You don't necessarily attend 4 through 31 degrees to get to a 32nd degree.. so I haven't seen the 16th in particular. If you're not a Mason, you wouldn't understand why you don't need to get the 16th or 17th degree in order to get the 18th.. but you do need the 18th to get a 32nd.. among others of course.. for instance, I have #4, 10, 14, 15, 18 and will soon have 22, 29 and 32. If anyone thinks a Scottish Rite Mason can walk out of a degree and recite it back without weeks of practice is sorely misinformed.

For all you thinking that Masonry is the same as worshipping Lucifer, Remember, we have freedom of religious consciousness. I cannot unwittingly worship satan. If God is in my heart and good is my intention, then no matter what I do, evil is not my doing. Whatever I do to get myself closer to God is between me and God. If it's not how YOU feel closer to God, that's your business.. but I'm not about to tell you that since you approach God from a different POV than I do, that somehow YOU must be worshipping evil.. NO..