En: Clausen´s commentaries

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Clausen´s commentaries on "Morals and Dogma"

Table of contents

Preface ...............................................................xvii

What Is the Scottish Rite? ...................................... 1

Our Historical Roots ............................................. 9

Secret Master-Fourth Degree ............................... 19

Perfect Master-Fifth Degree ................................. 25

Intimate Secretary-Sixth Degree ........................... 31

Provost and Judge-Seventh Degree....................... 39

Intendant of the Building-Eighth Degree ............... 45

Elu of the Nine-Ninth Degree .............................. 51

Elu of the Fifteen-Tenth Degree ........................... 57

Elu of the Twelve-Eleventh Degree....................... 63

Master Architect-Twelfth Degree .......................... 69

Royal Arch of Solomon-Thirteenth Degree............. 75

Perfect Elu-Fourteenth Degree ............................. 81

Knight of the East, of the Sword or

of the Eagle-Fifteenth Degree............................ 89

Prince of Jerusalem-Sixteenth Degree .................... 95

Knight of the East and West-Seventeenth Degree ...101

Knight Rose Croix-Eighteenth Degree ...................107

Pontiff-Nineteenth Degree ................................... 115

Master of the Symbolic Lodge-Twentieth Degree ....121

Noachite, or Prussian Knight-Twenty-first Degree ..127

Knight Royal Axe, Prince of Libanus

Twenty-second Degree ....................................... 133

Chief of the Tabernacle-Twenty-third Degree .........139

Prince of the Tabernacle-Twenty-fourth Degree ......145

Knight of the Brazen Serpent-Twenty-fifth Degree..151

Prince of Mercy-Twenty-sixth Degree .................... 159

Knight Commander of the Temple

Twenty-seventh Degree .....................................165

Knight of the Sun, Adept-Twenty-eighth Degree ....171

Scottish Knight of Saint Andrew

Twenty-ninth Degree ......................................... 177

Knight Kadosh or Knight of the White and

Black Eagle-Thirtieth Degree .............................183

Inspector Inquisitor-Thirty-first Degree .................. 195

Master of the Royal Secret-Thirty-second Degree .... 203

Illustrations

House of the Temple ............................................................. v

Henry C. Clausen, 33°

Sovereign Grand Commander ..............................................ix

Map of Early Days................................................................. 6

 

Fourth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ............. ..... 19, 23

                                                Plate ......................................... .... 21

Fifth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ........ 25, 29

                                                Plate........... 27

Sixth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron ................ 31, 35

                                                Plate .............................................. 33

Seventh Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ..................39, 43

                                                Plate .............................................. 41

Eighth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ..................45, 49

                                                Plate .............................................. 47

Ninth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron ................ 51, 55

                                                Plate .............................................. 53

Tenth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron ................57, 61

                                                Plate .............................................. 59

Eleventh Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron ................ 63, 67

                                                Plate .............................................. 65

Twelfth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron ................ 69, 73

                                                Plate .............................................. 71

Thirteenth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron .................. 75, 79

                                                Plate ........................................... ... 77

Fourteenth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ..................81, 85

                                                Plate .............................................. 83

Fifteenth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron, Girdle .......89, 93

                                                Plate .............................................. 91

Sixteenth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron ................95, 99

                                                Plate .............................................. 97

Seventeenth Degree Symbol, Cordons, Apron ...........101, 105

Plate ..............................................103

Eighteenth Degree Svmbol, Collars, Apron s......107, 110, 111

Plate ............ .. . ...................... .....109

Nineteenth Degree Svmbol, Cordon, Apron, etc. ......115, 119

Plate . ........... .... .... ... ........... .....117

Twentieth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron. .... ........ 121, 125

Plate ..............................................123

Twenty-first Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ...............127, 131

Plate ........ .....................................129

Twenty-second Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ...............133, 137

Plate ..............................................135

Twenty-third Degree Symbol, Belt, Apron ..................139, 143

Plate ..............................................141

Twenty-fourth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron, etc....... 145, 149

Plate ..............................................147

Twenty-fifth Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron ......151, 154, 155

Plate ..............................................153

Twenty-sixth Degree Symbol, Order, Apron ...............159, 163

Plate ..............................................161

Twenty-seventh Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron, etc. ........165, 169

Pla to .............................................. 167

Twenty-eighth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ...............171, 175

Plate ..............................................173

Twenty-ninth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron ...............177, 181

Plate ..............................................179

Thirtieth Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron, etc. ........183, 187

Plate ..............................................185

Thirty-first Degree Symbol, Collar, Apron, etc. ........195, 199

Plate ..............................................197

Thirty-second Degree Symbol, Cordon, Apron, Girdle,

etc. .........................203, 207, 208, 209

Plate ..............................................205

 

 

Illustrations for the Commentaries were conceived and designed by Brother Robert E. Bartlett, 33°.