Grado 7 – Preboste y Juez
Segunda Clase – Grado 7º – Cuarto Capitular
En este grado de la categoría Israelita Salomónica, el ritual consagra la ceremonia de la recepción a la organización judicial de los Obreros del Templo de Salomón.
En su contenido, parecen vislumbrarse ideas de venganza y de expiación; pero es necesario reconocer que domina un gran pensamiento, en la llave misteriosa de oro, que abre el cofre de ébano colocado en el fondo del Santuario, cerrado para los profanos.
El eje simbólico de este grado es la llave de oro (acceso a los Misterios Mayores) y el cofre de ébano.
Su meditación es la presencia divina (Shekinah).
La decoración de la Logia es con tapicería roja. Cinco luces, una en cada uno de los ángulos y la otra en el centro.
SEVENTH DEGREE, PROVOST AND JUDGE, OR IRISH MASTER.
The seventh degree, or fourth of Perfection, is called Provost and Judge, or Irish Master. This degree, according to Masonic tradition, was instituted by Kiug Solomon, during the building of the Temple, for the purpose of providing judges over the work men employed.
The greatest confidence was reposed in the Provosts and Judges, and to them was entrusted the key of the ebony casket which contained the plans of the Temple.
The first Provosts and Judges created by Solomon were Tito Prince Harodim, Adoniram, and Abda, his father; and these were directed to confer the degree upon Joabert, the intimate friend and confidant of Solomon.
The Lodge is draped in red, and is lighted by five great lights, one at each of the four cardinal jooints and one in the centre.
The apron is white, bordered and lined with red, with a pocket in the centre for the purpose of holding the key of the ebony casket. A key is painted or embroidered on the flap. The cordon is red, and the jewel a golden key.
Loth, J. (1875). The ancient and accepted scottish rite Ilustrations of the emblems of the thirty – three degrees. Simpkin, Marschall, & Co. https://archive.org/details/cu31924030318541