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The Royal Order of Scotland has an interesting history. Their emblem contains a cross surrounded by this text.
The “Missouri Masonic Family” tree below shows the bewildering number of rites and degrees in America. The Royal Order of Scotland appears to be where the York and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite meet.
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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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The “Missouri Masonic Family” tree below shows the bewildering number of rites and degrees in America. As a branch to the York Rite there is an order called “Holy Royal Arch Knights Templar Priests”.
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Emblem of the Conclave Commander of Templar Freemasonry.
Also see Jerusalem Cross within Circle Cross.
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Jewel of the 66th degree in Memphis Misraim.
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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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Cross with an X in front and the letters IHSV on it. A Red Cross of Constantine breast jewel.
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Order of the Scarlet Cord 1st degree jewel, part of the Mark system
one of many examples found online.
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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An element of the symbolism of the higher degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below.
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Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. It could be a reference to the Holy Heart of Jesus and there is even a possibility for it being a reference to Faith, Hope and Charity, but I don’t know in what rite or degree this symbol is of significance.
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Dąbrowski has an unidentified “Masonic Symbols”, see below. It looks somewhat alchemical. Perhaps it is from the Gold- und Rosenkreuzer or some similar group. I don’t know in which degree this image is featured and if there are other systems or degrees with this symbol. The placement on the image below makes it unlikely that it has the same meaning that the caduceus in some lodges has.
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Dąbrowski has an unidentified “Symbols of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite”, see below left. Judging the text in the triangle, it is from France. The 25th degree of the AASR is the Knight of the Brazen Serpent and its emblem can be seen below. An image more like the one above can be found on some 25th degree AASR tracing boards.
Would the Cross with Snake be a variation to this symbol?
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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.
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The X-shaped cross is Saint Andrew’s Cross. It appears in the 29th degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (“Knight of Saint Andrew”).
Saint Andrew was the patron saint of the “Scottish Master” lodges, see crossed pillars.
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A Pelican with a Rose Cross, a typical image of the 18th degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (“Knight Rose Croix”). The 18th degree of Memphis-Misraim has the same name and symbolism.
Often reproduced in many variations, original image probably halfway the 18th century
Rectified Scottish Rite.
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