STORYLINE The degree dramatizes a picture of human failure, and social and moral behavior. The Book of Life is sealed. PHILOSOPHY We must seek truth in our way of life and should learn from, and avoid, repeating the errors of the past. CORE VALUES Reverence for God & Service to Humanity Find this Degree See the 17° - Knight of the East and West at the Valleys below. Ohio Columbus Secretary: Fred S. Kile, 33° Address 290 Cramer Creek Ct, Dublin, OH, 43017-2584 Phone: 614-766-2272 •Fax: 614-766-1181 Connecticut New Haven Secretary: Jerry J. Gruenbaum, 32° Address P.O. Box 3879, New Haven, CT, 06515-3879 Phone: 203-580-4208 New York New York City Secretary: Chad B. Ploth, 32°, MSA Address Attn: C. Ploth, 91 Hamilton Lakes Drive, Hamilton, NJ, 08619 Phone: 917-855-1439 New York Rockville Centre Secretary: Mark Berkson, 33° Address SCOTTISH RITE MASONIC HALL, 28 LINCOLN AVE, ROCKVILLE CTR., NY, 11570-5783 Phone: 516-659-1118 •Fax: 516-678-3232 Indiana Terre Haute Secretary: Stanley Abernathy, 33° Address 8930 E. U.S. Highway 40, TERRE HAUTE, IN, 47803 Phone: 812-234-3761 •Fax: 812-238-8450 Delaware Wilmington Secretary: Stephen M. Tucker, 33° Address 818 N. Market St 3rd Floor, WILMINGTON, DE, 19801-3077 Phone: 302-998-6475 Ohio Youngstown Secretary: Timothy N. Flack, 33° Address PO Box 1420, Warren, OH, 44482-1420 Phone: 330-373-0890 •Fax: 330-373-0898 The Chapter of Rose Croix Degrees The Chapter of Rose Croix confers the 17th and 18th degrees, known as the philosophical degrees. These degrees make use of Christian symbols and historical settings, but their spiritual message is universal for all Masons, who are united in the belief of a Supreme Being. Both degrees use the Book of Life to advance the concept of avoiding the mistakes of the past. The term “Rose Croix” literally means “rose cross,” and is derived from the symbol of the order of the Rosicrucians: a rose on a cross. Aspects of the Scottish Rite’s 18th degree, Knight of the Rose Croix, were inspired by Rosicrucianism. The Makings of the 17th Degree