THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ROSY CROSS.

THE SOLEMN CEREMONY OF OPENING THE TEMPLE IN THE LIGHT.

The arrangement of the Temple is shown in the Official Diagram.

The Officers and Brothers are assembled inside, and the door of the Sacred Precincts has been secured and guarded by the Brother Ostiarius, who is stationed on this side of the door. The Imperator—acting as Inspector of Temples and Permanent Director of Ceremonies, or in his absence, his Substitute, or failing him, the Master of the Temple—goes before the vacant Thrones of the East. He gives a sequence original: "Battery" of one knock— symbol for a rhythmic mark —and makes the first proclamation while lifting his Wand of Office:

Imperator.—To order, Brothers and Sisters. original: "Fratres et Sorores" The Lord is my Light and my Help. In the Name of Him who rescues us from the darkness and unredeemed places, and by the power vested in me (But in the case of a Substitute or Master: "By the power delegated to me"), I direct the—