This
degree description is courtesy of the Valley of Guthrie, Orient of
Oklahoma.
Thirty-second Degree
Master
of the Royal Secret
This degree teaches
many lessons, but the mystery concealed is that man is a creature of
free will and capable of recreating himself. If he
accomplishes this goal, he will attain a genuine power that can shake
the limits of science, surpass the problems of this earth, decipher the
secrets of space, surpass the limits of ceremony and catechism, and
attain genuine enlightenment; a gnosis which is the foundation of all
religions. He will also surpass the narrow views of interest
in the area of morals, and will comprehend a genuine virtue that
transcends his own interest. Thus, it will become his nature
to help his fellow men, and, in so doing, he will discover the divine
light within which brings true freedom of thought, freedom of
conscience, and freedom of culture.
Jim Tresner
is Director of the Masonic Leadership Institute and Editor of The
Oklahoma Mason. A frequent contributor to the Scottish Rite Journal and
its book review editor, Illustrious Brother Tresner is also a volunteer
writer for The Oklahoma Scottish Rite Mason and a video script
consultant for the National Masonic Renewal Committee. He is the
Director of the Thirty-third Degree Conferral Team and Director of Work
at the Guthrie Scottish Rite Temple in Guthrie, Oklahoma, as well as a
life member of the Scottish Rite Research Society, author of the
popular anecdotal biography Albert Pike, The Man Beyond the Monument,
and a member of the steering committee of the Masonic Information
Center. Ill. Tresner was awarded the Grand Cross, the Scottish Rite's
highest honor, during the Supreme Council's October 1997 Biennial
Session.
