Who was Albert Pike & why does he have a highway in Colorado?

Introducing Albert Pike

Masons who have only gone as far as the Blue Lodge may not be familiar with Albert Pike. Pike was Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite from 1859 to 1891, thirty-two years, a man authoritative within Freemasonry. Pike was also an Arkansas newspaperman, poet, Confederate General, philosopher, and visionary. He was the only Confederate soldier ever to be honored with a statue, erected by the Freemasons, in Washington, D.C., at Judiciary Square. The United States also honors him with the Albert Pike Highway, which runs from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Colorado Springs, Colorado, more than nine hundred miles. His imposing home, now a museum, and the Albert Pike Memorial Temple, are two of the most prominent features of downtown Little Rock, Arkansas.

Pike’s great Masonic book is Morals and Dogma. In these observations, every reference to Pike’s writing refers to Morals and Dogma. We will be seeing much of it in what follows.

C. Fred Kleinknect, then Sovereign Grand Commander, Supreme Council, for the 33rd degree of Freemasonry, stated in New Age magazine, the official organ of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, January 1989 issue: “The apex of our teachings has been the rituals of Morals and Dogma, written over a century ago.”

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