Saint Paul Council No. 1

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Meetings are held the second Monday of each month @ St. Paul Masonic Center

We invite all Royal Arch Masons to receive further light in the Cryptic Mason degrees.

  CRYPTIC RITE
No rite of Freemasonry has come into its own so much as the series of degrees known as the
Cryptic Rite, also known as the Cryptic Masons. Its popularity is well deserved for there are no
more beautiful or meaningful degrees in all Freemasonry that those conferred in the Council of
Cryptic Masons.

One reason for its popularity is that it completes a story, a Masonic allegory. Freemasonry is
very philosophical and teaches its ideals by allegory or story. This philosophy is moralistic and
religious however Freemasonry is not a religion., nor a substitute for one. A requirement for
membership in Freemasonry is a professed belief in God and eternal life. It is mandatory that
a man profess a personal faith in a Supreme Being prior to becoming a Freemason.

Freemasonry never attempts to alter any one's beliefs. Freemasonry offers no theology or plan
of salvation. However, it does offer a moral plan to use in this world. Leaving the Mason to
look to his religion for salvation into the next world.


Ancient Cryptic Masonry centers around the story of the preservation, loss and recovery of the
Word. The Word represents man's search for life's purpose and the nature of GOD. Symbolic
Freemasonry, as in the Lodge, teaches of the loss of the Word and hope for its recovery.
Royal Arch Masonry, as in the Chapter, teaches its recovery. Cryptic Masonry, as in the Council,
completes this story by teaching of the Word's initial preservation.

THE ROYAL MASTER DEGREE
This is the first degree of the Cryptic Rite as conferred in the United States of America.
Candidates who receive the degree are impressed with its dignified ritual and relevant
teachings. It contains one section which is generally regarded as an outstanding display of
symbolism and content of philosophy. The ritualistic presentations in the degree explain the
articles contained in the Holy of Holies of King Solomon's Temple, including the Ark of the
Covenant. A knowledge of which is essential to those who would fully understand the
preceding degrees. The principal characters in the degree are Solomon and his royal assistant.

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