would you rather be a:
"Chevalier of the Brazen Serpent" (the 25 degree in the hierarchy), a "Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret" (32 degree)
or the "Knight of the Eagle & Pelican and Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Heredom" (18th degree)?
I reckon number 3 is the best, but number two is the proper mack daddy...which would you rather be?
2006-09-01 16:08:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The actual highest of all is "Sovereign Grand Inspector General (33rd degree)...
I am only a Prince of Jerusalem (16th degree) at the moment, so the big boys keep on sticking pencils in me...grrrr
2006-09-01 16:13:37 · update #1
I have settled for being the ghost and voyeuristic spirit of Simon Habiff.. from that position I can observe the ongoings at various temples and lodges ...
Frat boys at skull&daggers at Yale .. playing intitiatic games .. without a shred of the ethics inferred(by their longforgotten grandsires) .. On Halloweens imbibing drinks from Geronimo's skull .. greasing one another's palms with oil of interlinking corporate directorates...New World Orders .. Reminding us that wealthy priveledged frat boys are too dense to "get" freemasonry... but like stupid fresh souls still have the power to affect deleteriously mass karmas ...
When you get to be Sovereign Prince Rose Croix .. take care not to "MASH" the mother letters in the center of Magdalena's box ...
If I took a more material form .. Perhaps I could get me a nice thirtythree diamonded ring .. Like the one Tolkien's Mordor seemed to want(lol..rather its opposite) .. But I have grown rather attached to my obscurity .. I wonder if wise old NeoArt will turn out for this one ..
2006-09-01 16:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by gmonkai 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You speak of the Scottish Rite Appendant Organization of Freemasonry.
It is appears not to be AASR-SJ due to the names of the degrees, so it may be NMJ or one of the Continental Degrees. I will speak of AASR-SJ.
I think the Inspector Inquisitor is the most significant, which is 31st in the AASR-SJ tradition. Are you aware that Pike wrote that degree before the Egyptian Book of the Dead was translated into English? And yet he practically lifted the first part of the degree from part of the EBOD. This troubled me for years until I discovered there was an earlier French translation. Proper presentation of this degree is impressive.
Sovereign Grand Commander is really the "mack daddy".
Ronnie occupies that position, and is a close friend of a close friend, and there is a degree involved, so my second choice would like be Sovereign Grand Inspector General, which also has a degree. Personal Representatives are a pale shadow of SGIG. There are only 33 members of Supreme Council, designated as SGIGs.
Inspector General Honorary is really the 33d degree, and is a third choice, and it is honorary. SGIGs have a higher degree. Sovereign Grand Commander is the highest degree. There are also degrees for the Grand Cross, and for the KCCH.
18th degree is the Rose Croix, with Christian overtones, but alludes rather to Orpheus.
I also enjoy the Chivalric degrees.
The actual degrees, properly conferred, can be impressive.
As usual, the Master Mason's degree is the highest degree in Masonry. All others are merely informative, and provide additional, albeit, non-canonical works..
I personally enjoy the degrees which relate to Zoroastrianism and Yezidism. How Pike came to that knowledge still eludes me.
PS. gorilla_warfare1492, there is an American Organization called Co-Masonry, which is similar to Freemasonry except they allow women to join and require a bit of study before they can advance in their degrees.
If you are in the UK, there is a group of Knights Templars that accept women, and they have a local branch based in Sedona AZ.
PPS: gmonkai, is Simon Abiff related to Hiram Abif? Hiram is important due to the absence of vowels in the Aramaic. Yes, I would like to see NeoArt here as well. He could explain Co-Masonry better than I, and appears to bear no animus to any of the other branches of the traditions.
PPPS: Mithra also has a correct answer, but confuses me a bit because that name is normally not discussed except in the further examination into an appendant organization of Freemasonry.
2006-09-01 23:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At a wild guess, you've got hold of a book like "inside the brotherhood".
32nd degree would probably be a good level to be at.
You sound like you're just having a pop at the Masons, if so don't, let them be.
If you start reading ALL the world's scriptures, you'll start to understand what is important in our existance. Maybe you'll leave Orders like the Mason's alone and get on with your life.
2006-09-01 23:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret is the highest of those.
2006-09-01 23:11:24 · answer #4 · answered by funaholic 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
which is the highests? I think 32nd degree sounds like the best.
2006-09-01 23:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Ann_Tykreist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good person. Although at the same time I want to see squirelly get it on with that goat.
2006-09-01 23:11:03 · answer #6 · answered by seandashark 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isn't it more about being the best you can be and being of the most service moreso than trying to attain titles of power?
2006-09-01 23:16:57 · answer #7 · answered by CosmicKiss 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Anything that doesn't involve the ritualized humping of goats.
Oh wait, I'm a girl, nevermind.
2006-09-01 23:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by squirellywrath 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
None of the above.
2006-09-01 23:19:15 · answer #9 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
32nd/33rd degree hands down!!!
2006-09-01 23:14:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋