1761 — Étienne Morin and the French-Antillean transmission.
1768 — Chapter of Clermont: the High Degrees to the 33rd are created.
1774 — The Caribbean.
1780s — Saint-Domingue and Jamaica.
1780s — New York (Albany) Sovereign Grand Consistory, PRS+.
1801-1807 — United States of America.
1804-1813 — Paris.
French · Caribbean · American Continuity
The Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™
Declaration of Continuity:
The Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™ derives from the Scottish High-Degree system transmitted from the Grand Orient of France, established in United States of America between 1801 & 1807. This lineage was preserved through the Supreme Council under Edmund B. Hays, as Sovereign Grand Inspector General.
Following the disruptions of the rite in 1860s, it was continued with the approval of the Grand Orient de France, and transmitted the authority of the Rite, who perpetuated the tradition in Europe.
The documentation of this derived Scottish Rite working is preserved in the Fonds Maçonnique FM4-979 manuscript at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, which records the continuation of the Rite under the authority of Supreme Council in the United States of America betwen 1801-1807.
Through the Yarker transmission the Rite continued through the Scandinavian line and into the present Supreme Council.
Thus the Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™ stands as a continuation of the Scottish Rite tradition descending from the Grand Orient of France and preserved through Historical lineage.
The Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™ stands upon foundations laid in the eighteenth century, within the established Masonic culture of France and the French Antilles.
LUX EX ORIENTE, PAX PROFUNDA
UNIVERSI TERRARUM ORBIS ARCHITECTONIS GLORIAM AD INGENTIS
Sovereign Grand Jurisdiction for the Craft Degrees
Grand Orient of the United States of America of the Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™
The Grand Orient of the United States of America works the Ancient French Craft Degrees of Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master Mason as transmitted through the French Antilles and established in the United States between 1801-1807.
It governs symbolic lodges under its obedience and preserves the Craft Constitutions of the Rite within its own sovereign jurisdiction.
Soveriegn Grand Body
Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™
The Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree preserves the high-grade system of the Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™, working the philosophical degrees of4°–33° in continuity with the French, Caribbean, and American transmissions of the eighteenth century.
From the Caribbean, the Rite was preserved the American Antilles between 1801-1806 and organized in the United States officially between 1801-1807, where its American jurisdiction took permanent root.
Historical Continuity
1761 — Étienne Morin.
The French-Antillean transmission begins its documented course through the Caribbean network of higher degrees.
1768 — Chapter of Clermont.
The High Degrees to the 33rd Degree are created within the Clermont system and carried forward into the broader current of transmission.
1774 — The Caribbean.
Bodies exercising authority over the higher degrees were functioning through councils and inspectors responsible for continuity and transmission.
1780s — Saint-Domingue and Jamaica.
Saint-Domingue emerged as a central point of activity, with Jamaica operating in parallel, sustaining the Rite across the islands.
1785 — Sovereign Grand Consistory of the 32nd Degree, Ne Plus Ultra, Albany, New York.
New York, according to an official Manuscript in 1785, emerged as a central point of activity, with Albany, New York operating in parallel, sustaining the Rite across the Colonies of the United States of America.
1796 — Saint-Domingue.
The organization of the higher degrees reached formal maturity, administered through established councils and tribunals.
1801 — Saint-Domingue.
Despite political upheaval, Masonic activity continued and authority traveled with those entrusted to preserve it.
1804 — Saint-Domingue and France.
Authority was transitioned through De Grasse-Tilly and Delahogue. It emerged as a central point of activity, with France now operating in parallel, sustaining the Rite across Europe.
1806 — American Antilles.
Authority was carried from the carribian, where the Rite was preserved intact during displacement.
1801-1807 — United States of America.
From the Caribian, the Rite crossed into the United States. Where it was re-organized and established on American soil.
1804-1813 — Paris.
In France, the existing structures of the Rite were formally reaffirmed within the broader continuity of the system.
From these events emerged a complete and independent system, uniting symbolic Craft Masonry and the full progression of higher degrees, preserved through successive custodians and returned to the United States in faithful continuity with its earliest foundations.
