Editing Scottish Rite (section)

=== General practices ===
In most parts of the world the Scottish Rite is practiced as a full Rite, starting with the Blue Lodge degrees, under the jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge, then becomes an invitation only body for "upper" degrees divided in groups; the candidate must then wait a period of time after being made a [[Master Mason]] of three to five years depending on the jurisdiction (sometimes must be [[Past Master (Masonic)|past-master]]), then may be honored with an invitation to the Green Lodges (4th–14th); if the brother shows diligence and hard work he may then become invited to the Red Lodges (15th–18th) and receive the degree; again after hard work and dedication he may be invited to the Black Lodges (19th–30th) and receive the degrees, then be invited to the White Lodges (31st–33rd). This process takes an average of 25 years to accomplish if the brother is invited to every group and only a very small fraction can make it all the way to 33rd degree. It is worth noting that in the [[United States of America]], the Scottish Rite process is a lot different than the rest of the world and tend to be a lot faster (only a few days or weeks), and the Master Mason can petition to receive the upper degrees,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://scottishrite.org/membership-services/how-to-join/ | title=How to Join/Membership Qualifications &#124; Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J., U.S.A. }}</ref> although a new observant movement is developing, and the idea of forming an "observant Valley" that would take more time and be more selective is being explored to curb falling membership numbers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://scottishrite.org/blog/about/media-publications/journal/article/qualityquantity/ | title=Quality/Quantity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sacramentoscottishrite.org/single-post/2017/01/08/eight-steps-to-excellence-the-observant-lodge | title=Eight Steps to Excellence: The Observant Lodge | date=9 January 2017}}</ref>

The [[Le Droit Humain|Droit Humain]] does not make a jurisdictional distinction between Blue degrees to upper degrees and holds an international jurisdiction over its Scottish Rite system.