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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... instructions of the Egyptian sages . Mingling with all classes of the people , he studied the structure of that ancient civilization ; and , initiated into the secret institu- tion of Isis , he became acquainted with the means of social ...
... instructions of the Egyptian sages . Mingling with all classes of the people , he studied the structure of that ancient civilization ; and , initiated into the secret institu- tion of Isis , he became acquainted with the means of social ...
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... instruction , it is necessary to consider that the ancients , in all their instructions , whether moral or religious , em- ployed less of words , and more of the language of signs of solemn shows , and symbols , and dramatic ...
... instruction , it is necessary to consider that the ancients , in all their instructions , whether moral or religious , em- ployed less of words , and more of the language of signs of solemn shows , and symbols , and dramatic ...
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... instructions of the hierophant , the twenty - four attendants clothed in white pros- trated themselves to the earth , and in strains of solemn and sublime music sang the following beauti- ful hymn , composed by Orpheus , the great ...
... instructions of the hierophant , the twenty - four attendants clothed in white pros- trated themselves to the earth , and in strains of solemn and sublime music sang the following beauti- ful hymn , composed by Orpheus , the great ...
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... instruction from Creophilus in his native city . Thence he went to the island of Cyros , and studied with Pherecides , till the death of the latter . He was also for a time the scholar of Thales . He possessed an inquiring mind , a ...
... instruction from Creophilus in his native city . Thence he went to the island of Cyros , and studied with Pherecides , till the death of the latter . He was also for a time the scholar of Thales . He possessed an inquiring mind , a ...
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... instructions . The rose Edda con- tains a full account of the initiation of Gylfi , an analysis of which we shall give hereafter . After he had finished these glorious achievements , and feeling his end drawing near , he would not wait ...
... instructions . The rose Edda con- tains a full account of the initiation of Gylfi , an analysis of which we shall give hereafter . After he had finished these glorious achievements , and feeling his end drawing near , he would not wait ...
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