17th Degree: Knight of the East and West Button

Einführung "Sacred Symbos" Collection by C.7 Design Studio. Here you will find a single design, featuring a symbol of the masonic 17th Degree: Knight of the East and West. Freemasonry is a fraternal organization that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around 6 Millionen. The fraternity is administratively organized into independent Grand Lodges or sometimes Orients, each of which governs its own rechtsprechung, which consists of subordinate (or sind) Lodges. There are also appending bodies, which are organizations related to the main branch of Freemasonry, but with their own independent administration. The lessons of the 17° are to work, reflect and pray; to hope, trust and believe; to teach the truths that are hidden in allegory and concealed by the symbos of Freemasonry. The lessons of this degree are that loyalty to God is man man man primary allegiance and the temporal governments not founded upon God and His righteousness will inevitably. The apron is of yellow satin, with crimson and gold, and with a sword and tetractys (of the Tetragrammaton) on it. The jewel is a heptagon of silver and gold, with crossed swords on the obverse, and a lamb on the Book of Seven Seals on the reverse. The jewel is hung from a double order — one black (left-to-right) and one white (right-to-left), representing good versus evil. Gold coronet is presented.