pierre bezukhov in scotland?

[John Schillinger]

The Freemasons, by Jasper Ridley, Arcade Publishing 2001, offers a  
wealth of
information on the subject.
JS

On Mar 29, 2007, at 1:09 AM, Elif Batuman wrote:

> 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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John Schillinger
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American University
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