In 1879 Albert Pike, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme
Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction,
USA, prepared and authorized for sale a collection of books 'for
general distribution." Among these was also a collection of
rituals, virtually unknown today. These included: 1) Degree of
Master Mark Mason, being the work of the Grand Council of Princes
of Jerusalem of South Carolina, and the oldest work extent
anywhere; 2) The Wigan Ritual, of the Early Grand Encampment. 3)
Grade, Mark Mason, Passed Master, and Royal Arch, Rite Ancient
Maconnerie D'York. [Were originally translated from English into
French, and used in the French West Indies in 1795.]; 4) Knights
Templar, former English Ritual. 5) Grand Maitre Ecossais or
Scottish Elder Master and Knight of St. Andrew, being the Fourth
Degree of Ramsey. 6) Old Ceremony of Royal Arch Exaltation. This
new book includes ALL of the above rituals in one volume. These
rituals have become some of the scarcest items ever printed by the
Supreme Council. Original copies now sell for between US $60 and US
$100 each. All of these rituals are extremely important, each for
unique reasons. The Master Mark Mason and Wigan Rituals are, for
example, early, little-known versions of these degrees; the former
lacking much of the Christian symbolism present today, and the
latter (supplied by John Yarker), differing significantly from the
current ritual. The MaConnerie D'Yorke rituals were obtained in New
Orleans, and contain a wealth of historical information relative to
their use, including references to Joseph Cerneau, who had long
troubled the Southern Jurisdiction by his irregular branch the
Scottish Rite. The 'former"English Knights Templar ritual appears
to be the authorized revision of 1851, upon which the current
ritual is based. The Grand Maitre Ecossais degree is an Hermetic
degree which contends that the essential 'secret" of Freemasonry is
the Alchemical transmutation of the initiate
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