Compiled & Arranged by Joey A. Villegas
A well-travelled York Rite Mason would notice that all of the degrees he received and almost all the orders to which he has been admitted have their own individual stories and traditions derived from both history and biblical narratives. Unlike in the other rites of Masonry, the main stories of the degrees of the York Rite, including those of the other side degrees predicated by the Royal Arch degree, have managed to stay substantially intact since the time of their inception, and have likewise managed to stay true and loyal to the original themes of pure Ancient Masonry without contradictions to each other. No other set can claim to have an array of historically authentic degrees, indisputable on the “regularity” of their origins, with some even once worked and endorsed by Craft Lodges themselves.
However, these Masonic degrees and orders, though given one after another in specific sequence, are not necessarily arranged according to the chronological occurrences of the stories they portray, which is why the following list has been compiled…
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