Council of Kadosh

The word "Kadosh" is a Hebrew word meaning Holy. Although Pike identifies the degrees of the Council of Kadosh as chivalric and philosophical, they are all intensely mystical with respect to the lessons conveyed and symbols employed.

"Faith in moral principles, in virtue and in God is as necessary for the guidance of a man as instinct is for the guidance of an animal." - Albert Pike 

19° – Grand Pontiff
20° – Grand Master of the Symbolic Lodges
21° – Noachite or Prussian Knight
22° – Knight of the Royal Axe or Prince of Libanus
23° – Chief of the Tabernacle
24° – Prince of the Tabernacle
25° – Knight of the Brazen Serpent
26° – Prince of Mercy
27° – Knight Commander of the Temple
28° – Knight of the Sun
29° – Scottish Knight of St. Andrew
30° – Knight Kadosh