Albert Pike's 33rd Degree Ritual

From the National Heritage Museum website:

Albert Pike (1809-1891), Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite’s Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891, revised all of the Scottish Rite degree rituals, including the 33°, during his tenure. A handsomely bound book, containing Pike's reworked version of the 33°, was presented to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (NMJ) in 1870. This manuscript version of Pike's 33° ritual is currently on view in the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives reading room exhibition, Secret Scripts: Masonic and Fraternal Ritual Books, at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.

This ritual is from 1870 and was his 33rd degree ritual.

New Book for Masonic History Buffs

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library: A New Book! A Sublime Brotherhood

From the National Heritage Museum website:

In honor of the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction's 200th anniversary the Supreme Council has published a new history book called A Sublime Brotherhood: Two Hundred Years of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. The much anticipated volume is now available for purchase. The 200-page lavishly illustrated work traces the history of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1813 to the present.

It's NMJ's 200th Birthday!!

Today is the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

This is a great piece of interesting history; check out the full article at the National Heritage Museum blog article!

National Heritage Museum: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

via nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com

This is a brilliant article about how the National Heritage museum is digitizing their photographic archives. Please click the link below the picture to see what it's all about.