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twenty-two and a half degrees , or the sixteenth part of a circle the head of the compass is surmounted by a crown with sct points ; it encloses a passion cross formed of rubies having on its centre a full-blown rose whose stem twines round the
lower lirhb of the cross . At the foot of the cross is a pelican wounding her breast to feed her young , which are in a nest beneath . On the reverse ^ instead of a pelican there is a figure of an eagle . On the arc of the circle is engraven in cypher the password of the degree . The symbols of whichthe jewel is composed wilL ^^ s readers of the Christian character of the degree .
When the Rose Croix degree is conferred , the recipient is created and constituted " a Knight of the Pelican and Eagle , and Prince of the Order of Bbse Croix . ' ' " ¦¦'¦ The degree of Knight of the Eagle and Pelican appears to be the "where known , its ritual and legend being somewhat similar but by the Council of the Ancient and Accepted Eite in England and Wales , both pass as one degree ; The eagle on the jewel , it is ingeniously
suggested , is a symbol of Christ , in his divine character , bearing the children of his adoption on his wings , teaching love and tenderness to spread their new-fledged wings , and soar from the dull corruptions of earth to a higher and holier sphere . In Deuteronomy xxxii . 11 , therb is a beautiful comparison of the care and paternal affection of the Deity for his people with the natural tenderness of the eagle for her
young" As the eagle stirreth up her nest , Pluttereth over her young , Expandeth her plumes , taketlithem , Beareth them upon her wings ; So Jehovah alone did lead him , And there was no strange God with him . "
The pelican is appropriately adopted as an emblem of the Saviour who shed his blood for the salvation of the human race , from the custom attributed hy the poets to this bird of tearing open its breast to feed its offspring with its own blood . Eagon says that in the hieroglyphic monuments of the ancients the eagle was the symbol of a wise , and the pelican of a benevolent man ; he therefore considers
the eagle and pelican of this degree to be intended to symbolize perfect wisdom and perfect charity . The 102 nd Psalm , which was written towards the end of the captivity , alludes to the lonely situation of the pelican in the wilderness , as illustrative of the poignancy of the writer ' s grief at witnessing the desolation of his country and the prostration of her sacred altars . In this view the pelican is a fitting symbol for the degree .
The cross was from the earliest ages , with the Egyptians , a symbol of eternal life ; but since the crucifixion it lias been peculiarly adopted as an . emblem of Him who suffered on it ; in this latter signification only it is adopted as an emblem in this degree—and hence its form . The rose , in Scripture , is applied as a figurative
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twenty-two and a half degrees , or the sixteenth part of a circle the head of the compass is surmounted by a crown with sct points ; it encloses a passion cross formed of rubies having on its centre a full-blown rose whose stem twines round the
lower lirhb of the cross . At the foot of the cross is a pelican wounding her breast to feed her young , which are in a nest beneath . On the reverse ^ instead of a pelican there is a figure of an eagle . On the arc of the circle is engraven in cypher the password of the degree . The symbols of whichthe jewel is composed wilL ^^ s readers of the Christian character of the degree .
When the Rose Croix degree is conferred , the recipient is created and constituted " a Knight of the Pelican and Eagle , and Prince of the Order of Bbse Croix . ' ' " ¦¦'¦ The degree of Knight of the Eagle and Pelican appears to be the "where known , its ritual and legend being somewhat similar but by the Council of the Ancient and Accepted Eite in England and Wales , both pass as one degree ; The eagle on the jewel , it is ingeniously
suggested , is a symbol of Christ , in his divine character , bearing the children of his adoption on his wings , teaching love and tenderness to spread their new-fledged wings , and soar from the dull corruptions of earth to a higher and holier sphere . In Deuteronomy xxxii . 11 , therb is a beautiful comparison of the care and paternal affection of the Deity for his people with the natural tenderness of the eagle for her
young" As the eagle stirreth up her nest , Pluttereth over her young , Expandeth her plumes , taketlithem , Beareth them upon her wings ; So Jehovah alone did lead him , And there was no strange God with him . "
The pelican is appropriately adopted as an emblem of the Saviour who shed his blood for the salvation of the human race , from the custom attributed hy the poets to this bird of tearing open its breast to feed its offspring with its own blood . Eagon says that in the hieroglyphic monuments of the ancients the eagle was the symbol of a wise , and the pelican of a benevolent man ; he therefore considers
the eagle and pelican of this degree to be intended to symbolize perfect wisdom and perfect charity . The 102 nd Psalm , which was written towards the end of the captivity , alludes to the lonely situation of the pelican in the wilderness , as illustrative of the poignancy of the writer ' s grief at witnessing the desolation of his country and the prostration of her sacred altars . In this view the pelican is a fitting symbol for the degree .
The cross was from the earliest ages , with the Egyptians , a symbol of eternal life ; but since the crucifixion it lias been peculiarly adopted as an . emblem of Him who suffered on it ; in this latter signification only it is adopted as an emblem in this degree—and hence its form . The rose , in Scripture , is applied as a figurative