Ceremony for the degree of Patriarch of the Mystic City, 89°
Dit Amerikaanse rituaal dateert uit de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw.
Sign: interlace the fingers; press them to the lips four times, then extend
the hands still clenched to the Orient.
Touch: four strokes of the thumb on the first finger, to which the other
responds by seven.
Password: Set (the accuser of Man).
Secret Word: Taut (the Revealer; the Defender.)
Battery: **** **** ****
**** ******* *******
******* ******* ******* *******
******* (alludes to Truth, Hope, Life and Death; also the seven virtues to be
practised, and the seven vices to be avoided).
Jewel and Symbol: on a square is drawn a square board, having two circles
like figure 8 and point in each.