Download or read book The Symbolism of Freemasonry written by Albert G. Mackey and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the various modes of communicating instruction to the uninformed, the masonic student is particularly interested in two; namely, the instruction by legends and that by symbols. It is to these two, almost exclusively, that he is indebted for all that he knows, and for all that he can know, of the philosophic system which is taught in the institution. All its mysteries and its dogmas, which constitute its philosophy, are intrusted for communication to the neophyte, sometimes to one, sometimes to the other of these two methods of instruction, and sometimes to both of them combined. The Freemason has no way of reaching any of the esoteric teachings of the Order except through the medium of a legend or a symbol. Contents: Preface. I. Preliminary. II. The Noachidæ. III. The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity. IV. The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity. V. The Ancient Mysteries. VI. The Dionysiac Artificers. VII. The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon. VIII. The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages. IX. Disseverance of the Operative Element. X. The System of Symbolic Instuction. XI. The Speculative Science and the Operative Art. XII. He Symbolism of Solomon'S Temple. XIII. The Form of the Lodge. XIV. The Officers of a Lodge. XV. The Point Within a Circle. XVI. The Covering of the Lodge. XVII. Ritualistic Symbolism. XVIII. The Rite of Discalceation. XIX. The Rite of Investiture. XX. The Symbolism of the Gloves. XXI. The Rite of Circumambulation. XXII. The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light. XXIII. Symbolism of the Corner-Stone. XXIV. The Ineffable Name. XXV. The Legends of Freemasonry. XXVI. The Legend of the Winding Stairs. XXVII. The Legend of the Third Degree. XXVIII. The Sprig of Acacia. XXIX. The Symbolism of Labor. XXX. The Stone of Foundation.216 XXXI.

Download or read book The Meaning Of Masonry Annotated Edition written by W. L. Wilmshurst and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This most interesting and illuminative work is worthy a place on every Mason's bookshelf. '' It seems taken for granted," says the author, "that reception into the Order will automatically be accompanied by an ability to appreciate forthwith and at its full value all that one there finds. The contrary is the case, for Masonry is a veiled and cryptic expression of the difficult science of spiritual life, and the understanding of it calls for special and informed guidance on the one hand, and on the other a genuine and earnest desire for knowledge and no small capacity for spiritual perception on the part of those seeking to be instructed." In Freemasonry, as in all phases of life, many are called but few are chosen. Masonry is not a mere formalism but a life to be lived. If you do not live the life you cannot know the doctrine. Masonry is an effort to perpetuate the essential doctrines of the Ancient Mysteries, but, alas, it does so in a very perfunctory manner. So veiled are its allegories and symbols that it is almost impossible to penetrate into the Holy of Holies.

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 Symbolism of Freemasonry written by Albert G. MacKey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the various modes of communicating instruction to the uninformed, the masonic student is particularly interested in two; namely, the instruction by legends and that by symbols. It is to these two, almost exclusively, that he is indebted for all that he knows, and for all that he can know, of the philosophic system which is taught in the institution. All its mysteries and its dogmas, which constitute its philosophy, are intrusted for communication to the neophyte, sometimes to one, sometimes to the other of these two methods of instruction, and sometimes to both of them combined. The Freemason has no way of reaching any of the esoteric teachings of the Order except through the medium of a legend or a symbol.

Download or read book The Origin History Purport of Freemasonry Annotated Edition written by John Fellows and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intention of this work is to endeavor to unravel the intricate web in which the mystery (of freemasonry) is involved, by tracing the order back to its source, and, by showing its intimate connection and similitude to institutions more ancient, put it beyond a doubt, that it sprang from and is a continuation of the rites and ceremonies observed in those establishments. That the writer, as a freemason, is extremely liberal, may be judged from his own reprobation of the oaths imposed upon members. He considers a total abandonment of the oaths, at the present day, requisite. He says that the mysteries, from which the institution was derived, created, and that the custom of the times when it was established, sanctioned the most horrible oaths. The argument used, that these oaths are no longer necessary, is, we think, effectual against the existence of Masonry itself.

Download or read book The Symbolism of Freemasonry written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symbolism of Freemasonry is a book about the teachings and practices of the secret fraternal order of Free and Accepted Masons, the largest worldwide secret society. Freemasonry evolved from the guilds of stonemasons and cathedral builders of the Middle Ages which regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The author traces the origins of Freemasonry and presents an adequate information and excellent foundation to understanding of how Freemasonry became what it is. The book mainly deals with signs and symbols of Freemasonry, illustrating and explaining its science and philosophy, and its legends and myths, providing a good background for many of the basics of modern day ritual and procedures. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_

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Download or read book The Symbolism Of Freemasonry Annotated written by Albert Mackey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

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 Ancient Mysteries And Modern Masonry written by Charles H. Vail and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of these lectures is to consider the origin and nature of the Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry and to show the relation which they bear one to the other. Freemasonry deals largely with the morals and symbols of the Mysteries of Antiquity, and originally was one of the channels of Ancient Wisdom. There were a few among the founders of Modern Masonry who possessed the Royal Secret, or, at least, had a knowledge of its existence, and, if the key has been lost, the Mason, as Heir-apparent of the Old Wisdom, should be foremost in the search for its recovery. All agree that the Masonic symbols and traditions are of the greatest antiquity, and can be traced to the far East--to the earliest civilization, from which time and place they have spoken in nature's language to all peoples of the earth. We are more and more convinced that this picture language of our ritual contains a most complete philosophy--a knowledge embracing the eternal verities of the universe, and that these symbols were designed by the Initiates of old to preserve and convey that Ancient Wisdom to the present and future generations. Though empires and dynastic continents have appeared and passed away, these ancient symbols, hewn in rock-cut temples and monuments, have served to convey the Great Secret from ages past and will continue its record as long as this part of the universe remains.

Download or read book The Symbolism of Freemasonry Annotated written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-Albert Gallatin Mackey (March 12, 1807 - June 20, 1881) was an American physician and author. He is best known for writing many books and articles on Freemasonry, particularly Masonic landmarks. Albert Gallatin Mackey was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of John Mackey (1765 - December 14, 1831), a physician, journalist, and educator, and his wife. Her father published The American Teacher's Assistant and Self-Instructor's Guide, which contains all the properly explained Arithmetic Rules, etc. (Charleston, 1826), the most comprehensive work on arithmetic ever published in the United States. Her son was Edmund William McGregor Mackey, later a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.After completing his early education, Albert Mackey taught at the school for some time to earn money for medical school. He graduated from the College of South Carolina's medical department in 1832. He settled in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1838 he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy at that institution. In 1844 he abandoned the practice of medicine.

Download or read book Encyclopedia Of Freemasonry written by Albert G. Mackey and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 5797 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Albert G. Mackey, also the author of The Lexicon of Freemasonry appears as author of this " Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences," which, being a library in inself, superseded most of the Masonic works which have been tolerated by the craft—chiefly because none better could be obtained. Here, in one giant volume is a work which fulfils the hope which sustained the author through ten years' literary labor, that, under one cover he "would furnish every Mason who might consult its pages the means of acquiring a knowledge of all matters connected with the science, the philosophy, and the history of his order." For more than thirty years Dr. Mackey has devoted earnest and constant study and research to the history, the objects, and the condition of Masonry. In the present work, the crowning and successful result of a life's labors, he has received no assistance from any one. He says, " Every article was written by myself," and he adds, which would extenuate errors, had he fallen into any, "For twelve months, too, of the time occupied upon this work, I suffered from an affection of the sight, which forbade all use of the eyes for purposes of study. During that time, now happily passed, all authorities were consulted by the willing eyes of my daughters—all writing was done by their hands. I realized for a time the picture so often painted of the blind bard dictating his sublime verses to his daughters," and his preface closes with the words, "Were I to dedicate this work at all, my dedication should be—To Filial Affection." Up to the present time the modern literature of Freemasonry has been diffuse, lumbering, unreliable, and, out of all reasonable proportions.

Download or read book The Symbolism of Freemasonry written by Albert G. Mackey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any inquiry into the symbolism and philosophy of Freemasonry must necessarily be preceded by a brief investigation of the origin and history of the institution. Ancient and universal as it is, whence did it arise? What were the accidents connected with its birth? From what kindred or similar association did it spring? Or was it original and autochthonic, independent, in its inception, of any external influences, and unconnected with any other institution? These are questions which an intelligent investigator will be disposed to propound in the very commencement of the inquiry; and they are questions which must be distinctly answered before he can be expected to comprehend its true character as a symbolic institution. He must know something of its antecedents, before he can appreciate its character.

Download or read book The Symbolism of Freemasonry written by Albert Mackey Gallatin and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the late 1800's, it is still easy enough to read if you have a decent vocabulary. What is so interesting is that it isn't just about Freemasonry symbolism, but traces the symbolism back even further to some societies and shows how it could have evolved through history. Contents Preface I Preliminary II The Noachidae III The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity IV The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity V The Ancient Mysteries VI The Dionysiac Artificers VII The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon VIII The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages IX Disseverance of the Operative Element X The System of Symbolic Instruction XI The Speculative Science and the Operative Art XII The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple XIII The Form of the Lodge XIV The Officers of a Lodge XV The Point within a Circle XVI The Covering of the Lodge XVII Ritualistic Symbolism XVIII The Rite of Discalceation XIX The Rite of Investiture XX The Symbolism of the Gloves XXI The Rite of Circumambulation XXII The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light XXIII Symbolism of the Corner-stone XXIV The Ineffable Name XXV The Legends of Freemasonry XXVI The Legend of the Winding Stairs XXVII The Legend of the Third Degree XXVIII The Sprig of Acacia XXIX The Symbolism of Labor XXX The Stone of Foundation XXXI The Lost Word Synoptical Index

Download or read book Freemasonry its Symbolism Religious Nature and Law of Perfection written by Chalmers I. Paton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Download or read book The Arcana Of Freemasonry written by Albert Churchward and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of twelve lectures on ancient sources of Freemasonry, as stressed by the archaeological school. Contents: Introduction I Freemasonry, The Bridge Of History, Uniting The Past With The Present II The Soul Of Masonry III Out Of The Silence IV The Divine Name V 1717 to 1917: The Second Century Of Modern Masonry VI Some Subjects Suggested For Study VII Origins Of Freemasonry VIII Freemasonry, Past And Future IX The Origin And Explanation Of Some Masonic Signs And Symbols XI Some Proofs That Freemasonry Is Part Of The Eschatology Of The Ancient Egyptians XII The Four Cardinal Points XIII Operative Masons The Arcana Of Freemasonry Application Form The Worshipful Society Of The Free Masons Of The City Of York And Division. Operative Masonry Final Chapter

Download or read book Some Deeper Aspects Of Masonic Symbolism written by Arthur Edward Waite and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of A. E. Waite's less known works on freemasonry but still essential to understand the order in itself. This edition includes a detailed essay about Freemasonry, its history and origins, written by Hermann Gruber. Contents: Part I A System Of Morality The First Degree The Meaning Of Initiation Entered, Passed, Raised Imperfect Symbolism The Third Degree Part II The Book Of The Dead The Christian Mysteries The Mystical Fact The Place Of Darkness Operative Masonry The Old Charges Living Stones Part III The Kabalah The Divine Name The Temple The Builder Craft Masonry