Scottish Rite - Part 1

A brief history of the philosophical and esoteric side of the Scottish Rite given by Henry C. Clausen, who was the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction) from 1969 to 1985. This is from a Scottish Rite film from the late 70s or early 80s narrated by Ernest Borgnine, who was himself a 33d degree Mason.

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAhwRnNlSB8

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Freemasonry
• Scottish
• Rite
• Masonic
• Temple

[PensiveSojourner]

The Shrine is not esoteric. It is more of a social organization for Masons.

[rednek19]

great video brothers.

Bro.Kendall Jewell 32* AASR SJ

Valley of Memphis

Orient of Tennessee

[acuriousbeast]

This was very interesting. Personally I've always found science and religion to be very compatible companions. I use both of them on a daily basis.

[idgaf696]

can black people be in the scottish rite???



[richcapo]

@PensiveSojourner The meaning of its rituals is extremely esoteric, and at one time the institution as a whole was, too. It was just how Clausen describes it in this video. Unfortunately, it is no longer and has not been in a good long while.

[universalself]

like this

[peregrinusnoctis]

@GnosisTruth

@BeukendaalMason

My own opinion of Pike's Morals and Dogma is that it presents a nice snapshot of the popular theories and practices of Western esotericism in the post-bellum USA during the 19th-Century Occult Revival, for which Freemasonry served as an important (and widely-used, and widely-copied) foundation on which to build.

I've recently completed my own initiatory reunion, and I'm presently re-reading it. Despite the relative differences in rituals, much is yet relevant.

[peregrinusnoctis]

@GnosisTruth

@BeukendaalMason

I'll just respectfully disagree with BeukendaalMason, to a certain extent. Up here in the AASR Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the USA, I'd guess that more than half of the brothers know of Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma, although relatively few (I'd estimate ten percent) have read it. Though it's very derivative of other period works on esotericism, it has its charms. Pike's far more widely-quoted by anti-Masons than by anyone else.

[NoLongerFooled]

English Masons do not even know what the term 'Blue Lodge' means.

I have seen it first hand on more than one occasion.

[00MORDRED]

i bet many masons ask the same question!!

:o)

[BeukendaalMason]

Depends on where you are in the world. Most Masons outside of the US Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdication (south of the Mason-Dixon line and west of the Mississippi) have no clue who Albert Pike was (I saw a "debate" where an English Mason had no clue as to who Pike was). Those in the Southern Jurisdiction are probably more familiar with him but only on the lines of the work he had done for the Rite. Albert Pike's influence and position has been greatly exagerated, including by some Masons.

[GnosisTruth11]

Scottish Rite is the step after the Blue Lodge, as far as I know, and goes from the 4th degree to the 33rd degree which is honorary. What's the mainstream view of Freemason's concerning Albert Pike?