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Thereupon, he is named a perfect elected Master and the knightly ribbon is placed upon him.
The sign is, the right hand with a blow to the sword, again raise it into the air, fingers down, the hand closed and the thumb upward. To do this 3 times. The other does the same and rests his hand upon the first one's thumb. This signifies the 9 masters who found Hiram.
The O. sign is a wide black knightly ribbon, which hangs from the right to the left side, with the motto: Vincere aut mori To conquer or to die, and a dagger hangs from it at the bottom.
The Order's insignia is an X made of precious metal with 9 stars on a purple ribbon?. Inside is a dagger behind a sun of gold. The dagger is also fastened at the bottom of the knightly ribbon with a purple ribbon?, as a sign of the spilled blood.
The word is. The first says: N. The second M. — it means: Nekum-Nacha Vengeance/Revenge, and is spoken only in the triangle symbol representing a Lodge or Chapter. The password is: Vincere aut mori.
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This degree distributes the reward for a worthy and perfect elected Master through the priestly consecration of the aspirant. The entire proceeding is spiritual. It consists in the explanation of the primi Principii first principles — Urim Thummim, which the high priest wears upon his neck in the Holy of Holies. The square symbol represents the entire Temple of Solomon, and consists of the forecourt, the interior, and the Holy of Holies. The Lodge therefore consists of 3 chambers. Before the entrance of the forecourt, the perfect elected Master is stripped, cleansed, and clothed in snow-white. He is led into the forecourt and one walks with him as one proceeded with the mixture of the priests in the Temple of Solomon. In the innermost part, he is confirmed as an actual Levite and takes his vow, along with the taking of the oath, which promises temperance, obedience, and observance of the law. Now, a veil is hung over his face and he is led into the Holy of Holies with the usual ceremonies. Here he throws himself to the ground first at the entrance, then before the Ark of the Covenant, and finally before the High Priest, then the High Priest commands him to worship the Urim Thummim. When this has occurred, he must once more take the oath in the hands of the High Priest, the veil is removed from him, and the High Priest shows him the Urim Thummim and says: that in this eternal fire, this monstrous matter, this Urim Thummim, the true secret lay hidden, and this is the beginning of the art and also of the perfection.
In the first chamber, he is dressed in white, in the second in red, and in the third in green; because because Andrew was crucified due to the secret of the U. T. which could not be betrayed, we therefore begin in honor of Andrew.
The word. The first says U. T. The other A. A.