Allegiance         The Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, sitting in the Valley of Bakersfield, Orient of California, acknowledge the authority of and yield allegiance to The Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of Inspectors General Knights Commanders of the House of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty-Third and Last Degree, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction, of the United States of America.

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This degree description is courtesy of the Valley of Guthrie, Orient of Oklahoma.

Thirty-first Degree

Inspector Inquisitor

     The central teaching of this degree is justice.  To be free, a Mason must begin by passing judgment on himself.  He presents himself for examination.  By acting honestly in first giving judgment on himself within the principles of justice and equity, it should not be doubted when he shall do the same to his brothers.  

     The brother who finds mercy in himself, who has not been too lenient towards himself, or punished himself too severely, can also judge his brothers.  In so doing, he can be certain that he has not acted contrary to his former obligations.  He has freed himself.

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The Scottish Rite Creed

The cause of human progress our cause, the enfranchisement of human thought is our supreme wish, the freedom of human conscience is our mission, and the guarantee of equal rights to all people everywhere, the end of our contention.

Deus Meumque Jus -  GOD AND MY RIGHT.                 Fiat Lux - LET THERE BE LIGHT.                In Deo Fiducia Nostra - OUR TRUST IS IN GOD                 Lux a Tenebris - LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS.                          Spes mea in Deo est. - MY HOPE IS IN GOD.                Virtus junxit, mors non separabit - WHOM VIRTUE HAS UNITED, DEATH SHALL NOT SEPARATE.              

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