Collectanea – The Official Transactions of the Grand College of Rites of the United States of America.
Dedicated to the preservation and study of Masonic, quasi-Masonic, and disused ritual.
Volume 1
Part 1: Swedenborgian Rite
Contents: The Primitive and Original Rite of Symbolic Phremasonry: 4º Enlightened Phremason [or Green Brother], 5º Sublime Phremason [or Blue Brother], 6º Perfect Phremason [or Red Brother]; additional Swedenborgian Data
Part 2: Fratres Lucis
Contents: 1º Knight Novice of the Third Year, 2º Knight Novice of the Fifth Year, 3º Knight Novice of the Seventh Year, 4º Knight Levite, 5º Knight Priest; Poem”Is He Dead”
Part 3: Rite of Adoption
Contents: 1º Adoptive Apprentice, 2º Companion, 3º Mistress, 4º Perfect Mistress, 5º Sublime Elect, 6º Dame Ecossais, 7º Grand Elect, or French Dame, 8º Lady of the Dove, 9º Lady of the Rosy Cross, 10º Adonaite Mistress, 11º Perfect Venerable Adonaite Mistress, 12º Crowned Princess, or Sovereign Mistress.
Volume 2
Part 1: The Martinist Order
Contents: The Martinist Order: English Ritual –First Degree; Second Initiate Martiniste; Third Degree, Superior Inconnue; The American Ritual–Notre Vrai Maitre; First Degree; Second Degree.
Part 2: The Adoniramite Rite
Series translated by John Black Vrooman
Part 3: The Adoniramite Rite
Part 4: The Adoniramite Rite
Contents: 1º Entered Apprentice, 2º Fellowcraft, 3º Master Mason, 4º First Elu or Elu of the Nine, 5º Second Elu, Called of Perignan, 6º Third Elu, Called of the Fifteen, 7º Minor Architect, 8º Grand Architect or Scottish Fellowcraft, 9º Scottish master, 10º Knight of the Sword or Knight of the East or of the Eagle, 11º Knight Rose Croix, 12º Noachite or Prussian Knight.
Volume 3
Part 1: The Rite of Memphis
Contents: 34º Knight of Scandinavia, 35º Knight of the Temple, 36º Sublime Negociant, 37º Knight of Shota, or Sage of Truth, 38º Sublime Elect of Truth, or the Red Eagle, 39º Grand Elect of the Aeons, 40º Sage Savaiste, or Perfect Sage, 41º Knight of the Arch of Seven Colours, 42º Prince of Light, 43º Sublime Hermetic Sage, or Hermetic Philosopher, 44º Prince of the Zodiac, 45º Sublime Sage of the Mysteries, 46º Sublime Pastor of the Huts, 47º Knight of the Seven Stars, 48º Sublime Guardian of the Sacred Mount, 49º Sublime Sage of the Pyramids, 50º Sublime Philosopher of Samothrace, 51º Sublime Titan of the Caucasus, 52º Sage of the Labyrinth, 53º Knight or Sage of the Phoenix, 54º Sublime Scalde, 55º Sublime Orphic Doctor, 56º Pontiff, or Sage of Cadmia, 57º Sublime Magus, 58º Sage, or Prince Brahmin, 59º Sublime Sage, or Grand Pontiff of Ogygia, 60º Sublime Guardian of the three Fires, 61º Sublime Unknown Philosopher.
Part 2: The Rite of Memphis
Contents: 62º Sublime Sage of Eleusis, 63º Sublime Kawi, 64º Sage of Mythras, 65º Guardian of Sanctuary–Grand Installator, 66º Grand Architect of the Mysterious City–Grand Consecrator, 67º Guardian of the Incommunicable Name-Grand Eulogist, 68º Patriarch of Truth, 69º Knight or Sage of the Golden Branch of Eleusis, 70º Prince of Light, or Patriarch of the Planispheres, 71º Patriarch of the Sacred Vedas, 72º Sublime Master of Wisdom, 73º Patriarch, or Doctor of the Sacred Fire, 74º Sublime Master of the Stoka, 75º Knight Commander of the Lybic Chain, 76º Interpreter of Hierglyphics, or Patriarch of Isis, 77º Sublime Knight or Sage Theosopher, 78º Grand Pontiff of the Thebiad, 79º Knight, or Sage, of the Redoubtable Sada, 80º Sublime Elect of the Sanctuary of Mazias, 81º Intendent Regulator, or Patriarch of Memphis, 82º Grand Elect of the Temple of Midgard, 83º Sublime Elect of the Valley of Oddy, 84º Patriarch or Doctor of the Izeds, 85º Sublime Sage, or Knight of Kneph, 86º Sublime Philosopher of the Valley of Kab, 87º Sublime Prince of Masonry, 88º Grand Elect of the Sacred Curtain, 89º Patriarch of the Mystic City, 90º Sublime Master of the Great Work, 91º Grand Defender, 92º Grand Catechist, 93º Regulator General, 94º Prince of Memphis, or Grand Administrator, 95º Grand Conservator, 96º Grand and Puissant Sovereign of the Order, 97º Grand Hierophant.
Part 3: Ancient Order of Zuzimites; Queen of the South
Contents: Ancient Order of Zuzimites: 1º Neophyte, 2º Graduate, 3º Fellow Zuzimite, Installation Ceremonies, 4º Zer Zuzimite, 5º Mark Master Zuzimite, 6º First Degree of the Celestine Zuzimite, 7º Second Degree of the Celestine Zuzimite, 8º First Degree of the Knights of Zered, 9º Second Degree of the Knights of Zered; Queen of the South.
Volume 4
Part 1: Consecrated Phileclesian Host; Order of the Palm and Shell
Part 2: Free and Accepted Architects
Contents: 1º Select Architect, 2º Most Excellent Architect, 3º Royal Architect
Part 3: The Martinist Order
Contents: 1º Associated–A::, 2º Initiated–I::, 3º Superior Unknown–S::I::, 4º Administrative–S::I::
Volume 5
Part 1
Contents: Expert Master; Knight of Constantine; Knights of the Round Table; The Good Samaritan; The Order of the Sacred Temple.
Part 2
Contents: The Order of Christ or Sovereign Commander of the Temple; Investiture of a Knight of St. John of Jerusalem; Order of Malta; The Brotherhood of the Knights of the Temple; The Roman Catholic and Aristocratic Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Cagliostro’s Egyptian Rite: 1º Apprentice, 2º Companion, 3º Master.
Volume 6
Part 1: The Rite of Mizraim
Contents: 1º Apprentice, 2º Fellowcraft, 3º Master.
Part 2: The Rite of Memphis
Contents: 1º Apprentice, 2º Fellowcraft, 3º Master.
Part 3: The Hermetic Rite
Contents: 3º Knight of the Black Eagle, or Rose Croix, 4º Chevalier of the Sun-Prince Adept, the Key to Masonry, 5º Knight of the Phoenix, 6º Sublime Philosopher–Chevalier Rose-Croix, 7º Chevalier of the Rainbow, 8º True Mason, 9º Chevalier of the Argonauts, 10º Chevalier of the Golden Fleece.
Volume 7
Part 1
Contents: Order of Druids; The Supreme Degree of the Grand Elu of London; Knights of the Lion; Knights of the Three Kings; The Sacerdotal Mysteries of Egypt, or The Initiation of Antiquity; Three Degrees from the Rite of Mizraim: Knights of the Moon and of Truth, First Degree of Wisdom B.B., Sovereign Princes of the 87th Degree.
Part 2: The Fiery Heart; The Rite of Misraim
Contents: Le Coeur Enflame; The Rite of Misraim: 45º Reception of Prince of Jerusalem, Grand Ecossais Historical Discourse, 65º Grand Elu Knight Kadosh, Sovereign Grand Inspector, Supreme Council of the Supreme Councils of the Sovereign Princes of the 87th Degree.
Part 3: The Lodge of the Nine Muses
Contents: A translation of a rare French book, “The History of the Lodge of Nine Muses.” “The Nine Muses” was the famous Lodge in Paris of which, among other famous men Benjamin Franklin and Voltaire were members. The translation was completed in three parts.
Volume 8
Part 1: The Lodge of the Nine Muses, 2nd Part
Part 2: The Lodge of the Nine Muses, 3rd Part
Part 3: Concerning the Swedenborgian Rite; Early English Ritual; Old English Templar Ritual; The Webber Book of Rituals
Contents: Concerning the Swedenborgian Rite; Early English Ritual; Old English Templar Ritual; The White Stone; Key to the Holy Order of Kts Templar Priests or Holy Wisdom; The Webber Book of Rituals: Secret Monitor, Knight of Constantinople, Super Excellent Master, Knight of Three Kings, Round Table, Christian Mark, Holy and Thrice Illustrious Order of the Cross, Phi Beta Kappa, Ark and Dove, Heroine of Jericho, The Good Samaritan, The Daughter of Zelophahad or the Sacred Inheritance, The Mason’s Daughter, Eastern Star.
Volume 9
Part 1: Pantheisticon; Ne Plus Ultra; Ritual of the Golden Circle; Knights of Fidelity; Knights of the Royal Arch; The Secrets of the Mopses Disclosed
Contents: Pantheisticon; Ne Plus Ultra; Ritual of the Golden Circle; Knights of Fidelity; Knights of the Royal Arch; The Secrets of the Mopses Disclosed.
Part 2: Formation of the Grand College of Rites; Constitution; List of Fellows; Great Secret Order; William Finch; Mark Man and Mark Master; The Baldwyn Encampment
Contents: The Great Secret Order; The Mark Man and Mark Master Degrees.
Part 3: The Royal Order of Sat B’hai
Contents: The Royal Order of Sikha and the Sat B’hai: 1º Mute, 2º Auditor, 3º Scribe, 4º Herald, 5º Minister, 6º Courier, Ceremony of Installing an Arch Censor.
Volume 10
Part 1: Les Fendeurs; John Cleland’s “Real Secret of the Free Masons”; John Cleland and the Druids
Contents: Les Fendeurs; John Cleland’s “Real Secret of the Free Masons”; John Cleland and the Druids.
Part 2: Order of Barsalians; The Innovators; The Early Grand Rite of Scotland
Contents: Order of Barsalians; The Innovators; The Early Grand Rite of Scotland: 4º Funeral Master, 5º Fellow Craft Mark, 6º Marked Master.
Part 3: The Early Grand Rite of Scotland: Seventh Degree to Twenty-seventh Degree
Contents: 7º Architect, 8º Grand Architect, 9º Master of the Blue, 10º Master of all Symbolic Lodges, 11º Royal Ark Mariner, 12º Fugitive Mark, 13º Link and Chain, 14º Sublime Master, 15º Order of the Scarlet Cord, 16º Order of Brotherly Love, 17º Royal Master, 18º Select Master, 19º Most Excellent Master, 20º Excellent Mason, 21º Super-Excellent Mason, 22º Holy Royal Arch, 23º Red Cross of Rome and Constantine, 24º Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, 25º Knights of St. John, 26º Knight of the Christian Mark, 27º Holy and Illustrious Order of the Cross.
Volume 11
Part 1: The Early Grand Rite of Scotland: Twenty-eighth Degree to Forty-fourth Degree
Contents: 28º The Pilgrim, 29º Knight Templar, 30º Knights of St. Paul or Mediterranean Pass, 31º Knights of Malta, 32º Prince of Babylon, 33º Prince Mason, 34º Knight of the Black Cross, 35º Knight of Bethany, 36º Knight of the White Cross, 37º Knight of Patmos, 38º Knight of Death, 39º Knight of the Rosy Cross of St. Andrew, Heredom of Kilwinning, 40º Knight of the Black and White Eagle, 41º Priestly Order of the Temple, 42º Priest of the Sun, 43º Priest of Eleusis, 44º The Mother Word, or Royal Secret.
Part 2: John Yarker and the Rite of Mizraim
Contents: The Rite of Mizraim; John Yarker; Abridged Bibliography; The Rite of Mizraim, including degrees 1º through 90º.
Part 3: Early Capitular Masonry in South Carolina; The Ragon Mark Rituals
Contents: Early Capitular Masonry in South Carolina with Particular Reference to the Mark Degree; The Ragon Mark Rituals: Past Master, Mark-Mason, and Another Mark-Mason.
Part 4: The Rite of Memphis Mark; The Travelling Mark; A French Mark Ritual; Two English Mark Rituals; The Black Mark
Contents: The Rite of Memphis Mark; The Travelling Mark; A French Mark Ritual; Two English Mark Rituals; The Black Mark.
Volume 12
Part 1: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree
Contents: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree. Part I — History: England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada.
Part 2: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree
Contents: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree. Part II — United States: The Diluvian Order; The Sovereign College of Allied and Christian Degrees; Henry Van Arsdale Parsell; Half Moon Lodge No. 1, R.A.M.
Part 3: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree
Contents: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree. Part III — Maine: Oxford Lodge No. 1, Kennebec Lodge No. 2, Freeport Lodge No. 3.
Part 4: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree
Contents: The Royal Ark Mariner Degree. Part IV — The United States.
Volume 13
Part 1: Order of the Secret Monitor
Contents: Order of the Secret Monitor.
Part 2: The Order of the Secret Monitor or Brotherhood of David and Jonathan in the British Isles and in Territories Overseas
Contents: The Order of the Secret Monitor or Brotherhood of David and Jonathan in the British Isles and in Territories Overseas.
Volume 14
Part 1: The Sanctuary of Memphis
Contents: The Sanctuary of Memphis or Hermes: The Development of Masonic Mysteries; Translator’s note; Brief History of Masonry; Origin of all the known Masonic Rites; The Ancient Masonic Mysteries of Memphis; Principal Statutes from the Masonic Order of Memphis; Complete Ritual of the First Degree; Instruction in the Second Degree; Instruction in the Third Degree; and related notes, addresses, ceremonies, and plates.
Volume 15
Part 1: St. Lawrence the Martyr Degree
Contents: St. Lawrence the Martyr Degree.
Reprint: Volume 4, Part 3 — The Martinist Order
Contents: 1º Associated–A::, 2º Initiated–I::, 3º Superior Unknown–S::I::, 4º Administrative–S::I::
Reprint: Volume 3, Part 1 — The Rite of Memphis
Contents: 34º Knight of Scandinavia through 61º Sublime Unknown Philosopher.
Part 2: The Blue Degrees of Atwood’s Cerneau Supreme Council; Old Scottish Craft Ritual Fragments
Contents: The Blue Degrees of Atwood’s Cerneau Supreme Council; 1º Entered Apprentice, 2º Fellow Craft, 3º Master Mason; Old Scottish Craft Ritual Fragments: Iº, IIº, IIIº.
Part 3: The Ritual of Lodge Le Progrés de l’Oceanie
Contents: Erik Palmer’s “Working Ritual in English”; Preface; Introduction; A working ritual in English translated and abridged from the French Ritual of the Scottish Rite 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Degrees owned by Lodge Le Progrés de l’Oceanie No. 371 and dated April 8, 1842.
Volume 16
Part 1: “Sarsena” and The Ancient Order of Free Gardeners
Contents: Sarsena Introduction; IVº Scots Apprentice and Fellow; Vº Scots Master; VIº Scots Past Master and Kt. of St. Andrew; VIIº Grand Cross of the Knights of St. John; The Ancient Order of Free Gardeners; Apprentice Degree; Second Degree; Master’s Degree; lectures; constituting a lodge; Constitution of the Grand College of Rites.
Part 2: A “Cocktail” from the Schröder Ritualsammlung
Contents: The Clermont System plus Additional Degrees; Elect Master; Illustrious Master; Scots Master of St. Andrew of the Thistle; Knight of God and of His Temple; Elect Master and Knight of the Eagle; Sublime Master and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre; Sublime Illustrious Master and Knight of God; Degrees of Knight of the Eagle or Sun, Knight Rose Croix, and Knights of the East.
Volume 17
Part 1: Ritual of the Ancient and Accepted Egyptian Rite of Memphis 96º
Contents: Ritual of the Ancient and Accepted Egyptian Rite of Memphis 96º; Constitution and By-Laws of the Sovereign Sanctuary, Valley of Canada; selected rituals, opening and closing ceremonies, installation of officers, oath of fealty, condensed obligations, esoteric work, index, constitution, and by-laws.
Part 2: Lectures of a Chapter, Senate & Council
Contents: Lectures according to the forms of the Antient and Primitive Rite, embracing systems of High Grade Masonry; Chapter, Senate, Areopagus, Consistory, Council, and Grand Book of Maxims.
Part 3: Rituals of Calvin C. Burt’s Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis
Contents: Sovereign Sanctuary 95º of the Valley of Chicago; Chapter and Senate rituals including Discreet Master, Sublime Master, Sacred Arch, Secret Vault, Knight of the Sword, Knight of Jerusalem, Knight of the Orient, Knight of the Rose Croix, Knight of the Red Eagle, Knight of the Temple, Knight of the Tabernacle, Knight of the Serpent, and Knight Kadosh.
Part 4: Rituals of Calvin C. Burt’s Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis, Part 2
Contents: 17º Knight of the Royal Mystery through 32º Sublime Princes of Memphis, including Grand Council and Mystic Temple material.
Volume 18
Part 1: Statutes, Public Ceremonials and History of the Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry
Contents: For the United Kingdom, by John Yarker; Book I: Constitution, General Statutes, and Ordinances; Book II: Public Ceremonials; Book III: History of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry.
Part 2: Constitution and General Statutes for the Government of the Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry
Contents: For the Continent of America, by Alexander B. Mott; General Ordinances and Statutes; Sovereign Sanctuary; Grand Chancelry; Mystic Temple; Grand Defender of the Rite; Sublime Council; Senates of Hermetic Philosophers; Chapters of Rose Croix.
Volume 19
Part 1: Manual of the Degrees of the Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry, Part 1
Contents: College, Chapter, and Senate degrees from the Manual of the Degrees of the Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry for Great Britain and Ireland, by John Yarker; includes Manual of the Secret Work of the 4º–17º.
Part 2: Manual of the Degrees of the Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry, Part 2
Contents: Areopagus and Consistory degrees; Manual of the Secret Work of the 18º–26º of the Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry.
Part 3: Manual of the Degrees of the Antient & Primitive Rite of Masonry, Part 3
Contents: Council and Mystic Temple degrees; Ritual of the Sublime Patriarch, Grand Conservator 33º; Manual of the Secret Work.
Volume 20
Part 1: Degrees of the Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis
Contents: Discreet Master; Perfect Master; Sublime Master; Just Master; Master of Israel; Master-Elect; Grand Master-Elect; Sublime Master-Elect; Master of Geometry; Royal Arch; Secret Vault; Knight of the Flaming Sword; Knight of Jerusalem; Knight of the Orient; Knight of the Rose Croix; Installation Ceremonies.
Part 2: Degrees of the Egyptian Masonic Rite of Memphis
Contents: Senate of Knight Philosophers; Knight of the Occident through Ceremony for Consecrating an Egyptian Masonic Temple and Eulogistic Ceremony for Funeral Services.
Volume 21
Part 1: The Rite of Strict Observance and Two High Degree Rituals of the Eighteenth Century
Contents: The Rite of Strict Observance, translated by Alain Bernheim and Arturo de Hoyos; Apprentice, Fellow, Master Mason, Scots Master, Secular Novice, Knight, Lay Brother; Two High Degree Rituals of the Eighteenth Century, translated by Arturo de Hoyos; Philosophical Knight of Hermes; Sage Knight of Hermes.
Part 2: Rituals of the Flaming Star German Esoteric Bricolage
Contents: From Der Signatstern and other sources; Novice, Neophyte, or Minerval Degree; Iº Apprentice Degree; Vº Sovereign Chapter of Knight of the Rose Croix; VIIº Grand Council of the Mystic Templar Magus of Light, Companion of the Graal and Theoretical Rosicrucian of the Brothers of Light of the Seven Churches in Asia.
Volume 22
Part 1: Darius Wilson’s Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Ancient and Accepted Scottish Freemasons of the United States of America
Contents: The Grand Lodge of New York Expels Darius Wilson; Rituals: Apprentice, Companion, Master.
Part 2: Matthew McBlain Thomson’s American Masonic Federation
Contents: The American Masonic Federation Case; Ritual Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry Symbolic: Entered Apprentice Degree, Fellow Craft Degree, Master Mason Degree, Fellow Craft Master or Mark Man Degree.
Volume 23
Part 1: The Melissino System of Freemasonry
Contents: 4º The Dark Vault; 5º Scots Masters and Knights; 6º The Philosophers; 7º Actus Receptionis Magni Sacerdotis Templariorum.
Volume 24
Part 1: The William H. Packham “Cerneau” Scottish Rite
Part 2: The William H. Packham “Cerneau” Scottish Rite
Part 3: The William H. Peckham Cerneau Scottish Rite
Part 4: The William H. Peckham Cerneau Scottish Rite
Special Commemorative Issue: Ancient Toltec Rite
Special Commemorative Issue: Order of the Palm and Shell
Part 5: The William H. Peckham Cerneau Scottish Rite
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