{"title":"Bonus Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"2023-bonus-book-etienne-morin-from-the-french-rite-to-the-scottish-rite","title":"Étienne Morin: From the French Rite to the Scottish Rite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eÉtienne Morin: From the French Rite to the Scottish Rite presents a fresh perspective on the ancestor of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, the Order of the Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret from the perspective of the founder of the system himself. All extant Masonic records have been consulted and using this meta-data, a comprehensive reconstruction emerges, revealing that Étienne Morin was a founding masonic figure in Saint Domingue and creator of his own high degree system, that operated for a time as a defacto Grand Lodge. Explore the symbolic rituals worked throughout the life of the colony and understand exactly how the most widespread symbolic masonic ritual, the Scottish Rite craft ritual was created and from what sources. Read the complete extant correspondence of Order of the Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret in Saint Domingue, published for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArturo de Hoyos, 33°, Grand Cross, KYCH, is Grand Archivist and Grand Historian of the Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington, DC, and a member of the executive staff at the House of the Temple. Josef Wäges, 32°, is a Board Member of the Scottish Rite Research Society, and a Member of the Blue Friars (Masonic Authors)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SRRS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43922981847212,"sku":"SSRS Bonus BOOK","price":63.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0629\/4028\/3052\/files\/Morin_FromtheFrenchRitetotheSR.jpg?v=1730318305"},{"product_id":"2022-bonus-book-julius-sachess-ancient-documents","title":"Julius Saches's Ancient Documents","description":"\u003cp class=\"xp1\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"xs1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\"\u003eJulius Friedrich Sachse, “Ancient Documents Relating to the A. and A. Scottish Rite in the Archives of the R.W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania (1915); introduction by Arturo de Hoyos, 33°, Grand Cross and Josef Wages, 32°\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xp2\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; min-height: 22px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xp1\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"xs1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\"\u003eThe primary sources in this work represent some of the oldest examples of documents relative to the early history of the Rite. They provide insight on Order of the Royal Secret in Saint Domingue in the 1760s, its establishment in Philadelphia (the capital after the American Revolution in 1781) and its transition to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, from 1781-1801. We are also presented with 19th century counter perspectives concerning Cerneauism (a type of irregular Masonry) which had formerly thrived in Pennsylvania.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SRRS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44253319004332,"sku":"2022 SSRS Bonus Book","price":63.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0629\/4028\/3052\/files\/AncientDocumentsCover.jpg?v=1743452916"},{"product_id":"william-boyden-s-chronology-1801-1859-of-the-supreme-council-southern-jurisdiction","title":"William Boyden’s Chronology 1801–1859 of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eWilliam Boyden’s Chronology 1801–1859 of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction); introduction by Arturo de Hoyos, 33°, Grand Cross, and B. Chris Ruli, 32°, KCCH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eWhat did the Supreme Council do in its earliest years?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eThis Chronology reconstructs the early operations of the Supreme Council using letters of correspondence, patents, certificates, and other archival materials. The work begins with the Council’s founding in Charleston in 1801 and concludes at the beginning of Albert tenure as Grand Commander in 1859. In approaching this text, it’s helpful to consider that it covers four epochs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eThe Beginning Years, 1801–15: The early expansion of Scottish Rite Masonry in the United States from 1801 to 1815, noting the issuance of charters to Lodges of Perfection, Councils, and Consistories in Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans. During this period, Abraham Jacobs conferred degrees in along the East Coast and in the South, distributing rituals and charters as a matter of course. Illustrious Brothers Frederick Dalcho, 33°, and Emmanuel De La Motta, 33°, Treasurer General, contributed significantly to the Rite's development by exposing Joseph Cerneau’s irregular bodies, and by their distribution of various manifestos, constitutions, and printed works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eEarly Formative Years, 1815–25: This period documents the formation of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction and the ongoing struggle against Cerneauism, as well as the Mother Supreme Council’s outreach to Scottish Rite Masons abroad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eThe Hardship Years, 1826–44: During this period the Supreme Council, like most American Masonic organizations, suffered a loss of membership in the wake of the Morgan Affair. The correspondence reveals ongoing activity in the Southern Jurisdiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003eThe Mid-Formative Years, 1844–59: Focuses on the emergence of Dr. Mackey as a key leader in Scottish Rite Masonry, the growing relationship between the Northern Masonic and Southern Jurisdictions, the dissolution of Cerneau-affiliated bodies, the creation of the Grand Consistory in Louisiana, the expansion of the Rite, and early correspondence between Mackey and Pike, who joined the Scottish Rite in 1853. 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