“The Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings is a stumbling block for the multitude of light-minded and frivolous readers who have abounded everywhere for some time (...) Do not begin reading it if you cannot follow it daily, and make it a strict duty to continue doing so without interruption...”
Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, Letter to Jean de Türckheim, March 25, 1822.
"The law of the most absolute silence and discretion is fundamental within the Order; it is forbidden for any Brother, in whatever dignity he may be or in which he may be constituted, to reveal the slightest thing concerning our constitution, or what takes place in our assemblies, directly or indirectly. Those who are found to have violated this law shall be declared incapable of holding any dignity or office within the Order…"
Title II, General Code of Regulations of the Order of the C.B.C.S., 1778
“Let this be clearly understood: the Rectified Scottish Rite is ‘regular’ from the moment that, having benefited from an effective and valid bond of transmission with the ‘awakening’ brought about in 1935, it is practiced in fidelity to its essence, to its organizing principles, to the founding Codes that define its rules, and to its internal doctrine, defined in the Instructions of all the degrees; and this ‘regularity’ is of an initiatic and trans-historical nature, since it is linked solely and invisibly to the essential, primitive, and fundamental Order that is lost in the night of the ages.”
(Excerpt from the address of guidance by the Most Serene National Grand Master and Grand Prior of the Order, taken from Le Phénix Renaissant No. 1, journal of the Rectified National Directory – Grand Directory of the Gauls, December 2014.)
"All indications suggest that Christian Gnosis—known to early Christians but subsequently forced into concealment following the condemnations issued by the Church during its councils, in order to escape civil and ecclesiastical censorship—found refuge over the centuries within the various offshoots and branches of spiritual, metaphysical, religious, and mystical traditions; it later re-emerged into a degree of visibility during the Renaissance, eventually blossoming within the movement of *Illuminism*—of which Freemasonry is the pure product—during the eighteenth century." (J.-M. Vivenza, *La nouvelle Gnose*, Dervy, 2026).
20 DE AGOSTO — DIA DO MAÇOM
Hoje celebramos aqueles que escolheram fazer da Maçonaria um caminho de aperfeiçoamento, fraternidade e serviço.
Ser Maçom é trabalhar sobre si mesmo, transformar a pedra bruta em obra consciente e buscar, por meio do estudo, da virtude e da fraternidade, tornar-se um homem melhor.
Que o Grande Arquiteto do Universo ilumine os caminhos de todos os Irmãos, fortaleça seus propósitos e os mantenha firmes na construção de uma sociedade fundada na Justiça, na Liberdade, na Fraternidade e na Verdade.
A todos os Irmãos, nossos votos de um Feliz Dia do Maçom!
Loja Cavaleiros de Cristo n19
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The Egyptian Rite of Memphis - Over time many Masonic Rites have developed, each Rite having its own history, legends, and rituals. Some of them are still practiced today, and others have ceased to exist. The best known and at the same time the most practiced Masonic Rites are the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite and the York Rite. Among other Masonic Rites, we can find the Rite of Memphis, to which this article is dedicated. The Rite of Memphis is a branch of Esoteric Freemasonry and specifically one of the Rites of Egyptian Freemasonry.
- An article published in the December 2022 Issue of The Square Magazine now available online https://thesquaremagazine.com/mag/article/202212the-egyptian-rite-of-memphis
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This book sheds light on the Degree of Entered Apprentice in the Rectified Scottish Rite, presenting its symbolic, ritual, and doctrinal foundations. More than a simple study, it offers readers a reliable guide to understanding the profound meaning of this first step on the initiatic path.
By exploring the relationship between ritual, symbolism, and doctrine, the work reveals the structure and pedagogical framework that support the Apprentice's journey, providing a clearer understanding of the principles that guide the Rectified Scottish Rite and its spiritual roots.
Rather than merely explaining the significance of the First Degree, this book invites readers to deepen their understanding of the Rectified Tradition and the path of inner rectification that it proposes.
https://clubedeautores.com.br/livro/the-entered-apprentice-degree-in-the-rectified-scottish-rite
GRAND PRIORATE RECTIFIED OF HISPANIA
The Grand Priorate Rectified of Hispania (GPRDH) is a Rectified Order of the Rectified Scottish Regime (RER), a Masonic and chivalric system of French origin whose structure was established in the eighteenth century, particularly at the Convents of the Gauls in Lyon in 1778 and at Wilhelmsbad in 1782.
The GPRDH was constituted in Madrid on October 16, 2010, by a General Chapter formed by Knights Beneficent of the Holy City (CBCS). In its act of constitution, it declared its purpose to preserve and transmit the Rectified Scottish Regime according to its initiatic principles, its ritual and doctrinal corpus, and the tradition received from the Grand Priorate of the Gauls.
Its identity is explicitly Christian. The Constitution establishes faith in God as the foundation of the Order and affirms that its members profess the Christian religion.
The Regime seeks to provide man with the means to discover his true nature through a process of personal realization, initially Masonic and subsequently chivalric. This path involves symbolic work, the search for Truth, the practice of the virtues, and the exercise of charity.
The structure of the GPRDH comprises three classes:
Thus, the Rectified Scottish Regime is not limited to the three symbolic degrees of Freemasonry. Its distinctive characteristic lies in the articulation between Rectified Masonry, the Inner Order of chivalric character, and a Christian doctrinal orientation.
Historically, the system is linked to the work of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz and to the organization of the Regime in eighteenth-century France. The Convent of the Gauls, in 1778, approved the Masonic Code of the Reunited and Rectified Lodges and the General Code of the Order of Knights Beneficent of the Holy City. The Convent of Wilhelmsbad, in 1782, played a fundamental role in consolidating its structure.
The GPRDH, therefore, is a contemporary organization that seeks to transmit an initiatic tradition whose Masonic, ritual, doctrinal, and chivalric structure dates back to the Regime formed in eighteenth-century France.
One aspect of Freemasonry that often receives little attention in the English-speaking world is the continued existence of the Egyptian Masonic tradition, particularly the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and the Memphis-Misraïm tradition.
In the Dominican Republic, this tradition has been continuously practiced for more than twenty years under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of the Dominican Republic.
The journey began in April 2003 with the consecration of Caballeros de Memphis Lodge No. 50, the first lodge in the country authorized to work the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis. Since then, the lodge has remained continuously active, focusing on symbolism, Hermetic philosophy, and the initiatic approach traditionally associated with Egyptian Masonry.
In 2025, the project reached another milestone with the establishment of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Memphis-Misraïm for the Dominican Republic, providing a structured home for the philosophical degrees while Symbolic Masonry continues to be practiced under the authority of the Grand Lodge.
Rather than presenting this as an alternative to other Masonic systems, we see it as another expression of the rich diversity that has always existed within Freemasonry.
I'd be interested to hear from Brethren around the world:
I'd genuinely enjoy learning how this branch of Freemasonry has evolved in different countries and sharing experiences with Brethren from other jurisdictions.
Entre os dias 4 e 6 de junho de 2026, a Grande Ordem Egípcia de Portugal participou nos trabalhos anuais da Grande Ordem Egípcia do Grande Oriente de França, realizados na histórica sede do Palacio Maçónico do Grande Oriente de França, em Paris, confirmando uma vez mais a profunda ligação fraternal, iniciática e histórica que une as duas Jurisdições.
A representação da Grande Ordem Egípcia de Portugal esteve presente nas cerimónias de recepção ao 33.º Grau, nos trabalhos do Souverain Grand Conseil, nas cerimónias de passagem aos 31.º e 32.º Graus e ainda nos trabalhos da Académie Égyptienne, espaço privilegiado de estudo, investigação e aprofundamento da tradição iniciática do Rito Antigo e Primitivo de Memphis-Misraïm.
Esta participação assume um significado muito particular para a Maçonaria Egípcia portuguesa.
O Rito Antigo e Primitivo de Memphis-Misraïm foi implantado pela primeira vez em Portugal, a 3 de maio de 2008, com o Acendimento de Fogos da Respeitável Loja Phoenix, a Oriente de Lisboa. A partir desse momento iniciou-se um processo de desenvolvimento sem precedentes da tradição egípcia em Portugal, que viria a dar origem a dezenas de Lojas Simbólicas e de Altos Graus, tornando o país uma das referências internacionais do Rito Memphis-Misraïm.
A atual Grande Ordem Egípcia de Portugal é herdeira direta dessa implantação histórica e da cadeia iniciática do Grande Oriente de França, que, ao longo de quase duas décadas, permitiu assegurar a transmissão regular, legítima e contínua do Rito em território português.
A ligação à Grande Ordre Égyptienne du Grand Orient de France constitui, por isso, um dos pilares fundamentais da legitimidade, da regularidade iniciática e da continuidade histórica do Memphis-Misraïm português. Mais do que uma simples relação institucional, trata-se de uma verdadeira fraternidade de tradição, construída através de anos de cooperação, intercâmbio ritual, visitas mútuas e trabalho comum ao serviço da preservação e do desenvolvimento da via egípcia.
Hoje, a Grande Ordem Egípcia de Portugal afirma-se como a mais importante Jurisdição dos Altos Graus do Rito Antigo e Primitivo de Memphis-Misraïm fora de França e a maior estrutura egípcia internacional diretamente inspirada na tradição da Grande Ordre Égyptienne du Grand Orient de France. O seu desenvolvimento sustentado, a sua presença nacional e internacional e a qualidade dos seus trabalhos fazem dela uma referência incontornável no panorama contemporâneo do Rito.
Os trabalhos realizados em Paris permitiram acompanhar a vitalidade da Jurisdição-mãe, testemunhar a riqueza das cerimónias dos 31.º, 32.º e 33.º Graus e participar nos debates desenvolvidos no seio da Académie Égyptienne, reafirmando a importância da investigação simbólica, filosófica e espiritual na transmissão dos ensinamentos dos Altos Graus.
A Grande Ordem Egípcia de Portugal expressa a sua profunda gratidão ao Primeiro Patriarca Grande Conservador, aos membros do Souverain Grand Conseil e a todos os Irmãos e Irmãs da Grande Ordre Égyptienne du Grand Orient de France pelo acolhimento fraternal dispensado à representação portuguesa.
Num momento em que o Rito Antigo e Primitivo de Memphis-Misraïm continua a afirmar a sua relevância no panorama iniciático internacional, a presença portuguesa em Paris constitui mais uma etapa na consolidação de uma obra comum iniciada em 2008 e que continua a unir Portugal e França sob os auspícios da Tradição Egípcia, da Fraternidade e da Luz.
Jean-Baptiste Willermoz to Bernard de Turckheim,
letter (excerpt) dated July 12, 1784.
"I have received with genuine pleasure your kind letter of the 4th and your observations regarding the Rituals of the Inner Order; they are dictated by such wise and disinterested views that you need not doubt they will always be well received. Continue, then, Dear Friend, with confidence and candor, and rest assured that we shall not overlook any suggestions that might contribute to a more general utility, without essentially altering the substance. We are well aware that several members of the Order—perhaps even the most dedicated among them—attribute views to us that we do not hold; yet what can be done? One must have the courage to stand firm. We regret, for instance, that we are credited with desiring a general union of the Rite with the Roman Church; such a plan is far from our thoughts—and perhaps even further from my own in particular. This union would bring the Order no essential benefit and would entail significant drawbacks. It would be desirable for the Order to have a visible Head for its instructional and scientific aspects; for him to be recognized as such, he would need to prove his status and his worthiness, yet I do not believe it is in Rome that one should look for him. That court is more depraved than many others; those who broke away from it to reform necessary abuses and innovations—driven by their passions—swung to opposite extremes, substituting opinions for Truths they did not understand; politics enshrined these opinions as laws, leaving Truth isolated amidst all the Christian communions that believed they possessed it. Even if I did not publicly profess attachment to the Roman communion, I would still consider it—despite not being at the very center—to be far closer to the Truth than the more modern denominations." But, once again, it is not in Rome that I was seeking the true successor of Peter; judge, then, how neither I nor those with whom I am accustomed to thinking aloud could possibly conceive a plan to unite the Regime with the visible head in Rome. The moral teachings of our Rituals exhort us by every means to the Christian faith and to mutual tolerance among all communions, without singling out any one in particular; this principle ought to have been observed—and will be, whenever one wishes to dispel prejudice by actually reading the texts—but as soon as suspicious motives are attributed to them, they will be judged as such and subsequently rejected."
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"Christian spirituality has no other norm
than that of following Christ the Teacher." Saint Thomas Aquinas
https://www.masoneriacristiana.net/2020/08/jean-baptiste-willermoz-sobre-la.html
https://www.papalencyclicals.net/clem12/c12inemengl.htm (In Eminenti Apostolatus Specula – Clement XII, 1738) https://www.papalencyclicals.net/ben14/b14provi.htm (Providas Romanorum – Benedict XIV, 1751) https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius07/p7eccles.htm (Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo – Pius VII, 1821) https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo12/l12quo.htm (Quo Graviora – Leo XII, 1826) https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius08/p8tradit.htm (Traditi Humilitati – Pius VIII, 1829) https://www.papalencyclicals.net/greg16/g16mirar.htm (Mirari Vos – Gregory XVI, 1832) https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius09/p9qui.htm (Qui Pluribus – Pius IX, 1846) https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_18840420_humanum-genus.html (Humanum Genus – Leo XIII, 1884) https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19831126_declaration-masonic_en.html (Declaration on Masonic Associations – Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1983)
I’m actually so sad and disturbed right now. When I came across this religion it was because of my husband and I don’t doubt Krishna is God but why would Srila Prabhupada describe marrying a kid in such a way literally saying once women have their period they’re basically ready? I never would’ve thought that would be him. Stuff like this should never be normal maybe I would be a little understanding if they were both young but the fact that she was 11 and he was 22? Like he literally described her as a kid and then they had kids of their own when she was 14?? Can someone explain to me what kind of behavior is this? I thought he was such a sweet caring man who cared about children and his devotees and I just don’t know anymore… Like I know it was also the culture at the time but he didn’t think anything of it at 22 and how it was morally wrong??
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According to the provisions of the 1778 Codes (the Masonic Code of the United and Rectified Lodges & the General Code of Regulations of the Order of Knights Beneficent of the Holy City—the sole reference criteria for the Rite), the Rectified Rite operates under the authority of a National Directory, organized into Provinces overseen by Grand Priories. There is no need to affiliate with any other Masonic body—such as a "Grand Lodge" requiring "recognition" by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), or an Obedience claiming to "own" the Rite—merely to gain an illusory "regularity" (as if such a thing were necessary). The Rectified Scottish Rite has possessed its own "true regularity" for two and a half centuries, thanks to the work of its founder—the Lyonnais figure to whom all Rectified Masons owe so much: Jean-Baptiste Willermoz.
The system resulting from the Lyon Reform represents an initiative to "rectify" Freemasonry, launched in 1778. By its own standards, it transcends—in eminence, authority, and knowledge of the mysteries of initiation—all other systems and the array of heterogeneous rites and organizations constituted as "Grand Lodges" that are ignorant of the "Doctrine of Reintegration." Quite obviously, it has no need to exist or develop within the administrative structural forms known as "Masonic obediences," given that the "concept of an obedience is absolutely foreign to the spirit of rectification." The Order of Knights Beneficent of the Holy City was conceived to serve as the jewel of that mysterious Order which constitutes the very essence—the secret inner substance—of the Rectified Rite. Its work, therefore, takes place in the invisible realm and is dedicated to the study and preservation of the doctrine of Reintegration—of which the Order has been the custodian throughout history—a sacred doctrine possessing an essential and exalted purpose that few men are worthy to know. Willermoz would write of this High and Holy Order: "Its origin is so remote that it is lost in the mists of time; all that the Masonic institution can do is help return to this primitive order, which must be viewed as the inception of Freemasonry; it is a precious source, unknown to the masses yet one that cannot be lost: the one is the Thing itself, while the other is merely a means to attain it."
The Rectified Scottish Rite is "regular" insofar as—benefiting from an effective and valid link of transmission tracing back to the "awakening" of 1935 in France—it is practiced with total fidelity to its essence, its organizational principles, and the foundational Codes that define its rules and internal doctrine (as structured in the Instructions for all degrees); furthermore, this "regularity" is initiatic and trans-historical in nature, for it unites the Rite—uniquely and invisibly—with that essential, primitive, and fundamental Order whose origins are lost in the mists of time. The Rectified National Directory of France—Grand Directory of Gaul—and the Rectified Grand Priory of Hispania have agreed to work in strict observance of regularity, in order to maintain the means the Rectified Order provides its members to keep active the visible and invisible bond tracing back to the High and Holy Primitive Order, while guarding and preserving the method and doctrine established by Willermoz and enshrined in his rituals, instructions, and organizational principles—as was once again demonstrated during the 2015 celebration in Lyon marking the 80th anniversary of the RER's reawakening in France, reaffirming the principles adopted and stated in the Treaty of Friendship and Recognition signed in Lyon on December 14, 2013.
Source: https://www.masoneriacristiana.net/2016/08/regularidad-del-regimen-escoces.html
July 3 – Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle
Today we celebrate Saint Thomas, the Apostle who, according to the ancient and venerable Christian tradition, brought the Gospel to India, becoming the founder of the historic community of the Saint Thomas Christians, who have preserved their faith for nearly two millennia.
For the Vaishnava Catholic Church, his memory holds a special significance. The apostolic presence in India reminds us that the encounter between Christianity and the spiritual traditions of India is not a recent phenomenon, but one deeply rooted in the very history of the Church.
Saint Thomas symbolizes the courage to cross cultural frontiers without abandoning fidelity to the Truth. His witness inspires respectful dialogue among peoples, the sincere search for God, and the recognition that divine grace can flourish in every nation.
May his example strengthen our mission to proclaim Christ with love, reverence, and openness to the spiritual heritage of India, promoting an authentically Catholic faith, rooted in the Apostolic Tradition and enriched by devotion, contemplation, and service.
Saint Thomas the Apostle, pray for us.
