Scottish Rite - Education (definition)

The Double headed eagle.
(The symbol most commonly associated with the Scottish Rite)

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Core Articles Freemasonry · Grand Lodge · Masonic Lodge · Masonic Lodge Officers · Grand Master · Prince Hall Freemasonry · Regular Masonic jurisdictions · Continental Freemasonry History History of Freemasonry · Liberté chérie ·Masonic manuscripts [show] Masonic Bodies [show] Views of Masonry [show] People and Places [show] Other related articles This box: view   talk   edit The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction in the United States often omits the and), commonly known as simply the Scottish Rite, is one of several Rites of the worldwide fraternity known as Freemasonry. A Rite is a series of progressive degrees that are conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies, each of which operates under the control of its own central authority. In the Scottish Rite the central authority is called a Supreme Council.The thirty-three degrees of the Scottish Rite are conferred by several controlling bodies. The first of these is the Craft Lodge which confers the Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason degrees. Craft lodges operate under the authority of Grand Lodges, not the Scottish Rite. Although most lodges throughout the English-speaking world do not confer the Scottish Rite versions of the first three degrees, there are a handful of lodges in New Orleans and in several other major cities that have traditionally conferred the Scottish Rite version of these degrees.[1][2]

The Scottish Rite is one of the appendant bodies of Freemasonry that a Master Mason may join for further exposure to the principles of Freemasonry. InEngland and some other countries, while the Scottish Rite is not accorded official recognition by the Grand Lodge, there is no prohibition against a Freemason electing to join it. In the United States, however, the Scottish Rite is officially recognized by Grand Lodges as an extension of the degrees of Freemasonry. The Scottish Rite builds upon the ethical teachings and philosophy offered in the craft lodge, or Blue Lodge, through dramatic presentation of the individual degrees.

HISTORY

There are records of lodges conferring the degree of "Scots Master" or "Scotch Master" as early as 1733. A lodge at Temple Bar in London is the earliest such lodge on record. Other lodges include a lodge at Bath in 1735, and the French lodge, St. George de l'Observance No. 49 at Covent Garden in 1736. The references to these few occasions indicate that these were special meetings held for the purpose of performing unusual ceremonies, probably by visiting Freemasons.^[3]

1 History 1.1 Legend of Jacobite Origins 1.2 Estienne Morin and his Rite of 25 degrees 1.3 Henry Andrew Francken and his manuscripts 1.4 Birth of the Scottish Rite 1.5 Albert Pike 1.6 Revisions after Pike 2 Organization 2.1 United States 2.1.1 Southern Jurisdiction 2.1.2 Northern Masonic Jurisdiction 2.2 Degree Structure in the United States and Canada 3 Scottish Rite outside of the United States 3.1 United Kingdom 3.2 Canada 4 See also 5 External links 5.1 Supported institutions 6 Notes

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