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Adonhiramite Rite
The Adonhiramite Rite is a Masonic system consisting of 33 grades or degrees, The founding of the Adonhiramite Rite is traditionally attributed to Louis Guillerman Saint-Victor, a French Freemason who, in 1781, published the first significant work on the rite, entitled "Recueil Précieux de la Maçonnerie Adonhiramite" (Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry). This rite combines Templar, Rosicrucian and other esoteric influences into a unique Masonic structure.
The work of Louis Guillemain de Saint Victor had an extremely positive impact to the point that in 1785 (that is, just 3 years after the release of the first part and in the same year as the release of the second), it was already being published, in French, even in Philadelphia, USA. This work became a canonical reference of the Adonhiramite Rite, and with it the rite itself achieved wide dissemination and expansion in Europe, becoming the main rite of the Grande Oriente Lusitano and being exported to its colonies in Africa, Asia and the New World, including Brazil. In France, it became, together with the structure proposed by the General Grand Chapter, the standard of “Masonic Orthodoxy”. In fact, it is under the title of “Masonic Orthodoxy” (“Orthodoxie Maçonnique suive de La Maçonnerie Oculte”, published in 1837), that Jean Baptiste Marie Ragon (1781-1862) will make two gross errors that will spread with great success. Ragon's first error is the attribution of the “Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry” to Baron de Tschoudy (Théodore Henry de Tschoudy). This error will be repeated “ad nauseam” in Portugal and Brazil. Tschoudy had absolutely nothing to do with the Adonhiramite Rite. His work, “The Flaming Star” laid the foundations of an Order called the ‘Order of the Flaming Star’, with alchemical characteristics. In 1766, Tschoudy established, more on paper than in effect, his Order, based on the legend that alchemical traditions had been passed on by the ascetics of the ancient Thebaid to the Christian Orders of Chivalry and from there to Freemasonry. Tschoudy died in 1769, that is, 13 years before the release of the first part of the “Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry”. Ragon confused things and attributed the authorship of the “Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry” to the Baron. Ragon's second error was the statement that the Adonhiramite Rite consisted of 13 Degrees, since, for Ragon, the Degree of Noachite would be the 13th Degree.
In 1973, the great “turnaround” occurred in the Adonhiramite Rite. This year, thirteen Great State Orients left the Central Power of the GOB. This, for the GOB, means the loss of most of its Lodges practicing the Adonhiramite Rite and an internal split within the “Very Powerful and Sublime Grand Chapter of the Noachite Knights for Brazil”, which could only admit Brothers linked to the GOB. To recover the Adonhiramite Rite within the GOB and within the “Very Powerful and Sublime Grand Chapter of the Noachite Knights for Brazil”, it is necessary to attract Brothers from other rites to it. How to do this? This was the question posed by the remaining Adonhiramite Brothers. In 1973, under the command of Brother Aylton Menezes, the “Very Powerful and Sublime Grand Chapter of the Noachite Knights for Brazil” changes its name to “Excelsior Council of Adonhiramite Freemasonry” (ECMA). What still remained was the complete reformulation of the Rite so that it would become more attractive to a Masonic population that was mostly from the REAA, that is, accustomed to a system of 33 Degrees and that would not feel attracted to a rite with only 13 (12 in fact).
Each grade has an extensive ritual including grips, signs, regalia, and esoteric symbolism that builds on the Temple builder legend and Masonic philosophy.
The Adonhiramite Rite makes use of Masonic implements, allegorical journeys, and dramatic reenactments of legends to teach virtues and philosophical lessons. It draws on Biblical references and Hebrew mystical language. The central allegory focuses on finding the body of Hiram and the secret word to revive him.
Symbols and motifs include triangles, coffins, acacia, skulls, daggers, tears, and Solomon's Temple. These embody concepts like fidelity, mortality, ethics, universality, and man's relation with God. The rite integrates New Testament symbolism around Jesus, betrayal, and salvation into the Solomonic drama.
The Adonhiramite Rite helped spread the high-degree systems of Masonry from France, Germany and Scandinavia across Europe and Latin America in the late 1800s. It was one of the main vehicles popularizing additional grades beyond Master Mason at the time. The rite also transmitted occult and pseudo-Templar concepts into Masonry and later para-Masonic orders.
Though no longer widely practiced, the Adonhiramite Rite was an influential product of European occultism and an important influence on the development of continental Freemasonry.
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Adonhiramite Rite
The Adonhiramite Rite is a Masonic system consisting of 33 grades or degrees, The founding of the Adonhiramite Rite is traditionally attributed to Louis Guillerman Saint-Victor, a French Freemason who, in 1781, published the first significant work on the rite, entitled "Recueil Précieux de la Maçonnerie Adonhiramite" (Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry). This rite combines Templar, Rosicrucian and other esoteric influences into a unique Masonic structure.
The work of Louis Guillemain de Saint Victor had an extremely positive impact to the point that in 1785 (that is, just 3 years after the release of the first part and in the same year as the release of the second), it was already being published, in French, even in Philadelphia, USA. This work became a canonical reference of the Adonhiramite Rite, and with it the rite itself achieved wide dissemination and expansion in Europe, becoming the main rite of the Grande Oriente Lusitano and being exported to its colonies in Africa, Asia and the New World, including Brazil. In France, it became, together with the structure proposed by the General Grand Chapter, the standard of “Masonic Orthodoxy”. In fact, it is under the title of “Masonic Orthodoxy” (“Orthodoxie Maçonnique suive de La Maçonnerie Oculte”, published in 1837), that Jean Baptiste Marie Ragon (1781-1862) will make two gross errors that will spread with great success. Ragon's first error is the attribution of the “Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry” to Baron de Tschoudy (Théodore Henry de Tschoudy). This error will be repeated “ad nauseam” in Portugal and Brazil. Tschoudy had absolutely nothing to do with the Adonhiramite Rite. His work, “The Flaming Star” laid the foundations of an Order called the ‘Order of the Flaming Star’, with alchemical characteristics. In 1766, Tschoudy established, more on paper than in effect, his Order, based on the legend that alchemical traditions had been passed on by the ascetics of the ancient Thebaid to the Christian Orders of Chivalry and from there to Freemasonry. Tschoudy died in 1769, that is, 13 years before the release of the first part of the “Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry”. Ragon confused things and attributed the authorship of the “Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry” to the Baron. Ragon's second error was the statement that the Adonhiramite Rite consisted of 13 Degrees, since, for Ragon, the Degree of Noachite would be the 13th Degree.
In 1973, the great “turnaround” occurred in the Adonhiramite Rite. This year, thirteen Great State Orients left the Central Power of the GOB. This, for the GOB, means the loss of most of its Lodges practicing the Adonhiramite Rite and an internal split within the “Very Powerful and Sublime Grand Chapter of the Noachite Knights for Brazil”, which could only admit Brothers linked to the GOB. To recover the Adonhiramite Rite within the GOB and within the “Very Powerful and Sublime Grand Chapter of the Noachite Knights for Brazil”, it is necessary to attract Brothers from other rites to it. How to do this? This was the question posed by the remaining Adonhiramite Brothers. In 1973, under the command of Brother Aylton Menezes, the “Very Powerful and Sublime Grand Chapter of the Noachite Knights for Brazil” changes its name to “Excelsior Council of Adonhiramite Freemasonry” (ECMA). What still remained was the complete reformulation of the Rite so that it would become more attractive to a Masonic population that was mostly from the REAA, that is, accustomed to a system of 33 Degrees and that would not feel attracted to a rite with only 13 (12 in fact).
Each grade has an extensive ritual including grips, signs, regalia, and esoteric symbolism that builds on the Temple builder legend and Masonic philosophy.
The Adonhiramite Rite makes use of Masonic implements, allegorical journeys, and dramatic reenactments of legends to teach virtues and philosophical lessons. It draws on Biblical references and Hebrew mystical language. The central allegory focuses on finding the body of Hiram and the secret word to revive him.
Symbols and motifs include triangles, coffins, acacia, skulls, daggers, tears, and Solomon's Temple. These embody concepts like fidelity, mortality, ethics, universality, and man's relation with God. The rite integrates New Testament symbolism around Jesus, betrayal, and salvation into the Solomonic drama.
The Adonhiramite Rite helped spread the high-degree systems of Masonry from France, Germany and Scandinavia across Europe and Latin America in the late 1800s. It was one of the main vehicles popularizing additional grades beyond Master Mason at the time. The rite also transmitted occult and pseudo-Templar concepts into Masonry and later para-Masonic orders.
Though no longer widely practiced, the Adonhiramite Rite was an influential product of European occultism and an important influence on the development of continental Freemasonry.