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Degrees
of the Consistory (31°-32°)
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31° - Inspector Inquisitor The title of this Degree conveys the thoughts of self-examination. Every man, and more especially every Mason, should meditate prayerfully and soberly on his thoughts and acts of the day. The wrongs of today must not be repeated on the morrow, for each day should add some light and truth for our guidance for the next, and then as time goes by, our characters should be so far above reproach, so filled with the love of our fellowman, that the world would instinctively say: "There is a good man, for he is a Mason." To correct the faults of others, to admonish with love and forbearance, is a duty we owe each other, but never to judge, for that is a divine prerogative alone. top |
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32° - Master of the Royal Secret In this
degree the crowning point is reached by those who have studied and thought.
The Royal Secret, like the occult science of the ancients, is concealed
even here - but remember, "Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted."
Magic, contrary to the belief of many, is but the absolute science
of nature and its laws, hence the Star of Hope shines for us as truly
as it did for the Wise Men of the East two thousand years ago. Today,
as in the first days of the creation, the univeral equilibrium still
retains its predominant position in the eternal plan of the Omnipotent.
Good and evil, right and wrong, justice and mercy, attraction and repulsion
balance each other to teach us to remeber ourselves as immortal souls,
retaining for each other respect and charity and remembering always
that each is slowly climbing to that state of perfection, the final
goal of all.
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