About Us

At Leadership Conferences held across the Southern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite members were asked what they wanted from the Rite.  The single most common answer was “more Masonic education.”

That’s only reasonable.  Whether a Brother takes the Degrees in a single day, or in a multi-day Reunion, these is much more than can be learned and remembered at once.  We need time to reflect and think, time to see relationships in information, time to let the intellectual dust settle a little.  We’re here to help.

The College of the Consistory is a self-study program for Scottish Rite Masons of all Orients.  The curriculum is facilitated by the Guthrie College and made available to all enrolled members.  The College distributes to its members a syllabus of each degree of the Rite, which will provide ideas for essays and research papers.  Each member can choose a topic from the syllabus, or is free to select a subject not included in the syllabus, provided that the Adepts permit the topic beforehand and that it represents a theme or topic concerning that degree .

We look forward to participating in your personal journey toward enlightenment, and the assistance you will give in aiding the path of your brothers.  May we all benefit from the knowledge and insight found in the lessons and symbols of the Scottish Rite.

The College of the Consistory consists of education in the 29 Degrees of the Scottish Rite, SMJ.  Many have started but fewer than 100 Scottish Rite Masons have become Adepts. This program is peer reviewed by those who have completed that section of the College.