I have a French tracing board for the fourth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (“Secret Master”) which has a hand on a stick on it. The image reminds of a “Yad”, a Jewish pointing stick for when reading the Torah, but a “Yad” has an index finger pointing and here we have a hand that seems to refer to the sign of the degree. I know no fourth degree texts with which either a “Yad” or a “pointing hand” has a role. But if it only an allusion to the sign, why put it on a stick…?
Thuileur Rite Écossais Ancien et Accepté (2022) Pascal Barbier