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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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(No. 14.)—BRO. VICTOR HUGO AT HOME. Article 1
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 3
THE GRAND MOTHER SCOTCH LODGE OF MARSEILLES. Article 5
THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND. Article 7
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES- Article 8
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
COMPOUNDING. Article 13
BRO. ROB. MORRIS AND FREEMASONRY AT DAMASCUS. Article 13
ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN FREEMASONR AND BRO. H. B. WHITE'S CORRECTION. Article 13
MASONIC ORDERS. Article 13
MASONIC MUSIC Article 14
MASONIC MEMS. Article 15
METROPOLITAN. Article 15
PROVINCIAL. Article 16
SCOTLAND. Article 19
IRELAND. Article 19
ROYAL ARCH. Article 20
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 20
MEETINGS OF THE LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 27TH, 1S68. Article 20
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 27m, 1868. Article 20
MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND. Article 20
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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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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