7th Degree Jewel

The jewel is a gold key which unlocks the ebony box seen in the ceremony. This ebony box represents the human heart where the candidate is to lock up the secrets of the order and as Albert G. Mackey says, “…in the human heart are deposited the secret designs and motives of our conduct by which we propose to erect the spiritual temple of our lives”. This key is especially emblematic of that justice and uprightness that alone can unlock for us the mysteries contained  in the higher degrees and enable us to advance toward perfection.