Category Archives: Swedish Rite

Templar Cross

The Templar Cross can be found in Freemasonry in a variety of forms in a variety of systems. 30th Degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (and up), 30th degree of Memphis-Misraim, the French Rectified Scottish Rite (‘novice degree’), 8-11th degree of the Swedish Rite, in the Order of the Red Cross (“the insignia of the officers of a Grand Commandery”), to name a few.

Axe

One of the emblems of the Junior Warden in de Mark degree. It is also the emblem of the Warder in the Royal Ark Mariner degree (crossed axes for the Guardian there too) and (seen above) emblem of the Guard in Knight Templar Freemasonry. In the Swedish Rite of St. Andrew it is a symbol of the 6th degree.

Also in the (historical) “Scottish Master” degree, the axe was one of the items on tracing boards.

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