pierre bezukhov in scotland?

[Elif Batuman]

Dear Seelangs,

I am writing with a question about Pierre's Masonic research expedition in
War and Peace.  In II:3:VII, Pierre goes abroad (destination unspecified)
to learn the higher secrets of Freemasonry.  In II:3:VIII, he tells his
Petersburg colleagues about what he learned in the "Prussian and Scottish
lodges" ("o tom, chto... uznal i priobrel v prusskikh i shotlandskikh
lozhakh").  Does anyone know where the Scottish lodge might have been
located?

My first assumption was that it was in Scotland, but I tried to confirm this
by reading about Freemasonry online, and now I am confused.  My
understanding now is that there is a Grand Masonic Lodge of Scotland, which
is actually in Scotland - and, there are various "Scots Lodges" practicing
"the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry," which was  founded on the Continent in
the 18th century, has no affiliation with the Grand Lodge, and is connected
to Scotland only by a legend/ rumor involving the Stuart kings.

Later in WP we see Pierre in his study transcribing the original
"shotlandskie akty," which is translated as "transactions of the Scottish
Rite" - does this mean that he went to the "Scots Lodges" on the Continent,
and not the "Lodge of Scotland" in Scotland?

Any information on this subject will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Elif Batuman

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