Caduceus

In some lodges the Master of Ceremonies has a Caduceus as a staff where is sometimes refers to Hermes.

It is also the emblem of the Deacon in Mark lodges.

On this tracing board (text is in German, but Feddersen (D/23) calls it a French tableau of ‘Solar Knights’ you can also see the caduceus.

There also seems to have been degrees in the German Strikte Observanz which has the caduceus on its apron (“Theoritischer Professor” and “Theoretisch und Praktisch Grossmeister”).

This 26º AASR “floor cloth” also has a Caduceus.

Interestingly, a 29th degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite tracing boards has seven symbols which are connected to: “The Sciences, symbolized by their several liberal arts.” There the caduceus is the first symbol, referring to geometry. (The other symbols are: poety/lyre, violin/music, palette/painting, bust+hammer+compasses/sculpture, plan/architecture and alembic/chemistry.)

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