Ritual , Secrecy , and Civil Society
皇家秘密督察 : 起源和活动
摘要
1761 年 Etienne Morin 被授权 , 1801 年首个最高委员会 ( Supreme Council ) 成立 , 在此期间 ,“ 副总督察 ” ( Deputy Inspector General ) 这一苏格兰级别在西印度群岛和美国扩 散 。 Harold Van Buren 记录了其中 79 人 。 那些 “ 副总督察 ” 是 谁 ? 他们来自哪里 ? 他们在哪里进行共济会活动 ? 关于这 79 名高级别共济会成员的研究能帮助我们更好地理解古代和公 认的苏格兰礼仪 ( Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite ) 的来 源 。
关键词 : 苏格兰礼仪 , 副总督察 ( Deputy Inspector General , 完美礼仪 , 皇家秘密社团 , Etienne Morin
Something very interesting happened during the fifty years from 1761 , the year Etienne Morin received his patent , and 1801 , the year the Mother Supreme Council declared its existence . The Order of the Royal Secret was created , became popular , spread , and like a caterpillar metamorphosed into the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . We are still trying to understand exactly what happened and why .
Harold Van Buren Voorhis in 1965 counted at least seventy-nine Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors General of the Order of the Royal Secret . 1 The seventeen were created in San Domingo , the arrival place of Etienne Morin ; sixteen in Charleston , the fifth largest
U . S . A . city in 1790 and the home of the Mother Supreme Council ; and fifteen in Philadelphia , the second largest U . S . A . city . The other thirty-one were created in various other places .
Only eight Inspectors were created in New York City , the largest American city and home to the Bideaud ( later NMJ ) and the Cerneau Supreme Councils . Perhaps the only surprise in the list of cities where Inspectors were created is that no Inspectors were created in Baltimore , where Henry Wilmans established a Lodge of Perfection . Baltimore had at least seventy-seven members in 1792 and seems to have been working as late as 1802 , but with no Inspectors other than Wilmans . 2
1 Harold Van Buren Voorhis , The Story of the Scottish Rite , rev . ed . ( Richmond , VA : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co ., 1980 ).
2 S . Brent Morris , “ The Royal Secret in America before 1801 ,” in Why Thirty-Three ? ( Washington , DC : Westphalia Press , 2019 ), 34 – 35 .
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