Ninth Arch wrote:Or possibly to Scotland, where we still have the Mark, Excellent Masters and Exaltation as the three degrees of Royal Arch (apart of course from the Installation of the Principals).
What you call the Excellent Masters we do as part of the HRAoJ and just call it the veils. We have the Mark as the first of the three degrees (actually the MMM) as they include the Mark and the Mark Master as only one ceremony now. We call it being advanced. So we don't do the EM as a separate ceremony, instead we do what we call the Most Excellent Master (not to be confused with another ceremony of the same name that isn't done here) in Canada. Neville Cryer-Barker while still with us, claimed it to be what was called in the 1700s as the "Arch". Apparently one of the Degrees still held by the HRATPs but never done anymore.
Ah to win the lottery and be able to witness all the degrees in England/Wales; Scotland and Ireland. I'm getting too old; wouldn't remember enough to share with those who are younger.