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Members of the Scottish Rite can be identified by their characteristic regalia and symbols, including: [4] Blue or black aprons with the square and compass for Master Masons. Sashes and jackets featuring tartan patterns. Trident and Shaft jewels, representing a builder's tool. [4] The double-headed eagle, a symbol of Scottish Rite sovereignty.
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is a rite within the broader context of Freemasonry.It is the most widely practiced Rite in the world. [1] [2] [3] In some parts of the world, and in the Droit Humain, it is a concordant body and oversees all degrees from the 1st to 33rd degrees, while in other areas, a Supreme Council oversees the 4th to 33rd degrees.
The Double Headed Eagle emblem of the Scottish Rite, from the cover of Morals and Dogma. Morals and Dogma has been described as "a collection of thirty-two essays which provide a philosophical rationale for the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The lectures provided a backdrop for the degrees by giving lessons in comparative ...
Additionally, the Double-Headed Eagle of Lagash is used as an emblem by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. [28] There are many meanings attached to this symbol, and it was introduced in France in the early 1760s as the emblem of the Knight Kadosh degree. [29]
The date used in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; A∴O∴ – Anno Ordinis, "In the Year of the Order" . The date allegedly used by Knights Templars; A∴Y∴M∴ – Ancient York Mason; M∴W∴Grand Lodge of F∴ and A∴ Masons of the State of Louisiana, at its Fifty-fifth Annual Communication, held at New Orleans, February 11, 1867.
The Knight Kadosh is a Freemasonic degree or ceremony of initiation performed by a number of Supreme Councils of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.It is the 30th Degree of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite for the United States of America, [1] and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada. [2]
There are a number of masonic manuscripts that are important in the study of the emergence of Freemasonry.Most numerous are the Old Charges or Constitutions.These documents outlined a "history" of masonry, tracing its origins to a biblical or classical root, followed by the regulations of the organisation, and the responsibilities of its different grades.
In the York Rite system it is conferred before the Templar Degree; in the 'stand-alone' tradition it is conferred subsequently to the Templar Degree. It is known by varying degrees of formality as the Order of Malta , or the Order of Knights of Malta , or the Ancient and Masonic Order of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes, and Malta .