High ranks & AASR: Albert PIKE. Morals & Dogma

Albert PIKE was an exceptional Sovereign Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. Scout, trapper, southern general: he fought against the northerners during the Civil War, essayist, poet, journalist, teacher, musicologist, lawyer, his life was exceptional including in Masonry where, even today, he is considered with accuracy as an extraordinary mason who does a colossal job for the promotion of the AASR. His Supreme Council was, thanks to him, and still remains the most powerful in the world. He aroused much jealousy against him, he was accused (including masons) of all misdeeds; many people hoped for his death in all fraternity. We now know that certain documents created to harm him are forgeries. Justice ends sometimes, as here, by rendering to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, that is to say the truth.

The high grades of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.

Volume 1: Secret Master, Perfect Master, Intimate Secretary, Provost and Judge, Steward of Buildings, Elected Master of 9, Elected of 15, Sublime Elected Knight, Grand Master Architect, Royale Arche, Grand Scotsman of the Sacred Vault, Knight of East, Prince of Jerusalem, Knight of East and West, Rose-Cross Knight.

Volume 2: Grand Pontiff, Grand Master of the Symbolic Lodges, Noachite or Prussian Knight, Knight of the Royal Axis, Head of the Tabernacle, Prince of the Tabernacle, Knight of the Brazen Serpent, Prince of Mercy, Grand Commander of the Temple, Knight of the Sun, Scottish Grand Knight of Saint Andrew, Knight Kadosch (30th degree), Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander (31st degree), Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret (32nd degree).