Editing Scottish Rite (section)

=== Degree progression in the Scottish Rite ===
Inspired by the Solomonic Tradition and centered on the construction of the Temple of Jerusalem, the Scottish Rite closely combines the criterion of duration, as characteristic of the initiatory process, with the criterion of construction, which commits the adept to the path laid out by the Rite. Building oneself in the AASR system is seen as a long process which is accomplished on the path of truth, justice and wisdom.

This long and lengthy process to obtain the degrees can be found within the foundational documents of the AASR, the Constitution and Regulation of 1762,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/constitutionsreg00free/page/16/mode/2up | title=The constitutions and regulations of 1762 | date=1872}}</ref> that is present on the altar of every Lodge in the Southern Jurisdiction. The foundational document proscribes the following minimum time allowed to receive the degrees: "''All these degrees, into which one can only be initiated in a mysterious number of months, to arrive at each degree in due succession, make the number, in all, of 81 months.''
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/constitutionsreg00free/page/20/mode/2up | title=The constitutions and regulations of 1762 | date=1872}}</ref>

Thus, almost seven years was the minimum allowed time to obtain the 25 degrees, in the foundational document of the AASR.

The process cannot be a solitary, silent quest for self-fulfillment; the collective project must always prevail over individual pretensions in the AASR system.<ref name="ledifice.net">{{cite web | url=https://www.ledifice.net/3112-1.html | title=3112-1 : Spécificité du Rite Écossais Ancien et Accepté}}</ref>