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THE Sir Knights of De Molay Commandery, to the number of 150, met in stated conclave, Wednesday evening, May 25th, in Gothic Hall, Masonic Temple, the Eminent Commander, Sir Henry G. Jordan, presiding.

After the work of the evening had been completed, the subject of an excursion by the Commandery was considered, and the matter was left to a committee, acting with full powers, under instructions to arrange for a day's outing, to be enjoyed by the Sir Knights of De Molay and their families next month.

The Commandery being closed, the Sir Knights, in procession, marched to the banquet hall at 9 o'clock, and then, seated about the liberal and tastily laid banquet, prepared by Sir J. Tyler Hicks, they enjoyed the feast served in commemoration and celebration of the sixth anniversary of the second pilgrimage of De Molay Commandery to Richmond, Va., in May, 1881.Boston Journal.

GRAND CHAPTER OF NORTH CAROLINA.-We learn from the Charlotte Observer, of May 25th, that the thirty-ninth annual convocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons assembled in Masonic Temple May 24th, and was opened in due form.

Grand Officers present-M. E. Chas. R. Jones, Grand High Priest; S. C. Wells, as Deputy Grand High Priest; F. M. Moye, as Grand King; J. H. McAden, as Grand Scribe; H. C. Fagg, as Grand Treasurer; D. W. Bain, as Grand Secretary; G. H. Bell, as Grand Chaplain; H. A. Kluppelberg, as Grand Captain of Host; F. H. Glover, as Grand Principal Sojourner; C. W. Alexander, as Grand Royal Arch Captain; M. M. Katz, as Master 3d Vail; M. Bowes, as Master 2d Vail; E. M. Powers, as Master of Ist Vail; W. N. Prather, Grand Tyler.

Past Grand Officers present-C. W. Alexander, P.G.H.P.; A. J. Blair, P.G.K.; M. Bowes, P.G.S.; M. M. Katz, P.G.S.

Chapters Represented - Concord, No. 1, Wilmington; Phoenix, No. 2, Fayetteville; Raleigh, No. 10, Raleigh; Chorazin, No. 13, Greensboro, ; Asheville, No. 25, Asheville; Mt. Lebanon, No. 27, Wilson; Charlotte, No. 39, Charlotte.

The Grand Secretary submitted a report, and standing committees were appointed.

An entertainment will be given the Grand Chapter at Masonic Temple. At about ten o'clock the Chapter adjourned to meet next morning at nine o'clock.

The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons assembled at Masonic Temple pursuant to adjournment, and resumed the labors of the session.

One of the matters that has been considerably discussed by the Fraternity for the past five years in this State, is the incorporation of the Cryptic Degrees into the Chapter. This matter was settled yesterday, after a long discussion, involving the character and history of the degrees, and the history of Freemasonry for perhaps four thousand years, by the adoption of the following resolution :

Resolved, That the action of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina at its annual convocation of the year of 1883, consolidating the Capitular and Cryptic Degrees, and merging the two systems, is hereby repealed, subject to the action of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of North Carolina, and that the last presiding officer of that Grand Body be requested to convene said body as soon as possible, for the purpose, of reorganization and taking control of the Royal and Select Masters' Degrees as formerly.

After the transaction of other business, the Grand Chapter then proceeded to the election of Grand Officers for the ensuing Masonic term, with the fol lowing result :-George H. Bell, Asheville, Grand High Priest; M. M. Katz, Wilmington, Deputy Grand High Priest; Henry A. Kluppelberg, of Charlotte, Grand King; M. Bowes, Raleigh, Grand Scribe; Wm. Simpson, Raleigh, Grand Treasurer; Donald W. Bain, Raleigh, Grand Secretary; Rev. Albert H. Stubbs, Greensboro, Grand Chaplain; F. M. Moye, Wilson, Grand Captain of the Host.

On motion of D. W. Bain, of Raleigh, Goldsboro was selected as the place for holding the next annual convocation, on the third Tuesday in May, 1888. The address of the Grand High Priest was appropriate and eloquent.

The following are the appointed officers: -E. P. Powers, Fayetteville, Grand Principal Sojourner; Henry M. Strouse, Raleigh, Grand Royal Arch Captain; George H. King, Charlotte, Grand Master 31 Vail; R. H. Bradley, Raleigh, Grand Master 2d Vail; Henry E. Thrower, Durham, Grand Master 1st Vail; J. K. Wren, Goldsboro, Grand Tyler.

The Grand Chapter, having finished its labors, was closed in due form, and the Body adjourned until the next annual convocation.

AT a regular meeting of Phalanx Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of Charlotte, N. C., held Tuesday evening, May 24th, the following officers were elected for the coming year: F. H. Glover, Master; J. S. Boyne, Senior Warden, C. Gresham, J. Warden; W. F. Griffith, Treasurer; J. Roessler, Secretary.

GRAND COMMANDERY.-PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONCLAVE.-The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of California commenced its twenty-ninth annual conclave at the Masonic Temple, in the city of San Francisco, on Friday, April 29th, Anno Ordinis, 769.

Grand Commander R. H. Lloyd, of this city, presided. and the following officers were present: Deputy Grand Commander, Sir Tristam Burges, of San Jose; Grand Generalissimo, Sir Carnot C. Mason, of Chico; Grand Captain General, Sir S. H. Wagner, of San Jose; Grand Prelate, Sir H. L. Hoşmer, of San Francisco; Grand Senior Warden, George A. Johnson, of Santa Rosa; Grand Junior Warden, Sir Joseph F. Neff, of Colfax; Grand Treasurer, Sir J. F. Merrill, of San Francisco; Grand Recorder, Sir T. H. Caswell, of San Francisco; Grand Standard Bearer, Sir. Wm. Vanderhurst, of Salinas; Grand Sword Bearer, Sir F. W. Sumner, of San Francisco; Grand Warder, Sir Warren Sexton, of Oroville; Grand Organist, Sir S. D. Mayer, of San Francisco; Grand Captain of the Guard, Sir James Oglesby, of San Francisco.

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Delegates from all the twenty-seven Commanderies of the State were present.

After the formal opening the Grand Commander read his annual address, reporting, among other things, the formation of two new Commanderies during the year, one at Riverside, the other at San Luis Obispo.

The Grand Recorder reported an increase of 119 members, making the total enrollment of Knights in California, 2,097. Owing to the prosperous condi tion of the Order a reduction of 50 per cent. of the Subordinate Commandery tax was recommended.

The reports of the various committees were next read.

The election resulted in the re-election of all the former officers. The selection of Reuben H. Lloyd as Grand Commander for the second time was almost unprecedented, and shows the admiration and esteem in which he is held. He reappointed all of the officers of last year subject to appointment. The action of the Order in selecting its entire list is one that is expected to prove of great benefit during the coming year, they being an energetic and highly efficient body of officers.

The following is the list of officers re-elected: Grand Commander, Reuben H Lloyd, S. F.; Dep. Gr. Commander, Tristam Borges, San Jose; Gr. Generalissimo, Carnot C. Mason, Chico; Gr. Capt. General, S. H. Wagner. San Jose; Gr. Prelate, H. L. Hosmer. S. F: Gr. Sr. Warden, Geo. A. Johnson, Santa Rosa; Gr. Jr Warden, Jos. F. Nett, Colfax; Grand Treasurer. J. F. Merri I. S. F.; Grand Recorder, T. H. Caswell, F.; Gr St'd rearer, Wm. Vanderhurst, Salinas: Gr. Sword Bearer F. W. Sumner, S. F.; Graid Warder, Warren Sexton, Oroville; Grand Organist, Samuel D. Mayer, S. F.; Gr. Capt. of Guard, James Oglesby, S. F.

The second day's proceedings of the Grand Commandery was mostly of the usual routine character, and the business be ng 11 completed, the minutes of the day were read and approved, and the Grand Commandery of C: lifornia was closed in ample and Knightly form.-Masonic Record.

ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF OREGON.-A correspondent of the Masonic Record says that on the 10th day of February a convention of delegates from the three Command ries of Knights Templar in Oregon was held at the Asylum of Templ Command ry, No. 3. at Albany, Or gon. A code of statut s wa adopted and Grand Officers elected. The proceedings were submitted to G and Master Roome for his approval, who appointed Sir Irving W. Prat, E.. of Or gon Commandery, No. 1, as his proxy to constitute the Grand Commandery and install its officers on April 13th, at the Asylum of Oregon Comm.ncery, No 1. in Por land The Grand Commande y was duly cons itnted, and the follow ng Grand Officers duly installed: James F. Robinson, of Eug ne, G ndt ommander; R. P. Earhart, of Sal m. Deputy Grand Commande; F N. S uriliff, of Portland, Grand Generalissim; D vid P ason, of Albany, Graud Captain General, S. M. Yoran, of Eugene, Grand Prelate; R. S. Bem, of Eugene, Grand Senior Warden; George Hum hry, of Albany, Grand Juri r Warden; A. Roberts, of Portland, Gr nd reasurer: F J. Babcock of S lem, Grand Recorder; George E. Withi go. of Portland, Grand Sword Bearer; and Dr. G. W. Maston, of Albany, Gran Warder.

I he institution of the Grand Commandery .s m de the occasion for one of the greatest social events of the season by the Sir Knights of Or gon Commandery, No. I.

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Let me state a proposition :-I have discovered a modulus of measures, founded on the pi relation, composed as follows:

20612 6561: 64800: 20626.470+

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in which 20612 inches represent what is called the Turin cubit, and 206264701+ inches represent the Nilometer cubit, which, upon application, are found to reproduce the original architectural construction of the Great Pyramid, as follows:

Upon a square, composed of 4 smaller squares, and at the center thereof, erect a line of height of 6561, and of an increased height of 6565.62-to construct a pyramid whose base side multiplied by 2, shall give the proportion of base side multiplied by 2 to height, as circumference to diameter of a circle,-or, a relative circumference of base of 20612X2, and 20626470X2. Such a pyramid will be constructed in the terms of the above modulus It was discovered by John Taylor that the height of the Great Pyramid bore this ratio of measure to its base, -and this was proved from the angle of incline of the casing stones.

Divide these elements by 27, or :

20612 to 6561

27

=763.4074+to 243

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or, a base side of 763.4074+ feet to a height of 486 feet ;-and

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or, a base side of 763243+ feet to a height of 486.341+feet.

This last is proved to be the actual measure of the base side of the Great Pyramid, to this proportional height;-which measure of base side is 444.444 Nilometer cubits, -or the side of each foundation square, 222.222 cubits, or 381.271 feet,-for said height of 486.341 feet, But these measures raise by intendment or implication the correlative use of the others mentioned as in the common modulus of origin, viz., 444.444 Turin cubits, or 381.1031 feet for a height of 486 feet,-the great value of the real, secondary or derivative measure laying in the curious fact that 206264.7001 seconds are the radius seconds of the circle of 360 degrees; - so that, when used, this value coördinates measures of space and time. So the statement of the whole numbers of these measures, set by set, is the same,-as, 444 cubits, 381. feet, and 486. feet, and so stated it implies intendment of mention and use of each and both of the sets. Just as the word Dabar, or 206, implies 206.12, or 206.26, or 10 cubits of either kind--as belonging to the system.

It is well to say here, that the smaller square of 381.7087 for its base side, if used as the base of a smaller pyramid, would indicate a height of 243 feet, which number is the sum of the values of the letters of the word of Abram, or 1+2+200+40=243. It is to be seen that a system of measures founded on the stated modulus, can give rise to unending series of measures growing out of the use of the geometrical elements of the circle. And these two comments lead us again to the Sephiroth of Cabbalah as involving the same idea, which can now be intelligently understood C. W. King,

in his Gnostics, p. 13, says :-
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. "The relations of the Sephiroth, or Eons, to one another, the Kabbalists represent by a number of circles intersecting in a mysterious manner, ad infini tum, or else by the figure of a man" (113, or 144), "or a tree " (7x9=63), "formed out of such circles" (360). "This figure of the Man, Seir Anpin, consists of 243 numbers, the numerical value in the name of Abram, signifying the different orders in the celestial hierarchy. The original idea was apparently taken from the Hindu figure of Brahma and the various castes typhified by the several parts of his body: in fact the names Abram and Brahma are equivalent in numerical value."

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