These suggest that the practice of using Jewish traditions as a dramatic backdrop is cultural adaptation of Freemasonry. Thus Masonry takes on the cultural trappings of each age but remains (hopefully) unchanged in its principles.
"The phrase kuci chü is used by modern Chinese to signify “the way things should be, the moral standard”; it literally means the compass and the square. "
"The Australian version of ‘their’ ritual had as ‘officers’ - ‘Five Founders…each styled Provincial Grand Master’, one for each continent’, a ‘Commander-in-Chief’ called ‘Wan Yun Lung’ and ceremonial involving ‘crossing the bridge.’ For what it’s worth, newspaper reports of Chinese participation in, for example, the Beechworth (Vic) Festival from 1872, included ranked ‘officers’: Chief of the Literati Chief of the Second Literati Chief of the Third Literati Second of the Literati Third of the Highest Rank Members of the Imperial Academy"
