pierre bezukhov in scotland?

[Jules Levin]

At 10:09 PM 3/28/2007, you 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.

Altho I doubt that Pierre went to the United States, most lodges in 
the US were and are Scottish Rite, which
I believe differs from the English Rite (England) in having a 
unitarian rather than trinitarian oath.
Did Tolstoy know enough about Freemasonry to be concerned about the 
fine details?  Perhaps he
only was familiar with the term "shotlandskij lozh" without really 
knowing the details of place.
Jules Levin










>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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