Ill. Norm Crosby, 33°, Grand Cross, host of the Celebrating the Craft web event, with Sovereign Grand Commander Ronald A. Seale, 33° (Photography: Bro. Arthur W. Pierson, 32°, Pierson Photography, Falls Church, Va.)

Cover: Photograph of the 33° Double-headed Eagle Acroterium from the House of the Temple (© Maxwell MacKenzie, Washington, D.C.)

Copiale Cipher: Recently Decoded Manuscript Reveals 18th-Century German Masonic Ritual (Images of the Copiale Manuscript are courtesy http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~bea/copiale)

Ill. C. Fred Kleinknecht, 33° February 14, 1924 – December 1, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011, the Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of the District of Columbia, reenacted the laying of the cornerstone of the House of the Temple—exactly 100 years after the original ceremony. A full article on this historic event will appear in the January-February 2012 Scottish Rite Journal. Pictured left to right are: Bros. William Talbott [...]

Centennial of the Laying of the House of the Temple Cornerstone – October 18, 1911. House of the Temple Centennial Cornerstone Celebration, October 16-18, 2011, will commemorate this historic milestone. Cover credits: Page 1, Archives of the Supreme Council, 33°, SJ, USA; Page 2, Affinity Marketing Assoc., Devon, Penn.; page 3, Scottish Rite Online Store; [...]

Walter Cary Wilcox, “The Masons’ Boy” (Henry Wilson Coil Library and Museum of Freemasonry, Grand Lodge of California, F.&A.M.)

Centennial of the House of the Temple Groundbreaking-May 31, 1911. L. to r.: James D. Richardson, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander, and Francis J. Woodman, 33°, Grand Tiler (Archives of the Supreme Council).

Richard Potter, “The Life of an Amazing Brother,” The First American-born Professional Magician; Courtesy Historic Northampton Museum & Education Center, Northampton, Mass., Photograph by Richard Sherer

Special Issue: Introducing the Rebuilding the Temple Campaign (Main photo: ©Maxwell MacKenzie, Washington, D.C.; Historic photos: Archives of the Supreme Council, 33°)

New Home for Missouri’s Walker Scottish Rite Clinic (Photo: Courtesy Walker Scottish Rite Clinic, St. Louis, Mo.); Fifth Annual Southwest Regional Reunion Held in Phoenix (Photo: Courtesy Mike Folker, 32°)

Drafting Successful Masonic Education (Cover design: Elizabeth A. W. McCarthy, The Scottish Rite Journal)

Pondering the Three Elements in the EA Degree (Photo: Stereopticon Image representing the Entered Apprentice Degree)

William “Bill” Rainbolt, 33°, Restaurateur and Freemason, Valley of San Bernardino, California, Honored in the Pillars of Charity, Portrait Gallery, 2009 (Original oil portrait by Jean Pilk, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Scottish Rite Temple, New Orleans, La. (Photo: Sonny Randon, 2007)

Capital Hilton Hotel Ballroom set up for the Opening Session of the Supreme Council, 33°, S.J., U.S.A.’s Monday Opening Session (Elizabeth A. W. McCarthy, The Scottish Rite Journal)