DANVILLE LODGE OF PERFECTION
The Ineffable Degrees

The Ineffable Degrees, from the Fourth to the Fourteenth inclusive, are conferred in a Lodge of Perfection. They are called "Ineffable" because they are concerned with the ineffable or unutterable Name of God and with man's eager quest for the True Name. In these eleven degrees there is a profound unveiling of the character and purposes of God - that high and holy One, who inhabits eternity, but dwells with him also that is of contrite and humble spirit.

In formal ritual and in drama, ten of these degrees, based upon legends of the Solomonic era, elaborate upon the teachings of Symbolic Freemasonry and apply them to practical situations that are faced in everyday life. The Fourteenth degree summarizes what has been taught and is a moral and philosophical climax.

Important practical lessons are taught in the eleven Ineffable Degrees - Secrecy and silence in all confidential relationships; Respect for a Brother's memory, The duty of healing dissentions; Justice and Mercy in judging others; Fair dealing in business by Management and Labor; The peril of excessive zeal even in a good cause; The honest collection of taxes based upon a just assessment; The mastery of difficulties and dangers in our progress toward Perfection; The honor of Freemasonry is in the keeping of those who seek Perfection in character and who reverence the Ineffable Name of God.

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GEORGE E. BUROW CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX HRDM

The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Degrees, known as the Philosophical and Doctrinal Degrees of the Scottish Rite, are conferred in a Chapter of Rose Croix. They open a new development of Masonic teaching and are a distinct departure and advance from the symbolism and teaching of the Symbolic Lodge and of the preceding Scottish Rite Degrees. These deal with the first Temple and its supporting columns, and the attempt to restore and maintain the old worship in a second temple reared upon the ruins of the first. Neither endured.

The Seventeenth Degree is designated - Knight of the East and West and is presented as the first degree in a Chapter of Rose Croix. The degree centers around the wandering neophyte an earnest seeker for Truth and is an indispensable prelude to the Eighteenth Degree. It inspires the hope that the Day of Truth will dawn at last, that the knowledge and worship of the One living and true God shall spread from East to West, and that one Spiritual Brotherhood shall extend across the world.

The Eighteenth Degree is designated - Knight of the Rose Croix and is presented as the second and last degree in a Chapter of Rose Croix. Man had to have a new Temple, a new Law, a new Word. The degree sets forth a law of the heart, a law of warm and intimate human virtues, a law which the simplest and humblest may practice. It symbolizes a perfect life that every man can understand and take for the guide, inspiration, and model of his own.

The Rose Croix degrees are the spiritual center and among the most important in the whole body of Freemasonry.

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DANVILLE CONSISTORY

The Consistory Degrees, the Nineteenth through Thirty-Second Degrees, known as the Traditional and Chivalric Degrees of Scottish Rite, are conferred by a Consistory. These degrees portray memorable lessons of brotherhood, compassion, discipline, dignity, duty, equality, excellence, faith, goodwill, justice, love, mercy, moral character, patriotism, purity, service, spirituality, toleration and unity that range in settings from the time of chivalry through the 20th century.

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