Albert Pike was an American author,poet,orator,editor,lawyer,jurist and Confederate States Army general who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865. He had previously served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army,commanding the District of Indian Territory in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. A prominent member of the Freemasons,Pike served as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council,Scottish Rite,Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891.
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is a rite within the broader context of Freemasonry. It is the most widely practiced Rite in the world. In some parts of the world,and in the Droit Humain,it is a concordant body and oversees all degrees from the 1st to 33rd degrees,while in other areas,a Supreme Council oversees the 4th to 33rd degrees.
In Anglo-American Freemasonry,York Rite,sometimes referred to as the American Rite,is one of several Rites of Freemasonry. It is named after York,in Yorkshire,England;where the legend of the Rite,was first practiced.
Ordo Templi Orientis is an occult secret society and hermetic magical organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century. The origins of O.T.O. can be traced back to the German-speaking occultists Carl Kellner,Theodor Reuss,Heinrich Klein,and Franz Hartmann. In its first incarnation,O.T.O. was intended to be modelled after and associated with European Freemasonry and as such in its early years only Freemasons could seek admittance.
The Knights Templar,full name The United Religious,Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem,Israel,Rhodes and Malta,is a fraternal order affiliated with Freemasonry. Unlike the initial degrees conferred in a regular Masonic Lodge,which only require a belief in a Supreme Being regardless of religious affiliation,the Knights Templar is one of several additional Masonic Orders in which membership is open only to Freemasons who profess a belief in Christianity. One of the obligations entrants to the order are required to declare is to protect and defend the Christian faith. The word "United" in its full title indicates that more than one historical tradition and more than one actual order are jointly controlled within this system. The individual orders 'united' within this system are principally the Knights of the Temple,the Knights of Malta,the Knights of St Paul,and only within the York Rite,the Knights of the Red Cross.
There are many organisations and orders which form part of the widespread fraternity of Freemasonry,each having its own structure and terminology. Collectively these may be referred to as Masonic bodies,Masonic orders,Concordant bodies or appendant bodies of Freemasonry.
Born in New Hampton,New Hampshire,on February 19,1792,Simon Wiggin Robinson was the son of Captain Noah Robinson,who served honorably in the American Revolution. Young Robinson served his country,also,in the War of 1812 when he was stationed at Portsmouth,New Hampshire,as an Adjutant.
The Knight Kadosh is a Freemasonic degree or ceremony of initiation performed by a number of Supreme Councils of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. It is the 30th Degree of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite for the United States of America,and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada. The Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite,does not currently confer a degree with the name Knight Kadosh. Instead its thirtieth degree is entitled "Grand Inspector."
Christopher L. Hodapp is an American author and filmmaker,noted for his writings about Freemasonry,fraternalism,the Knights Templar,secret societies and conspiracy theories. He is the founding editor in chief of the Journal of The Masonic Society,the associate director of the Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana,and Public Relations Director for the Grand Lodge F&AM of Indiana.
Tracing boards are painted or printed illustrations depicting the various emblems and symbols of Freemasonry. They can be used as teaching aids during the lectures that follow each of the Masonic Degrees,when an experienced member explains the various concepts of Freemasonry to new members. They can also be used by experienced members as reminders of the concepts they learned as they went through the ceremonies of the different masonic degrees.
The Supreme Council,Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite,Southern Jurisdiction,USA is the first Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Freemasonry,founded in 1801. Its official full name is "The Supreme Council of the Inspectors General Knights Commander of the House of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty-third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America." It is also commonly known as The Supreme Council,33°,Southern Jurisdiction,or by some other varying degree of complete titulage. It is sometimes called the Mother Supreme Council of the World. It is the governing body of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in its jurisdiction,and is one of five Supreme Councils in the United States,along with the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction,two Prince Hall Affiliated Supreme Councils,and the Supreme Council of Louisiana.
George Edward Bushnell was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1934 to 1955.
The history of Freemasonry in Mexico can be traced to at least 1806 when the first Masonic lodge was formally established in the nation.
The Red Cross of Constantine,or more formally the Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine and the Appendant Orders of the Holy Sepulchre and of St John the Evangelist,is a Christian fraternal order of Freemasonry. Candidates for the order must already be members of Craft Freemasonry (lodge) and Royal Arch Freemasonry (chapter);they must also be members of the Christian religion,and proclaim their belief in the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
Samuel Crocker Lawrence was a Massachusetts politician who served as the first Mayor of Medford,Massachusetts. Lawrence was born in Medford on November 22,1832,to Daniel Lawrence and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence.
Henry Lynde "Harry" Palmer was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was the 6th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly,where he was a member for four terms. He also served in the Wisconsin State Senate for two sessions,representing Milwaukee County,and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in the 1863 election.
Edward Asa Raymond (1791-1864) also,Asa Raymond,Junior was a Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Massachusetts from 1849-1851.
Josiah Hayden Drummond was an American attorney and politician. He served as Maine Attorney General from 1860 to 1863.
Harry Rust Virgin was an American politician and freemason from Maine. Virgin,a Republican,served three terms in the Maine Legislature,including a term as the Maine Senate President. He was the son of Colonel William Wirt Virgin of Rumford and Sarah Hall Cole from Norway,Maine. He lived in Portland,Maine,while serving in the legislature.
The Supreme Council,Scottish Rite,Northern Jurisdiction oversees the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in fifteen states:Connecticut,Delaware,Illinois,Indiana,Maine,Massachusetts,Michigan,New Jersey,New Hampshire,New York,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,Wisconsin and Vermont. This territory has existed since 1827 when the NMJ gained jurisdiction "over the then 14 states situated east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Wisconsin was not yet a state,but part of Michigan."
