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It is plain that the initiation was considered by the Egyptians as the end of a
profane and vicious life — the palingenesia ( new birth ) of corrupted human
nature — the death of vice and of all bad passions , and the introduction into a
new life of ...
It is plain that the initiation was considered by the Egyptians as the end of a
profane and vicious life — the palingenesia ( new birth ) of corrupted human
nature — the death of vice and of all bad passions , and the introduction into a
new life of ...
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In its hidden recesses , where the profane eye was never permitted to look ,
commenced the development of those great social ideas which regenerated
Greece , and placed that celebrated country at the head of the civilization of the
world ...
In its hidden recesses , where the profane eye was never permitted to look ,
commenced the development of those great social ideas which regenerated
Greece , and placed that celebrated country at the head of the civilization of the
world ...
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Although we cannot tell precisely how extensive the circle of truths might have
been , to elucidate which was the aim of the Institution , we have reason to
believe that it neglected no important facts of either profane or sacred science .
The rites ...
Although we cannot tell precisely how extensive the circle of truths might have
been , to elucidate which was the aim of the Institution , we have reason to
believe that it neglected no important facts of either profane or sacred science .
The rites ...
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The Sacred Herald imposed silence on the assembly , and commanded the
profane to withdraw . The Priest officiated at the altar , and bore the symbol of the
moon . The Archon , or king , preserved order , offered prayers and sacrifices ...
The Sacred Herald imposed silence on the assembly , and commanded the
profane to withdraw . The Priest officiated at the altar , and bore the symbol of the
moon . The Archon , or king , preserved order , offered prayers and sacrifices ...
Page 40
... the profane were driven far from the temple , and were not permitted to
approach within a certain distance , on pain of ... commencement of the
ceremonies , the herald proclaimed , “ Hence , hence from these sacred places ,
all ye profane !
... the profane were driven far from the temple , and were not permitted to
approach within a certain distance , on pain of ... commencement of the
ceremonies , the herald proclaimed , “ Hence , hence from these sacred places ,
all ye profane !
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Page 142 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 114 - And as for their piety towards God, it is very extraordinary; for before sun-rising they speak not a word about profane matters, but put up certain prayers, which they have received from their forefathers, as if they made a supplication for its rising.
Page 234 - How often we forget all time, when lone, Admiring nature's universal throne, Her woods, her wilds, her waters, the intense Reply of hers to our intelligence ! Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears? No, no : — they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 226 - If thou ask to what height man has carried it in this manner, look on our divinest Symbol : on Jesus of Nazareth, and his Life, and his Biography, and what followed therefrom. Higher has the human Thought not yet reached : this is Christianity and Christendom ; a Symbol of quite perennial, infinite character ; whose significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest.
Page 117 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 111 - Essens reject pleasures as an evil, but esteem continence, and the conquest over our passions, to be virtue. They neglect wedlock, but choose out other persons...
Page 274 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 270 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him, half dead.
Page 272 - ... and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine ; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.
Page 106 - They contemn 5* the miseries of life, and are above pain, by the generosity of their mind. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always ; and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what great souls they had in their trials, wherein, although they were tortured and distorted, burnt and torn to pieces, and went through all kinds of instruments of torment, that they might be forced...
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| Title | The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual Progress Household masonic library |
| Author | Augustus C. L. Arnold |
| Publisher | R. Macoy, 1858 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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