of same, and headsman at the block, etc.  In front of 
East seven seats are prepared for seven men called
"Council of the Inquisition." 
Before the alarm the Potentate calls seven officers 
or members for inquisitors to the East. Potentate oc-
cupies the center; two Rabbans (one on each side); the
Priest occupies the chair in the East, wielding the scep-
tre; all masked except Potentate and Priest; room
quite dark.  Ceremonial Masters are outside with can-
didates, clothed in white robes or dominoes, with shoes
on and not hoodwinked. 

 
First Ceremonial Master-(Outside, strikes thrice 
loudly upon the door with a wooden mallet). Oriental 
Guide, inside, returns the alarm, opens the wicket and
says: 
Why this clamorous alarm? 
Ceremonial Master-(One, two or three) candi-
dates pursuing, the Secrets of the Mystic Shrine. 
Oriental Guide-Have the Mystic Pass?
Ceremonial Master-Whispers Nemesis. 
Oriental Guide-Let them enter.
Chains drawn; gong sounds low: organ music and 
door is opened. Candidates conducted to front of 
West and seated. 
Grand Potentate-My friends, having passed 
through the ordeal of traversing the hot sands of the 
desert undismayed. you are now returned for the final 
ceremonies. But we find ourselves compelled most unex-
pectedly, to hold a secret inquisition to judge and exe-
cute upon a traitorous element within our Temple. I
must however, stay those proceedings to briefly invest
you with the knowledge of our secrets. 
If it be your desire to decline the active part you 
are sacredly bound to secrecy and silence. 
Our mission is to succor the distressed, relieve the 
oppressed, protect the innocent and punish the guilty, 
equalize station, establish harmony in all creeds, crush
fanaticism and intolerance and perpetuate the welfare 
of mankind.