Knight of the Orient or the Grand Master of Masters

The tableau of the Lodge, which must be hung with red with white columns, represents the interior of the Temple. One sees the altar of perfumes at the foot of the ark, surmounted by Cherubim. On the left is a 7-branched candlestick. On the right is a white trumpet, an attribute of the Knight, a Sword, a trowel, and other tools. Below the ark will be the tables of the Law surmounted by the triangle in a burning bush. On both sides are lamps that are always burning, which prove the vigilance of the Knights.

Opening of the Temple

The Venerable is Prince Zerubbabel, and the two wardens are Ezra and Nehemiah.

The Venerable says to the wardens:

Most Venerable Prince Knights, help me to open the holy Temple.

He strikes 16 blows, the 1st warden 4, the second 7. The Venerable asks for the trumpet and sounds it, then he says:

My dear Knights, the sacred trumpet has sounded, the sun has risen.

For the closing, the same thing is done, and one says the sun has set.

The Venerable says: My dear Knights, arm yourselves and go to make rounds to avoid traps from the enemies; here is the password Sanabarat.

The Knights go out 3 by 3 in a triangle so as not to be surprised, and go into the exterior of the temple the space