Name: the liturgy of the blue degrees
SKU: 19786145
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Author: Albert Pike
ISBN: 9781162562223

Type

Physical Book

Author

Albert Pike

Publisher

Kessinger Publishing

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

220

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.5x19.1x1.2 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN

1162562226

ISBN13

9781162562223

Synopsis "the liturgy of the blue degrees"

For the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction. This rare work includes all the monitorial instructions for the three Craft Degrees according to the Scottish Rite, and is intended to supplement Pike's Book of the Lodge. Much more complete than the common Webb-form (York Rite) monitors, this work contains large ritualistic extracts and symbolic diagrams which, with the aforementioned work, assist the student to reconstruct the rituals.

Albert Pike

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Albert Pike (Boston, 1809 – Washington D.C., 1891) was a lawyer, military officer, poet, and prominent leader of American Freemasonry. In 1859, he was elected Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, a position he held until his death. During his tenure, Pike devoted much of his time to the development of the esoteric rituals of the order, establishing himself as a central figure in the history of American Freemasonry.

His most influential work is Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871), an extensive treatise of 861 pages that explores the symbolism and philosophy of the first 32 degrees of the rite. This book became an essential guide for 19th-century Masons and was distributed among the members of the rite in the Southern Jurisdiction of the U.S. until 1974. In addition to his Masonic work, Pike wrote on religious and philosophical subjects, including Indo-Aryan Deities and Worship as Contained in the Rig-Veda, reflecting his interest in ancient spiritual traditions.

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