Joining Rose Croix

If you are a Master Mason interested in joining Rose Croix, and have not been introduced by a friend in the Order, simply contact our District Recorder. He will always be more than happy to help you find a suitable group, called a Chapter. You do not have to wait to be asked.

Membership of the Order implies a desire for further advancement in Masonic knowledge. Its degrees will be found to amplify the teachings of Craft Masonry within a Christian context.

Candidates join the Order in the 18th Degree. The ceremony of the 18th degree, called Perfection, is the only ceremony worked in full by a regular Chapter and it seeks the Perfection of Christian virtues in Faith, Hope and Charity. It is an immensely thought-provoking, impressive and beautiful ceremony, which instils a warmth of the brotherly love on which the whole Masonic movement is founded.

The Intermediate Degrees, as they are known (4º – 17º), are conferred by name during the ceremony but can be witnessed in full at demonstrations, which are regularly held. The 4º – 13º may be considered as extensions of the Master Mason's legend, referring as they do to the completion of the Temple at Jerusalem under King Solomon’s direction. The 14º – 16º refer to the rebuilding of the Temple. The 17º is a mystical preparation for the 18º.

Much as in other Masonic Orders, as a member of a Chapter, the candidate will be invited, over a period of years, to progress through a number of offices in succession (should he so wish) before attaining the Chair of his Chapter in the office of Most Wise Sovereign,

The learning requirements of the various subordinate offices are not onerous. The ritual of the Chair requires more work but the work in this Order can be shared much more readily than in Craft.

In the District of Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire, those in the Chair of a Chapter are actively encouraged to visit other Chapters Rose Croix, to cement the harmony and fraternal union which exists between them.

Promotion to the higher degrees (30º – 33º) initially depends upon Sovereigns carrying out their ceremonies in a proper manner, without recourse to ritual books, and having satisfactorily enthroned their successor.