W. R. Lashbrook Council No.55
Cryptic Masonry

Council Officers 2007 - 2008

Thrice Illustrious Master
*Darrell A. (Skip) Hamilton*

Leonard E. Stoecker

Larry L. Hildebrand

Cryptic Masons

No Rite of Masonry has come into its own in recent years so much as the series of degrees known as CRYPTIC MASONRY.

Its particularity is well deserved, for the most beautiful degrees in all Masonry are those conferred in the council of
Cryptic Masons.

There are many reasons for the popularity of these degrees. In the first place it is the completion of a story of the preservation of the word of a Masonic Allegory.

Symbolic Masonry treats of the loss of the word.

Royal Arch Masonry teaches of its Discovery.

And Cryptic Masonry teaches of its Preservation,

thus rounding out the Story of the Word

and completing the Story of Ancient Craft Masonry.

The first degree is the

ROYAL MASTER DEGREE.

Candidates who receive it are impressed with its dignified ritual

and teachings. The lecture of the degree is an explanation of the articles contained in the Holy of Holies of the Temple, including the Ark of  the Covenant, a knowledge of which is essential to those who could fully understand the proceedings. The principal characters in the degree are Solomon & his royal associates.
 

The second degree is the

SELECT MASTER DEGREE .

The scene of this degree is set in an underground vault and the events  which characterize the degree are stirring enough to make it one of intense interest.

The third degree is the

SUPER EXCELLENT MASTERS DEGREE.

The Super Excellent degree is one of the most dramatic and

impressive in all of Freemasonry. It requires a large, well

rehearsed cast.

All Select Masters owe it to themselves to witness this degree

if at all possible.

The moral and spiritual lessons conveyed in the degree are:

To walk in Faith, Promote Friendship,
and practice Fidelity

New Members, MIGM Owings and Cast - May 3, 2008

L to R Row 1: Tom L. Yingling,Chester, MIGM Chester Owings , Richard 'Dick' Carroll
Row 2: H. Wayne Hoffman, Richard Mathis, Myles Patterson, Charles Gentz, Warren Crabtree, EarlWys
Row 3: Rodger Campbell, Nicholas Glasser, Art Williams, Shannon Sebly, Charles Ensminger