What is the Blue Lodge In Freemasonry? and what is difference in The different Masonic forms?

Question

What Is the "Blue Lodge" in Freemasonry? and what is the difference in the thee Masonic Forms... York Rite? Scottish Rite and the other?
Can someone easlity move from being York Rite to Scottish Rite?

Answer 1

Blue Lodge tells a story we call degrees. York rite elaborates on this story. Scottish rite is a different body that elaborates on the story also but degree work also involves famous Masons in history. This is about as simply as I can explain it!

Answer 2

The Blue Lodge encompasses the first three degrees in freemasonry (Entered Apprentice, Fellow-craft, and, Master Mason). These three degrees are the only degrees in freemasonry; although further degrees ( Nos. 4 to 33) conferred by "appendant bodies" are traditionally considered to be the continuation of these, and require one to have previously completed the first three degrees.

The Scottish Rite and York Rite are the two alternative forms under which these appendant bodies are organised.

In most jurisdictions, there is mutual recognition between the two Rites and so one can move from one to the other; although you should check to confirm if this is so in any particular case.

Answer 3

Yes you can belong to both rites, But the highest degree in masonry is the 3rd. That is why most of the people at my Lodge dont join anything more that the blue lodge.

Here read the 2nd paragraph of this link

http://www.scottishritecalifornia.org/scottish_rite_degrees.htm


Or this link with the official rules for joining

http://www.mainemason.org/becomeone/index.asp

Answer 4

They are pretty secretive... I have a handbook for "scottish rite" but have no information on other forms of the faith.