Tap to enter the Supreme Authority of the Ancient Primitive Order of Hérédom 1807™ for the high degrees (4°–33°), preserving the French–Antillean transmission into New York and its documented European custodianship thereafter.
1750s–1760s — France forms working models for Scottish high degrees and delegated powers.
1762 — Constitutional language and delegation frameworks circulate in the French sphere.
1770s–1790s — French-Antillean councils and inspectors sustain the haut grades in Saint-Domingue.
1806–1807 — Authority crosses through Cuba and takes root in New York under Cerneau.
19th century — The European custody line preserves the current to John Yarker and beyond.
Declaration of Continuity:
The Ancient Primitive Order of Hérédom 1807™ derives from the Scottish High-Degree system transmitted from the Grand Orient of France through Joseph Cerneau, established in New York in 1807. This lineage was preserved through the Cerneau Supreme Council under Edmund B. Hays, and subsequently transmitted by Harry J. Seymour, Sovereign Grand Inspector General.
Following the Cerneau disruptions of the 1860s, Seymour continued the Rite with the approval of the Grand Orient de France, and transmitted the authority of the Rite to John Yarker, who perpetuated the tradition in Europe.
The documentation of this Cerneau-derived Scottish Rite working is preserved in the Fonds Maçonnique FM4-979 manuscript at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, which records the continuation of the Rite under the authority of Cerneau in New York in 1807.
Through the Yarker transmission the Rite continued through the Scandinavian line and into the present Sovereign Grand Council.
Thus the Ancient Primitive Order of Hérédom 1807™ stands as a continuation of the Cerneau Scottish Rite tradition descending from the Grand Orient of France and preserved through the Seymour–Yarker lineage.
The Sovereign Grand Council of the Thirty-Third Degree is the governing summit of the Ancient Primitive Order of Hérédom 1807™, preserving the integrity of the degrees 4° through 33° in continuity with the French and French-American Antillean transmission.
This page is built as a museum-grade presentation: authority, chain of custody, archival anchors, and institutional references — so that any serious reader understands immediately that this is not a modern invention, but a documented current.
The Sovereign Grand Council acts as the final authority of the Rite for the haut grades, maintaining the standards of legitimacy: valid transmission, documentary continuity, and sovereign governance by warrant and constitution.
The Council governs high-degree bodies under its obedience and coordinates in harmony with the Craft constitution (GOUSA), while preserving jurisdictional separation: Craft remains Craft; the high degrees remain the high degrees.
A serious rite is recognized by its paper trail: charters, deputations, registers, circulars, ritual witnesses, and institutional repositories. This Council maintains that posture publicly: it cites where the record lives, who holds it, and how it is verified.
We do not ask the world to “trust us.” We show the architecture of custody — France, the Antilles, New York, and Europe — and then we let the record speak.
This Council’s posture is archival: we cite where the record is housed and preserved by recognized repositories and museum institutions. The following anchors are referenced for verification and research continuity:
The point is simple: legitimacy lives where the paper lives. This page tells visitors exactly where to look.
The Sovereign Grand Council receives petitions for affiliation and advancement strictly by proper inquiry, character, and lawful recommendation. We preserve formal protocol: no shortcuts, no “mail-order” dignities, no improvisations.
If you seek a serious high-degree path under the Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™, petition properly — and be prepared to document your standing, your Craft foundation, and your intent.
Complete this form to contact the Grand Secretary of the Sovereign Grand Council of the Thirty-Third Degree Ne Plus Ultra of the Ancient Scottish Rite of Hérédom 1807™.