Council of Kadosh
The apron is yellow, bordered and lined with sky-blue. In the center are three concentric equilateral triangles, with the initial letters of the nine Great Lights in the corners. The letters stand for the following: Charity, Generosity, Veneration, Heroism, Patriotism, Honor, Toleration, Truth and Justice. In the center of the inner Triangle is the Tetragrammaton in Phoenician characters. Across it, from below upwards, are the Hebrew letters Yod, He, Yod, written vertically bottom to top and sideways. The remaining letters are Aleph, Vau, Ras; together the letters form the Hebrew for "Let Light Be!" or, as in the King James Version of the Bible, "Let there be light" (Gen. 1:3).
The cordon is a broad ribbon of yellow and sky-blue; it may also be two ribbons, one of each color, crossing each other.
The jewel is gold, like the triangles on the apron, with the same words and letters. DUTIES Dispense light and knowledge. Practice the Masonic virtues both in and out of the Lodge.
LESSONS Truth, justice and toleration are indispensible qualities for a Master of the Lodge. Example is the best teaching method known.
FOR REFLECTION Is your behavior the same both in and out of lodge?
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS Triangle, square, octagon, candles, three pillars, Pythagorean right triangle.
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