![]() Freemasons who reach this degree may continue to Cryptic Masonry or go straight to Knights Templar (where permitted-requirements vary in different jurisdictions). The Royal Arch Mason (or Holy Royal Arch) degree is said by many to be the most beautiful degree in all of Freemasonry.] Following a convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter in England on November 10, 2004, there are currently significant ritual differences between what is worked in England and that worked in the USA.] Fraternal inter-relations remain as before. In England the degree is conferred by Cryptic Councils, along with three other degrees below. Plus the Degree of Installed Excellent Chief for a Sir Knight elected to preside over a Council. In the Most Excellent Master degree the building of King Solomon’s Temple, which figures so prominently in Blue Lodge, has been completed. The Royal Order referred to as Knight of the East and West.There is no such requirement or procedure outside the USA. Much of the work is the same given to install the Worshipful Master of a Blue Lodge. The Royal Order has many peculiar features, and it is impossible to do it justice in one post. In practice, however, these two bodies are the same. The Harodim is conferred in a body called a Chapter, and so in this Order a Chapter is below a Lodge. Because there are so many applicants for this degree, Virtual Past Master is required to qualify them for it. This Order rules two degrees, the Harodim and the Rosy Cross. The Past Master (Virtual) degree is conferred because of the traditional requirement that only Past Masters of a Blue Lodge may be admitted to Holy Royal Arch. ![]() ![]() In some jurisdictions the degree is conferred in a Fellow Craft Lodge, that is, the second degree of the Blue Lodge. The Mark Master Mason degree is in some respects an extension of the Fellow Crafts’ second degree.
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