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THC 75: Robert Sullivan | The Secrets of Masonic Ritual, Philosophy, & Symbolism
Jesuit Influence and the Royal Arch of Enoch
The development of the 25 degrees in the Rite of Perfection is attributed to the Jesuits as part of a counter-reformation effort. Sullivan highlights a historical anomaly in the 13th degree, the Royal Arch, which incorporates elements of the Book of Enoch before it was widely translated in the West. This suggests secret libraries preserved apocryphal Jewish texts that were later integrated into high-degree Masonic rituals.