Scottish Rite Masonry
What is the Scottish Rite?
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is another system of extended degrees which are intended to advance the learning of the Master Mason who desires to delve deeper into the ideas that Masonry holds dear.
The degrees are a series of very dramatic presentations, not unlike one-act plays, which present the initiate with a number of historical perspectives on the virutes which the Scottish Rite embodies.
Chief among the themes of this rite is that of political and religious freedom.
The Scottish Rite is particularly devoted to opposing intolerance and despotism in the state as well as in the church.
The various degrees of the Scottish Rite are most usually conferred upon large classes during big festivals which draw members from dispersed locations.
When properly conferred, these degrees are spectacular and impressive, both to the senses and to the mind of the introspective Mason.
They promote and encourage a high degree of self-examination, encouraging the Scottish Rite Mason to continually examine his own behaviors and motives in his daily conduct.
The Scottish Rite is divided into five bodies, each of which contains a number of degrees as follows:
Lodge of Perfection
- 4° - Secret Master
- 5° - Perfect Master
- 6° - Intimate (or Confidential)Secretary
- 7° - Provost and Judge
- 8° - Intendant of the Building
- 9° - Elu of the Nine
- 10° - Elu of the Fifteen
- 11° - Elu of the Twelve
- 12° - Grand Master Architect
- 13° - Royal Arch of Solomon
- 14° - Perfect Elu
Chapter of Rose Croix
- 15° - Knight of the East
- 16° - Prince of Jerusalem
- 17° - Knight of the East and West
- 18° - Knight of the Rose Croix
Council of Kadosh
- 19° - Grand Pontiff
- 20° - Master of the Symbolic Lodge
- 21° - Noachite or Prussian Knight
- 22° - Knight of the Royal Axe
- 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
Consistery
- 31° - Inspector Inquisitor
- 32° - Master of the Royal Secret
Supreme Council
