The Scottish Rite is one of the two appendant bodies of Freemasonry in which a Master Mason may proceed after he has completed the three degrees of Blue Lodge Masonry.

Neither Scottish in origin nor a rite in the religious sense, the Scottish Rite has as its ultimate goal mankind’s moral and spiritual development.

The local Scottish Rite organization, called a "Valley", confers the 4th through 32nd degrees. The Scottish Rite is sometimes called the "College of Freemasonry because it uses extensive allegory and drama to emphasize the message of its degrees. The Scottish Rite is said to have been brought to the New World in 1761. In 1801, the first Scottish Rite Supreme Council was established in South Carolina, becoming known as the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, the Supreme Council 33rd degree, Mother Council of the World.

All Supreme Councils and their subordinate bodies acknowledge the supremacy of Symbolic Grand Lodges. Termination of Symbolic Lodge membership automatically terminates Scottish Rite membership.

Degrees Of Scottish Rite

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