Harper Fleming
Chapter of Rose Croix
Valley of Raleigh
Orient of North Carolina
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15th degree
Knight of the East or Sword This
degree teaches the important lessons of loyalty to conviction and devotion
to right.
16th degree Prince of Jerusalem
This degree teaches loyalty to truth and fidelity to duty.
17th degree
Knight of the East and West The
lessons of this degree are that loyalty to God is man's primary
allegiance, and the temporal governments not founded upon God and His
righteousness will inevitably fall.
18th degree Knight of the Rose Croix The lessons taught in
this degree are that man must have a new Temple in his heart where God is
worshipped in spirit and in truth and that he must have a new law of love
which all men everywhere may understand and practice. This degree affirms
the broad principles of universality and tolerance.
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