Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781230602783

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Shriners, Masonic bodies, Societas Rosicruciana, Knights Templar, Royal Arch Masonry, Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks, Order of St. Thomas of Acon, Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, Cryptic Masonry, Red Cross of Constantine, Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Order of the Amaranth, Order of Mark Master Masons, Royal Order of Scotland, Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, Philalethes Society, Allied Masonic Degrees, Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, Order of the Golden Chain, Royal Order of Jesters, International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers, Order of Quetzalcoatl, International Masonic Union Catena, Grand College of Rites, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Daughters of the Nile, Grande Oriente Espanol. Excerpt: The fraternity of Freemasonry, also known as "Free and Accepted Masons," is organized by private groups of members variously known in English as lodges, chapters, councils, commanderies, consistories, etc., which can be collectively referred to as Masonic bodies. The basic unit to which an individual member belongs is the Masonic Lodge, which alone can "make" a Mason. This is done by conferring the three masonic degrees, being those of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft (or Fellow Craft), and Master Mason. Many masonic bodies use numbers as an informal way of referring to or identifying the degrees they confer, but the most important and therefore "highest" degree is the third, or Degree of Master Mason. Whilst there is no degree in Freemasonry higher than that of Master Mason, the degree of the Holy Royal Arch is of great antiquity, and has a special importance in many masonic systems, including those of all three of the oldest 'Constitutions' (masonic authorities), namely the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland, and Ireland, in all of which it is considered (by varying constitutional...