http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:26:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Complete Your Journey… Entering upon the York Rite starts with the Capitular Degrees of the Holy Royal Arch, although in joining the York Rite, one may elect to receive only the Capitular Degrees and not the Council Degrees or Orders of the Commandery; however, completion of the Capitular and Cryptic Degrees ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/joining-the-york-rite/ The York Rite is a confederation of degree systems consisting of the Royal Arch Chapter, Cryptic Rite Council, and the Commandery of Knights Templar. As practiced in Utah, it is sometimes referred to as the American Rite of Masonry. While most of the degrees of the Ritual were nurtured in ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/about-the-york-rite/ Most Masons coming to Templarly are accustomed to recieving Degrees, a Commandery of Knights Templar however confers Order. Illustrious Order of the Red Cross Order of Malta Order of the Temple http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-orders-of-the-knights-templar/ Once considered the most important Degrees in the early years of Freemasonry and so dogmatic was the Mother Grand Lodge - from which all Speculative Masonry derives - that in 1813, when the two grand lodges in England united, a firm and solemn landmark was adopted and placed in the ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-royal-arch-degrees/ No rite of Freemasonry has come into its own so much as the series of degrees known as the Cryptic Rite, also known as the Cryptic Masons. Its popularity is well deserved for there are no more beautiful or meaningful degrees in all Freemasonry that those conferred in the ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/cryptic-rite/ The degrees of the York Rite are classified as Symbolic (Lodge of Master Masons). Capitular (Chapter of Royal Arch Masons), Cryptic (Council of Cryptic Masons), and Chivalric (Commander of Knights Templar). The Capitular Degrees derive their name from the title of a meeting of Royal Arch Masons - a Chapter. ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-word-capitular/ In 1099 Jerusalem fell to Crusading Armies, resulting in mass pilgrimages of Europeans to Holy Land in the near East. Men, women and children pressed forward on their pilgrimage to the sacred city only to find that although Jerusalem was in Christian hands, the Moslems still controlled Palestine. The highways ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/origin-of-the-knights-templar/ Royal Master This is the first degree of the Cryptic Rite as conferred in the United States of America. Candidates who receive the degree are impressed with its dignified ritual and relevant teachings. It contains one section which is generally regarded as an outstanding display of symbolism and content of philosophy. ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/the-cryptic-degress/ To understand the Capitular Degrees, it is important to understand 18th century Masonic history. Prior to the second quarter of 18th Century, it becomes difficult to prove that anything more than two Degrees of Freemasonry existed – Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft. Current research suggests the Master Mason Degree appeared ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/history-of-the-capitular-degrees/ Templarly Templar Organization: The Management of Warrior Monasticism The Rule of the Templars : The French Text of the Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion) Born in Blood : The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry The Templars : Knights of God Unholy Worship? The Myth of the ... http://www.saltlakeyorkrite.org/templar-shoppee/