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(Excerpt from Jim Shaw's book: )Tj
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(The Deadly Deception)Tj
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(INTO THE LIGHT)Tj
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(The hurricane came and went without any harm to us. But the one within m\
e continued to gather force. It seemed )Tj
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(strange, from my point of view, for all the people around me seemed calm\
. Even the doctor was no longer speaking )Tj
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(much to me about the Lord, for I wasn't seeing him regularly. Bonnie was\
quietly supportive, but we really didn't say )Tj
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(much about it. Mike and my other friends went on with life. It was "busi\
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(that way inside of me.)Tj
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(THE HIGHEST MASONIC DEGREE)Tj
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(Easter was approaching and one quiet morning I was at home recuperating \
from the second operation when the )Tj
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(doorbell rang. It was a special delivery letter from the Supreme Council\
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(selected for the 33rd Degree.)Tj
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(I could hardly believe it was true! This honor is one most Masons never \
even think of receiving. It was too much, too )Tj
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(far out of reach, beyond limits of reality. It was unreal to think I had\
actually been selected. It was an honor just to be )Tj
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(considered for this ultimate degree and I had actually been selected, ch\
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(Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree.)Tj
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(I called Bonnie to share the good news with her. In talking with her, I \
surprised myself by asking her if she thought I )Tj
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(should accept it "What a strange thing to ask her," I thought. But befor\
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(you should accept it. You have worked so hard for so long to get there -\
by all means you should accept it.")Tj
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(So I returned my acceptance immediately and began making plans for the t\
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(thought about the odds against anyone's ever making it to the 33rd Degre\
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(been even greater. I had made it by hard work and dedication alone. Some\
men have an edge on selection because of )Tj
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(their wealth, political power or prominence. I had none of these.)Tj
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(Like the day I had carried the man all the way to the top of "Shaw Hill"\
between Camp Butner and Raleigh, I had )Tj
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(made it to the top of the Masonic mountain because I was willing to make\
the effort required and refused to quit. )Tj
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(Thinking of this, I felt particularly good about it and wished my mother\
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(I had come a long way since leaving the front gate that terrible day so \
many years ago. I had come the distance with )Tj
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(13-year-old boy, would have led to this point? I had reached the pinnacl\
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(Some of the most prominent and influential men in the world would undoub\
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(given this ultimate degree - for me - little Jimmy Shaw, who had gone to\
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(13. They would be there to give the 33rd Degree to me. It was really a b\
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(In order to receive the 33rd Degree it was necessary to go to Washington\
. D.C. The initiation and related functions )Tj
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(were to last three days.)Tj
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(Since Bonnie could participate in practically none of the things I would\
be doing each day, she decided not to go )Tj
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(along. We were both excited as I made preparations to leave. But I was n\
ot as excited as I expected to be. The edge )Tj
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(was taken off the excitement because, in me, it was mixed with a conside\
rable amount of conviction. Way down deep )Tj
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(there was a growing restlessness, an increasing conflict, produced by th\
e things the doctor had been sharing and by )Tj
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(all the Scripture I had been reading. Preparing to receive this "ultimat\
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(I flew into Washington National Airport and took a taxi to the House of \
the Temple on Northwest 16th Street. Upon )Tj
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(arriving at the Temple I was met by a receptionist who asked if I were t\
here to receive the 33rd Degree. I was )Tj
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(surprised to find a women in those sacred Masonic precincts, but said th\
at I was and showed her my letter from the )Tj
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(Supreme Council. She then told me that in order to receive the degree, I\
would be expected to make a "minimum )Tj
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(donation" of a very large amount of money \(at least it was a "very larg\
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(by surprise for there had not been a word about any such "minimum donati\
on" in the letter sent me by the Supreme )Tj
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(Council. I didn't carry that much money with me and had left my checkboo\
k at home but was able to borrow the )Tj
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(money from one of the other men and gave it to her. We candidates were a\
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(and grumbled to one another about it, but were not unhappy enough to for\
sake the degree over it. We were too close )Tj
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(to the "top of the mountain" to turn back at that point.)Tj
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(The House of the Temple is quite impressive - a bit awesome, really. Sta\
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(of Northwest 16th Street, between "R" and "S" Streets, it looms very wid\
e and tall from the curb. There is a huge )Tj
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(expanse of granite pavement in front of it, including three levels of na\
rrowing steps as the entrance is approached. )Tj
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(Flanking the entrance are two Sphinx-like granite lions with women's hea\
ds, the neck of one entwined by a cobra and )Tj
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(decorated with the "ankh" \(the Egyptian symbol of life and deity\).)Tj
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(pavement, just in front of the tall bronze doors, are two Egyptian sword\
s with curved, serpentine blades and, between )Tj
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(the two swords, brass letters, set into stone, saying, "The Temple of th\
e Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third and )Tj
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(Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.")Tj
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(Inside is elegance: polished marble, exotic wood, gold and statuary. The\
re are offices, a library, dining room, kitchen, )Tj
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(Council Room, "Temple Room" and a large meeting room. This room is like \
a luxurious theater, rather elegantly )Tj
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(furnished and decorated.)Tj
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(The ceiling is dark blue, with lights set into it to give the appearance\
of stars. These lights can even be made to )Tj
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("twinkle" like stars in the sky. There is a stage, well-equipped, and it\
is all very nicely done. But the thing that is )Tj
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(most noticeable is the way the walls are decorated with serpents. There \
are all kinds; some very long and large. Many )Tj
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(of the Scottish Rite degrees include the representation of serpents and \
I recognized them among those decorating the )Tj
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(It was all most impressive and gave me a strange mixture of the sensatio\
ns of being in a temple and in a tomb - )Tj
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(something sacred but threatening. I saw busts of outstanding men of the \
Rite including two of Albert Pike, who is )Tj
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(buried there in the wall.)Tj
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(The first day was devoted to registration, briefings and interviews. We \
were called into one of the offices, one at a )Tj
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(When my turn came I was ushered into the office and seated. The very fir\
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(religion are you?" Not long before this I would have answered with somet\
hing like, "I believe the Ancient Mysteries, )Tj
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(the 'Old Religion,' and I believe in reincarnation." However, without th\
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(myself saying, "I am a Christian.")Tj
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(Then, to my sup rise and theirs, I asked them, "Are you men born again?"\
The man in charge quickly stopped me by )Tj
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("What did you tell them?" I asked, and he replied, "I told them 'Hell no\
, and I never intend to be!'")Tj
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(Then he said a strange thing to me, "They said I'm going higher," and he\
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(pleased.)Tj
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(The second day was the day of the actual initiation, held in the theater\
-like meeting room. Those of us who were )Tj
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(receiving the degree were seated and the ceremony was "exemplified" \(ac\
ted out in full costume\) before us, in the )Tj
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(same way that we had performed the lesser degrees of the Scottish Rite a\
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(exemplification were played by men of the 33rd Degree.)Tj
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(The representative candidate was dressed in black trousers, barefooted, \
bareheaded and draped in a long, black robe )Tj
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(that reminded me of a very long, black raincoat. He had a black cable to\
w around his neck but was not hoodwinked. )Tj
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(During the initiation he was led around the stage, conducted by two men \
with swords, as the degree was performed )Tj
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(for us.)Tj
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(Instructions and signs were given. Upon the altar were four "holy books"\
\(the Bible, the Koran, the Book of the Law )Tj
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(and the Hindu Scriptures\). At one point the "candidate" was told to kis\
s the book "of your religion" and, representing )Tj
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(us all, he leaned forward and did so. I remembered the First Degree init\
iation, when I was told to kiss the Bible, and )Tj
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(at that moment something came full cycle. It was the final such kiss to \
be a part of my life.)Tj
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(When it was time for the final obligation we all stood and repeated the \
oath with the representative candidate, )Tj
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(administered by the Sovereign Grand Inspector General. We then swore tru\
e allegiance to the Supreme Council of )Tj
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(the 33rd Degree, above all other allegiances, and swore never to recogni\
ze any other brother as being a member of )Tj
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(the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry unless he also recognizes the Supreme a\
uthority of "this Supreme Council".)Tj
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(One of the Conductors then handed the "candidate" a human skull, upside \
down, with wine in it. "May this wine I )Tj
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(now drink become a deadly poison to me, as the Hemlock juice drunk by So\
crates, should I ever knowingly or )Tj
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(willfully violate the same" \(the oath\).)Tj
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(He then drank the wine. A skeleton \(one of the brothers dressed like on\
e - he looked very convincing\) then stepped )Tj
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(out of the shadows and threw his arms around the "candidate." Then he \(\
and we\) continued the sealing of the )Tj
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(obligation by saying, "And may these cold arms forever encircle me shoul\
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(same.")Tj
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(The Sovereign Grand Commander closed the meeting of the Supreme Council \
"with the Mystic Number," striking )Tj
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(There were some extremely prominent men there that day, including a Scan\
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me with the certificate of the 33rd Degree. )Tj
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(Some made only brief appearances; others stayed much longer. However, th\
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(with us, except for those whom they already knew. Even though these cele\
brities weren't extremely "brotherly," it )Tj
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(was still quite an experience for me just to be associated with them. It\
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(prominent and influential men of which I have ever been a part.)Tj
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(The third day there was a banquet to celebrate our becoming "Grand Inspe\
ctors General. 33rd Degree." The banquet )Tj
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(was a little anticlimactic, at least for me, and I was anxious to get it\
over with so I could return home. It was good to )Tj
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(be a 33rd at last. But it wasn't as exciting or fulfilling as I had thou\
ght it would be during all those years in the Craft. )Tj
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(I guess this was because of the profound changes going on down deep with\
in me.)Tj
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(I returned home as soon as the 33rd Degree award and related social func\
tions were finished, for it was time for my )Tj
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(next appointment with the doctor. After he had examined my eyes he said \
they were healing fine, that he felt good )Tj
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(about the way they were looking, and as usual he spoke with me about the\
Lord. I told him that I planned to come to )Tj
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(his church the next Sunday and that I had been reading the Bible.)Tj
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(Obviously pleased, he said, "Good. Keep studying, and your sight will so\
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(what he meant - he was speaking of my spiritual sight.)Tj
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(In the Scottish Rite the Thursday before Easter, "Maundy Thursday," is a\
n important day. On this day we always )Tj
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(performed a special service of Communion in the local Scottish Rite Temp\
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(Chapter of Rose Croix and it was my job to preside over the exemplificat\
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(done this many times and was known for my knowledge of the service and f\
or "doing a good job" of putting it on.)Tj
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(On Thursday evening we gathered at our home Temple and dressed for the c\
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(After this we took our places at the table shaped like a cross and sat d\
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(performance of it, and they asked what had gone wrong.)Tj
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ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH )Tj
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(RITE OF FREEMASONRY.")Tj
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(As this true story is closed, I would be greatly remiss if I did not mak\
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ge and the men with whom I worked so )Tj
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so very sure that I was doing what was right )Tj
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(and pleasing in the sight of the Great Architect of the Universe.)Tj
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(Never in all my years of dedicated service to Masonry did anyone in the \
Lodge witness to me about the love and )Tj
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the Craft, telling them about all our )Tj
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(After having been witnessed to by my ophthalmologist for some time I rea\
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g life." These words, so short and so sweet, )Tj
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blessed assurance everywhere I looked. Jesus )Tj
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