Tell me about the degree system in Le.Droit Humain

A continuous initiatory path of 33 degrees is worked within a single structure, practicing the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite from the 1st to the 33rd degree, as the International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women Le Droit Humain states.

Under this system, the Order encompasses both symbolic lodges—which confer the first three Craft degrees of Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason—and advanced lodges within its unified framework. While the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite forms the primary system throughout the 33 degrees, individual lodges are authorized to work other rites practiced in their home countries.

Historically, the foundation of the Order rests upon the conferring of the three symbolic degrees upon Maria Desraimes, who subsequently conferred those Craft degrees upon a group of women to establish the original mixed lodge 1.

Progression through the 33-degree system is organized across distinct tiers of workshop bodies (*ateliers de perfectionnement*). Symbolic Lodges instruct and confer the first three degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason, as the International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, Le Droit Humain states. Higher advancement proceeds through intermediate workshops comprising Lodges of Perfection, Rose Croix Chapters, Areopagi, Sovereign Tribunals, and Consistories leading to the 33rd Degree, as the International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, Le Droit Humain states.

Advancement between degrees depends on minimum time intervals, benchmarks of study, and ritual work to ensure candidate preparation, with specific timelines established by individual Federations under their national General Regulations, as the International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, Le Droit Humain states. In certain jurisdictions such as the British Federation, side degrees—including Mark Masonry, Holy Royal Arch, and Royal Ark Mariner—are made available as optional workings separate from the main 33-degree ladder, as an article on the International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, Le Droit Humain's website notes.