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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 systemGrand Commanders and Inspector General Where not separate degrees in 176214

Knights of the East in Paris 1754College of de valois10

Encyclopedists1743 – 17451751 - 17722

Holy Royal Arch 17387

Royal order of Scotland1741 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 nomaeEques a Penna Rubra

Les Juges Ecossais1754 Montpellier8

Ordre des ChevelierMaçons Élus Coënde L’Univers 1758Martinez Paschalis Bordeaux24

RER 1770J B Willermoz

Eques ab Eremo16

AASR of Canada187434

Albert Pike Rituals321847

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

CBCS177018Duc de ChartresLyons

ProtoScottish Rite Freemasonry

Northern Jurisdiction33 1813 | 1867

AA Rite for England and Wales184536

Convent of Wilhelmsbad178219

Swedish Rite179617

Clerks of the Relaxed Ob. Starck 176712

ExactOb.Starck20High

Ob.Starck& Pernetti37

L.C. d St. M.35

Vielle BruToulouse 1743 Lockhart4

Cerneau riteRite of perfection in Cuba29

Convent of Altenberg176322

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 Orient of France

1st Republic France 178938

German Grand lodge of the three globesDuke of Brunswick 1782.21

AASR Charleston NC 1801, John Mitchell

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

Albert Pike Rituals1847

Northern Jurisdiction 1813 Daniel D. Tompkins

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

AA Rite for Ireland 1824Prince Masons

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

AA (S) R Australia1985 (2004)

Supreme Council for Scotland 1846

Le Conseil suprême de la France 1804 Comte Alexandre de Grasse - Tilly

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), 1829; Paraguay (Asuncion); Peru (Lima), 1830 Portugal (Lisbon), 1869Guatemala (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);

Belgium (Brussels) 1817

Giles Fonda Yates Rituals 1840

Spain (Madrid), 1811 Marqués de Clermont-Tonnerre

Supreme Council for Germany 1930

Supreme Council for Israel 1965Dr. Schalscha

Italy (Florence), 1805; (GOI)Vicerè EugenioBeauharnais

JoséAntonio PaezVenezuela (Caracas).

SUPREMO CONSEJO GR:.33, DE ARGENTINA(Buenos Aires) Argentine Republic 1858

REAA de Suisse Switzerland (Lausanne), 1873

Supreme Council in Bulgaria 2001Ivan Stavrev

El Soberano GranOriente del Rito EscocésAntiguo y Aceptado parala República de México (1868)

Supreme Council for the České Republiky reestablished 1993 Jiří Šonka

Supreme Council for the Netherlands

Supreme Council of Slovenia 2000Varicak

Appendix 1: how the AASR spread throughout the world

C. Fred Kleinknecht

Ronald A. Seale

1985~2004

2004 – Pres.

Henry C. Clausen 1969~1985

Luther A. Smith 1955~1969

Thomas J. Harkins 1952~1955

John H. Cowles 1921~1952

George F. Moore 1914~1921

James D. Richardson 1900~1914

Thomas H. Caswell 1895~1900

Philip C. Tucker 1893~1895

James C. Batchelor 1891~1893

Albert Pike 1859~1891

Charles M Furman 1958~1859

John H. Honour1846~1858

Alexander McDonald 1845~1846

Jacob da la Motta1844~1845

Moses Holbrook 1826~1844

Isaac Auld 1822~1826

Frederick Dalcho1816~1822

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 STEARNS

1892 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 FRASER1948 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 BERKINSHAW

1958 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 McDONALD1973 to 1976 HARVEY ROY DOANE

1969 to 1973 DONALD LLOYD WITTER

2003 to present ORLAN J. WEBER2000 to 2003 NORMAN E. BYRNE1997 to 2000 GLENN M. MARTIN

1994 to 1997 HAROLD EDWARD CROSBY1991 to 1994 JOHN VINCENT LAWER

1988 to 1991 JOHN ALLAN BOURNE

1985 to 1988 GORDON LOCKHART BENNETT

1942 WILLIAM HUGH WARDROPE

1923 to 1925 JOHN ALEXANDER CAMERON

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

Southern Jurisdiction Northern Jurisdiction Canada

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 19262- 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 degree4- 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 berkleyheaded 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 Tradition9 - 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 – Francklin Manuscript – Kessinger Publishing; Grand Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Rite – History AASR SJ15 - 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 18 - 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 Réaux25 – 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 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 Beswickwho passes it to McLeod Moore 1875; Chaos Out of Order: The Rise and Fall of the Swedenborgian Rite BY BRO. R. A. GILBERT (AQC Vol108 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 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.

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 – Scottish Rite Research Society available at http://www.srmason-sj.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Heredom__24.htmlScottish Rite in the Valley of Toronto FR Branscombe 33°, WS McNeil 32°available from the secretary of the Toronto valley to order scottishritetoronto@rogers.comVested in GloryBridge to Light by Rex R. Hutchens Masonic Chronology in ContextMackey’s EncyclopediaBrief History of the A&A Scottish Rite by Edwin A. Sherman 33° 1890Morals and Dogma of the AASR by Albert PikeMagnum Opus of the AASR by Albert PikeFranckin Manuscript Stephan Moran28° AASR of Freemasonry for the Dominion of CanadaThe Sovereign Great Priory of Canada: 1855 – 2002 The Supreme Grand Masters by Michael Jenkyns

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