Degree |
Wheeler |
Charubel |
Borelli |
Kozminsky |
0-1 |
An old adobe mission in California. |
A man standing at the junction of cross roads, not knowing which way to go. |
A man lying upon a sheaf of corn, asleep, with viands at his side. |
A human head in a mass of clouds, which are rose-tinted by the rising Sun. |
1-2 |
An unexpected thunderstorm. |
The trunk of a large tree covered with moss, and a hollow. |
A book on which stand a compass and an hour glass. |
A large mulberry tree laden with fruit, around which are many birds. |
2-3 |
A deserter from the Navy. |
A warrior in bright armor with drawn sword, pursuing a savage multitude. |
A man walking with bended head, leaning upon a staff. |
A white-haired man, holding a cross before him, walking over a mosaic pavement. |
3-4 |
A Hindu yogi demonstrates his healing powers. |
The letter T or Tau. |
An officer arrayed much like a Chinese mandarin in an official robe of purple and gold and blue. |
A beautiful fountain throwing upwards delicate rays of yellow-tinted water, a jeweled crown showing in the mists. |
4-5 |
A council of ancestors is seen implementing the efforts of a young leader. |
A cherry tree in full blossom. |
A woman nude, looking at her reflection in a pool of water. |
A nautilus shell being driven, on the sea, before the winds towards a rocky shore. |
5-6 |
A masked figure performs ritualistic acts in a mystery play. |
Two bulls fighting. |
An archer drawing a long bow. |
A lady raising her white-gloved hand to receive a jeweled crown surrounded by a strange light which is floating towards her. |
6-7 |
A child is seen being born out of an egg. |
A crown and scepter. |
A target pierced by a rapier. |
A naked foot bleeding; above, a burning lamp. |
7-8 |
Beautifully gowned wax figures on display. |
An astrological chart in square form. |
A lion standing in the open arena. |
A soldier endeavoring to escape from a prison cell through a barred window. |
8-9 |
A flag is seen turning into an eagle. |
A farmer's horse and cart with man driving. |
A large rock rent by a flash of lightning. |
A large, bright, military shield lying on a mountain, from which stream rays reflecting shafts of brilliant light. |
9-10 |
A man who had for a time become the embodiment of a popular ideal is made to realize that as a person he is not this ideal. |
A ruin consisting of the remains of an ancient massive wall, with an archway therein. |
A head and a hand separated from a body. |
A woman, blind and in chains, in a magnificent and brilliantly lighted room. |
10-11 |
During a silent hour, a man receives a new inspiration which may change his life. |
A monster rocket exploding in mid-air above a crowd. |
Two bulls fighting on the edge of a precipice. |
Flowers twined round a scepter. |
11-12 |
On a vast staircase stand people of different types, graduated upward. |
A sexton digging a grave. |
A lion raging against the bars of its cage. |
A beautiful woman tending a dove with injured wing. On a table a manuscript, a bundle of letters, and an open book. |
12-13 |
A barometer. |
A tastefully furnished room, with a large wax candle on a round table in center. |
A cavalier fully armed. |
A veiled figure, seated on a rock, pointing to a radiated human eye in mid-air. |
13-14 |
A train entering a tunnel. |
An oval-shaped mirror. |
A broken bridge spanning a rapid stream. |
Man writing, with a quill pen in each hand, in front of him a flickering oil-lamp. His face betrays anxiety. |
14-15 |
Two lovebirds sitting on a fence and singing happily. |
A beacon light on a high rock. |
A ship in full sail upon a sunlit sea. |
A woman seated on an anchor, a rudder in her hand and an opened book at her feet. |
15-16 |
A businessman at his desk. |
A vessel rolling in the trough of a rough sea. |
A smith's forge and bellows. |
A ship running before the wind with bare poles. The sea, black and
angry, is illumined by a ray of moonlight which shines through a break
in the heavy clouds. |
16-17 |
A watchdog stands guard, protecting his master and his possessions. |
A naked man, having a serpent coiled around the lower part of the body. |
A man lying prone upon a bed of sickness. |
A crab on an inverted triangle, above which are two hands tugging at a laurel wreath. |
17-18 |
A man's secret motives are being publicly unmasked. |
A man on crutches. |
An old woman seated on a stool with a hooded cloak wrapped closely round her. |
A lion running along a dreary and barren field at the end of which
is a V-shaped road. On the one side are hunters armed, on the other a
rocky entrance leads to sunlit lawns. |
18-19 |
A forest fire is being subdued by the use of water, chemicals and sheer muscular energy. |
A man seated at a desk with account books before him. He has dark hair, projecting eyebrows, receding forehead, keen dark eyes. |
A boat upon the sea to which a submerged man is clinging for support. |
Setting sun shining on a waterfall, giving it the appearance of golden water. |
19-20 |
A large white dove bearing a message. |
A man playing a violin. |
A great tortoise. |
A quaint old chest standing in an old hall, a large key on the
floor before it. Around are pieces of armor and old instruments of
music. On the top of the chest is a dog asleep. |
20-21 |
A disappointed and disillusioned woman courageously faces a seemingly empty life. |
A man in monkish dress, with long hair and flowing beard. |
A man lying wounded or sick upon the ground. |
A man with chains on his wrists appealing to a crowd of people. |
21-22 |
A rug is placed on the floor of a nursery to allow children to play in comfort and warmth. |
A lady with rounded features; fair skin, hair between auburn and brown, deep blue eyes; she is busy at her toilet. |
A raging bull stamping upon the body of a dog. |
A number of men saving volumes of books from the flames which are enveloping a library building. |
22-23 |
A big bear sitting down and waving its paws. |
Three men in a boat, two on one side, one on the other. |
A beaver at work upon a tree overhanging a gorge. |
A musician playing a curious instrument of the organ type. In the
foreground a large St. Andrew’s cross, one limb of a dark, cloudy
substance, the other white. |
23-24 |
A man, having overcome his passions, teaches deep wisdom in terms of his experience. |
A man with arms folded, unmindful of danger; behind him an assassin with dagger about to stab him. |
A bent stalk bearing a full ear of corn. |
A woman neatly attired, with her hand on a tomb, looking sorrowfully on a flower-covered grave. |
24-25 |
A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed. |
An old-fashioned wodden pump; a man in rustic garb at the handle,
pumping for a crowd with vessels reaching forward for them to be filled. |
A dark face wearing an expression of fierce anger, and across the forehead a red band of blood. |
A victor in a duel with a look of agony breaking his sword over his knee. |
25-26 |
A garage man testing a car's battery with a hydrometer. |
There is no symbol for this degree. A degree of mystery. It is allied to the fourth dimensional space. |
A man walking blindfold towards the opening of a deep pit. |
Three fires blazing above three triangular hills, a cross sword floating in air above. |
26-27 |
An ancient pottery bowl with fresh violets. |
A Standard-bearer. |
A stale mansion surrounded by trees in an expanse of pasture land. |
A man, of strong build locking securities in a great iron safe in the turret-room of an old castle. |
27-28 |
A tree felled and sawed to ensure a supply of wood for the winter. |
A neat little thatched cottage in an Alpine valley. |
A cup, a pack of playing cards, dice. |
A spire on top of a pyramid, at the base of which is a horse with a manuscript in his mouth. |
28-29 |
A butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. |
A man with open breast, showing enlarged heart overflowing with blood. |
Two crossed swords surrounded by a wreath of laurels. |
Forked lightning surrounded by stars amidst storm-clouds. |
29-30 |
Deeply rooted in the past of a very ancient culture, a spiritual
brotherhood in which many individual minds are merged into the glowing
light of a unanimous consciousness is revealed to one who has emerged
successfully from his metamorphosis. |
A man reclining on a rustic seat beneath a shady tree; a ray of sunshine has fallen on him. |
A scepter surrounded by a crown. |
Wavy rays of light, in shape like a huge wheel, reflecting on a blue evening sky. |