Degrees Of Freemasonry.—Continued From Page 367 (Notes And Queries).

DEGREES OF FREEMASONRY . —Continued from Page 367 ( Notes and Queries ) .

Xame of Rite , Order , & e . ( Roman Colleges of Artificers ( Col- ~ ) 1 legia Artificmii ) j liosc , Knights and Nymphs of the , ¦ Rosicrucians

Eoyal Arch , Order of the Holy , Eoyal Order of Scotland

St . John ' s Masonry ScandinaA'ian Mysteries Scliroeder ' s Bite

Scotch Eite Side degrees

Speculative Masonry

Spurious Freemasonry Sublime Grand Lodge

Supreme Grand Councils

Swedenborg , Rite of , Swedish Bite Symbolic Masonry

Temple , Order of the , Uiree Globes , Rite of the Grand Lodge of ,

Travelling Freemasons __ ____ „

AA'here Practised . Rome . France . Germany

EA'eryAvhere

, Scotland C Ireland , Scotland , " A j America , ancl wher- j , - ( ever Blue Masonry is the only rite prac- j { . tised J

( Anciently in Scan- ? X dinavia 5 C Under G . L . of Ham- " ) I burgh 5 America

Everywhere In the East

, Everywhere Ei erywhere

In the North of Europe Sweden

Everywhere

France . C Berlin , 200 lodges in ) { . Germany j "

( Europe in mediteval \ , X times j

Uacte what Authority . . M . De Chaiimont . . Ancl . Eosencranz .

. S . G . C . ' s (" DavidI . of Scotland" ) ¦ t and Robert Bruce . )

( That of Odin or" ) X Wodin j By Schrocder . ( Certain so-called ? Grand Lecturers

X . j ( "Under all the G . ) X Lodges and S . G . C's . j

S . G . C's ( "Founded by antlm- " ) of Frederick

J rity f 1 II . KinaJof Prussia i V . aboutl 786 J

The Marquis de Thome G . Loclge The York Eite

The Popes <

^_——————————General Remarks . Sec Clavol , Oliver , & c . An order of Adoptive Masonry . ( A . well-known society of the XVth century ,

< formed of alchemists , chemists , philoso-( , pliers , & c . ' The Ancient and Accepted Eite has also a Koyal Arch Degree , which differs con--j sideriibly from that practised here , but out of deference to our S . G . Cliapter it is not worked . f Said to be the same as the Order of Thistle . 3 The King of Scotland ( now of Great "j liritaiu ) is the G . M . It is an essentially (_ Cltristiau . Order .

C The ancient name for the three degrees of I E . A ., F . G ., and M . M . Vide Oliver ' s History of Initiation . ( Invented about 1706 . Some of its degrees X were devoted to magic and alchemy . f Another name fen the "Ancient ancl Act cepteel Eite , " a . v . supra .

( Preston , speaking of such innovations , terms » < tbem "innocent ancl inoffensive amuse-( . ments . " f A term used to distinguish Freemasonry < . from the operative craft . Vide Cooke ' s ( . History and Articles of Masonry . 'Much genuine Masonry has been termed spurious by DrOliverThe degrees are

. . very ancient , and there is an esoteric doctrine running through them which wipes away a considerable portion of the term spurious . They are founded on the usages of ancient Egypt , India , and the North of Europe .

( It has power over the 1 th to the 14 th degrees , X both inclusive . ( "These are the great Masonic authorities of [ tlie Ancient and Accepted Eite . There I can but be one S . G . C . in every nation , con-I sisttng of lAitAe Sovemgn Grand Inspectors General . They are generally selected from the higher grades on account of their

- ^ learning , birth , ov fortune . In all the ! civilised nations of the earth they are established , and interchange Avith each other the most friendly relations , alike | beneficial to Masonry us well as for the j good of iiations , peoples , kingdoms and ^ empires . Established about 1783 .

fThe possession of the 5 ° of this rite gives ¦ < to those holding it the rank of civil C nobility in Sweden . f Another name for tho degrees of E . A ,, F . C , X and M . M . ( "This is Avbat is called the Chivalric Order j and its Knights profess to be the lineal descendants of the Knihts It

J g Templar . 1 is a modified system of Masonry , borrowed j from the Ancient and Accepted , or [_ Scotch Rite . ( " Establish eel in 174-G , and made a Grand ( . Lodge in 1765 , It recognises ten degrees . f These AYOVC the builders of our cathedrals . ( They wore composed of operative and ) speculative Masons . Consult Muratori , ^ Beresforcl Hope , and Dr . Oliver ' s works .

( To le continued ^