9 - master of the circle squared

8/9/2019 9 - Master of the Circle Squared

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9° - Master of the Circle Squared or of Geometry

Oppening

GMK: (knock)Greatly Honoured Priest, assist me in the Worthy labour of opening this odge in the

Hall of the Grade of the Master of the !ircle "#uared$

%ssure yourself that the odge is duly guarded$

(&one$ 'he door is left unlocked$)HP: Greatly Honoured Great and Mighty King, the odge is duly Guarded$

GMK: Greatly Honoured Prieast, to hat is primarely this grade attached to

HP: 'o Geometry, GH Great and Mighty King$

GMK:*ut of nothing is the Point manifested, hat are its properties

HP: +t has only position but no other #ualities$GMK: y mo-ing the single Point is traced a ine, hat are its properties

HP: While the Point denotes number one, the ine denotes to, for there are to Points that

define it and its ends$ +t is also the comencement of mo-ement$

GMK: y mo-ing the ine is made the Plane, hat are its properties

HP: +t implies conture$ +t signifies three seeing that three Points determine it$ +t is the stage of

comencement of 'ime$ +t signifies multitude$GMK: y mo-ing the Plane is "pace created, hat are its properies

HP: +t implies shape$ +t is infinity$ +n its perfect manifested form it assumes the shape of a

!ube hich is determined by si. Planes$

GMK: "i. are the Planes, but one is the Hidden !entre, thus forming "e-en$

HP: "e-en is the number of branches on the !andlestick, "e-en are the Planets, "e-encolours and sounds -ibrating beteen the &arkness and ight, "e-en stones on the brest/plateset beteen 0rim and 'hummim$ "e-en are the Palaces in Hea-en and "e-en are the !hurches

on 1arth$

GMK:"

HP: *

GMK: PHP: H

GMK: +

HP: %GMK2HP: (knock)

HP: 'he "acred ord is "*PH+%, ich consists of si. uttered and one unuttered sound$

'hree are the 3oels, and 'hree are the consonants, and one is the unuttered$ "e-en is their

sum$

GMK:"et 4 'he %ccuser of Men


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HP: 'uat 4 'he 5e-ealer and &efender GMK: (knocks: ++++/+++++++)

+ proclaim that the odge is dully opened in the Hall od the Master of the !ircle

"#uared$


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Advancement

GMK:Greatly Honoured Priest, it is my delight to inform you that our 6rather (Moto) has been

appro-ed ad-ancement to the Grade of Master of the !ircle "#uared$ + charge you ith the duty

of testing, e.amening, administering the *ath of the Grade and leading the !andidate into this

Hall$HP: (knock)

+t shall be done$ (7uits the Hall)

HP: 6rater (Moto), Master of Phoeni., the secrets of the !ircle "#uared are opened unto you,

but before you can be ad-anced you ill gi-e me the grip, sign, ords and passord and sacred

ord of your grade$(&one)

HP: 8ou ill no sho me your e.amination of Geometry$ (!andidate unprepared should

anser the #uestions as best as he may$ When he should say 9+ dont kno; #uestioning should

stop as it ill be proceded to the admitting him into the Hall$ +f he makes a mistake or comes tothe last #uestion it should also be continued$)

7: *ut of nothing is the Point manifested, hat are its properties

7: y mo-ing the single Point is traced a ine, hat are its properties

7: y mo-ing the ine is made the Plane, hat are its properties

7: y mo-ing the Plane is "pace created, hat are its properies

HP: 3ery Well, you ill be admitted into our Hall, but not before you make an *ath of the

Grade$ %re you illing to do so

!: + am$

HP: 8ou ill place your right hand on your heart, looking upards and position your lefthand in line ith your head, three of your fingers e.tended and last to held in palm$

(&one)

HP: GH 6rater, do you promise and sear upon the *uter !ircumfence ne-er to re-eal the

secrets of this Grade

!: + do$

HP: GH 6rater, do you promise and sear upon the "#uare 4 the 6oundation of your body,

mind and soul 4 to belie-e until the end of your e.istence in God 4 %uthor of ight and

&arkness

!: + do$HP: GH 6rater, do you promise and sear upon the "acred 'riangle to o-e your rothers

and "isters of this *rder e-en as thyself, and to render to anyone of them such ser-ice as may

be e.pected

!: + do$

HP: GH 6rater, do you promise and sear upon the &i-ine !ircle to obser-e duly the

statutes, secrets and mysteries of this *rder, ne-er to diminish or change them

!: + do$

HP: GH 6rater, do you promise and sear upon the "ecret !entre to strenghten the bonds of


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fraternity amongst rothers and "isters of our *rder, to uphold and support the Head of the*rder, and to guide properly and sincerely all rothers and "isters of the *rder or any %spirant

of our 6raternity

!: + do$

HP: We shall no enter Holiness of Wisdom$

('akes off the 5ibbon of the *rder and places "ash of the Grade upon !andidate$ +nstructs!andidate to knock)

GMK:y -irtues of eauty, "trenght and 0nderstanding thou canst not enter this Hall$ Purity,


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1liah said to ?arephath: dont be afraid$ Go home and do as you ha-e said@ for thus saysthe ord, God of +srael: the bol of flour shall not be e.austed, nor shall the =ar of oil be empty

until the day that ord sends rain on the face of the 1arth$

(%noits feet ith crosses)

'hen the man said: et me go, for the day brakes$ ut +srael said: + ill not let you go

unless you bless me$

(%noits beneath right breast ith cross)6or + as hungry and you ga-e me no food, + as thirsty and you ga-e me no drink, a

stranger and you ga-e me no elcome, naked and you ga-e me no clothing, ill and in prison

and you did not care for me$ %men, + say unto you: hat you did not for one of least of my

brothers 4 you did not do for me$

GMK:He ho is made Priest, on hose head had been poured the Holy !hrism and hose

hands and feet and breast ha-e been touched, should be clothed ith "acredotal 5obe and let

him not unco-er his head nor rend his robe$

HP: (!andidate is -ested, and put on the !ap ith se-en stars and o-er it Mithre/cron)

GMK:+ no !ongratulate you on attaining the Grade of the Master of the !ircle "#uared$

'he Grip of the Grade is gi-en as in pre-ious Grade, and you ha-e been introduced to

the "ign and Knock of the Grade$

'he Passord is: en %b, gi-en in Hebre, letter by letter$ (&one) +t means the "on of

6ather$

GMK: efore you are se-en candles$ 'hay symbolise the se-en/branched candlestick, and

many other things$ "e-en is the Kay to the "ecrets of this Grade$ +t is because of this that you

stood in the form of a cross 4 denoting number four, earing a 'riangle upon your "ash 4

denoting three$ "e-en is the number of the "ord, and he ho aspires to go-ern the orks ofthe Holy Graal must first be a ord of the "ord, and Master of its orks$

(!andidate is then first led to the &iagram of "ophia)

GMK:'his diagram shos the %spirant ho ha-ing attained the loer Grades is being blessed

by the influence of "pirit from abo-e, by the path of Gimel$ Metatron and "andalphon, the

%rchangels of the %rch of !o-enant 4 the opposites of the Hight and &epth in-est him ith the

cron of "ophia 4 meaning Wisdom$

"*PH+% is the "acred Word of this Grade, gi-en letter by letter thus: (!andidate

instructed to reherse the Word ith them)

GMK:"

HP: *

!: P

HP: HGMK: +

!: %

GMK2HP: (knock)

GMK:'he "acred ord, "*PH+%, consists of si. uttered and one unuttered sound$ 'hree are


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the 3oels, and 'hreeare the consonants, and one is the unuttered sound$ "e-en is their sum$

(>e.t the !andidate is lead to the !arpet of the Grade here he is standing beteen Honoured

Priest on his left, and Great and Mighty King on his 5ight)

GMK:'his is the !arpet of the Grade$ +t is the 3isual representation of the folloing -erses:

&ra a !ircle about a man and a oman,

dra about this a 'riangle,

and about this again a "#uare$

&ra a circle and thus you ill obtain the Philosophers "tone$

'hus ill the "tone come into the substance of e.istence$

+f you do not understand this at the moment,

you ill understand it hen you ha-e learnt

the theory of Geometry$

GMK:Hear no the ecture on GeometryA*ut of nothing is the Point manifested, hat are its properties

HP: +t has only position but no other #ualities$

GMK: y mo-ing the single Point is traced a ine, hat are its properties

HP: While the Point denotes number one, the ine denotes to, for there are to Points that

define it and its ends$ +t is also the comencement of mo-ement$

GMK: y mo-ing the ine is made the Plane, hat are its properties

HP: +t implies conture$ +t signifies three seeing that three Points determine it$ +t is the stage of

comencement of 'ime$ +t signifies multitude$

GMK: y mo-ing the Plane is "pace created, hat are its properies

HP: +t implies shape$ +t is infinity$ +n its perfect manifested form it assumes the shape of a!ube hich is determined by si. Planes$

GMK: "i. are the Planes, but one is the Hidden !entre, thus forming "e-en$

HP: "e-en is the number of branches on the !andlestick, "e-en are the Planets, "e-en

colours and sounds -ibrating beteen the &arkness and ight, "e-en stones on the brest/plate

set beteen 0rim and 'hummim$ "e-en are the Palaces in Hea-en and "e-en are the !hurches

on 1arth$

GMK:'he *uter !ircumfence, the "#uare of 6oundation, the "acred 'riangle, the Holy !ircle,

and ithin the "ecret !entre a Man and a Woman 4 these make si., but there is also hidden a

!hild ithin the Womb of the Mother, thus again making "e-en$

GMK:'he Grand Word is Horus, ho is the "on and the Mediator$

HP: 'he "e-en letters abo-e the +mage are 3+'5+* 4 3isita +nteriora 'errB 5ectificando+n-enies *ccultum apidem / 3isit the +nterior Parts of the 1arth@ by 5ectification 'hou "halt

6ind the Hidden "tone$ et us take the ad-ice gi-en and -isit the +nterior 1arth$ (eads the

!andidate to the &iagram of Pantheos)


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HP: 'his &iagram represents the "abbathic Goat, the dross matter of &arkness from hiche are made of$ +t has upon it no metalic garments for this &arkness is a place here not e-en

metals gro$ ut this +mage is purified of the 7liphot, it is inspired by the "pirit, represented

by the Pentagram$ 'he 6i-e tongues of the Holy 6lame rise abo-e its 'o Horns$ *n the 'o

Horns are ritten to ords Pan 4 'he God Pan, but also 9the %ll;, and 'heos 4 meaning God$

0pon its arms are ritten "ol-e and !oagula 4 the opposite operation of both !hemistry and

%lkemie$ +ts to other hands enclose ithin its "acral 5egion the "astika 4 "olar !ross of theHermetics to hich symbols you ha-e been already introduced$ 0ppon its belly is found a

'riangle of Petals ithin a !ircle, and upon petals are inscribed the ords %P* P%>'H*"

K%K*&%+M*>*" 4 hich further purify the image so that it can hold the "ecret !entre

ithin hich is the 5oot of the Holy "pirit$

6urther study and meditation upon these symbols ill re-eal their 'rue "ecrets$

GMK:'he Words of the Grade are: "et, ho is the %ccuser of Men$ +t is alays replied by the

Word: 'uat, that is 5e-ealer and &efender$

(!andidate is in-ested ith a gray cloack, then lead to the 'riangular %ltar and is placed again beteen Honoured Priest at his left and Great and Mighty King at his right)

HP: 'he symbolism of the se-en candles has been breefly imparted to you$ 'hay also

represent the "e-en "pirits of God, the "e-en !hurches upon 1arth hich anser to "e-en

Places in the Hea-ens$

'he 'riangular shape of the %ltar, ith one ape. upard symbolises your ant of the

Highest "ecrets of *ur *rder$

GMK:0pon the %ltar is a full representation of the 1mblem of our *rder$ Within it are the

symbols of all Grades e.cept of that of the ord of the "ord and ord of the >orth and West$

Meditate upon it and it ill yeald you une.pected fruit$

GMK:+ no in-est you ith the ammen of the Grade$ 'he !ollar thereof if White and lue,

symbolising Purity and Mercy$ 'he ammen itself is a representation of the +mage from the

!arpet of this Grade$ Within the !entre is a 'au !ross 4 its three ends representing 6ather,Mother and "on 4 the 'hree needed to complete the "e-en$


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Closing

GMK:et us no close this Hall of the Grade of the !ircle "#uared for its Mysteries and

"ecrets ha-e been entrusted to our 6rater (Moto)$ Greatly Honoured Priest, ho should e go

about the closing of this Hall$

HP: 'he Hall of the !ircle "#uared is ne-er closed, but is left open for its ight to be able toguide the %spirants to these High and potent Mysteries$ 'he Hall is only dimmed that the ight

might not blind, disbalance, shatter and anull the unprepared %spirants being$

GMK: et us do soA

GMK:He that hath an ear let him hear hat the "pirit saith unto the churches: 'o him that

o-ercometh ill + gi-e to eat of the 'ree of ife hich is in the midst of the Paradise of God$

%nd unto the %ngel of the church of "myrna rite: these things saith the 6irst and ast, ho

as dead and is ali-e$ He that hath an ear let him hear hat the "pirit saith unto the churches:

'o him that o-ercometh ill + gi-e to eat of the Hidden Manna and + ill gi-e him a hite

stone, and in the stone a ne name ritten hich no man knoeth sa-e him ho recei-eth it$

%n unto the %ngel of the church of 'hyatira rite: 'hese are the ords of the "on ofGod, hose eyes are like bla

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