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OF THE
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE
OF
FREEMASONRY
PREPARED FOR THE
SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE
FOR THE
SOUTHERN JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES
AND
PUBLISHED BY ITS AUTHORITY.
CHARLESTON
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
ALBERT PIKE,
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1906, by
THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN
JURISDICTION, A. A, S. R., U. S. A.,
L. H. Jenkins, Inc.
Edition Book Manufacturers
Richmond. Va.
Reprinted June, 1946.
PREFACE.
The following work has been prepared by authority of the Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree, for the Southern
Jurisdiction of the United States, by the Grand Commander, and is now published by its direction. It contains the
Lectures of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in that jurisdiction, and is specially intended to be read and studied by the
Brethren of that obedience, in connection with the Rituals of the
Degrees. It is hoped and expected that each will furnish himself with a copy, and make himself familiar with it; for which purpose, as the cost of the work consists entirely in the printing and binding, it will be furnished at a price as moderate as possible.
No individual will receive pecuniary profit from it, except the agents for its sale.
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