The College of the Consistory is coming to Southwest Florida.  It is being started by Jim Hogg, who is a member of the Board of Adepts of the Guthrie, Oklahoma, College of the Consistory.  Jim is also an Honorary Past Venerable Master of the Guthrie Lodge of Perfection and an Honorary Past Wise Master of the Guthrie Chapter of Rose Croix.  He is a Perpetual member of both the Valley of Guthrie, Oklahoma, and the Valley of Lake Worth, Florida.  He has also completed both master Craftsman programs offered through the Supreme Council.  The Scottish Rite exists for YOU – the member.  It is the institution for higher learning in Freemasonry and it is here for YOU. 

     Part of the new leadership initiative is an educational program.  This program is meant to be both enlightening and FUN.  It originates from and is a part of the Valley of Guthrie, Oklahoma.  The Brothers in Guthrie have promised to aid and assist us in every way possible in getting this program off the ground here in Southwest Florida.

         What follows below, in italics, is the description of the program in the words of the Guthrie Scottish Rite:

     The College of the Consistory exists because you asked for it.

     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, there 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 free 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 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.

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