byC.DeForrestTrexler,33° TheDegreeRituals Copyright©2008 SupremeCouncil,33°,AASR,NMJ Allrightsreserved. forthe of “IfthetimeevercomeswhentheScottishRitedeterminestoremain static,whenitsphilosophymaynotbeadjustedtotheneedsofachang- ingworld,thenisthetimeforitsobsequies.Untilthen,itsleaders shouldneverabandonstudyof thephilosophyofitsritualisticteach- ingsthat,byrecastandrevision,itmaykeepinthevanofadvancing civilization.” MelvinMaynardJohnson SovereignGrandCommander (1943Allocution)