{"id":9984,"date":"2024-11-05T22:53:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leprogres.gnsis.ch\/home\/access-the-rite\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T20:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:59:32","slug":"access-the-rite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/home\/access-the-rite\/","title":{"rendered":"Access the Rite"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9984\" class=\"elementor elementor-9984 elementor-9826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c81e47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c81e47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278873c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"278873c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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e-parent\" data-id=\"72cee06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e16d2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e16d2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Become a Freemason, Access the Rite<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9827a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9827a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ab4b13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1ab4b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b18a138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b18a138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">To become a Freemason<\/span>, and then to enter the Rite (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Switzerland, Degrees 4 to 33), it is necessary to be a member of a Masonic Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Switzerland Alpina (GLSA), and to have reached the Grade of Master (3rd) for at least one year.<\/p><p>It is therefore necessary to have been initiated into Freemasonry.<\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How to do it?<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contact a Freemason, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/freimaurerei.ch\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLSA (ALPINA),<\/a> or contact a GLSA Lodge:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/freimaurerei.ch\/en\/list-of-lodges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">List of GLSA Lodges<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/freimaurerei.ch\/geografische-uebersicht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geolocation of the Lodges<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1777d9a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1777d9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e90c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"45e90c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f894ffb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f894ffb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From there, the initiation procedure can be initiated. It is relatively long and complex: curriculum vitae, cover letter, extract from the criminal record, meetings with members of the Lodge (investigations), meeting with the whole Lodge (passage &#8220;under the banner&#8221;) or only part of it (application committee)&#8230;<\/p><p>If the said procedure is so complex, it is to avoid, as far as possible, the candidate embarking on a path that does not suit him.<\/p><p>To leave Freemasonry, on the other hand, nothing could be simpler: a letter of resignation is enough. It is useless even to justify oneself.<\/p><p>A Brother initiated within another Obedience must be affiliated to a Lodge of the GLSA.<\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Access the AASR Rite<\/span><\/h4><p>After the first three Degrees (Apprentice, Companion, Master) of the so-called &#8220;blue&#8221; Lodges, the Brother who shows a particular desire to consolidate his knowledge, to acquire new light, may be offered to join a Chapter (Degrees 4 to 18 of the Rite), then an Areopagus (19 to 30), and finally the Consistory (31 to 33).<\/p><p>The AASR imposes no limits on the free search for the truth and, in order to guarantee this freedom to everyone, it requires tolerance from everyone (4th principle of the Swiss AASR).<\/p><p>There are seven essential passages for those who follow the entire course: Degrees 1 &#8211; 2 &#8211; 3 &#8211; 18 &#8211; 30 &#8211; 32 &#8211; 33.<br \/>It takes at least one year to go from 3 to 18, two years from 18 to 30, as many from 30 to 32, and from 32 to 33. However, haste is never recommended.<\/p><p>The other Degrees are the subject of a simple communication, sometimes of a particular ceremony.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ee705 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"39ee705\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d9436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"61d9436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f51e7 elementor-button-info elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"62f51e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/home\/organization\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Our AASR Organization<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7813f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3e7813f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become a Freemason, Access the Rite To become a Freemason, and then to enter the Rite (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Switzerland, Degrees 4 to 33), it is necessary to be a member of a Masonic Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Switzerland Alpina (GLSA), and to have reached the Grade of Master (3rd) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2337,"featured_media":0,"parent":3476,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9984","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9984"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11863,"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9984\/revisions\/11863"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reaatest.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}