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RE: Buddhist Paradise seen in the Folding Screens
I just thought about the number "33" .
In western civilisation there is a secret community called "Freemasonry":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry
The highest degree in this community has the number 33.
Weird, isn't it?
But only in the Scottish rite is the 33 the highest degree. There are other Masonic directions, there are less degrees.
Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The degrees of Freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, Journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. The candidate of these three degrees is progressively taught the meanings of the symbols of Freemasonry, and entrusted with grips, signs and words to signify to other members that he has been so initiated. The initiations are part allegorical morality play and part lecture.