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The Grand Mother Scotch Lodge Of Marseilles.
ings , and asking power to confer the R ^ degree . To this letter of course no answer Avas received , and no contradiction . Some of these strange communications from so called Scotch lodges do occasionally reach the Grand Lodge of Scotland still .
One curious feature in connection Avith the Mother Grand Lodo-e of Marseilles , is that the Philosophic Rite , a rite now subsisting in France , and recognised by the Grand Orient derived practically from this Marseilles source . Thory
the historian and Ragon , the ritualist , are both numbered among votaries of the Philosophic Rite , and many of the published rituals are not rituals of the A . and A . Rite , but of the Philosophic Rite . It appears that in 1774 the Marseilles Mother
Lodge constituted at Paris a lodge under the title of St . Jean d' Ecosse du Contrat Social , and of which it lost sight , and in 1776 the Philosophic Rite Avas started in this lodge . This Grand or Mother Lodge of the Oontriet Social fortified itself
Avith a recognition from the foreign Grand Lodge of Avignon in the Papal territories , Avhich again singularly enough had emanated from another Marseilles warrant for St . Jean d' Ecosse de la Vertu persecute at Avignon .
To carry the equivoque further , in 1787 the Grand Mother Lodge of "Marseilles actuall y applied to the Grand Mother Scotch Lodge of the Contrat Social for rituals of the Philosophic Rite for its OAvn adoption , such is the term of prescriptive antiquity in Masonry .
From 1762 to 1793 , when the troubles of the revolution interrupted , the action of the Marseilles Mother Lodge Avas regularly carried on , the members consisting of respectable members of society in that city , and by their influence lodges were
widely distributed . In 1 783 the fine lodge rooms , Avhich have excited the attention of English travellers , were occupied for profane purposes , but the archives Avere removed , and in 1801 the labours were resumed , and proceeded Avith energy
until the new troubles of 1814 . In 1852 an abortive attempt Avas made to revive it , but it is now thoroughly extinct . The roll of its lodges , printed in 1788 , 1803 , and 1812 , included the follosving , all under the name of St . Jean d'Ecosse : —
The Mother Lodge . No . 1 , 1752 , at Salon , Bouches du Rhone ( existing in 1761 ) . No . 2 , 1763 , Aix , do . ( existing in 1801 ) .
No . 3 , 1764 , Brignoles , Var ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 4 , 1765 , Constantinople , Turkey S . J . de de la parfaite Union . Its first W . M . 's were Thorin and Bonnin , merchants . This existed in 1801 .
No . 5 , 1755 , Hybres , Var ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 6 , 1766 , Avignon . This is the lodge already referred to , and which Avas persecuted by the Papal authorities . It is reported as existing in 1801 .
No . 7 , 1767 , Martigues , Bouches du Rhone ,, extinct before 1793 . No . 8 , 1768 , St . Pierre , Martinique , in the West
Indies , ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 9 , 1770 , Contrat Social , already referred to * No . 10 , 1771 , Smyrna , Turkey in Asia , "des Nations Reunies , " said to be existing in 1801 . No . 11 , 1772 , Riex , Low Alps ( existing in 1801 ) ..
No . 12 , 1772 , Toulon ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 13 , 1774 , Jacmel , St . Domingo , West Indies . This lods-e also made its mark . One of D its W . M . ' s was Bro . Saint Paul , a zealous propagator of Scotch Masonry , and the lodge
assumed the title of Mother Scotch Lodge of St . Domingo . It will , perhaps , be found to be the parent of other jurisdictions in America . No . 14 , 1778 , L ' adenet , Vaucluse ( existing in . 1801 .
No . 15 , 1779 , Pignans , Var ( extant in 1793 ) . No . 16 , 1780 , Draguignan , Var , do . No . 17 , 1784 , Luc , Var , do . No . 18 , 1801 , St . Chamas , Bouches du Rhone ,.
the first warrant granted after the revival . No . 19 , 1801 , Salonika , Turkey . No . 20 , 1801 , Isle of Bourbon . No . 21 , 1801 , Cape St . Domingo . No . 22 , 1802 , Paris , "des Eleves de Minerve . "
This lodge made a start on its own account . Bro - Abraham , its W . M ., asserted it was under the rite of Heredom . Several pamphlets were printed on the controversy , and in the end the lodge died out .
No . 23 , 1803 , " Reunion des Etrangers , " Paris , was a lodge of the Grand Orient , but was struck , out of the list for accepting Scotch constitutions . from the Mother Lodge of Marseilles . It had some distinguished members , and was restored in
1804 . No . 24 , 1804 , Nevers . No . 25 , 1805 , Cuers , Var . No- 26 , 1805 , Libourne , Gironde . No . 27 , 1806 , Barcelonette .
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The Grand Mother Scotch Lodge Of Marseilles.
ings , and asking power to confer the R ^ degree . To this letter of course no answer Avas received , and no contradiction . Some of these strange communications from so called Scotch lodges do occasionally reach the Grand Lodge of Scotland still .
One curious feature in connection Avith the Mother Grand Lodo-e of Marseilles , is that the Philosophic Rite , a rite now subsisting in France , and recognised by the Grand Orient derived practically from this Marseilles source . Thory
the historian and Ragon , the ritualist , are both numbered among votaries of the Philosophic Rite , and many of the published rituals are not rituals of the A . and A . Rite , but of the Philosophic Rite . It appears that in 1774 the Marseilles Mother
Lodge constituted at Paris a lodge under the title of St . Jean d' Ecosse du Contrat Social , and of which it lost sight , and in 1776 the Philosophic Rite Avas started in this lodge . This Grand or Mother Lodge of the Oontriet Social fortified itself
Avith a recognition from the foreign Grand Lodge of Avignon in the Papal territories , Avhich again singularly enough had emanated from another Marseilles warrant for St . Jean d' Ecosse de la Vertu persecute at Avignon .
To carry the equivoque further , in 1787 the Grand Mother Lodge of "Marseilles actuall y applied to the Grand Mother Scotch Lodge of the Contrat Social for rituals of the Philosophic Rite for its OAvn adoption , such is the term of prescriptive antiquity in Masonry .
From 1762 to 1793 , when the troubles of the revolution interrupted , the action of the Marseilles Mother Lodge Avas regularly carried on , the members consisting of respectable members of society in that city , and by their influence lodges were
widely distributed . In 1 783 the fine lodge rooms , Avhich have excited the attention of English travellers , were occupied for profane purposes , but the archives Avere removed , and in 1801 the labours were resumed , and proceeded Avith energy
until the new troubles of 1814 . In 1852 an abortive attempt Avas made to revive it , but it is now thoroughly extinct . The roll of its lodges , printed in 1788 , 1803 , and 1812 , included the follosving , all under the name of St . Jean d'Ecosse : —
The Mother Lodge . No . 1 , 1752 , at Salon , Bouches du Rhone ( existing in 1761 ) . No . 2 , 1763 , Aix , do . ( existing in 1801 ) .
No . 3 , 1764 , Brignoles , Var ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 4 , 1765 , Constantinople , Turkey S . J . de de la parfaite Union . Its first W . M . 's were Thorin and Bonnin , merchants . This existed in 1801 .
No . 5 , 1755 , Hybres , Var ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 6 , 1766 , Avignon . This is the lodge already referred to , and which Avas persecuted by the Papal authorities . It is reported as existing in 1801 .
No . 7 , 1767 , Martigues , Bouches du Rhone ,, extinct before 1793 . No . 8 , 1768 , St . Pierre , Martinique , in the West
Indies , ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 9 , 1770 , Contrat Social , already referred to * No . 10 , 1771 , Smyrna , Turkey in Asia , "des Nations Reunies , " said to be existing in 1801 . No . 11 , 1772 , Riex , Low Alps ( existing in 1801 ) ..
No . 12 , 1772 , Toulon ( existing in 1801 ) . No . 13 , 1774 , Jacmel , St . Domingo , West Indies . This lods-e also made its mark . One of D its W . M . ' s was Bro . Saint Paul , a zealous propagator of Scotch Masonry , and the lodge
assumed the title of Mother Scotch Lodge of St . Domingo . It will , perhaps , be found to be the parent of other jurisdictions in America . No . 14 , 1778 , L ' adenet , Vaucluse ( existing in . 1801 .
No . 15 , 1779 , Pignans , Var ( extant in 1793 ) . No . 16 , 1780 , Draguignan , Var , do . No . 17 , 1784 , Luc , Var , do . No . 18 , 1801 , St . Chamas , Bouches du Rhone ,.
the first warrant granted after the revival . No . 19 , 1801 , Salonika , Turkey . No . 20 , 1801 , Isle of Bourbon . No . 21 , 1801 , Cape St . Domingo . No . 22 , 1802 , Paris , "des Eleves de Minerve . "
This lodge made a start on its own account . Bro - Abraham , its W . M ., asserted it was under the rite of Heredom . Several pamphlets were printed on the controversy , and in the end the lodge died out .
No . 23 , 1803 , " Reunion des Etrangers , " Paris , was a lodge of the Grand Orient , but was struck , out of the list for accepting Scotch constitutions . from the Mother Lodge of Marseilles . It had some distinguished members , and was restored in
1804 . No . 24 , 1804 , Nevers . No . 25 , 1805 , Cuers , Var . No- 26 , 1805 , Libourne , Gironde . No . 27 , 1806 , Barcelonette .