Now available after 135 years One of the rarest and most important
books ever published on the Ancient and Accepted (Scottish) Rite of
Freemasonry-Albert Pike's Magnum Opus or "Great Work," being his
first revision of the complete rituals of the Scottish Rite. Only
100 copies were printed-less than thirty are said to survive.
Pike's ritualistic revisions were so impressive he was made an
active member of the Supreme Council and became the most revered
Sovereign Grand Commander in the history of the Rite. Thanks to the
generous loan of a copy from a European antiquarian, this special
reprint makes available to the serious student the complete
authentic rituals which served as the foundation of the Scottish
Rite's philosophy. This invaluable work is not to be confused with
either the various ritualistic "exposures" of anti-Masons, or the
rituals currently used by either American Scottish Rite. The Magnum
Opus contains Albert Pike's complete, original text of the Scottish
Rite degrees. Some of Pike's rituals were used by other Supreme
Councils as a foundation for their own practices; while more
recently the Supreme Council 33rd Degree, Southern Masonic
Jurisdiction, U.S.A. has appointed a committee to revise the
current Pike rituals. The Magnum Opus allows researchers to trace
the divergence to discover shifts in Masonic symbolism. An
invaluable reference aid and research tool, the scarcity and cost
of an original copy placed it beyond the reach of almost all
Masonic bibliophiles. This affordable facsimile reprint places
Masonic knowledge where it belongs-in the hands of those seeking
Light. Although similar to the current rituals used by the Scottish
Rite, it is slightly different and more esoteric. We have also
included for the first time ever, the grips and signs, and the key
to the "Secret Work." Very essential and rare Contents: Fourth
Degree, Secret Master; Fifth Degree, Perfect Master; Sixth Degree,
Confidential Secretary; Seventh Degree, Provost and Judge; Eighth
Degree, Intendant of the Buildings; Ninth Degree; Knight Elu of
Nine; Tenth Degree, Illustrious Elu of Fifteenth; Eleventh Degree,
Prince Ameth, or Sublime Elu of Twelve; Twelfth Degree, Grand
Master Architect; Thirteenth Degree, Royal Arch; Fourteenth Degree,
Grand, Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason; Fifteenth Degree, Knights
of the Sword, of the East, or of the Eagle; Sixteenth Degree,
Princes of Jerusalem; Seventeenth Degree, Knight of the East and
West; Eighteenth Degree, Knight, or Sovereign Prince of Rose Croix,
of Heredon; Nineteenth Degree, Grand Pontiff, or Sublime Scotch
Mason; Twentieth Degree, Venerable Master of All Symbolic Lodges;
or Master ad Vitam; Twenty-First Degree, Noachite; or Prussian
Knight; Twenty-Second Degree, Knight of the Royal Axe, or Prince of
Libanus; Twenty-Third Degree, Chief of the Tabernacle;
Twenty-Fourth Degree, Prince of the Tabernacle; Twenty-fifth
Degree, Knight of the Brazen Serpent; Twenty-Sixth Degree, Prince
of Mercy or Scottish Trinitarian; Twenty-Seventh Degree, Knight
Commander of the Temple, or Teutonic Knight of the House of St.
Mary of Jerusalem; Twenty-Eighth Degree, Knight of the Sun; or
Knight Adept; Twenty-Ninth Degree, Grand Ecossais of St. Andrew, or
Patriarch of the Crusades; Thirtieth Degree, Knight Kadosh;
Twenty-First Degree, Grand Enquiring Commander; Thirty-Second
Degree, Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret.
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