ANCIENT & ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREE

ANCIENT & ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREE THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY IS, ABOVE ALL ELSE, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. WE SEEK NOT TO TEACH MEN THE TRUTH, BUT INSTEAD A WAY OF TRUTH. EACH MUST FIND THE TRUTH FOR HIMSELF. THE DEGREES OF THE SCOTTISH RITE DO NOT TEACH SPECIFIC LESSONS. RATHER, THEY GIVE PARALLEL EXAMPLES FROM EARLIER CULTURES, RAISE QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGE US TO THINK. FREEMASONRY IS A JOUNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT. WE SEEK ONLY TO BE A GUIDE, TEACHING THE COMMON GROUND OF VARIOUS PHILOSPHICAL AND RELIGOUS APPROACHES TO BELIEF, IN ORDER THAT MEN MIGHT BE MORE UNITED IN THEIR STANDARDS OF RIGHT AND WRONG AND IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE REALITY OF GOD.