Circular of Peace, Custody, and Fraternal Clarity
Public assurance of peace, historical custody, archival responsibility, and non-interference among Masonic authorities in America.
Education · Archives · Historical Study · Constitutional Order
Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™
Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree
A single public portal for the Rite and its Supreme Council: preserving documentary continuity, high-degree governance, Masonic education, historical research, and fraternal peace with dignity.
Peaceful by principleSovereign by constitutionFraternal by conductArchival by duty
High Degrees · Regularity · Documentary Continuity
Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree
Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™
ORDO AB CHAO · DEUS MEUMQUE JUS
The Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™ preserves the philosophical degrees of the Rite within a disciplined, constitutional, and documentary framework aligned with the public posture of ASRH 1807™.
Its position rests upon lawful transmission, proper Craft foundation, archival continuity, internal sovereignty, and responsible fraternal conduct toward the wider Scottish Rite family.
4°–33°Philosophical Degrees · Sovereign Custody
Chronology of the Rite
1744/1745 and 1761 — Morin Root and French Powers
The early high-degree foundation is associated with Étienne Morin and the French powers to propagate Perfect and Sublime Masonry in the New World.
Official Communications
Supreme Council Updates
Public circulars, statements, and documentary notices from the Supreme Council.
To the Two Hemispheres
A fraternal call for peace, dialogue, historical fairness, and archival restraint.
Peace, Wisdom, and Brotherly Love
An institutional call to cease polemics, encourage research and dialogue, and preserve the work of the Rite with dignity.
Mission
ASRH 1807™ preserves a distinct Cerneau-Hérédom research and custodial current within the wider Scottish Rite tradition, using a conservative date framework from Morin, Francken, Hays, Saint-Domingue, Cuba, New York, France, Seymour, Yarker, Scandinavia, and modern custodianship.
The organization does not seek conflict with any lawful Masonic body. It also does not confuse peace with surrender. Its identity, records, officers, ritual custody, warrants, constitutions, and internal government remain its own.
Public Standard: Peaceful by principle. Sovereign by constitution. Fraternal by conduct. Archival by duty.
Masonic Education
Study of the Craft, the high degrees, symbols, ethics, history, and the duties of Masonic leadership.
Archival Preservation
Careful preservation, transcription, translation, and publication of records connected to the Rite and its continuations.
Charity & Conduct
Relief, service, restraint, and public dignity practiced as visible duties of the organization.
Leadership Formation
Officer development rooted in humility, firmness, justice, competence, and constitutional order.
Fraternal Relations
Respectful dialogue with other Masonic organizations through accurate language and non-interference.
Sovereign Jurisdiction
Responsible custody of its own membership, records, ritual system, officers, warrants, and internal government.
Our Work
A serious Masonic organization should be known by its labor. ASRH 1807™ presents its public work through education, archives, publications, charitable service, governance standards, and fraternal dialogue.
Education
Lectures, reading programs, officer instruction, and structured study for members seeking disciplined progress.
Archives
Collection, preservation, transcription, translation, and responsible publication of historical records.
Publications
Books, dossiers, papers, constitutional studies, and documentary editions prepared with restraint and citation.
Charity
Relief and service treated as duties of dignity, not spectacle.
Governance
Constitutions, minutes, records, seals, warrants, and officer duties maintained in good order.
Dialogue
Fraternal communication pursued with accuracy, calm language, and respect between sovereign jurisdictions.
SUPREME COUNCIL · 33°
Regularity and Constitutional Order
Regularity is understood as the convergence of lawful transmission, constitutional fidelity, sovereign jurisdiction, proper admission, documentary continuity, and faithful preservation of the Rite. The Supreme Council therefore maintains a traditional and disciplined practice rooted in the inherited doctrine and constitutional order of the high degrees.
The Rite is preserved through lawful Masonic authority, constitutional order, demonstrable continuity, and responsible governance within its proper sphere. Modern tools may assist the work, but they do not define the authority of the Rite.
Constitutional Governance and Modern Tools
Research may be assisted · Masonic authority remains constitutional
The Supreme Council recognizes that modern research tools may lawfully support archival organization, translation, indexing, drafting, education, correspondence, music, image preparation, and documentary comparison.
These tools are administrative and scholarly aids only. They do not initiate, recognize, ballot, discipline, govern, interpret the constitution, determine succession, or exercise Masonic authority.
The Rite is governed by duly constituted Masonic bodies and living Brethren lawfully vested with responsibility under constitutional order. This posture preserves the dignity of tradition while allowing careful use of modern instruments in subordinate service to the work.
Permitted Support Uses
Reserved Masonic Powers
Leadership and Officers
Public officer listing · concise institutional presentation
The Supreme Council publishes a concise officer listing for public transparency, orderly contact, and institutional identification. This public list identifies names, degrees, and offices only; internal records, votes, minutes, seals, signatures, and private administrative material remain within the custody of the Supreme Council.
Most Illustrious Brother A.L. Guerra, 33°
Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander ad Vitam
Most Illustrious Brother L. Le'Doux Jr., 33°
Assistant Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander
Honored Member of the Supreme Council Thirty-Third Degree
Honored Member of the Supreme Council Thirty-Third Degree
Most Illustrious Brother Bishop S. Ferguson, 33°
Assistant Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander ad Vitam
Most Illustrious Brother P. Nemanja, 33°
Puissant Lieutenant Grand Commander
Very Illustrious Brother D. Jackson, 33°
Assistant Puissant Lieutenant Grand Commander ad Vitam
Most Illustrious Brother L. Le'Doux Jr., 33°
Grand Orator and Minister of State
Very Illustrious Brother I, EL, 33°
Grand Secretary General H∴ E∴
Very Illustrious Brother G. Brown-Bey, 33°
Grand Archivest General
Very Illustrious Brother J. Crites, 33°
Grand Marshal General
Very Illustrious Brother T. EL, 33°
Grand Master General of Ceremonies
Most Illustrious Brother M. Quiroga Pérez, 33°
Grand Standard Bearer
Very Illustrious Brother K. El, 33°
Grand Seneschal
Most Illustrious Brother M. Quiroga Pérez, 33°
Grand Representive for Bolivia
Most Illustrious Brother M. aquiles Durante Riveros, 33°
Grand Representive for Argentina
Most Illustrious Brother P. Nemanja, 33°
Grand Representive for Serbia
Most Illustrious Brother J. Reiner Brito, 33°
Grand Representive for Cuba
Most Illustrious Brother R. Canizález Menéndez, 33°
Grand Representive for El Salvador
Most Illustrious Brother Dr. F. Georsua, 33°
Sup. Grand Commander "Emeritus" & Grand Representive for Philippines
Most Illustrious Brother L. Célestin, 33°
Grand Representive for Haiti
Most Illustrious Brother G. de Ficcy, 33°
Grand Representive for Italy
Very Illustrious Brother D. Truax, 33°
Puissant Lieutenant Grand Commander ad Vitam
Most Illustrious Brother A. M. Guerra, PMPSGC, 33°
Entered into Eternal Light, 2021
This public listing is limited to institutional identification. It is not a publication of private membership records, deliberations, ritual proceedings, votes, or internal administrative instruments.
Protocols of Regularity
Continuity · sovereignty · constitutional order · lawful transmission
Historical Continuity
Original Constitution
Sovereign Jurisdiction
Craft Foundation
Individual Admission
Documentary Proof
Authority and Jurisdiction
The authority of the Supreme Council is presented as a preserved and continuing expression of an historical current within the Scottish Rite, not as a novelty or casual invention.
It proceeds from the constitutional foundations of the Rite of Perfection, the later Thirty-Third Degree framework, and the Atlantic transmission of the Rite through European, Caribbean, and early American channels.
Jurisdictional Position
The jurisdiction exercised is internal and constitutional over its own system and members. It does not assert command over independent Masonic organizations, Grand Lodges, Grand Orients, Supreme Councils, or other jurisdictions.
This posture preserves dignity, avoids aggression, and maintains the sovereign integrity of the Supreme Council within its proper sphere.
PUBLIC RECORD · HISTORY · FRATERNAL RELATIONS
Public Notice of Custodianship and Historical Preservation
This notice is presented directly on this website for scholarly, historical, educational, archival, and institutional-preservation purposes. It is not a circular, demand, charge, summons, or claim of authority over any other Masonic organization.
ASRH 1807™ preserves its own research position, documentary custody, educational work, and constitutional identity with public restraint and fraternal dignity.
Public Notice
The Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™ is presented as a sovereign Masonic organization dedicated to the preservation, study, and orderly transmission of its own documentary, ritual, and constitutional inheritance.
The organization maintains its own internal government, archives, warrants, educational work, and standards of conduct. It does not seek controversy, territorial disturbance, or public confusion with any other Masonic body.
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of this public notice is to preserve and study the French, Caribbean, and American high-degree materials associated with the Hérédom and Cerneau research tradition; to support Masonic education, archival review, translation work, publications, and disciplined leadership formation; and to communicate with restraint, accuracy, charity, and respect for the wider Masonic world.
Preservation of ASRH 1807™ identity is not an act of hostility toward any other jurisdiction or obedience. It is an act of historical custody and institutional clarity.
Fraternal Relations and Non-Interference
ASRH 1807™ approaches the wider Scottish Rite family with respect, restraint, and a sincere desire for peace. This respect does not diminish the constitutional identity, archives, warrants, ritual custody, or internal government of this Masonic organization.
The intended posture is dialogue without conquest, friendship without confusion, and peace without surrender. Each Masonic organization remains responsible for its own law, members, archives, and public representations.
Comparative Historical Transmission Summary
| Date / Period | Location / Current | Public Historical Significance |
|---|---|---|
| 1744/1745 and 1761 | France and the New World | Morin is retained as the early high-degree root, with the 1761 French powers treated as a foundational point in the wider Royal Secret and Perfection field. |
| 1762 | Bordeaux / Royal Secret framework | The twenty-five-degree Royal Secret substrate is preserved as part of the pre-33° foundation from which later Scottish Rite systems developed. |
| 1762–1767 | Caribbean and Jamaica | Henry Andrew Francken and related Caribbean materials remain important bridges between French high-degree Masonry and English-language American transmission. |
| 1768–1781 | North America | Moses Michael Hays and related Deputy Inspector General context form part of the early American high-degree field under study. |
| 1787–1791 | Port-au-Prince / Saint-Domingue | Joseph Cerneau is treated within the ASRH 1807™ research position through the La Réunion Désirée and Saint-Domingue context, followed by displacement toward Cuba and the Spanish Antilles. |
| 1801 | Saint-Domingue and Charleston | Saint-Domingue and Charleston are presented as related but distinct currents within the wider Morin/Royal Secret/American field, not as a public claim of control over another jurisdiction. |
| 1806–27/28 Oct. 1807 | Cuba / Spanish Antilles / New York | Cerneau’s Cuba-to-New York transition and the New York Consistory/Supreme Council frame are preserved as the core ASRH 1807™ ancestral date marker. |
| 1813–1816 | Paris and New York | The French recognition-restoration claim, correspondence, and later acknowledgment are preserved as central research points, stated with archival restraint. |
| 1832–1836 | New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Brussels | The Saint-Laurent reorganization and treaty-era materials are treated as later continuation evidence within the New York and Western Hemisphere field. |
| 1845–1884 | New York, France, and Britain | Atwood, Hays, Seymour, French contacts, and the Seymour-to-Yarker date marker form the nineteenth-century bridge into the later international continuation. |
| 1905/1909–1927 | Scandinavia | Yarker-to-Brogren/Bogren, Sirén, and Edlund are preserved as the Scandinavian continuation sequence, with exact instrument dates subject to archival verification. |
| 19 Apr. 2019–present | Modern ASRH 1807™ custodial work | Modern custodianship emphasizes education, archives, charity, disciplined governance, non-interference, and peace with dignity. |
This on-page summary is educational and public-facing. It preserves a working research chronology and does not operate as a jurisdictional demand, decree, charge, or adverse claim against any other Masonic organization. Date markers that require original-instrument verification are stated conservatively.
Fraternal Relations
Peaceful by Principle.
ASRH 1807™ seeks peace with the wider Masonic world because peace is consistent with discipline, charity, and good order.
Respect Without Erasure.
We acknowledge the historic stature and influence of the Charleston/Southern Jurisdiction current in Scottish Rite Masonry. This respect does not require merger, absorption, submission, or abandonment of the Cerneau-Hérédom inheritance.
Sovereign by Constitution.
This Masonic body governs only what is constitutionally its own. It claims no authority over another Supreme Council, Grand Lodge, or jurisdiction; by the same principle, it preserves its own internal authority.
Fraternal by Conduct.
Future amity should be built on mutual dignity, accurate history, non-interference, good order, and respectful dialogue between sovereign jurisdictions.
Historical Continuity
A Living Tradition.
Scottish Rite Masonry has been transmitted through men, councils, archives, rituals, constitutions, and obligations. ASRH 1807™ approaches that inheritance with documentary seriousness and fraternal restraint.
A Broad Ancestral Field.
The history of Scottish Rite Masonry belongs to a French, Caribbean, American, and transatlantic field. ASRH 1807™ studies that field through France, Bordeaux, the French Antilles, Jamaica, Saint-Domingue, Philadelphia, Charleston, Cuba, New York, Paris, Britain, and Scandinavia, while preserving the Cerneau-Hérédom stream within that larger inheritance.
Cerneau-Hérédom Custodianship.
This current is preserved as a distinct documentary and constitutional stream, including the Saint-Domingue and Cuba transition, the New York establishment of 27/28 October 1807, the 1813–1816 French recognition-restoration research frame, nineteenth-century continuations, and the Seymour-Yarker-Scandinavian line.
Modern Responsibility.
The modern custodianship beginning 19 April 2019 is presented as a duty to preserve the record, educate the brethren, practice charity, maintain standards, and speak in a manner worthy of the Rite.
Chronology of the High Degrees
A concise public sequence from Morin to modern custodianship
1744/1745 and 1761 — Morin Root and French Powers
1762 — Royal Secret and Rite of Perfection
1762–1767 — Francken and the Caribbean Transmission
1768–1781 — American Deputy Inspector Context
1787–1791 — Saint-Domingue and Joseph Cerneau
1801 — Parallel American and Saint-Domingue Currents
1806–27/28 October 1807 — Cuba to New York
1813–1816 — Paris and New York Reception
1832–1836 — Western Hemisphere Continuation
1845–1884 — Atwood, Hays, Seymour, and Yarker
1905/1909–1927 — Scandinavian Line
19 April 2019–Present — ASRH 1807™ Custodianship
Petitions and Admission
Petitions for affiliation and advancement are received only by proper inquiry, character, lawful recommendation, and documentary standing.
A serious path within the Rite requires evidence of Craft foundation, disciplined intent, and respect for constitutional order.