"'Be Here Now' was at one time the best selling book in the English language except for Ben Spock and the Bible." -- Dr. Larry Brilliant, Co-Founder of the SEVA Foundation, from "Fierce Grace," directed by Mickey Lemle

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First Class.  Grand Cross of the Order.  This consists of the jewel of the second class, reposing on a full sun of silver clasped to the left breast; also a grand cordon or sash, four inches wide, violet with white stripe one-fourth of an inch wide, and edged with crimson a fourth of an inch wide. These are to be worn by Sovereign and Past Sovereign Grand Commanders, and by Eminent Patrons and Protectors of the Order, and other distinguished Masons of foreign countries to whom they may be decreed by the Supreme Council, and also by its special deputies and representatives in foreign countries with plenary powers.  The Sovereign Grand Commander and Past Sovereign Grand Commander alone are privileged to wear the Grand Cross with brilliants.
-- -- The Thirty-Third and Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Called Sovereign Grand Inspector General, by Charles T. McClenachan, 33º