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	Swedish Rite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Swedish Rite is a variation of Freemasonry that is worked in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
		The Rite is divided into three divisions: St. John's (Craft) degrees (I–III), St. Andrew's (Scottish) degrees (IV–VI) and the Chapter degrees (VII–X).
		The Swedish Rite is unique in that it demands that the brethren be Christian, and not just that they believe in a supreme being.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swedish_Rite (245 words)

	Scottish Rite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A rite is a series of progressive degrees that are conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies that all operate under the control of one central authority.
		The Scottish Rite, as it usually referred to, forms one of the more important appendant bodies of Freemasonry that a Master Mason may join for further exposure to the principles of Freemasonry.
		In the United States the Scottish Rite is complemented by the York Rite, which encompasses some of the diverse range of appendant bodies available elsewhere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Rite (4066 words)

	Freemasonry
		In some other (mostly English-speaking) jurisdictions, Freemasony is not as tolerant of naturalism as it was in the 18th century, and specific religious requirements with more theistic and orthodox overtones have been added since the early 19th century, including (mostly in North America) belief in the immortality of the soul.
		Most Lodges conduct their Work in accordance with an agreed-upon single "Rite," such as the "York Rite" (which is popular in the United States), or the "Canadian Rite" (which is, in some ways, a concordance between the Rites used by the "Antients" and "Moderns").
		This new Rite did not replace the older ones, but was added as an alternative (European irregular jurisdictions in general tend not to restrict themselves to a single Rite, like most North American jurisdictions, but offer a menu of Rites, from which their Lodges can choose).
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/f/fr/freemasonry.html (3972 words)

	The Builder Magazine - August 1927
		The Swedish lodges attached themselves to this system and entered into communication with it, particularly when the King of Sweden, Gustave III, who was Grand Master of the Swedish Grand Lodge, gave, one year after he ascended the throne, the gavel of the Order into the hands of his brother, the Duke of Sudermania.
		Now the Swedish rite maintains itself by force of its organization and by the support of ideas which serve as a base for absolute monarchy; but these ideas are not specifically Masonic, rather they are a drag on Masonic thought by their inflexible forms.
		The Swedish rite is unable to pass beyond this, for it has cut itself off from all spiritual relationship with the rest of the Masonic world.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /the_builder_1927_august.htm (14783 words)

	Freemasonry : THE SWEDISH CONSTITUTION
		The Swedish Constitution is a closed male order based on the Christian faith, which engages in personal development, friendship and fundraising for welfare.
		The Swedish lodge room, by contrast, is a mysterious and gloomy space, lit only by massive candles, where figures appear from the shadows to deliver their charges, then fade away in the darkness.
		Swedish Freemasonry, on the other hand, has retained its original spiritual (rather than philosophical) impulse, and clearly sets this at the centre of all its activities.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /swedish_constitution.html (5100 words)

	What is Scottish Rite?
		The Scottish Rite is one of the two branches of Freemasonry in which a Master Mason may proceed after he has completed the three degrees of Symbolic or Blue Lodge Masonry.
		There are Scottish Rite centers, called "Valleys," in 110 cities and towns in the 15 states of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.
		Their petitions must be endorsed by two Thirty-second Degree members of the Rite and are subject to investigation and vote.
	www.aasrvalleyofjax.org /what_is_scottish_rite.htm (1689 words)

	Swedish Rite FAQ
		The Swedish Rite "is a mixture of the pure Rite of York, the high degrees of the French, the Templarism of the former Strict Observance, and the system of Rosicrucianism."
		Duke Karl reformed Eckleff's system and in 1801 launched the Swedish Rite with eleven degrees, which is largely the same system used today.
		Several lodges under this Grand Lodge work with a Swedish translation of the Finnish (New York) ritual, which should not be confused with the Swedish Rite.
	freemasonry.bcy.ca /texts/swedish_faq.html (1658 words)

	THE BIG STICK
		The A. and A.S. Rite "was not" invented in America, it was known in Geneva several years before 1802, when Charleston found out that it was of 33 Degree, and began to trade upon it.
		Orient and the Chief of the Rite revised the whole system, mainly on an Hermetic basis, and gave to thirty-three leading ceremonies the power to confer, at intervals, the remaining sixty-two degrees which are generally added verbally in their relative places, and recently I furnished to America the necessary changes in a MS.
		The Rite was carried from London to the Americas, by Samuel Beswick, a Swedenborgian Minister, who wrote a book on the subject, and he informed me that they had rejected the matter added by Chastannier, and that what was left was the work of Swedenborg.
	www.the-equinox.org /vol1/no7/eqi07030.html (1560 words)

	The Rite of Strict Observance \| The Knights Templar \| templarhistory.com
		In 1743 the Masons of Lyons invented the Kadosh degree, comprising the vengeance of the Templars, and thus laid the foundation for all the Templar Rites.
		The Rite of Strict Observance was carried from France to Germany as early as 1749.
		Prince Karl of Hesse died in 1836 and in 1855 the Danish lodges adopted the Swedish Rite, and with this the Rite of the Strict Observance breathed its last breath.
	www.templarhistory.com /strict.html (3365 words)

	Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Russian Freemasonry
		On 25 May 1779, a Swedish Grand Provincial Lodge of Russia was officially opened according to the Swedish ritual and thereafter vied for supremacy with the Grand Provincial Lodge of Elagin.
		In December 18, 1993, the Rossiya Consistory #563 was revived by the Ancient band Accepted Scottish Rite of France Supreme Council of the 33o in Paris as prescribed by the Supreme Council of Lausanne in 1922.
		The Scottish Rite Supreme Council of the Grand Lodge of France (later recognised as that of the National Grand Lodge of France after the former became irregular during the 1960s) was entrusted with the orderly formation of a future Grand Lodge of Russia by the Supreme Council of Laausanne in 1922.
	www.casebook.org /dissertations/freemasonry/russianfm.html (15413 words)

	HiddenMysteries Author's Corner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At a later period, however, it became the Seventh Grade of the Rite, owing to the introduction of an Elect Degree which took the number 5 under the title of Knight of the Eagle, followed by an Illustrious Degree, occupying the sixth place and denominated Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.
		The Rite, moreover, was sufficiently important in 1763 for an impostor named Johnson to advance his claims upon it and to summon a Congress at Altenberg in May, 1764, as an authorised ambassador of the Secret Headship or Sovereign Chapter in Scotland.
		(2) That of the Early Grand Rite of Scotland, subsequently merged in the Scottish Chapter General: the Pilgrim comes to lay the sins and follies of a life-time at the foot of the Cross, and he passes through various symbolical veils by which the encampment is guarded.
	www.hiddenmysteries.org /author/waite/templar.shtml (5707 words)

	Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite - What is the Scottish Rite
		The Supreme Council meets on an annual basis, at which time the business of the Rite is transacted and the 33° conferred on those who have been elected to receive this honor.
		This degree teaches that Scottish Rite Freemasonry believes in the concept of a free church in a free state, each supreme in its own sphere, neither seeking to dominate the other, but cooperating for the common good.
		The 33° is conferred upon those members of the 32° who have been outstanding in their contributions to Freemasonry, the Scottish Rite, or who have shown in their communities the leadership which marks them as men who exemplify in their daily lives the true meaning of the Brotherhood of man under the Fatherhood of God.
	www.aasrcleveland.org /aasr/wisr.htm (2801 words)

	H-Soz-u-Kult / Termine / CFP: Between Mysticism and Power Politics - Swedish Freemasonry on the Scene of European ...
		In 1760 the Swedish Grand Lodge was officially founded, and the organisation of the Order was divided into three parts or branches by Scheffer’s successor, Carl Fredrik Eckleff: St. John’s, St. Andrew’s, and Chapter Degrees.
		Duke Carl, later King Carl XIII, further developed the moral philosophy of the Swedish Rite, and through two major ritual revisions in 1780 and 1800 he created a logical and consistent masonic system consisting of ten degrees, which in essence remains unchanged to this day.
		The ambition of the conference is to bring scholars together that deal with topics of the relationship of Swedish Freemasonry with other masonic systems around Europe, primarily in the 18th Century.
	hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de /index.asp?pn=termine&id=2571&count=333&recno=9&sort=deadline&order=down (511 words)

	Mac-ency-R (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hence, this was the original Rite or approved usage, and so it continued in England until the year 1813, when at the union of the two Grand Lodges the Holy Royal Arch was declared to be a part of the system; and thus the English Rite was made legitimately to consist of four Degrees.
		Hence arises the law, that whatever may be the constitution and teachings of any Rite as to the advanced Degrees peculiar to it, the three Symbolic Degrees being common to all the Rites, a Master Mason, in any one of the Rites, may visit and labor in a Master's Lodge of every other Rite.
		This Rite was celebrated by cutting off her hair, putting on the robes of a Benedictine Nun, including the Black Veil, and the marriage ring was put on her finger.
	www.dancing.org /tsmr/.books/mackey/RMAP~1/Rmac-11.htm (3966 words)

	ORMUS AND THE GRAIL CHALICE: The Philadelphes and the Disciples of Memphis. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The underlying legend of the rite was that it descended from the Dionysian and Egyptian mysteries.
		In 1875 the rite was amalgamated with the Rite of Misraim[sic].
		This rite claims a derivation from Egypt, and an organization from the High Grades which had entered Egypt before the arrival of the French Army, and it has been asserted that Napoleon and Kleber were invested with a ring at the hands of an Egyptian Sage at the Pyramid of Cheops.
	www.antiqillum.com /texts/bg/Qadosh/qadosh079.htm (11802 words)

	Scottish Rite of Vermont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Scottish Rite includes the degrees from the 4th Degree to the 32nd Degree.
		There are Scottish Rite centers, called "Valleys," in 112 cities and towns in the 15 states of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.
		The Scottish Rite membership of the Southern Jurisdiction is better than 650,000, so that the total Scottish Rite membership in the United States is over one million.
	www.vtfreemasons.org /scottishrite (1163 words)

	Freemasonry in Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This was a strictly Christian rite based on the legends of a Templar origin of Freemasonry, established by Baron von Hund in Germany about 1755.
		On the foreign front, her principal foe was Emperor Frederick II of Prussia, also an active Mason (the Grand Constitutions of 1786 which form the foundation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite are attributed to him).
		Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite was created in Moscow by the Supreme Council for France, headed by its Sovereign Grand Commander, Henri L. Baranger.
	www.freemasonry.org /leonzeldis/russia.htm (2489 words)

	Russian Freemasonry - A New Dawn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By 1778 the major influence in Russian masonry was shifting to Moscow and that of St. Petersburg was declining.
		He was the leader of the Swedish system of Masonry which was then the dominating influence in Russian Masonry.
		The second, the Swedish Provincial Grand Lodge, was strictly regulated and of less concern to the government.
	www.mainemason.org /mlr/russianrhoda.htm (5181 words)

	Archive, Volume 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the time of the union of the two rival Grand Lodges of England, when the United Grand Lodge of England and Wales was created and rituals were again revised, eliminating from them the last remaining Christian symbolisms, the institution transformed into the universal vocation that we now know.
		It is worthwhile, as a side commentary, to remember that until today some Grand Lodges (especially in the Scandinavian countries that practice the Swedish Rite) do not allow to admit people who do not profess the Christian religion.
		Some Supreme Councils also consider that the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite is an exclusively Christian rite, and do not accept the entrance of Jews or members of other religions (for instance the Supreme Councils of England, Scotland, Ireland and Australia).
	www.srmason-sj.org /web/heredom-files/volume7/protocols.htm (1019 words)

	The Builder Magazine - September 1924
		In 1761 this lodge was amalgamated with the existing Grand Lodge and in 1770 the lawfulness of this new Swedish Grand Lodge was acknowledged by the Grand Lodge of England in London.
		This degree is the "Knight of the Red Cross," the tenth degree of the York Rite.
		It is the fifteenth degree of the Scottish Rite and the sixth degree of the French Rite.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /the_builder_1924_september.htm (11477 words)

	Charles XIII of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/charles_xiii_of_sweden3 (583 words)

	Page About Masonry, News & Notes: Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Today the Swedish Rite consists of 11 degrees, all of which are
		in the Swedish System are called St. John's degrees, came to Sweden in
		became the Swedish Rite had its roots in the Strasbourg System.
	web.mit.edu /dryfoo/Masonry/Reports/swed.html (328 words)

	The Swedish Order of Freemasons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Swedish rite is truly progressive and continous.
		The Swedish Rite is worked in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
		It is also, in a German variant, practiced in Grosse Landesloge der Freimaurer von Deutschland (the Grand Lodge of All German Freemasons).
	www.frimurarorden.se /eng/the_swedish_rite.html (200 words)

	The orders and degrees of the masonic family
		Adding to the confusion, in North America there are three Scottish Rite bodies, the Canadian Jurisdiction, Southern Jurisdiction and the Northern Jurisdiction, which have slightly different titles for their degrees.
		The numerous degrees and orders of the York Rite, or American Rite, that is those of the Chapter, Council and the Temple, exist in the United Kingdom, but are organized quite differently than in Canada and the United States.
		The Scottish Rite organisation is a little different in Canada, as are the Capitular and Cryptic systems (often mislabeled, as above, as the York Rite), while the Allied Masonic Degrees is quite different.
	freemasonry.bcy.ca /texts/masonic_degrees.html (752 words)

	What is the Scottish Rite
		The Scottish Rite is one of the two branches of Freemasonry in which a Master Mason may proceed after he has
		There are Scottish Rite centers, called "Valleys," in 110 cities and towns in the fifteen states of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.
		The Scottish Rite membership of the Southern Jurisdiction is better than 625,000, so that the total membership in the United States is over one million.
	www.srorlando.org /whatis.html (1187 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It seems to me that even the abreviated Antient and PRimitive Rite of Masonry (where the 96* of Memphis were reduced to 33*), wasn't worked to the extent that one perhaps would have wished it to have been.
		The world of Freemasonry is a strange one, and there is a huge line drawn between the Craft (the first three degrees) and the other side degrees (as the masons like to call them, in order not to draw the wrath of a Grand Lodge in proposing that their degrees are higher than the Craft).
		This setting up of friendly relations (which the A.A.S.R. and A.A.R. have done with the Swedish Rite), is not a ruling of the legitimacy of the said rite.
	www.luckymojo.com /esoteric/religion/thelema/philosophy/9712.otohist.var (2984 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Science (The Prize's Rite) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With no obvious reason at hand, people invented one, and as usual the invented tale had a bit of salaciousness to it: Alfred Nobel deliberately avoided establishing a prize for mathematics out of vindictiveness because a prominent Swedish mathematician was carrying on an affair with his wife.
		Some variations of the legend claim it was Nobel's fiancée or mistress who was carrying on the affair, with her partner in infidelity identified as the eminent Swedish mathematician Gosta Mittag-Leffler.
		Nobel reportedly did have a mistress, a Viennese woman named Sophie Hess, but there is no evidence she ever had anything to do with Mittag-Leffler.
	www.snopes.com /science/nobel.htm (839 words)

	Freemasonry Article, Freemasonry Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In some other (mostly English-speaking) jurisdictions,Freemasonry is not as tolerant of naturalism as it was in the 18th century, and specific religious requirements with more theistic and orthodox overtones have been added since the early 19th century, including (mostly in North America) belief in the immortality of thesoul.
		There are also certain youth organizations (mainly North American) which are associated with Freemasonry, but are notnecessarily Masonic in their content, such as the Order of DeMolay (for boys aged 12-21), the Job's Daughters and the International Order ofthe Rainbow for Girls (for girls 11-20).
		Most Lodgesconduct their Work in accordance with an agreed-upon single "Rite," such as the "York Rite" (which is popular in the UnitedStates), or the "Canadian Rite" (which is, in some ways, a concordance between the Rites used by the "Antients" and"Moderns").
	www.anoca.org /lodge/masonic/freemasonry.html (3980 words)

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