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 ix
... gives the subject reasonable consideration and study , can fail to perceive that , in a degree , it is the successor of the ancient Grecian and Egyptian Mysteries , and entirely so of the Collegia Fabrorum of the ancient Romans The very ...
... gives the subject reasonable consideration and study , can fail to perceive that , in a degree , it is the successor of the ancient Grecian and Egyptian Mysteries , and entirely so of the Collegia Fabrorum of the ancient Romans The very ...
Page 18
... give men faith in virtue and confidence in each other , and re- veal to the world a diviner ideal to be actualized in its life . If our theory be correct , these societies are pre- cisely the institutions which the world needs at this ...
... give men faith in virtue and confidence in each other , and re- veal to the world a diviner ideal to be actualized in its life . If our theory be correct , these societies are pre- cisely the institutions which the world needs at this ...
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... give a somewhat extended account of the society , and of its founder and of his teachings . Pythagoras was a Samian by birth , and lived somewhere about the sixth century before Christ . He received his first instruction from Creophilus ...
... give a somewhat extended account of the society , and of its founder and of his teachings . Pythagoras was a Samian by birth , and lived somewhere about the sixth century before Christ . He received his first instruction from Creophilus ...
Page 60
... give their pontiffs the name of the god they worshiped . Sigge or Odin was the chief of the Æsir , whose country must have been situated between the Pontus Euxinus and the Caspian sea . Their principal city was Asgard . The worship they ...
... give their pontiffs the name of the god they worshiped . Sigge or Odin was the chief of the Æsir , whose country must have been situated between the Pontus Euxinus and the Caspian sea . Their principal city was Asgard . The worship they ...
Page 61
... give crowns to his children than to wear them himself , afterward passed into Sweden , where , at that time , reigned a prince named Gylfi , who , persuaded that the author of a new worship , consecrated by conquests so brilliant ...
... give crowns to his children than to wear them himself , afterward passed into Sweden , where , at that time , reigned a prince named Gylfi , who , persuaded that the author of a new worship , consecrated by conquests so brilliant ...
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