Proto Scottish Rite Freemasonry

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London Theosophical Swedenborgian rite28 Society 1784 Hindmarsh.27 1859 Cerneau rite Rite of perfection in Cuba29 Illuminated Theosophists 1767 Chastanier26 L.C. d St. M.35 Hermetic Rite of Montpellier 1778 Boileau 25

Southern Jurisdiction AASR Charleston NC 1801, 33 degree system31

Northern Jurisdiction33 1813 | 1867 Albert Pike Rituals32 1847

AA Rite for England and Wales 184536

1st Republic France 178938

AASR of Canada 187434

Stephan Morin Rite of Perfection RER 1770 Swedish Rite CBCS Kingston, Jamaica J B Willermoz 179617 177018 Ordre des Chevelier Societ des Illumines 25 degree system Eques ab Eremo16 Duc de d'Avignon Dom Pernetti30 Maons lus Con Grand Commanders and Inspector General Chartres de LUnivers 1758 Where not separate degrees in 176214 Lyons Martinez Paschalis Academie des Vraies Maons Adoniramite Rite Convent of Wilhelmsbad Bordeaux24 or Society of the sun of mercy 1780 de Tschoudy15 178219 Avignon9 1760 Convent of Subordinate bodies of the Grand Orient of France Altenberg Les Juges Ecossais Council of Emperors of the East and West 176322 1754 Montpellier8 Berlin and Paris 175813 Baron de Tschoudy Exact Lacorne Ob.Starck20 High Royal order of Scotland Ob.Starck Knights of the East in Paris 1754 1741 The Netherlands3 & Pernetti37 College of de valois10 Vielle Bru Encyclopedists 1743 1745 1751 - 17722 Toulouse 1743 Lockhart4 College of Clairmont in Paris 1754 Ramsey system of degrees 7 Chev. Bonnerville Rite of perfection5 Jacobite Rose Croix Chapter of Arras 17476 de berkley in nomae Eques a Penna Rubra Holy Royal Arch 17387 College of Clairmont in Berlin Marquis de Lernais 11 1758 German Grand lodge of the three globes Duke of Brunswick 1782.21 Strict Templar observance 1756 (Masonic 1763)23 Baron von Hund Eques ab Ense Clerks of the Relaxed Ob. Starck 176712

Chevalier Michael Andrew Ramsey The Ramsay Oration of 17371

Proto Scottish Rite Freemasonry

Supreme Council for Israel 1965 Dr. Schalscha

Supreme Council of Slovenia 2000Varicak

SUPREMO CONSEJO GR:.33, DE ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires) Argentine Republic 1858 Supreme Council for Scotland 1846

Supreme Council in Bulgaria 2001 Ivan Stavrev Italy (Florence), 1805; (GOI) Vicer Eugenio Beauharnais AA Rite for Ireland 1824 Prince Masons Le Suprme Conseil pour la France (GLNdF) 1965 Charles RIANDEY

Supreme Council for Germany 1930

Belgium (Brussels) 1817

Supreme Council for the Netherlands

El Soberano Gran Oriente del Rito Escocs Antiguo y Aceptado para la Repblica de Mxico (1868)

Spain (Madrid), 1811 Marqus de Clermont-Tonnerre

Le Conseil suprme de la France 1804 Comte Alexandre de Grasse - Tilly Jos Antonio Paez Venezuela (Caracas). Supreme Council for the esk Republiky reestablished 1993 Ji onka

AA (S) R Australia 1985 (2004)

REAA de Suisse Switzerland (Lausanne), 1873

AASR of Canada 1874 Thomas Harrington Sov. Cons. Col. WJB MacLeod Moore SJ Grand East of the Ancient & Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas 1845 Dr. Robert T. Crucefix Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), 1829; Paraguay (Asuncion); Peru (Lima), 1830 Portugal (Lisbon), 1869 Guatemala (for Central American), 1870; Greece (Athens), 1872; Chile (Santiago), 1870; Colon, for West India Islands (Havana), 1879; Columbia (Cartagena); Dominican Republic (S. Domingo); Egypt (Cairo), 1878; ; Uruguay (Montevideo);

Northern Jurisdiction 1813 Daniel D. Tompkins Giles Fonda Yates Rituals 1840 AASR Charleston NC 1801, John Mitchell Albert Pike Rituals 1847 Appendix 1: how the AASR spread throughout the world

Southern Jurisdiction 1801~1816 1816~1822 1822~1826 1826~1844 1844~1845 1845~1846 1846~1858 1958~1859 1859~1891 1891~1893 1893~1895 1895~1900 1900~1914 1914~1921 1921~1952 1952~1955 1955~1969 1969~1985 1985~2004 2004 Pres. John Mitchell Frederick Dalcho Isaac Auld Moses Holbrook Jacob da la Motta Alexander McDonald John H. Honour Charles M Furman Albert Pike James C. Batchelor Philip C. Tucker Thomas H. Caswell James D. Richardson George F. Moore John H. Cowles Thomas J. Harkins Luther A. Smith Henry C. Clausen C. Fred Kleinknecht Ronald A. Seale

Canada
1874 to 1882 THOMAS DOUGLAS HARINGTON 1882 to 1886 WILLIAM HENRY HUTTON 1886 to 1892 JOHN VALENTINE ELLIS 1892 to 1898 JOHN WALTER MURTON 1898 to 1904 ISAAC HENRY STEARNS 1904 to 1913 SIR JOHN MORISON GIBSON 1913 to 1919 BENJAMIN ALLEN 1919 to 1922 JOHN ALEXANDER CAMERON 1922 to 1923 SIR JOHN MORISON GIBSON 1923 to 1925 JOHN ALEXANDER CAMERON 1925 to 1934 ALFRED FREDERICK WEBSTER 1934 to 1940 WILLIAM HUGH WARDROPE 1940 to 1942 JOHN ALBERT ROWLAND 1942 WILLIAM HUGH WARDROPE 1942 to 1948 DOUGLAS GORDON McILWRAITH 1948 to 1950 GEORGE HENRY ROSS 1950 to 1952 DOUBLAS FRASER 1952 to 1955 CLARENCE MacLEOD PITTS 1955 to 1958 THOMAS KINGSMILL WADE 1958 to 1961 JAMES ALEXANDER SIMPSON 1961 to 1964 RICHARD COULTON BERKINSHAW 1964 to 1967 GEORGE CLEVELAND DERBY 1967 to 1969 CHARLES HERBERT CUNNINGHAM 1969 to 1973 DONALD LLOYD WITTER 1973 to 1976 HARVEY ROY DOANE 1976 to 1979 WALTER CLIFTON McDONALD 1979 to 1982 WALTER HENRY MORTLOCK 1982 to 1985 LYLE HERBERT BERGSTROM 1985 to 1988 GORDON LOCKHART BENNETT 1988 to 1991 JOHN ALLAN BOURNE 1991 to 1994 JOHN VINCENT LAWER 1994 to 1997 HAROLD EDWARD CROSBY 1997 to 2000 GLENN M. MARTIN 2000 to 2003 NORMAN E. BYRNE 2003 to present ORLAN J. WEBER

Northern Jurisdiction 1813 Daniel D. Tompkins 1827 John James Joseph Gourgas 1840 Giles Fonda Yates 1851 Edward A. Raymond 1879 Henry L. Palmer 1921 Leon Abbott 1933 Melvin Maynard Johnson 1968 George A. Newbury 1995 Robert O. Ralston 2005 Walter E. Webber

Appendix 2: Sovereign Grand Commanders

Notes for page 2: 1- Heredom v1 (1992) SRRS Andrew Michael Ramsay and His Masonic Oration by Lisa Kahler; Ramsay's Oration: The Epernay and Grand Lodge Versions by Cyril N. Batham , Templar orders in Freemasonry AE Waite, Timeline of the authentic tradition 1728 - 1730. RAMSAY'S RITE. Six Degrees. England. Established by Andrew Michael Ramsay this is refuted in Burton E. Bennett Originally Published In "The Builder" October 1926 2- Heredom v1 SRRS Oration of Ramsay, Templar orders in Freemasonry AE Waite, Timeline of the authentic tradition 3- this is speculation based on the subject matter of the degree 4- Mackey encyclopedia 1742 - 1812, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition, John Yarker The Arcane Schools Chap. XI Vielle Bru Rite of the faithful Scottish brother 1743 RITE DES VIELLE-BRU in 8 plus degrees. 9th being the Menatzchim Established by Samuel Lockhart, adherent of Charles Edward Stuart, Toulouse. 1-3, Jacobite Lodges; 4-7, Four "Elects; 8, Ecossaise;9, Menatzchim. 5- Mackey encyclopedia, Mackeys History of Freemasonry part 5 Early History of the Scottish Rite 3+4 degrees above St. John 4th Scotch Master Elect 5th Knight of the Eagle 6th Illustrious Templar; 7th Sublime Knight. In 1754 a certain Chev. De Bonneville devised the Grades of the Chapter of Clermont and increased them. 1-3, M. Grand St. John's Lodge.; 4-5-7-9, Ecoss. of Valois College; 10 , Knight of the Eagle, Elect; 11, Illustrious Templar; 12 Sublime Illus. Knight. Scottish of Bordeaux Enter Apprentice, Fellowcraft, Master, Secret Master, Perfect Master, Master by Curiosity, Master Provost and Judge, Intendant of the Buildings, Elect Master, Great and True Scottish Source: Heredom v3 Chinese Thought and Freemasonry in the XVIIIth Century:Regarding the Degree of Irish Master, Provost and Judge. Ren Dsaguliers and Roger Dachez Translation Eric Serejski and S. Brent Morris 6- College of Clairmont; Mackey encyclopedia the Knight of the Red feather was the Unknown Philosopher however this may not have been a real person. Primordial Chapter of Arras (1745 1747) ruled by Knights Lagneau and Robespierre the charter was countersigned de berkley headed by a First Suffragan. The chapter was called The Eagle and Pelican 7- Supported by Dr. George Oliver and Mackeys History of Freemasonry Part 2 chapter 48 Origin of the Royal Arch 8 - Scottish Judges Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition 9 - Academy of the True mason later the Russo-Swedish Academy - Mackenzie 4th The True Mason 5th The True Mason in the Right Way 6th Knight of the Golden Key 7th Knight of Iris 8th Knight of the Argonauts 9th Knight of the Golden Fleece. 10 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition Knights of the East, Princes and Sovereigns of Masonry 3+7+2 degrees John Yarker The Arcane Schools Chap. XI 11 Mackeys History Early history of the Scottish Rite. This was probably the origin of Frederick becoming the Patron 12 Heredom v9 SRRS Johann August Starck The Templar Legend and the Clerics by W. Bro. Alain Bernheim 33 Pietre Stones 13 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition 14 Francklin Manuscript Kessinger Publishing; Grand Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Rite History AASR SJ 15 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition 16 Jean Baptiste Willermoz (1730 1824) http://www.fm-fr.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=48 17 - Swedish rite established 1766 by Zinnendorf The Builder" October 1926 18 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition 19 Actes du Convent de Wilhemsbad. This act divided the Provinces, I Arragon, II Auvergne, III Occitania, IV Leon, V Burgundy, VI Britain, VII Elbe and Oder, VIII Rhine, and IX the Archipelago. Grand Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Rite

Notes for page 2: 20 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition, Grand Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Rite. Exact Observance Ritual consisted of Jesuitism and Catholicism teaching in the degrees. Attributed to Johann August von Starck (1741 - 1816). 21 Mackey's History 22 - Heredom v9 SRRS Johann August Starck The Templar Legend and the Clerics by W. Bro. Alain Bernheim 33 Pietre Stones 23 ibid; Order of the Strict Templar Observance. Members are given the title eques ab ____ (knight of the _____)Details found in ClaudeAntoine Thorys Acta Latomorum 1815 an example would be Ense or Sword, Penna Rubra or Red Feather, Eremo or Desert 24 - lus Con (11 degrees) Jacques de Livron Joachin de la Tour de la Case Martinez de Pasqually Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition, Major work is The Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings; La Perfection lus cossaise 1761; La Franaise lus cossaie (1765 1776) GLdF. The 11 degrees consisted of the first 3 St. Johns degrees + Grand Elect + App. Con + Fellow Con + Master Con + Knight of the East + Commander of the East. Then finally the Raux Croix + Grand Raux 25 Only found in the Timeline of the Authentic Tradition which sites Mackenzie 26 - Illuminated Theosophists or Chastanier's Rite 1767 modification of Pernetti's "Hermetic Rite" that later merged with the London Theosophical Society in 1784. Inactive. 27 Of Robert Hindmarsh 1785 renamed as The British Society for the Propagation of the Doctrines of the New Church. Not HPB 28 Harry Carr says established in 1783 this is purely traditional, John Yarker The Archane schools Chap. XI 3+3 degrees Bro. Samuel Beswick who passes it to McLeod Moore 1875; Chaos Out of Order: The Rise and Fall of the Swedenborgian Rite BY BRO. R. A. GILBERT (AQC Vol 108 1995) Peacher asserts that it was est. 1859 Peacher says 1786 with the degrees: App., Comp.,Master theosophist, Green Bro. Blue Bro. Red Bro. Sublime Ecossaise 29 - Heredom v4(1995) SRRS The Union of 1867 by de Hoyos; The Controversy of Joseph Cerneau: A Brief Examination by Michael R. Poll 30 - founded by Dom Antoine-Joseph Pernety (Feb 13 1716 1801) and Thaddeus Leszczy Grabianka (1740 - 1807) Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition Dom pernetti my not have been a mason and the 28 writers (de tschoudy) my have used his writings as source material as they where widely available at the time; Harry Carr asserts that it was established in 1760 and 1786 as the I,, of A,, 31 - Grand Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Rite the 33 was invented by Frederick Dalcho in 1801 32 - Magnum Opus 1847 Albert Pike written while he was a 32 lectures later became Morals and Dogma of the AASR 33 - HeredomV4(1995)SRRS The Union of 1867 - de Hoyos;The Controversy of Joseph Cerneau: A Brief Examination by Michael R. Poll 34 - Scottish Rite in the Valley of Toronto 35 - Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin(1743 1802) The Unknown Philosopher AE Waite; first work was Des erreurs et de la Vrit, 1775 was the secretary of Martinez Paschalis See note 24 36 - Rose Croix : History of the A&A Rite for England and Wales Brigadier Jackson PSGC 37 - High Observance, devoted to Hermetic Magic. These systems are attributed to Johann August von Starck (1741 - 1816). According to Dr. George Oliver Landmarks II PP 45-6 they secured Dom Pernetti (of Knight of the Sun fame.) 38 This line divides between what is the within the Scottish rite and the prehistory of the Scottish rite which coinsides with the first republic of France. This change would necessitate continuing the rituals in the colonies.

Time Line of the authentic Tradition www.antiqillum.com Templars and the Rose Croix - Robert Ambelian translated by Piers Vaughan available at http://www.moup.org Grand Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Rite to order http://www.srmason-sj.org/acatalog/History_and_Biography.html Herodom Scottish Rite Research Society available at http://www.srmason-sj.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Heredom__24.html Scottish Rite in the Valley of Toronto FR Branscombe 33, WS McNeil 32available from the secretary of the Toronto valley to order scottishritetoronto@rogers.com Vested in Glory Bridge to Light by Rex R. Hutchens Masonic Chronology in Context Mackeys Encyclopedia Brief History of the A&A Scottish Rite by Edwin A. Sherman 33 1890 Morals and Dogma of the AASR by Albert Pike Magnum Opus of the AASR by Albert Pike Franckin Manuscript Stephan Moran 28 AASR of Freemasonry for the Dominion of Canada The Sovereign Great Priory of Canada: 1855 2002 The Supreme Grand Masters by Michael Jenkyns Web Sites http://www.fm-europe.org/delta/rites/reaa.html http://www.32srmason.org/Degrees/28degree.htm http://www.srmason-sj.org/web/journal-files/Issues/jan03/apron28.htm http://www.aasrvalleyofjax.org/twenty-eighth_degree.htm http://www.gnosis.org/jskabbfn.htm http://freemasonry.bcy.ca http://www.mainemason.org/mlr/swedenborg3.htm