by ERIC
A. PEISLEY (N.S.W., Australia)
The Triple Tau is one of the most ancient of
emblems. It is translated from the
Hebrew and is highly esteemed as “the emblem of all emblems.” As the Grand Emblem of Royal Arch Masonry, it
denotes that the wearer has been the recipient of a sublime but hidden wisdom
received only in the Holy Royal Arch Degree.
Like many other symbols, it is traced to a biblical origin. It is supposed, in its simplest form, to be
the sign and mark referred to by Ezekiel when he commanded the man with the
ink-horn to go through the midst of the city of Jerusalem and set a mark upon
the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be
done in the midst thereof.