Pike first joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1840, and he had then joined a Masonic Lodge, where he became extremely active in the affairs of the organization, being elected Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction in 1859 [REF].
Pike is still regarded in America as an eminent[REF] and influential[REF] Freemason, primarily in the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction [REF].