Supreme Council, Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction, USA)

Its official full name is "The Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors General Knights Commander of the House of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty-third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America.

"[1] It is also commonly known as The Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, or by some other varying degree of complete titulage.

In the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, the Supreme Council consists of no more than 33 members, and is presided over by a Grand Commander.

Other members of the Supreme Council are called Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (SGIG), and each is the head of the Rite in his respective Orient (or state).

The Supreme Council was founded in Charleston, South Carolina in May 1801[4] at Shepheard's Tavern at the corner of Broad and Church Streets.

The list of Sovereign Grand Commanders is as follows: An important philosophical document of the Southern Jurisdiction was Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, written by Albert Pike in 1872.

In 1855, the Supreme Council appointed a committee to prepare and compile rituals for the 4th through the 32nd Degrees.

The degrees offered by the Southern Jurisdiction can be divided into four categories:[12] The inspiration for the various degrees are as follows: As of 2017, the topics of the degrees are as follows:[13][14][15] or Knight of the Sword, or Knight of the Eagle Knight of the White and Black Eagle East and West The Supreme Council in 1928 made a gift of $1 million to the George Washington University in D.C., to fund the creation of what is today the School of Business.