Appendant Organizations
  
The purpose of this page is to provide a glimpse of how divergent in content and vast in expression Masonry has become.   Below is a sampling of some of the well known organizations as well as some of the more obscure.  Some organizations are for Masons only. Several include family or friends and others confer additional degrees.  While a few are honorary and by invitation only, most can be approached and joined with an application or petition.

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WEBMASTERS NOTE:   The following organizations may or may not be recognized by the Grand Lodge of South Dakota or by all or any of the other Grand Lodges in the United States or Internationally.  This is of little matter as it relates to the content of this Web site.  The point is to focus on organizations which   adhere to given precepts that are recognized by various authoritative bodies throughout the Masonic World.  It is left to the reader to determine if any or all of these groups are recognized by their respective Masonic Grand Lodge and to regard the matter of recognition and acceptance accordingly. The information given here is intended to inform, not to prescribe or proscribe either recognition or acceptance. 
 Acacia  Masonic Poets Society
 Allied Masonic Degrees (AMD)  Masonic Service Association
 Amaranth  National Camping Travelers
 Beauceant, Social Order of  National Sojourners, Inc
 Brotherhood of the Blue Forget Me Not  North American Daylight Lodges
 Blue Friers  Order of High Priesthood 
 College of the Consistory  Philalethes
 The Cabiri  Phylaxis Society
 Corks, Ye Antient Order of  Phyllis Chapter
 Daughters of Mokanna  Prince Hall
 Daughters of the Nile  Quatuor Coronati
 Correspondence Circle Ltd. 
 Daughters of Isis
 Daughters of Sphinx  Queen of the South
 DeMolay  Quetzalcoatl, Order of
 Eastern Star, Order of  Rainbow
 Fire Fighters Square Club, International  Red Cross of Constantine
 Golden Chain, Order of  Rosicrucians (MSRICF)
 Grand College of Rites  Royal & Select Masters / Cryptic Rite
 Grotto, (M.O.V.P.E.R.)  Royal Arch Masons
 Hero's of 76 - see National Sojourners  Royal Order of Scotland
 Heroines of Jericho  Sciots
 High Twelve International  Scottish Rite
 Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar
 Priests		  Scottish Rite Research
 Society
 Jesters, Royal Order of  Shrine
 Job's Daughters  Shrine Clown Association, Int.
 Judas Maccabeus, Order of  Triangles, Organization of
 Kilties of New Jersey  Tall Cedars of Lebanon  
 Knight Masons  True Kindred
 Knights of St. Andrew  White Shrine of Jerusalem
 Knights Templar  York Rite
 Knights York Cross of Honor  York Rite College
 Law Enforcement Officers' Square
 Club, International 		 York Rite Research Institute  (PHA)
 L.O.S. of N.A.
 Masonic Library and Museum
 Association
                                 

Legend 
           

Blue           Foundation of masonry, aka, Symbolic or Craft Lodge.  Does not include Research Lodges as Chartered by Grand Lodges.    
Appendant Builds upon foundation of the Blue Lodge.  Does not include honorary or leadership degree organizations.
Concordant Fraternal organization which may or may not allow open membership.  
Adoptive   Body which may include women and men, or women or young women exclusively    
Research Organizations which may or may not be Chartered as a Craft Lodge dedicated to Masonic research or education.  
Service Non-Fraternal organizations which service the needs of other Masonic bodies.  
Associative Non-Masonic organizations having Masonic origins or associations. 

   

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