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Proto Scottish Rite Freemasonryי״ד ּבְ ֱאל ּול תש ס״ה גיצהל ןושא ר Presented at The 29th Convocation of Ontario College of the Societas Rosicruciana in Canada Monday September 19 2005

To make commentary on this paper please contact: V. Wy. Fra. Timothy Edwards VII°home email: timothy.edwards@sympatico.ca

V. Wy. Fra. Timothy Edwards VII°

Chevalier Michael Andrew Ramsey The Ramsay Oration of 17371

Southern JurisdictionAASR Charleston NC1801, 33 degree system31

Council of Emperors of the East and WestBerlin and Paris 175813 Baron de Tschoudy

Lacorne

Stephan Morin Rite of PerfectionKingston, Jamaica 25 degree systemin 176214

Knights of the East in Paris 1754College of de valois10

Encyclopedists1743 – 17451751 - 17722

Holy Royal Arch 17387

Royal order of Scotland 1741 The Netherlands3

College of Clairmont in Paris 1754Ramsey system of degrees 7Chev. Bonnerville Rite of perfection5

Jacobite Rose Croix Chapter of Arras 17476de berkley in nomae Eques a Penna Rubra

Les Juges Ecossais1754 Montpellier8

Ordre des Chevelier Maçons Élus Coën de L’Univers 1758Martinez Paschalis Bordeaux24

RER 1770J B Willermoz

Eques ab Eremo16

AASR of Canada187434

Albert Pike Rituals32 1847

Strict Templar observance 1756 (Masonic 1763)23Baron von Hund Eques ab Ense

CBCS177018Duc de ChartresLyons

Northern Jurisdiction33 1813 | 1867

AA Rite for England and Wales184536

Convent of Wilhelmsbad 178219

Swedish Rite179617

Clerks of the Relaxed Ob. Starck 176712

ExactOb.Starck20

HighOb.Starck & Pernetti37

L.C. d St. M.35

Vielle Bru Toulouse 1743 Lockhart4

Cerneau riteRite of perfection in Cuba29

Convent of Altenberg 176322

College of Clairmont in Berlin Marquis de Lernais 11 1758

Academie des Vraies Maçonsor Society of the sun of mercyAvignon9 1760

Swedenborgian rite281859

Hermetic Rite of Montpellier 1778Boileau 25

Illuminated Theosophists1767 Chastanier26

London Theosophical Society 1784 Hindmarsh.27

Societé des Illuminesd'Avignon Dom Pernetti30

Adoniramite Rite 1780 de Tschoudy15

Subordinate bodies of the Grand Lodge at Paris

1st Republic France 178938

German Grand lodge of the three globesDuke of Brunswick 1782.21

Grand Lodge at Bordeaux39 Loge L’Anglais 1736; Loge Française 1740; Loge ParfaiteHarmonie No. 204 1744; Loge Amite 1746

TRÊ | L’Chose42 Willermoz 1761-65 writes Rose Croix40 degree in Lyon

Willermoz joins ÉC 176741

Baldwin Rite Bristol41

Rite of 7° 177242 de Lintot

AASR Charleston NC 1801, John MitchellMother Supreme Council1

AASR of Canada 1874 Thomas Harrington21Sov. Cons. Col. WJB MacLeod – Moore SJ

Albert Pike Rituals 1847

Northern Jurisdiction 1813 Daniel D. Tompkins3

Grand East of the Ancient & Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas 1845 Dr. Robert T. Crucefix10

AA Rite for Ireland 1824 (1826) Prince Masons6

Le Suprême Conseil pour la France (GLNdF) 1965Charles RIANDEY

AA (S) R Australia1985 (2004) J. Ball

Supreme Council for Scotland 1846Dr. Charles Morison11

Le Conseil suprême de la France 1804 Comte Alexandre de Grasse – Tilly2

Paraguay (Asuncion); Guatemala (for Central American) 187018 ; Dominican Republic (S. Domingo)

Belgium (Brussels) 18175

Giles Fonda Yates Rituals 1840

Spain (Madrid), 18114Marqués de Clermont-Tonnerre

Supreme Council for Germany 1930Janos Byng

Supreme Council for Israel 1965Dr. Schalscha

Italy (Florence), 1805; (GOI)Vicerè Eugenio Beauharnais3

JoséAntonio Paez Venezuela (Caracas)186414

SUPREMO CONSEJO GR:.33, DE ARGENTINA(Buenos Aires) Argentine Republic 185813

REAA de Suisse Switzerland (Lausanne), 187320

Supreme Council in Bulgaria 2001Ivan Stavrev

El Soberano Gran Oriente del Rito Escocés Antiguoy Aceptado para la República de México (1868)15

Supreme Council for the České Republiky reestablished 1993 Jiří Šonka

Supreme Council 1912 for The Netherlands

Supreme Council of Slovenia 2000Varicak

Appendix 1: Filiation how the AASR spread throughout the world

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), 18297

Portugal (Lisbon), 186916

Uruguay12(Montevideo),1856

Colon, for West India Islands (Havana), 187923 (1855)

Columbia (Cartagena), 18339

Costa-Rica (1870)17

Egypt 187822

Tunis 188024

Peru (Lima), 18308

Greece(Athens),1872 Demetrius Rhodocanakis19

Chile25 Santiago, 1899

A&AR for Finland1973

South Africa 1992

C. Fred Kleinknecht

Ronald A. Seale

1985~2004

2004 – Pres.

Henry Christian Clausen 1969~1985

Luther Andrew Smith 1955~1969

Thomas Joshua Harkins 1952~1955

John Henry Cowles 1921~1952

George Flemming Moore 1914~1921

James Daniel Richardson 1900~1914

1895~1900

Philip Crosby Tucker1893~1895

James Cunningham Batchelor 1891~1893

Albert Pike 1859~1891

Charles Manning Furman 1958~1859

John Henry Honour 1846~1858

Alexander McDonald 1845~1846

Jacob da la Motta 1844~1845

Moses Holbrook 1826~1844

Isaac Auld 1822~1826

Frederick Dalcho 1816~1822

John Mitchell 1801~1816

1952 to 1955 CLARENCE MacLEOD PITTS

1934 to 1940 WILLIAM HUGH WARDROPE

1919 to 1922 JOHN ALEXANDER CAMERON1913 to 1919 BENJAMIN ALLEN

1898 to 1904 ISAAC HENRY STEARNS1892 to 1898 JOHN WALTER MURTON

1882 to 1886 WILLIAM HENRY HUTTON1886 to 1892 JOHN VALENTINE ELLIS

1874 to 1882 THOMAS DOUGLAS HARINGTON

1904 to 1913 SIR JOHN MORISON GIBSON

1950 to 1952 DOUBLAS FRASER

1948 to 1950 GEORGE HENRY ROSS1942 to 1948 DOUGLAS GORDON McILWRAITH

1940 to 1942 JOHN ALBERT ROWLAND

1925 to 1934 ALFRED FREDERICK WEBSTER

1922 to 1923 SIR JOHN MORISON GIBSON

1967 to 1969 CHARLES HERBERT CUNNINGHAM1964 to 1967 GEORGE CLEVELAND DERBY1961 to 1964 RICHARD COULTON BERKINSHAW1958 to 1961 JAMES ALEXANDER SIMPSON1955 to 1958 THOMAS KINGSMILL WADE

1982 to 1985 LYLE HERBERT BERGSTROM1979 to 1982 WALTER HENRY MORTLOCK1976 to 1979 WALTER CLIFTON McDONALD

1973 to 1976 HARVEY ROY DOANE1969 to 1973 DONALD LLOYD WITTER

2003 to 2006 ORLAN J. WEBER2000 to 2003 NORMAN E. BYRNE

1997 to 2000 GLENN M. MARTIN1994 to 1997 HAROLD EDWARD CROSBY1991 to 1994 JOHN VINCENT LAWER1988 to 1991 JOHN ALLAN BOURNE1985 to 1988 GORDON LOCKHART BENNETT

1942 WILLIAM HUGH WARDROPE

1923 to 1925 JOHN ALEXANDER CAMERON

Southern Jurisdiction Northern JurisdictionCanada

Appendix 2: Sovereign Grand Commanders

After Unification Josiah Hayden Drummond 1867 – 1879Henry Lynde Palmer 1879 – 1909Samuel Crocker Lawrence 1909 – 1910 Barton Smith 1910 – 1921Leon Martin Abbott 1921 – 1932Frederick Beckwith Stevens 1932 – 1933Melvin Maynard Johnson 1933 - 1953George Edward Bushnell 1953 – 1965George Adelbert Newbury 1965 – 1975Stanley Fielding Maxwell 1975 – 1985Frances G. Paul 1985 – 1993Robert O. Ralston 1993 – 2005Walter Ernest Webber 2005 – April 22 2006John Wm. McNaughton 2006 - Present

Daniel Decius Tompkins 1813 – 1825Sampson Simson 1825 – 1832John James Joseph Gourgas 1832 – 1851

Edward Asa Raymond 1851

Killian Henry Van Rensselaer 1851 – 1863

Giles Fonda Yates 1851

2006 to 2009 C. Robert Townshend

Thomas Hubbard Caswell

England & WalesDr. Robert Thomas Crucefix 1845 – 1850Dr. George Oliver 1850 – 1851Dr. Henry Beaumont Leeson 1852 – 1868Lt. Col. Henry Atkins Bowyer 1868

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; Heredom v5 (1996) SRRS Alain Bernheim presents counter examples in “Did Écossais (Early high) degrees originate in France?”2- Heredom v1 SRRS “Oration of Ramsay”, Templar orders in Freemasonry AE Waite, Timeline of the authentic tradition 3- Heredom v8 SRRS “The Order of Kilwinning …” Alain Bernheim 1st known Pro. Gr. M. William Mitchell of the 7 provinces (Netherlands) 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, Mackey’s 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 Gradesof 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.” René Désaguliers 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 Mackey’s “History of Freemasonry” Part 2 chapter 48 “Origin of the Royal Arch”8 - Scottish Judges Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition, Paris issues the Élu degrees Jackson9 - 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 – Mackey’s History “Early history of the Scottish Rite”. This was probably the origin of Frederick becoming the Patron12 – Heredom v9 SRRS Johann August Starck The Templar Legend and the Clerics by W. Bro. Alain Bernheim 33° Pietre Stones13 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition14 – Grand Commanders and Inspector General Where not separate degrees Francklin Manuscript – Kessinger Publishing; Grand Constitutions of the A&A Rite – History AASR SJ 15 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition16 – Jean Baptiste Willermoz (1730 – 1824) http://www.fm-fr.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=4817 - Swedish rite established 1766 by Zinnendorf The Builder" October 1926; Swedish rite has visitation rights in the A&A Rite for E&W18 - Mackey encyclopedia, Timeline of the Authentic Tradition19 – 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 Stones23 – ibid; Order of the Strict Templar Observance. Members are given the title “eques ab ____” (knight of the _____)Details found in Claude-Antoine Thory’s Acta Latomorum 1815 an example would be Ense or Sword, Penna Rubra or Red Feather, Eremo or Desert24 - Élus Coën (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 Élus Écossaise 1761; La Française Élus Écossaie (1765 – 1776) GLdF. The 11 degrees consisted of the first 3 St. John’s degrees + Grand Elect + App. Coën + Fellow Coën + Master Coën + Knight of the East + Commander of the East. Then finally the Réaux Croix + Grand Réaux 25 – Only found in the Timeline of the Authentic Tradition which sites Mackenzie26 - Illuminated Theosophists or Chastanier's Rite 1767 modification of Pernetti's "Hermetic Rite" that later merged with the LondonTheosophical Society in 1784. Inactive. 27 – Of Robert Hindmarsh 1785 renamed The British Society for the Propagation of the Doctrines of the New Church. Not Blavatsky TS 1875 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) Wm. 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 180132 - 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 Toronto35 - Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin(1743 – 1802) The Unknown Philosopher AE Waite; first work was Des erreurs et de la Vérité, 1775 was the secretary of Martinez Paschalis See note 2436 - Rose Croix : History of the A&A Rite for England and Wales– Brigadier Jackson PSGC37 - 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. 39 – Bordeaux theory states that ecossais degrees started in bordeaux lodges and spread to england Ireland and france; Rose Croix ACF Jackson40 – Rose Croix degree written by JB Willermoz 1765 and the Sov,’, Prin,’, of the Roy,’, Sec,’, 1768 p 25 Rose Croix ACF Jackson41 – 1767 meets Bacon De Chevalerie of the ÉC; 1777 Willermoz implemented ÉC teachings within STO

Notes for Page 2

41 – The Baldwin rite or the Bristol Rite is absorbed into the A&A Rite for England and Wales; Rose Croix must be Knights Templar; Rose Croix ACF Jackson; Beyond the Craft Keith B. Jackson. Treaty of union 1881 the Baldwin rite submits to the A&A Rite as the ruling body42 – The Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings is a teaching that has an older history that the eccosais degrees and is grafted on as a means of transmission of the teachings given to Martinez Paschalis who in turn give it to Willermoz and de Saint Martin; Les Leçons de Lyonaux Elus Coens Robert Amadou43 – The Rite of seven degrees starts 1772 and ends 1777 to evolve into the Baldwin Rite of Bristol; Rose Croix ACF Jackson

Notes for Page 31 - Mother supreme council for the world May 31 1801 Mackey’s History of Freemasonry 2 - Supreme council for France Sept 22 1804 ibid3 - Supreme Council Northern Masonic Jurisdiction Aug 5 1813 ibid4 - Spain 5 – Belgium March 11 1817 ibid6 – Ireland June 11, 1825 ibid7 – Brazil Rio April 6, 1826 ibid8 – Peru Nov 2. 1830 ibid ;New Granada 1833 ibid9 – Columbia 10 – England March 1846 ibid11 – Scotland 1846 ibid12 – Uruguay 1856 ibid13 – Argentina Sept. 13 1858 ibid14 - Republic of Venezuela 1864 ibid15 – Mexico April 28 1868 ibid16 - Portugal 1842 ibid; 17 – Costa Rica18 – Central America May 27 1870 ibid ; Hungary Nov 25 1871ibid 19 – Kingdom of Greece June 24 1872 ibid20 – Switzerland March 30 1873 ibid21 – Canada Oct. 16, 1874 source http://scottishritemasons-can.org/ 22 – Egypt 1878 ibid 23 – Colon (Cuba) 1855 ibid 24 – Tunis may 11 1880 ibid 25 - Chili May 24 1862 ibid by England defunct and reconstituted in 1899 Rose Croix by ACF Jackson

Time Line of the authentic Tradition www.antiqillum.comTemplars and the Rose Croix - Robert Ambelian translated by Piers Vaughan available at http://www.moup.orgGrand Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Rite to order http://www.srmason-sj.org/acatalog/History_and_Biography.htmlHerodom I-XIII– Scottish Rite Research Society http://www.srmason-sj.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Heredom__25.html Scottish Rite in the Valley of Toronto FR Branscombe 33°, WS McNeil to order scottishritetoronto@rogers.comVested in Glory , Supreme CouncilBridge to Light by Rex R. Hutchens , Supreme CouncilMasonic Chronology in Context , Kessinger Publishing Mackey’s Encyclopedia Albert Gallian Mackey 33°Coil’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Henry Wilson Coil Brief History of the A&A Scottish Rite by Edwin A. Sherman 33° 1890Morals and Dogma of the AASR by Albert Pike, Supreme CouncilMagnum Opus of the AASR by Albert Pike , Kessinger Publishing Franckin Manuscript Stephan Morin, Kessinger Publishing 28° AASR of Freemasonry for the Dominion of Canada Private PrintingThe Sovereign Great Priory of Canada: 1855 – 2002 The Supreme Grand Masters by Michael JenkynsRose Croix: the history of the Ancient & Accepted Rite for England and Wales by ACF JacksonCommentary on the Rose Croix degree: ACF JacksonThe Story of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite by Harold Van Buren Voorhis 33°

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