Calling every semi-secret fraternity freemasonry is very ignorant and akin to calling every sect of Christianity a Catholic Jesuit cult. Some of our most esteemed Founding Fathers were dedicated masons. Funny enough, nobody on the internet can sauce legitimate masonic literature about their nefarious dealings, yet all claim that they know the secrets of the 33rd degree (Scottish Rite only). It's laughable. The way some people who call themselves Christians, or Americans, or Congressional Representatives, or Capitalists act in direct contradiction to their self-professed claims and ideals, is the same way people who are masons may or may not act as well. America never would have gained independence if not for the work of masons like Washington, Franklin, and Lafayette, to name a very few.
Can someone briefly tell me what 33rd degree Scottish Rite is?
When my grandfather died I helped my grandma write his obituary and she told me to write that in there. I never knew what it meant, but I gather some folks here believe it to be evil. I don't think my grandfather was a bad person, but secret societies being secret and all, I just have no idea...
As simply as possible: Scottish Rite is a school of masonry. Masonry traditionally has three degrees of initiation: entered apprentice, fellow craft, and master mason. Scottish Rite has these as well, but continues to assign degrees to masons who progress through various stages of enlightenment. To understand what 33 means is to understand the total scope of human consciousness and the process of spirits (energies). It has to be explained metaphorically. Human consciousness has a tendency to crystallize (bare with me) when someone is convinced of something to be true. This crystallized mind is a cube (specific shape) of ice. Ice melts at 33 degrees. The human spine has 33 vertebrae along which energy travels from the base (root) to the mind’s eye (pineal). Also, Jesus Christ was a carpenter(used mason tools) who ascended at the age of 33. There are many more ways to explain the significance of 33 using geometry, but these are the simplest answers.
They are not masons.
Calling every semi-secret fraternity freemasonry is very ignorant and akin to calling every sect of Christianity a Catholic Jesuit cult. Some of our most esteemed Founding Fathers were dedicated masons. Funny enough, nobody on the internet can sauce legitimate masonic literature about their nefarious dealings, yet all claim that they know the secrets of the 33rd degree (Scottish Rite only). It's laughable. The way some people who call themselves Christians, or Americans, or Congressional Representatives, or Capitalists act in direct contradiction to their self-professed claims and ideals, is the same way people who are masons may or may not act as well. America never would have gained independence if not for the work of masons like Washington, Franklin, and Lafayette, to name a very few.
Can someone briefly tell me what 33rd degree Scottish Rite is?
When my grandfather died I helped my grandma write his obituary and she told me to write that in there. I never knew what it meant, but I gather some folks here believe it to be evil. I don't think my grandfather was a bad person, but secret societies being secret and all, I just have no idea...
As simply as possible: Scottish Rite is a school of masonry. Masonry traditionally has three degrees of initiation: entered apprentice, fellow craft, and master mason. Scottish Rite has these as well, but continues to assign degrees to masons who progress through various stages of enlightenment. To understand what 33 means is to understand the total scope of human consciousness and the process of spirits (energies). It has to be explained metaphorically. Human consciousness has a tendency to crystallize (bare with me) when someone is convinced of something to be true. This crystallized mind is a cube (specific shape) of ice. Ice melts at 33 degrees. The human spine has 33 vertebrae along which energy travels from the base (root) to the mind’s eye (pineal). Also, Jesus Christ was a carpenter(used mason tools) who ascended at the age of 33. There are many more ways to explain the significance of 33 using geometry, but these are the simplest answers.