Degrees

17° - Knight of the East and West

Scottish Rite, NMJ 17th Degree: Knight of the East and West poster

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
Connecticut

Waterbury

Secretary:

Daniel D. Sharkis, 32°

Address

531 Highland Ave, Waterbury, CT, 06708

Phone:

2035653024
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.

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