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An open nine pointed star in which is a circle with the text “Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit” (‘truth is mighty and will prevail’) in which there is a cross. This is an emblem of the “Order of Knights of the Red Cross”, which appears to be a Templar degree.
Ritual of Freemasonry by Avery Allyn (1853)
If the text hadn’t explained it, I wouldn’t have recognised it, but this is an “extinguished light” of which Cooper Connor says:
The extinguishment of light was the ancient symbol of the direst punishment for crime. Ezekiel xxxii: 7, says: “And when I shall put thee out (extinguish), I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark.” How forcibly is this thought brought to the mind of the neophyte in this ceremonial.
Shibboleth Templar Monitor by George Cooper Connor (1894)
Jeremy Croffs in his Templars Chart and Hieroglyphic Monitor (1821) has a “Order of Knights Templar Plan of Encampment”. It it are three banners. The one on the left, has a Templar Cross and a Lamb of God; the one in the middle a Blazing Cross; and then there is the one above. You see a cock sitting on what appears to be a metal ring, with weapons (and a trumpet?) sticking out of it. The odd design has a weird likeness to a symbol that can be found on the Kirkwall Scroll.
Templars Chart and Hieroglyphic Monitor (1821) by Jeremy Croff
Jewel of the Malta Knight degree in Knight Templar Masonry.
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Jewel of the Past Commander in Knight Templar Masonry.
Also see blazing cross.
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Emblem of the Warder in Knights Templar Masonry.
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Emblem of the Standard Bearer in Templar Masonry.
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A six pointed star within a six pointed star, a 1733 Harodim jewel.
Frequently reproduced. Jewel from 1733
The lamb with a banner usually refers to Christ. It can also be called “Lamb of God” or “Agnus Dei”. This example appears to be an emblem of Templar officers, but the Paschal Lamb also occurs in other rites.
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Image from a book with Tempar symbolism. Variety to the more famous name of two pillars?
this image appears to come from Maçonnerie Occulte (1821) by Oswald Wirth (1860-1943). Often reproduced.
Single serpent around a cross. Similar to the Brazen Serpent, perhaps even the same symbolism, but here you see a Templar banner.
Also see Two Serpents around a Cross.
Templars Chart and Hieroglyphic Monitor (1821) by Jeremy Croff
Not a common Masonic symbol, but here you see clover in the emblem of the 32nd degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Emblem of the 32 degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Similar crosses with different symbols in the middle can also be found.
This Templar themed image appears in several places. You see a crown, crossed swords, a Templar cross and the text ‘in this sign we will conquer’. Below you can see it as the emblem of three degrees in the York Rite. Order of the Temple, Order of the Knights of Malta and Order of the Red Cross.
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Emblem of the Conclave Commander of Templar Freemasonry.
Also see Jerusalem Cross within Circle Cross.
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This three barred cross is the emblem of the Triple Patriarch in Templar Masonry (also see double cross).
In Shibboleth Templar Monitor by George Cooper Connor (1894) it is called “Cross of Salem” and presented as the emblem of the Grand Master in the Order of the Red Cross.
A variety to the triple cross is the three entwined crosses.
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Emblem of the Preceptor of the Knight Templar degree and of the same office in the Rectified Scottish Rite.
This [Patriarchal] Cross when in purple enamel, and edged with gold, is the insignia of all officers of the Grand Encampment below the Grand Master.
Shibboleth Templar Monitor by George Cooper Connor (1894).
A similar two barred cross also appears in 27th degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Outside Freemasonry there are several varieties to this cross with names such as the patriarchal cross, the Jagiellonian cross and the cross of Lorraine.
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Even though it appears on collections of symbols sometimes, the Crux Ansata is not a common Masonic Symbol. It is part of the regalia of the Women’s Grand Lodge of Belgium (see below) and is part of the decoration of the temple of the (semi-Masonic) women’s organisation Vita Feminea Textura.
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Emblem of the Senior Warden in Knight Templar Freemasonry.
There are also variations to the sword.
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