THE OFFICAL EMBLEM OF THE MISTIC SHRINE IS “THE SCIMITAR, CRESCENT AND STAR. ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL SHRINER'S EMBLEM INCORPORATED SEVERAL OTHER MASONIC EMBLEMS. THE CRESCENT IS COMPOSED OF TWO ROYAL BENGAL TIGER CLAWS UNITED IN A GOLD SETTING BY A KEYSTONE.INSIDE THE KEYSTONE, ON THE KEYSTONE'S FACE IS THE HEAD OF SPHINX. BELOW THE CRESCENT NAGS THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. THE STAR IS A CLEAR REFERENCE TO THE “STAR IN THE EAST” OBSERVED OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHIRST. DEPICTED ABOVE THE CRESCENT IS A SCIMITAR FROM WHICH THE CRESCENT AND STAR ARE SUSPENDED. THE TWO ROBES BEING USED ON THE EMBLEM ARE SYMBOLIC OF THE MASONIC CABLE-TOW AND IT IS A DIRECT REFERENCE TO THE TWO RITES (YORK AND SCOTTISH RITE) THE ABRIVIATIONS ON THE FACE OF THE RING BELOW THE EMBLEM "A.A.O.N.M.S”. STAND FOR the ANCINET ARABIC ORDER of the NOBLES of the MYSTIC SHRINE IS A ANOGRAM FOR "A MASON”.THE EMBLEM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RING ARE ALSO VERY MEANINGFUL, THE SHRINE FEZ WITH ITS STRIKING RED COLOR IS PERMITTED ONLY TO BE WORN BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE LODGE MEETING. THE GRAND MASTER MAY ALLOW SPECIAL OFFICERS TO WEAR A FEZ IN THE LODGE ROOM ONLY WHEN THEY ARE REPRESENTING THEIR GROUP IN AN “OFFICIA CAPACITY” THE DOUBE HEADED EAGLE IS ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT AND ANCIENT EMBLEMS OF THE SCOTTISH RITE. THE SCOTTISH RITE IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL RITES OF THE WORLD WIDE FRATERNITY. THE NUMBER 32 IS CRAFTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EMBLEM WHICH IS THE LESSONS OF THE 32ND DEGREE THAT IS THE MASTER OF ROYAL SECRET.