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[Raavak]

Originally Posted by ZEROSUM [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There are "honourary" degrees past 33 as part of the Scottish rite.

No, there are 32 standard degrees in Scottish Rite, and a 33rd degree which is honorary. Every freemason can get the 32nd degree in as little as a few hours if you're just after the title and not the masonic education.

York Rite has a total of like 12 degrees to its pinnacle, plus an honorary degree (KYCH) (3 blue lodge, 4 royal arch, 2 cryptic/council, 3 knight templar).

There are countless honorary invite-only bodies associated with one/both/neither of these (Allied Masonic Degrees, Crown & Cork, York Rite College, Simon of Cyrene, Red Cross of Constatine, bunch of Rosicrucian, etc).


There are other masonic rites that are not mainstream that have alot more degrees. For example the Rite of Memphis-Misraim which has 90 degrees.

[ZEROSUM]

Originally Posted by Raavak [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No, there are 32 standard degrees in Scottish Rite, and a 33rd degree which is honorary. Every freemason can get the 32nd degree in as little as a few hours if you're just after the title and not the masonic education.

York Rite has a total of like 12 degrees to its pinnacle, plus an honorary degree (KYCH) (3 blue lodge, 4 royal arch, 2 cryptic/council, 3 knight templar).

There are countless honorary invite-only bodies associated with one/both/neither of these (Allied Masonic Degrees, Crown & Cork, York Rite College, Simon of Cyrene, Red Cross of Constatine, bunch of Rosicrucian, etc).


There are other masonic rites that are not mainstream that have alot more degrees. For example the Rite of Memphis-Misraim which has 90 degrees.

When in grade school we are taught that the three smallest particles of matter were the proton, neutron and electron. Today, we know there are a multitude of yet even smaller particles that make up those first particles. Could we in the 5th grade have understood the quarks, leptons, and other smaller particles without understanding the proton, neutron and electron first? I sincerely doubt it.

Masonry is the same way. The first three degrees are referred to as Symbolic Masonry. Degrees four through 32 are part of what is referred to as Philosophical Masonry. The degrees that follow, from the 34th and up are referred to as the Esoteric Degrees. Again, notice how things are taught in steps.

[Raavak]

Originally Posted by ZEROSUM [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When in grade school we are taught that the three smallest particles of matter were the proton, neutron and electron. Today, we know there are a multitude of yet even smaller particles that make up those first particles. Could we in the 5th grade have understood the quarks, leptons, and other smaller particles without understanding the proton, neutron and electron first? I sincerely doubt it.

Masonry is the same way. The first three degrees are referred to as Symbolic Masonry. Degrees four through 32 are part of what is referred to as Philosophical Masonry. The degrees that follow, from the 34th and up are referred to as the Esoteric Degrees. Again, notice how things are taught in steps.

Are you in the southern jurisdiction? I've never heard this stuff explained like that, and I am in the north (and a freemason if you haven't gathered yet). I would tend to call all the degrees esoteric :P