Download or read book The Porch and the Middle Chamber written by Pike and published by . This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although not widely used in the United States, the Scottish Rite (the largest Masonic system in the world) has a unique type of ritual which is used in more countries than any other. In 1870 Albert Pike, Grand Commander of the "Mother Supreme Council of the World," printed the ritual which he intended as a foundation for the Rite. To supplement the work he also prepared a Liturgy (guidebook). Very few copies of these works survive. This work includes everything that Pike prepared for these important rituals. The introduction treats the development of early Freemasonry, the rationale behind the high degrees, and the origins of the Scottish Rite. Also reprinted are several letters by Pike defending the sole right of the Grand Lodges over the Blue Lodge degrees. An appendix includes a first-ever translation of the original 1804 French Scottish Rite Blue Lodge ritual, which facilitates study of the development of the ritual and its symbolism.
Download or read book The Porch and the Middle Chamber written by Albert Pike and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Porch and the Middle Chamber written by Albert Pike and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freemasons For Dummies written by Christopher Hodapp and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the mystery out of the Freemasons Fascinated by Freemasons? Freemasons For Dummies is the internationally bestselling introduction to the Masons, the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This balanced, eye-opening guide demystifies Freemasonry, explaining everything from its elaborate rituals and cryptic rites, to its curious symbols and their meanings. With new and improved content, including updated examples and references throughout, this new edition of Freemasons For Dummies provides the most straightforward, non-intimidating guide to the subject on the market. Updated expert coverage of the basic beliefs and philosophy behind Freemasonry Revised information on the history of the society, including updates concerning its founding, famous historical members, and pivotal events New coverage devoted to the recent influx of younger membership The latest and ongoing controversies and myths surrounding Freemasonry The role of women in a Masonic organization, including opportunities for women to participate in Freemasonry The effects cultural and political changes and worldwide events are having on the organization If you're intrigued by the mystery that surrounds the Masons, get ready to learn the facts about this ancient order in Freemasons For Dummies.
Download or read book The Porch and the Middle Chamber written by Albert Pike and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1874 Edition.
Download or read book Esoteric Work of the 1st Through 3rd Degree According to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite written by Albert Pike and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1874 Edition.
Download or read book The Masonic Trowel written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Back Chamber written by Donald Hall and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former US poet laureate has crafted poems full of “unexpected insights, charms, droll observations, self-mockery, and well-earned wisdom” (Rain Taxi). In The Back Chamber, Donald Hall illuminates the evocative, iconic objects of deep memory—a cowbell, a white stone perfectly round, a three-legged milking stool—that serve to foreground the rich meditations on time and mortality that run through this remarkable collection. While Hall’s devoted readers will recognize many of his long-standing preoccupations—baseball, the family farm, love, sex, and friendship—what will strike them as new is the fierce, pitiless poignancy he reveals as his own life’s end comes into view. The Back Chamber is far from being death-haunted, but rather is lively, irreverent, erotic, hilarious, ironic, and sly—full of the life-affirming energy that has made Donald Hall one of America’s most popular and enduring poets. “For the reader boiling in triple-digit SoCal heat at the end of the summer, Donald Hall’s The Back Chamber: Poems arrives like a sudden cloudburst and shower of cooling rain . . . A former U.S. poet laureate, Hall has always had this elemental power—to vividly evoke his particular New England climate and geography so that it can’t be mistaken for any other—but what is more unexpected in this new collection of poems, his 16th, is passion.” —Los Angeles Times “The former U.S. poet laureate reaches his 20th book in unmistakably honest form, aggressively plain and unfailingly open about sex, old age, suicide, recovery, the friendship of poets, the business of poetry, dogs, New Hampshire, and baseball.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Prose Sketches and Poems Written in the Western Country written by Albert Pike and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1874 Edition.
Download or read book Ghost Squad 1 written by Albert Pike and published by Cornerstone Book Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The degrees of the Lodge of Perfection are often viewed as the heart of the Scottish Rite. In these degrees, Albert Pike explores human relations, responsibilities and moral codes. We learn of how humans should interact with each other, how we should govern ourselves and live within our communities. "The Lodge of Perfection" provides each Masonic student with a collection of reflective philosophical lessons which can be used to grow as both a Mason and a member of the human family. The text has been somewhat modernized making an easier reading experience. Foreword by Michael R. Poll.
Download or read book The Symbolism of Freemasonry written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Two Great Pillars of Boaz and Jachin Foundations of Freemasonry Series written by William Harvey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent masonic scholars explore the history, myth and symbolism behind Freemasonry's twin pillars. Included here are: The Two Great Pillars, Pillars of the Porch, The Dual Unity of Jachin and Boaz, The History of the Two Pillars and The Pillars of Freemasonry.
Download or read book The Book of the Words written by Albert Pike and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masonry is permeated with powerful verbal and pictorial symbolism that arouses the mental, spiritual and intellectual life. One of the treasures of the SJ USA Supreme Council's Archives at the House of the Temple in Washington, D.C., is Albert Pike's manuscript of The Book of the Words. The book was originally printed, in an edition limited to 150 copies, in 1874. This remarkable study is an exploration of the symbolic words in Freemasonry. It gives the correct spelling of, and analyzes all the "significant words" in the Scottish Rite from the 1st through the 30th degrees inclusive. Pike explores and explains their origin (Hebrew, Samaritan, Phoenician and English), meaning, symbolism and relevance to the degrees and gives his insights. In addition to being an etymological dictionary Pike explains why any given word was chosen for a given degree, thereby revealing the hidden symbolism of each word.
Download or read book Ornaments Furniture and Jewels written by Julian Rees and published by Lewis Masonic Pub. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays in our lodges’ degree ceremonies seem to be the first and most important thing in the plan of work for the lodge. But all the evidence suggests that the practice of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century was very different from present-day convention. What records we have suggest a number of important differences. The chapters in the book deal individually with The Power of Allegory, Ornaments, Furniture, Movable Jewels, Immovable Jewels, and Art, Architecture and Image.
Download or read book Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor and Guide written by Art DeHoyos and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archetypal Temple written by Jaime Paul Lamb and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abounding in unprecedented insights and observations, Jaime Paul Lamb's The Archetypal Temple and Other Writings on Masonic Esotericism is a compendium of essays highlighting Freemasonry's relationship to Western Esotericism, with the multivalence of the temple archetype as its central, unifying theme. As Lamb surveys Masonic ritual and symbolism from the perspectives of astrology, cosmology and occult philosophy, he situates Freemasonry as a living and evolving tradition. It is in this spirit that Lamb points to a Freemasonry that is applicable to the modern mind's quest for meaning, authenticity and, ultimately, a place in the cosmos.
Download or read book Born in Blood written by John J. Robinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its mysterious symbols and rituals had been used in secret for centuries before Freemasonry revealed itself in 1717. But where had this powerful organization come from and why had Freemasonry been attacked by the Roman Catholic Church? Robinson answers those questions and more.
