip (Ish Sodi) Man of my Choice or Select Man
• DEPOSIT OF THE SACRED TREASURE

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The Apron

• White like your first apron
• Purple border- color of Kings teaches us to rule
  well our lives so to be one of the SELECT
• The Sword charges us to be Guardians of those
  Sacred treasures
• Trowel makes us builders of good for the
  Brotherhood and the world
• The Broken Triangle and the Unbroken Triangle
  teaches us the lessons of mortality and
  immortality .

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The Charge

• Key words (uprightness,integrity,justice, mercy,
  fervency , zeal and duty)
• Avoid Idle or impertinent curiosity , turn a deaf
  ear to insinuations that weakening resolution .
• BE Dumb and Blind (to what?)
• MAINTAIN silence and secrecy
• You will merit the approbation of the select by
  steady adherence to the precepts.

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THE DEGREE OF SUPER EXCELLENT MASTER

• The last or Third degree in the Cryptic Rite

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Super Excellent Master

• The only degree based upon the destruction of the
  Temple of Solomon
• It is very dramatic and colorful degree
• all Select masters should witness this degree

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What it Teaches

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To Walk in Faith
Promote Friendship
Practice Fidelity
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WHAT SHOULD WE DO AS CRYPTIC MASONS

• ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE NEED TO CARRY WITH US FROM
  OUR DEGREES
• REALLY STUDY THE SYMBOLISM
• BECOME ACTIVE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE RITES
• GET EXCITED ABOUT MASONRY

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How do we teach with symbols
how do we recognize symbols