The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual ProgressR. Macoy, 1859 - 298 pages |
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Page 36
... fact to which we desire to direct the reader's attention is , that Grecian civilization commences with Orpheus and his Mysteries . He stood , as it were , at the portals of Grecian life , and directed the genius of that wonderful people ...
... fact to which we desire to direct the reader's attention is , that Grecian civilization commences with Orpheus and his Mysteries . He stood , as it were , at the portals of Grecian life , and directed the genius of that wonderful people ...
Page 38
... facts of either profane or sacred science . The rites of ini- tiation were sacred or philosophical dramas , ex- tremely fascinating to the imaginative mind , and intended to shadow forth the profoundest mysteries of the Universe , of ...
... facts of either profane or sacred science . The rites of ini- tiation were sacred or philosophical dramas , ex- tremely fascinating to the imaginative mind , and intended to shadow forth the profoundest mysteries of the Universe , of ...
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... fact , which we have sufficiently demonstrated , that nearly , if not quite all of the normal institutions of anti- quity , were secret or Masonic societies . The moral life and civilization of the nations were born in their secret ...
... fact , which we have sufficiently demonstrated , that nearly , if not quite all of the normal institutions of anti- quity , were secret or Masonic societies . The moral life and civilization of the nations were born in their secret ...
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... fact . Lucian of Samosata speaks of Christ as a magician who established new Mysteries . We learn also from Pliny that the Christians were persecuted in the reign of the Emperor Trajan , as a secret society , under a general law which ...
... fact . Lucian of Samosata speaks of Christ as a magician who established new Mysteries . We learn also from Pliny that the Christians were persecuted in the reign of the Emperor Trajan , as a secret society , under a general law which ...
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... fact early excited the suspicions of the heathen , that Christianity was a secret society ; but unable to appreciate the lofty and divine sentiments of the gospel , they saw in this mystical friendship and those secret tokens only the ...
... fact early excited the suspicions of the heathen , that Christianity was a secret society ; but unable to appreciate the lofty and divine sentiments of the gospel , they saw in this mystical friendship and those secret tokens only the ...
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The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, the Masonic Institution ... Augustus C L Arnold No preview available - 2015 |
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