. Scotch Rite masonry illustrated : the complete ritual of the ancient and accepted Scottish Rite profusely illustrated. Not less than three can be initiated at one time. All the other brethren are clothed in black robes andjaps, with the apron, order and jewel of the degree. apron:—Purple silk, bordered with white, on it atriangle. sash:—A broad purple ribbon, worn from the rightshoulder to the left hip, (in some lodges instead of thesash a collar of the same color is worn) to which is sus^pended the jewel. jewel:—A Golden Triangle, on one side of which isi; engraved the Delta of Enoch with r
. Scotch Rite masonry illustrated : the complete ritual of the ancient and accepted Scottish Rite profusely illustrated. Not less than three can be initiated at one time. All the other brethren are clothed in black robes andjaps, with the apron, order and jewel of the degree. apron:—Purple silk, bordered with white, on it atriangle. sash:—A broad purple ribbon, worn from the rightshoulder to the left hip, (in some lodges instead of thesash a collar of the same color is worn) to which is sus^pended the jewel. jewel:—A Golden Triangle, on one side of which isi; engraved the Delta of Enoch with rays; on the otherI the trap-door of a vault. Note 112.—Zabulon. The Greek form of Zebulun, the tenth son ofJacob. Delaunay (Thuilleur, p. 79) says that some ritualists suppose thatit is the true form of the word of which Jabulum is a corruption. Thisis incorrect. Jabulum is a corrupt form of Giblim. Zabulon has no con-nection with the high degrees, except that in the Royal Arch he representsone of the stones in the Pectoral.—Mackey*s Encyclopaedia of Free*masonry, Article Zabulon. OPENING CEREMONIES 113. ROYAL ARCH • DEGREE. Thrice Puissant—Brother Inspector^ what place arcwe in ? hispector—Thrice Puissant, we are in the most sa-cred place in the earth. Thrice Puissant—How came you in this sacred placer Inspector—By,, an effect of providence. Thrice Puissant—Explain this to me. Inspector—I dug in the ancient ruins of Enoch.* I penetrated through nine arches un-der ground, and in the end I found. the Delta which God had promisedthe Holy Patriarchs should be__^_^ found in fullness of time. Delta. Thrice Puissant—What is the Delta? Note 113.—The history of the degree has been a subject of much dis-pute, but all agree that it is the birth of the 18th century. The bestsubstantiated theory is, that to the learning and talent of ChevalierRamsey, tutor to Jamesi the Second, the germ of the degree is due, andthat its origin must be set at about the year A. D.
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