Scottish Rite Monitor Ritual and Guide by Arturo de Hoyos

Founded in 1801, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite is the largest branch of Masonry, an ancient Brotherhood with millions of members world wide. With an impressive system of thirty-three degrees (steps of initiation), the Scottish Rite offers its members practical instruction for daily living by expounding lessons in philosophy, comparative mythology and wise morality. Employing drama, metaphor, and symbolism it teaches its members to think clearly and act properly.

This profusely illustrated book is the first official guide to the Scottish Rite published in over100 years and is the only comprehensive single- volume monitor or guidebook ever published by the Mother Supreme Council of the World. Within its pages will be found a history of the Scottish Rite's origins and rituals, an explanation of it's major symbols, its structure, and its philosophy. Separate chapters on the Scottish Rite Degrees 4°-32° include extensive extracts from authentic rituals, as well as the full and complete text of Albert Pike's instructive Legends and Readings. Included are many of the actual lectures and lessons received by candidates, while the appendices contain early Masonic documents, rituals, definitions, cipher alphabets, calendar systems, suggested reading lists and more.

"Human progress is our cause, liberty of thought our supreme wish, freedom of conscience our mission and the guarantee of equal rights to all people everywhere our ultimate goal." - The Scottish Rite Creed