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var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Freemasonry" title="History of Freemasonry">History of Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libert%C3%A9_ch%C3%A9rie" title="Liberté chérie">Liberté chérie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_manuscripts" title="Masonic manuscripts">Masonic manuscripts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Masonic bodies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt>Masonic</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_bodies" title="Masonic bodies">Masonic bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Rite" title="York Rite">York Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Mark_Master_Masons" title="Order of Mark Master Masons">Order of Mark Master Masons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Royal_Arch" title="Holy Royal Arch">Holy Royal Arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Arch_Masonry" title="Royal Arch Masonry">Royal Arch Masonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryptic_Masonry" title="Cryptic Masonry">Cryptic Masonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knights_Templar_(Freemasonry)" title="Knights Templar (Freemasonry)">Knights Templar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cross_of_Constantine" title="Red Cross of Constantine">Red Cross of Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rite" title="Scottish Rite">Scottish Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight_Kadosh" title="Knight Kadosh">Knight Kadosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Societas_Rosicruciana" title="Societas Rosicruciana">Societas Rosicruciana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Royal_and_Select_Masters" title="Order of Royal and Select Masters">Order of Royal and Select Masters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_College_of_Rites" title="Grand College of Rites">Grand College of Rites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Rite" title="Swedish Rite">Swedish Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Thomas_of_Acon" title="Order of Saint Thomas of Acon">Order of Saint Thomas of Acon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Scotland" title="Royal Order of Scotland">Royal Order of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Knight_Masons" title="Order of Knight Masons">Order of Knight Masons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Lodge" class="mw-redirect" title="Research Lodge">Research Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Antient_Order_of_Noble_Corks" title="Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks">Corks</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Side degrees</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shriners" title="Shriners">The Shrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Jesters" title="Royal Order of Jesters">Royal Order of Jesters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tall_Cedars_of_Lebanon" title="Tall Cedars of Lebanon">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic_Order_of_Veiled_Prophets_of_the_Enchanted_Realm" title="Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm">The Grotto</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Masonic groups for women</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_and_Freemasonry" class="mw-redirect" title="Women and Freemasonry">Women and Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Amaranth" title="Order of the Amaranth">Order of the Amaranth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Eastern_Star" title="Order of the Eastern Star">Order of the Eastern Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hall_Order_of_the_Eastern_Star" title="Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star">Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co-Freemasonry" title="Co-Freemasonry">Co-Freemasonry</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Masonic youth organizations</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DeMolay_International" title="DeMolay International">DeMolay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A.J.E.F." title="A.J.E.F.">A.J.E.F.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job%27s_Daughters_International" title="Job's Daughters International">Job's Daughters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Order_of_the_Rainbow_for_Girls" title="International Order of the Rainbow for Girls">International Order of the Rainbow for Girls</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Views on Masonry</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Masonry" title="Anti-Masonry">Anti-Masonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Masonic_Party" title="Anti-Masonic Party">Anti-Masonic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Anti-Masonic_Exhibition" title="Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition">Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_conspiracy_theories" title="Masonic conspiracy theories">Masonic conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_attitudes_towards_Freemasonry" title="Christian attitudes towards Freemasonry">Christian attitudes towards Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_ban_of_Freemasonry" title="Papal ban of Freemasonry">Papal ban of Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxil_hoax" title="Taxil hoax">Taxil hoax</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">People and places</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_Temple" title="Masonic Temple">Masonic Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Anderson_(Freemason)" title="James Anderson (Freemason)">James Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hall" title="Prince Hall">Prince Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Preston_(Freemason)" title="William Preston (Freemason)">William Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Smith_Webb" title="Thomas Smith Webb">Thomas Smith Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Mackey" title="Albert Mackey">Albert Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Schaw" title="William Schaw">William Schaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Aldworth" title="Elizabeth Aldworth">Elizabeth Aldworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Freemasons" title="List of Freemasons">List of Freemasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodge_Mother_Kilwinning" title="Lodge Mother Kilwinning">Lodge Mother Kilwinning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freemasons%27_Hall,_London" title="Freemasons' Hall, London">Freemasons' Hall, London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Masons%27_Hall,_London" title="Mark Masons' Hall, London">Mark Masons' Hall, London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Temple" title="House of the Temple">House of the Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple" title="Detroit Masonic Temple">Detroit Masonic Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_buildings" title="List of Masonic buildings">List of Masonic buildings</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Related</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_ritual_and_symbolism" title="Masonic ritual and symbolism">Masonic ritual and symbolism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Architect_of_the_Universe" title="Great Architect of the Universe">Great Architect of the Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Square_and_Compasses" title="Square and Compasses">Square and Compasses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pigpen_cipher" title="Pigpen cipher">Pigpen cipher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Providence" title="Eye of Providence">Eye of Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Abiff" title="Hiram Abiff">Hiram Abiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Reflection" title="Chamber of Reflection">Chamber of Reflection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_Abbreviations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Masonic Abbreviations">List of Masonic Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprig_of_Acacia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprig of Acacia">Sprig of Acacia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_Landmarks" title="Masonic Landmarks">Masonic Landmarks</a></li> <li><a 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Freemasonry sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, USA</b> is the first Supreme Council of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rite" title="Scottish Rite">Scottish Rite</a> <a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Freemasonry</a>, founded in 1801. Its official full name is <b>"The Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors General Knights Commander of the House of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty-third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America."</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also commonly known as The Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, or by some other varying degree of complete titulage. It is sometimes called the <b>Mother Supreme Council of the World.</b> It is the governing body of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in its jurisdiction,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is one of five Supreme Councils in the United States, along with the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite,_Northern_Jurisdiction,_USA" title="Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, USA">Northern Masonic Jurisdiction</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Prince_Hall_Freemasonry" title="Prince Hall Freemasonry">Prince Hall</a> Affiliated Supreme Councils, and the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_of_Louisiana" title="Supreme Council of Louisiana">Supreme Council of Louisiana</a>. </p><p>It claims that all other Supreme Councils and Subordinate Bodies of the Scottish Rite are derived from it,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although some degrees in the Scottish Rite were practiced before the Southern Jurisdiction was organized. It oversees the Scottish Rite in 35 states.<sup id="cite_ref-scsj_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scsj-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other 15 states fall under the Northern Jurisdiction, which is an independent body. </p><p>The Scottish Rite is one of the appendant bodies of Freemasonry that a <a href="/wiki/Master_Mason" class="mw-redirect" title="Master Mason">Master Mason</a> may join for further exposure to the principles of Freemasonry. To join the Supreme Council, one must attain the 32° of the Scottish Rite. The 33° is an honorary degree which only some members obtain. </p><p>In the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, the Supreme Council consists of no more than 33 members, and is presided over by a Grand Commander. Other members of the Supreme Council are called Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (SGIG), and each is the head of the Rite in his respective Orient (or state). Other heads of the various Orients who are not members of the Supreme Council are called Deputies of the Supreme Council. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite_(Southern_Jurisdiction,_USA)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Supreme Council was founded in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a> in May 1801<sup id="cite_ref-scsj_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scsj-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at Shepheard's Tavern at the corner of Broad and Church Streets. Previously, the tavern had been the location of the founding of Freemasonry in South Carolina in 1754. The Founding Fathers of the Scottish Rite who attended became known as "The Eleven Gentlemen of Charleston". They included: </p> <ul><li>John Mitchell – Received a patent April 2, 1795, from Barend Moses Spitzer granting him authority as Deputy Inspector General to create a Lodge of Perfection and several Councils and Chapters wherever such Lodges or Chapters were needed. Born in Ireland in 1741, he came to America at an early age. He served as Deputy Quartermaster General in the Continental Army and was the first Grand Commander of the Supreme Council.</li> <li>Frederick Dalcho – A physician, he served in the Revolutionary Army and was stationed at Fort Johnson. He formed a partnership in 1801 with Dr. Isaac Auld, another of the original members. He was an outstanding orator and author. In 1807 he published the first edition of <i>Ahiman Rezon</i>. He became an editor of the <i>Charleston Courier</i>, was a lay reader and deacon in the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal Church</a>, and in 1818 was ordained as a priest.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Francois_Auguste_de_Grasse" title="Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse">Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse</a>, known as Comte de Grasse-Tilly. He was born in France as the eldest legitimate son of <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Paul_de_Grasse" title="François Joseph Paul de Grasse">François Joseph Paul de Grasse</a>, a French admiral known as a hero of the American Revolution for defeating the British fleet in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake" title="Battle of the Chesapeake">Battle of the Chesapeake</a>. He inherited his father's title, and likely had the highest social ranking of the original eleven founders. He was the youngest of the members and was named to become the Grand Commander of the West Indian Islands. After <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> came to power, de Grasse returned to France and resumed his military career. He also extended Freemasonry, establishing the Supreme Council of France and councils in other European cities.</li> <li>Jean-Baptiste Marie de La Hogue – He was a native of Paris who had lived in <a href="/wiki/Saint-Domingue" title="Saint-Domingue">Saint-Domingue</a> until the revolution there; father-in-law of de Grasse, he was a founding member of La Candeur Lodge in Charleston.</li> <li>Thomas Bartholemew Bowen – Was the first Grand Master of Ceremonies of the new Supreme Council. He was a Major in the Continental Army and a printer by trade.</li> <li>Abraham Alexander – Was one of the first Sovereign Grand Inspectors General. He was born in London in 1743 and immigrated to Charleston in 1771. He was a prominent <a href="/wiki/Sephardic_Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardic Jew">Sephardic Jew</a> and had been described as "a <a href="/wiki/Calligraphy" title="Calligraphy">Calligraphist</a> of the first order"; he was elected as the first Grand Secretary General.</li> <li>Emanuel de la Motta – A Sovereign Grand Inspector General. Also, a Sephardic Jew, he was by trade a merchant and auctioneer. He was a member of Friendship Lodge and was reported to be devoted to the study of Jewish literature and Masonry.</li> <li>Isaac Auld – An eminent physician, associated in medical practice with Dr. Dalcho. He was a strong <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregationalist</a>.</li> <li>Israel de Lieben – A Sovereign Grand Inspector General and the first Grand Treasurer General. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a> and emigrated to the United States at 21. He was known as "the liberal-headed Jew", who was "tolerant in his religious opinions" and was considered to be intelligent, enterprising, liberal and generous.</li> <li>Moses Clava Levy – Born in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a>, Poland, he was a prosperous merchant, was generous and helpful to the unfortunate, and devoted to his adopted city and country.</li> <li>James Moultrie – the only native-born South Carolinian among the original members. He was a physician, and according to <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a>, "was one of the foremost Citizens of South Carolina".</li> <li>Isaac Da Costa, another Sephardic Jew, was one of the deputies commissioned to establish Morin's Rite of the Royal Secret in other countries; he formed constituent bodies of the Rite in South Carolina in 1783. These are considered to have become in 1801, The Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Rite_Mason_Temple_DC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Scottish_Rite_Mason_Temple_DC.JPG/220px-Scottish_Rite_Mason_Temple_DC.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Scottish_Rite_Mason_Temple_DC.JPG/330px-Scottish_Rite_Mason_Temple_DC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Scottish_Rite_Mason_Temple_DC.JPG/440px-Scottish_Rite_Mason_Temple_DC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3197" data-file-height="2405" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Temple" title="House of the Temple">House of the Temple</a> - Headquarters of the Southern Jurisdiction in <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a></figcaption></figure><p>In 1813, a member of the Supreme Council established in<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New York a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rite#Northern_Jurisdiction" title="Scottish Rite">Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States of America</a>. In 1823, the Supreme Council granted jurisdiction of the fifteen states east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River to the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction. <sup id="cite_ref-scsj_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scsj-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1870, "its residence was moved to Washington, D.C.," although " its <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">see</a> remains in Charleston."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1911 the Mother Supreme Council began construction of a new headquarters of the Supreme Council in the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>, called the <a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Temple" title="House of the Temple">House of the Temple</a>. Finished in 1915, the House of the Temple remains their headquarters to this day. It is located at 1733 Sixteenth Street, NW.<sup id="cite_ref-scsj_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scsj-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The House of the Temple also contains the remains of Albert Pike. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite_(Southern_Jurisdiction,_USA)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The head of the Southern Jurisdiction is titled the Sovereign Grand Commander. A total of 21 men have held this office since 1801. Albert Pike and John H. Cowel's tenures of 32 years were the longest. The list of Sovereign Grand Commanders is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Number </th> <th>SGC </th> <th>Years in Office </th> <th>Number </th> <th>SGC </th> <th>Years in Office </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>John Mitchell </td> <td>1801-1816 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>Thomas H. Caswell<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1895-1900 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Frederick Dalcho </td> <td>1816-1822 </td> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_D._Richardson" title="James D. Richardson">James D. Richardson</a> </td> <td>1901-1914 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Isaac Auld<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1822-1826 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>George F. Moore<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1914-1921 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Moses Holbrook<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1826-1844 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>John H. Cowles </td> <td>1921-1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Jacob De La Motta (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1844-1845 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>Thomas J. Harkms </td> <td>1952-1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Alexander McDonald </td> <td>1845-1846 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>Luther S. Smith </td> <td>1955-1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>John H. Honour </td> <td>1846-1858 </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Clausen" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry C. Clausen">Henry C. Clausen</a> </td> <td>1969-1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>Charles M. Furman (acting) </td> <td>1858-1859 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>C. Fred Kleinknecht </td> <td>1985-2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a> </td> <td>1859-1891 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>Ronald A. Seale </td> <td>2003-2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>James C. Batchelor </td> <td>1892-1893 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>James D. Cole </td> <td>2019-present </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>Philip C. Tucker </td> <td>1893-1895 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing">Writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite_(Southern_Jurisdiction,_USA)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Pike_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Albert_Pike_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/220px-Albert_Pike_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Albert_Pike_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/330px-Albert_Pike_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Albert_Pike_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/440px-Albert_Pike_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2805" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a>, SGC, 1859-1891.</figcaption></figure><p>An important philosophical document of the Southern Jurisdiction was <i><a href="/wiki/Morals_and_Dogma_of_the_Ancient_and_Accepted_Scottish_Rite_of_Freemasonry" title="Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry">Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry</a>,</i> written by <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a> in 1872. A copy of Morals and Dogma was given to every new member in the Southern Jurisdiction until 1974. The book given to new initiates then became Grand Commander Henry C. Clausen's <i>Clausen's Commentaries On Morals and Dogma</i> (1976), then Rex Hutchens' <i>A Bridge to Light</i> (1988). Following the adoption of the "Revised Standard Pike Ritual," Hutchens' book was revised in 2010 by Scottish Rite Grand Archivist and Grand Historian Arturo de Hoyos. Currently, de Hoyos' <i>Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor and Guide</i> (2007, rev. 2010) is now distributed to new members as is <i>Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma: Annotated Edition</i> (2011). </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Degree_Structure">Degree Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite_(Southern_Jurisdiction,_USA)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Degree Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before Albert Pike became a member of the Southern Jurisdiction, the degrees were in a rudimentary form, and often included only a brief history and legend of each degree, as well as other brief details which usually lacked a workable ritual for their conferral. In 1855, the Supreme Council appointed a committee to prepare and compile rituals for the 4th through the 32nd Degrees. That committee was composed of Albert G. Mackey, John H. Honour, William S. Rockwell, Claude P. Samory, and Albert Pike. Of these five committee members, Pike did all the work of the committee. </p><p>The degrees offered by the Southern Jurisdiction can be divided into four categories:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Lodge of Perfection - 4° through 14°</li> <li>Chapter of Rose Croix - 15° through 18°</li> <li>Council of Kadosh - 19° through 30°</li> <li>Consistory - 31° and 32°</li></ol> <p>The inspiration for the various degrees are as follows: </p> <ul><li>German Illuminism of the <a href="/wiki/Vehmic_court" title="Vehmic court">Tribunal of the Holy Vehme</a>: 9th, 10th, 11th, and 21st Degrees</li> <li>Degrees of Hebrew and Biblical Origin: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th,and 17th Degrees</li> <li>Temple Degrees: 19th, 20th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 29th Degrees</li> <li>Alchemical and <a href="/wiki/Rosicrucianism" title="Rosicrucianism">Rosicrucian</a> Degrees: 22nd and 28th Degrees</li></ul> <p>As of 2017, the topics of the degrees are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Masonic_Degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Masonic Degree">Degree</a> </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Setting and/or Topic </th> <th>Degree </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Setting and/or Topic </th></tr> <tr> <td>4° </td> <td>Secret Master </td> <td>Near the <a href="/wiki/Holy_of_Holies" title="Holy of Holies">Holiest of Holies</a> in <a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a> </td> <td>19° </td> <td>Grand Pontiff </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a> created ritual following a general plot of the <a href="/wiki/Hero%27s_journey" title="Hero's journey">hero's journey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5° </td> <td>Perfect Master </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Abiff" title="Hiram Abiff">Hiram Abiff</a>'s Funeral </td> <td>20° </td> <td>Master of the Symbolic Lodge </td> <td>Geometry and Virtues; Famous lawgivers including <a href="/wiki/Hammurabi" title="Hammurabi">Hammurabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confucius" title="Confucius">Confucius</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6° </td> <td>Intimate Secretary </td> <td>Non-biblical story of debts owed by Solomon to <a href="/wiki/Hiram_I" title="Hiram I">Hiram of Tyre</a> </td> <td>21° </td> <td>Noachite, or Prussian Knight </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_imperial_city" title="Free imperial city">Imperial Free City</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a> in the 1190s </td></tr> <tr> <td>7° </td> <td>Provost and Judge </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicians</a> and Jews building the Temple </td> <td>22° </td> <td>Knight of the Royal Ax, or Prince of Libanus </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> Knights </td></tr> <tr> <td>8° </td> <td>Intendant of the Building </td> <td>Selection to succeed Hiram Abiff </td> <td>23° </td> <td>Chief of the Tabernacle </td> <td>Chapter 16 of the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Numbers" title="Book of Numbers">Book of Numbers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9° </td> <td>Elu of the Nine </td> <td>Vengeance for Hiram Abiff's murder </td> <td>24° </td> <td>Prince of the Tabernacle </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classical_element" title="Classical element">Four Elements</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mithra" title="Mithra">Mithra</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10° </td> <td>Elu of the Fifteen </td> <td>Execution of the murderers of Hiram Abiff </td> <td>25° </td> <td>Knight of the Brazen Serpent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufism</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11° </td> <td>Elu of the Twelve </td> <td>Execution of the murderers of Hiram Abiff </td> <td>26° </td> <td>Prince of Mercy, or Scottish Trinitarian </td> <td>Comparative Religions </td></tr> <tr> <td>12° </td> <td>Master Architect </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adoniram" title="Adoniram">Adoniram</a>, successor to Hiram Abiff </td> <td>27° </td> <td>Knight of the Sun, or Prince Adept </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">Knighthood</a>; <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13° </td> <td>Royal Arch of Solomon </td> <td>Vault of <a href="/wiki/Enoch" title="Enoch">Enoch</a> </td> <td>28° </td> <td>Knight Commander of the Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_(deity)" title="El (deity)">El</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14° </td> <td>Perfect Elu </td> <td>Initiation Ceremony </td> <td>29° </td> <td>Scottish Knight of Saint Andrew </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce" title="Robert the Bruce">Robert the Bruce</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15° </td> <td>Knight of the East, <p>or Knight of the Sword, </p><p>or Knight of the Eagle </p> </td> <td>Ruins of Solomon's Temple and the throne room of <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus the Great</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">Babylonian Captivity</a> </td> <td>30° </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Kadosh" title="Knight Kadosh">Knight Kadosh</a>, or <p>Knight of the White and Black Eagle </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_IV_of_France" title="Philip IV of France">Philip the Fair</a>; <a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_V" title="Pope Clement V">Pope Clement V</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jacques_de_Molay" title="Jacques de Molay">Jacques De Molay</a>; <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts_education" title="Liberal arts education">Seven Liberal Arts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kabbalah" title="Kabbalah">Kabala</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16° </td> <td>Prince of Jerusalem </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darius_the_Great" title="Darius the Great">Darius</a>' support for rebuilding the Temple </td> <td>31° </td> <td>Inspector Inquisitor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Egyptian Book of the Dead</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17° </td> <td>Knight of the <p>East and West </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beheading_of_John_the_Baptist" title="Beheading of John the Baptist">Execution of John the Baptist</a>; <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a> </td> <td>32° </td> <td>Master of the Royal Secret </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_esotericism" title="Western esotericism">Esotericism</a>; <a href="/wiki/Pythagoreanism" title="Pythagoreanism">Pythagoreans</a>; <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zarathustrans</a>; <a href="/wiki/Magi" title="Magi">Magi</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kabbalah" title="Kabbalah">Kabbalists</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18° </td> <td>Knight Rose Croix </td> <td>Chamber of Darkness; Chamber of Hell; Chamber of the Mystic Rose </td> <td>33° </td> <td>Inspector General </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Levi" title="Tribe of Levi">Tribe of Levi</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite_(Southern_Jurisdiction,_USA)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Supreme Council in 1928 made a gift of $1 million to the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a> in D.C., to fund the creation of what is today the <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University_School_of_Business" title="George Washington University School of Business">School of Business</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the early 1950s, the Supreme Council has sponsored the RiteCare Scottish Rite Childhood Language Program "to help children with speech and language disorders."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rite_for_Children" title="Scottish Rite for Children">Scottish Rite for Children</a>, a pediatric hospital located in Dallas, Texas, is located within the jurisdiction of the Southern Jurisdiction and there are many Scottish Rite Masons on the Board of Directors.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Healthcare_of_Atlanta_at_Scottish_Rite" title="Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite">Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite</a> had its roots as a hospital owned and operated by the Scottish Rite. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite_(Southern_Jurisdiction,_USA)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rite" title="Scottish Rite">Scottish Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council,_Scottish_Rite,_Northern_Jurisdiction,_USA" title="Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, USA">Supreme Council, Northern Jurisdiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_of_Louisiana" title="Supreme Council of Louisiana">Supreme 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origins in the United Kingdom in the 18th century, sorted by <a href="/wiki/Masonic_bodies" title="Masonic bodies">bodies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masonic_lodge" title="Masonic lodge">lodges</a>, locations and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_rites" title="List of Masonic rites">rites</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_abbreviations" title="List of Masonic abbreviations">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Reflection" title="Chamber of Reflection">Chamber of Reflection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Freemasonry" title="History of Freemasonry">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge" title="Grand Lodge">Grand Lodge</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_Grand_Lodges" title="List of Masonic Grand Lodges">List</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_Landmarks" title="Masonic Landmarks">Landmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_manuscripts" title="Masonic manuscripts">Manuscripts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_music" title="Masonic music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_myths" title="Masonic myths">Masonic myths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_rites" title="List of Masonic rites">Rites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_ritual_and_symbolism" title="Masonic ritual and symbolism">Ritual and Symbolism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_lodge" title="Masonic lodge">Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_lodge" title="Research lodge">Research lodge</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Square_compasses.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Square_compasses.svg/85px-Square_compasses.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="90" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">British Isles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Grand_Lodge_of_England" title="United Grand Lodge of England">United Grand Lodge of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Scotland" title="Grand Lodge of Scotland">Grand Lodge of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Ireland" title="Grand Lodge of Ireland">Grand Lodge of Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Swedish Rite</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Order_of_Freemasons" title="Swedish Order of Freemasons">Swedish Order of Freemasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Order_of_Freemasons" title="Danish Order of Freemasons">Danish Order of Freemasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Order_of_Freemasons" title="Icelandic Order of Freemasons">Icelandic Order of Freemasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Order_of_Freemasons" title="Norwegian Order of Freemasons">Norwegian Order of Freemasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Lodge of Spain">Grand Lodge of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Landlodge_of_the_Freemasons_of_Germany" title="Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany">Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Asia#Armenia" title="Freemasonry in Asia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Grand_Lodge_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Cyprus" title="Grand Lodge of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Finland" title="Freemasonry in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grande_Loge_Nationale_Fran%C3%A7aise" title="Grande Loge Nationale Française">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_India" title="Grand Lodge of India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Grand_Lodges_of_Germany" title="United Grand Lodges of Germany">Germany</a></li> <li>Italy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Grand_Lodge_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular Grand Lodge of Italy">Regular Grand Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Orient_of_Italy" title="Grand Orient of Italy">Grand Orient</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Lodge of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Macedonia" title="Grand Lodge of Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Grand_Lodge_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Orient_of_the_Netherlands" title="Grand Orient of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_the_Philippines" title="Grand Lodge of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Grand_Lodge_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular Grand Lodge of Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Grand_Lodge_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="National Grand Lodge in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Russia" title="Grand Lodge of Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_Alpina_of_Switzerland" title="Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Lodge of 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Masonic_Grand_Lodges_in_North_America" title="History of Masonic Grand Lodges in North America">United States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Alabama" title="Grand Lodge of Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_California" title="Grand Lodge of California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Connecticut" title="Grand Lodge of Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Idaho" title="Grand Lodge of Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_Of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Lodge Of Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a 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