Scotch Rite masonry illustrated : the complete ritual of the ancient

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by  Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892

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Scotch Rite
THE COMPLETE RITUAL
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OF TH«
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite^
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.
By A SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER, 33<=>
WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OP THE ORDER, INTRODUCTIOJI
AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OP EACH DEGREE
—BY—
President Blanchard of Wheaton College.
J.
OVER FOUR HUNDRED QUOTATIONS PROM STANDARD
MASONIC AUTHORITIES CONFIRM THE ACCURACY
OP THE RITUAL AND SHOW THE CHARACTER
OP MASONIC TEACHING AND DOCTRINE.
VOLUME
1
EIGHTH TO EIGHTEENTH DEGREE INCLUSIVE
1905.
Entered According: to Act of Congress in the year 1904
Bt EZRA A. COOK,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE
Had not an extended trial demonstrated most
clearly that in no way can the arguments against a
secret order be put before the public so effectively as
in close connection with the ritual thereof, I should
not have ventured the great expense of publishing this
Illustrated Eitual of the Scottish Kite.
Rituals sell readily to both lodge members and out-
siders, while the most eloquent address on the subject,
however replete with important facts and arguments,
seldom secures many readers.
Although many members of any secret society would
decidedly prefer to have the analysis of the degrees left
out, and I have declined repeated offers to buy entire
editions of one thousand copies of different rituals at
my regular rates, provided I would furnish them with-
out note or comment, not less than half of my sales of
rituals are to members of these orders, and hundreds,
when orderiiig a ritual, are careful to give their lodge
connections, supposing they could not otherwise get the
desired ritual.
Before I commenced publishing this series of rituals,
with foot-note quotations, which, it will be observed,
prove the substantial correctness of the ritual and form
4 PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
a skeleton etposition of the degrees, many members of
these orders, when purchasing rituals, took pains to
intimate or pronounce them incorrect.
When they see that the foot-note quotations from the
standard authorities of the order prove the correctness
of the ritual, and form a skeleton exposition, they nat-
urally consider themselves absolved from their oath of
secrecy, and in hundreds of instances frankly admit the
accuracy of the ritual, even without the asking.
The substantial correctness of this Scotch Kite Kitual
.
is pi*oved by extensive foot-note quotations from the
^^Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, by Albert G. MacTcey,
If. D.,Past General Grand High Priest and Secretary
General of the Supreme Council, 33^, Southern Juris-
diction of the United States/^
'^General History, Cyclopedia, and Dictionary of
Freemasonry, hy Robert Macoy, Past Deputy Grand
—
Master of New Yor^ and Nova Scotia: Past Grand
Secretary of New York:—Grand Recorder of the Grand
Commandery of New YorTc:—Representative of the
Grand. Lodg.es of Wisconsin, Illinois and Nova Scotia,
and the Grand Council of New Brunswich/' etc, etc,
and ;•;. J: :'" ;::' " ,, . ;•:: ^>-- - - :^- .r-^,
George Oliver, D. D., ''Provincial Grand Steward and
Grand Chaplain, Deputy Grand Master of the Province
of Lincolnshire and Past Deputy Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts;" and the
^^Dictionary of Freemasonry, by Robert Morris, Z?.
V.,LL.D/r
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
For the History of Freemasonry and especially of this
Scottish Eite; besides the authorities named above, the
following are relied on and quoted in the Introduction,
Historical and Philosophical Analysis of the various
degrees, viz.:
"History of Freemasonry and Masonic Digest, by
I. W. S. Mitchell, Past Grand Master; Past Grand
High Priest, and Past Grand Chaplain of Missouri/'
Origin and Early History of Masonry, by Steinbren-
ner.
''The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; by Robert
B. Folger, M. D., Past Master SS""; Ex-Secretary Gen-
eral/' etc.
''The History of England, by David Hume/*
"History of the Girondists, by Alphonse de Lamar-
tine.
"General History of Freemasonry in Europe, by Em-
manuel Rebold, Past Deputy of the Grand Orient of
France, president of the Academy of Industrial Science,
and Member of many Philosophic and Scientific So-
cieties/'
^'BooTc of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, by
Charles T. McClenachan, 33^; Past Grand Master of
Ceremonies of the Supreme Council/'
"Manual of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite,
hy Will. M. Cunningham, M. A. K.\T.\ Sovereign
Grand Inspectior General 33^/^
"The Life of Aaron Burr, by Matthew L. Davis/'
"History of the M. W, Grand Lodge of Illinois, by
publisher's preface.
Jolin C. Reynolds, Worshipful Master of Tyrian Lodge
333; Deputy Grand Secretary'' etc.
''Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois'* from
1840 to 1860 inclusive.
The first three Masonic degrees, termed ^^Blue
Lodge/^ or "Ancient Craft Masonry/^ being common to
all the Masonic Eites, are not given in this work, but
the full, accurate 'and profusely illustrated ritual of
these degrees will be found in ''Freemasonry Illustrat-
ed," also publishe'd by Ezra A. Cook. The Signs, Grips,
Pass Words, etc., termed the "Secret Work'^ of these
degrees, and also of the entire Scottish Eite are given
in their order at the close of the Second Volume of
this work. The Publisher. -