4 Admission Of
4. Admission Of Candidates.— To Prevent Disappointments Of This Nature From Being Of Frequent Oc Currence, Another Landmark Directs The Brethren Of A Lodge To Proceed With Great Deliberation In The Ad Mission Of 'candidates, By Making A Strict Perquisition, Before The Ballot Is Taken, Into The Character They Sustain ...
8 Tests Of Industry
"8. Tests Of Industry. —every Candidate At His Initiation, Should Carefully Note The Particulars Of The Ceremony; And If There Should Hap Pen To Be Some Things Which Appear To His Inexperience Unnecessary, And Others That He Cannot- Exactly Comprehend, He May Conceive It To Be Within The Bounds Of ...
Adoptive Masonry A
Adoptive Masonry. A. Name Given To Certain Degrees Resembling Masonry, And Masonic In Spirit, Which Have, At Times, Been Invented For Ladies Who Have Claims Upon The Order Of Freemasonry, Through Relatives Who Are Members Of It. Adoptive Masonry First Made Its Appearance In France, In The Early Part Of ...
Affability
Affability. The Ancient Lodges Were So Many Schools Or Academies For Teaching And Improving The Arts Of Designing, Especially Architecture ; And The Present Lodges Are Often Employed That Way In Lodge Hours, Or Else In Agreeable Tbnversation, Though Without Politics Or Party Feeling ; And None Of Them Are ...
Alchemy
Alchemy. The Art Of Changing Base Metals Into Gold. Among The Things That Men The Most Earnestly Desire Are The Means Of Physical Comfort Or Luxury—that Is To Say Wealth, And Freedom From Disease, And Long Life. The Hope Of Discovering Among The Secrets Of Nature The Art Of Making ...
Ancient Masons
Ancient Masons. In The Year 1739 A Few Breth Ren, Having Violated The Laws Of Masonry, Were Expelled From The Grand Lodge, And Adopted The Bold Measure, Under The Fictitious Name Of The Ancient York Constitu Tion, Of Constituting Lodges, Which Were Pronounced Independent Of The Grand Lodge. And The ...
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson. "freemasonry Is A Moral Order, Instituted By Virtuous Men, With The Praiseworthy Design Of Recalling To Our Remembrance The Most Sub Lime Truths, In The Midst Of The Most Innocent And Social Pleasures, Founded On Liberality, Brotherly Love And Chari Ty."—arnold. "i Have Ever Felt It My Duty ...
Andrew Michael Ramsay
Ramsay, Andrew Michael, Better Known As The Cheva Lier De Ramsay, Was Born At Ayr, Scotland, June 9, 1686. He Was The Son Of A Baker, In Good Circumstances, And Received A Liberal Education, First At The Schoo: Of His Na Tive. Place, And Afterward At The University Of Edinburgh. ...
Apron
Apron. The Pure White Lambskin Apron Is To The Opera Tive Mason An Ancient And Spotless Emblem. The Investiture Of This Symbol Of The Purity Of The Order, Being The First Gift Bestowed Upon The Candidate, Is Made In Behalf Of The Whole Fraternity, While The Recipient, In Return, Is ...
Architecture
Architecture. The Art Of Construction Or Building, According To Certain Proportions And Rules, Determined And Regulated By Nature, Science, And Taste. It Is Divided Into Three Distinct Branches—civil, Military, And Naval. The Art Of Building Had Its Origin In The Desire Implanted In Man To Procure Protection From The Outward ...
Arithmetic
Arithmetic. The Science Of Arithmetic Is Indis Pensable To The Architect, And Highly Prized By Him. It Is A Very Ancient Science, And Was Perfected In Ancient Greece. Far Be It From Every Mason To Give Himself Up To The Superstitious Practice Of Foretelling Human Events By The Science Of ...
Arms Of Freemasonry
Arms Of Freemasonry. The Armorial Bearings Of The Order Have Undergone Some Changes In The Lapse Of Ages, Varying More Or Less From The Original, In Consonance With The Country Or The Times. They Are Described In Several Works On Heraldry As Follows: " The Company Of Masons, Being Oth ...
Breastplate
Breastplate. A Splendid Piece Of Ornamental Em• Broidered Cloth, Of The Same Material Of Which The Ephod Was Made, Ten Inches Square, And Worn By The Jewish High Priest On His Breast, When Dressed In' Ull Sacerdotal Ments. The Front Was Set With Twelve Precious Stones, In Golden Sockets, Arranged ...
Brotherly Kiss
Brotherly Kiss. At The Close Of Their Meetings The First Christians Were Accustomed To Kiss Each Other; This Took Place Also At The Holy Evening Banquet—agape Of The Com Munity Of Brothers And Sisters. To This Practice The Apostles Paul And Peter Refer In Their Epistles: "greet Each Other With ...
Brothers Of Rosycross
Rosy Cross, Brothers Of. A Secret Society Bearing This Name Became Known In Europe At The Beginning Of The Seventeenth Century. Its Object Was The Reformation Of State, Church, And Individuals, And The Study Of Philosophy And Science. At That Time Alchemy Occupied, In A Large Degree, The Attention Of ...
Calendar
Calendar. An Almanac—a Method Of Marking Exactly The Division Of The Years, Starting From Some Great Epoch. Thus Christian Nations Reckon Their Time From The Birth Of Christ, While Those Of The Mohammedan Faith Reckon Theirs From The Hegira, Or, The Flight Of Mohammed From Mecca. The Masonic Era Commences ...
Chapel
Chapel. In Every Convenient Place The Architect Of A Lodge Should Contrive Secret Crypta Or Closets. They Are Of Indispensable Utility, But In Practice Are Not Suffi Ciently Attended To In This Country. On The Continen They Are Numerous, And Are Dignified With The Name Of Chapels. They Ought To ...
Charles
Charles Hiil, Order Or. An Order Of Knighthood, Instituted By Charles The Thirteenth, King Of Sweden, May 27, 1811, As An Encouragement And Reward For Social And Benevolent Efforts To The Advantage Of The People, And Par Ticularly To Those Who May Need Assistance. The Order Is Conferred Only On ...
Chief Of
Chief Of Tt-ill Tabernacle. The 23d Degree Of The Ancient And Accepted Rite. This Is The First Of A Series Of Three Degrees Giving A Full Description Of The Setting Up Of The Tabernacle In The Wilderness, Its Form, Materials, Furniture, Etc., The Sacerdotal And Sacrifical Ceremonies Per Formed By ...
Chivalry
Chivalry. This Word Indicates An Institution Which Arose In Europe Very Soon After Christianity Had Destroyed The Old Religions And Brought Most Of The Nations Under Its Benignant Influence, And Seems To Owe Its Existence To Several Elements. Its Military And Outward Form Was Derived From The Equestrian Order Of ...
Congress
Congress, Masonc. A Modern Name For Assemblies Like Those Described In The Preceding Article. Congress Of Washington, Convoked In The Year 1822, At.the Call Of Seve Ral Grand Lodges, For The Purpose Of Recommending The Establishment Of A General Grand Lodge Of The United States. The Effort Was An Unsuccessful ...
Convention
Convention. A Masonic Convocation, Now Called A Congress, Was Formerly Designated By This Name. The Fol Lowing Are The Principal Conventions, Mentioned In Chrono Logical Order: Convention At York. In The Year 926, Prince Edwin, A Brother Of King Athelstane, Of England, Con Voked A Masonic Convention At The City ...
Cubical Stone
Cubical Stone. At The Building Cf The Temple Ofj Erusalern, An Unexpected And Afflicting Event Occurred, Which Threw The Masons Engaged In The Work Into The Greatest Confusion. The G. M. (h. A. B.) Had Sent To Certain F. Cs. Thirteen Stones, And Directed That With These They Should Complete ...
Disciplina Arcana
Disciplina Arcana. The Name Given To The Secret Ritual And Practices Of The First Christian Church. The Dis Ciples Of Christ Had Scarcely Formed Themselves Into A Brotherhood, Before The Instinct Of Self-preservation Compelled Them To Retire Into Secrecy, And Throw Over Themselves And All Their Proceedings The Vail Of ...
Egyptian Mysteries
Egyptian Mysteries. According To Herodotus, The Secret Institution Of Isis, With Its Wonderful Mysteries And Imposing Ceremonies, Made Its Appearance Simultaneously With The Organization Of Egyptian Society And The Birth Of Egyptian Civilization. At First The Initiation Into These Mys Teries Was, Probably, Simply A Mystic Drama, Representing The Progress ...
Elected Knights Of Nine
Elected Knights Of Nine. Called By The French " Master Elect Of Nine." The Body Is Termed A Chapter. He Presiding Officer Represents King Solomon, And Is Styled " Thrice Illustrious." The Room Represents The Audience Chamber Of King Solomon; It Is Illuminated By Nine Lights Of Yellow Wax. The ...
Eleusinia
Eleusinia. The Name By Which The Rites And Ceremonies Originally Celebrated At Eleusis Were Known, And By Way Of Eminence Called "the Mysteries."* These, Like The Egyptian Mysteries, Were Of Two Kinds—the Lesser And The Greater Which Were Also Esoteric And Exoteric *—held At Different Periods Of The Year, And ...
England
England. The Precise Time Of The Introduction Of Freemasonry Into England, Or Britain, Is Uncer Tain. There Is Intermingled So Much Of Fable With The Early Accounts Of The Settlement Of That Island That No One Of The Present Day Can Dis Tinguish Between The Romance And The Truth. All ...
Ephod
Ephod. A Vestment Worn By The Jewish High-priest Over The Tunic And The Robe. It Was Without Sleeves, And Open Below The Arms On Each Side, Consisting Of Two Pieces, One Of Which Covered The Front Of The Body And The Other The Back, And Reaching Down To The Middle ...
Equality
Equality. In No Society Is This More Practised. Than In The Order Of Freemasons, For We Are All Brethren, And It Is Said That Amongst Brethren There Must Be The Most Perfect Equality. But This Word May Be Misunder Stood: We Are Not All Equal In The Lodge, Inasmuch As ...
Eyesight
Eyesight. He Who Has Been Temporarily Deprived Of His Sight Is Reduced To The Condition Of A New Born Babe, Or Of One Of Those Unfortunate Individuals Whose Natural Infirmity Renders The Presence Of A Conductor Indispensably Necessary ; But When There Are No Outward Objects To Distract His Attention, ...
Female Degrees
Female Degrees. About The Year 1730 Societies Imitating Freemasonry For The Admission Of Women Were Instituted In France. By Whom They Were Invented Or Who First Introduced Them History Or Tradition Does Not Enlighten Us. They Are Evidently The Product Of The French Mind. The Forms Of These Associations Were, ...
Ferle
Ferle. Solemn Religious Festivals Celebrated By The Early Romans. They Met On The Alban Mount, Where, Under The Direction Of The Magistrates Of Rome And The Several Cities, They Offered Sacrifices To Jupiter, And Under Sanction Of This Ceremony Took Oaths To Preserve Their Mutual Friendship And Alliance. It Continued ...
Florida
Florida. The Earliest Record Of The Existence Of Freemasonry In Florida, That We Can Trace, Is That A Lodge Of Ancient York Masons Was Organized In The City Of St. Augus Tine, Under A Warrant Granted By The Grand Lodge Of The State Of Georgia, About The Year 1806, To ...
Form Of The Lodge
Form Of The Lodge. The Form Of A Masonic Lodge Is Said To Be A Parallelogram Or 3quare—its Greatest Length Being From East To West—its Breadth From Ninth To South. A Square, A Circle, A Triangle, Or Any Other Form But That Of An Oblong, Square, Would Be Eminently Incorrect ...
French Rite
French Rite. The French Or Modern Rite Was Estab Lished By The Grand Orient Of France About The Year 1786. To Preserve The High Degrees; And For The Purpose Of Sim Plifying The System The Number Was Reduced To Seven, Viz• Entered Apprentice, Fellow-craft, Master Mason, Elect, Or First Order ...
Furniture Of The Lodge
Furniture Of The Lodge. Every Well-regulated Lodge Is Furnished With The Holy Bible, The Square, And The Compasses. These Constitute The Furniture Of The Lodge— Being The Three Great Lights Of Masonry. The First Is Designed To Be The Guide Of Our Faith; The Second To Regulate • Our Actions; ...
General Grand Chapter Of
General Grand Chapter Of The United States. Until The Year 1797 No Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch Masons Was Organized In America. Previous To That Period, A Competent Number Of Companions Of That Degree, Possessed Of Suffi Cient Ability, Under The Sanction Of A Master's Warrant, Exercised The Rights And ...
Georgia
Georgia. The Earliest His Torical Record Of Freemasonry In Georgia May Be Found In Preston's Illustrations, During The Grand Mas Tership Of The Earl Of Strathmore, In 1733, And Is In The Following Lan Guage: "the History Of The Society At This Period Affords Few Remark Able Instances Of Record. ...
Germany
Germany. The Earliest History Of Freemasonry In Germany Is Sup Posed To Be Closely Interwoven With The History Of The Building Associations Of The Middle Ages: "as We May Easily Recognize A Strong Similarity In The Usages, Cus Toms And Peculiar Terms Of The Fraternity Of Freemasons Of The Present ...
Gnosticism
Gnosticism, On Gnostics, From The Greek Word, Gnosis, Knowledge. This Name Was Assumed By A Philosophical Sect Which Sought To Unite The Mystical Notions Of The East With Ideas Of The Greek Philosophers, And Teachings Of Christianity. The System Has Features Which Show Conclu Sively That It Was A Development ...
Grades Of Rank
Grades Of Rank. Many Persons Have Endea Voured To Substantiate Their Objections To The Institution Of Freemasonry From The Admitted Dogma That Its Mem Bers Meet On A Level ; Whence They Conclude That The System Abolishes All Human Distinctions. And Promises To Disorganise Society, And Reduce It To Its ...
Hope Faith
Faith, Hope, Charity, Wisdom, Strength, Bea Uty. In The Royal Arch Degree, As Recognized In This Country, There Are Five Standards. The Royal Arch Captain Carries A White Ard, Which Is Emblematic Of A Purity Of Heart, And Rectitude Of Conduct. The Standard Of The Grand Master Of The Third ...
Illinois
Illinois. The Reliable History Of Freemasonry, And Of Its Early In Troduction Into Illinois, Is Yet To Be Written, And It Is Hoped That The Sub Ject Is Of Sufficient Interest To The Cause To Induce Some Enlightened Brother, And Well Versed In The Knowledge Thereto, To Favor The Fra ...
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows
Odd-fellows, Independent Order Of. This Fraternity, Fashioned After The Model Of The Masonic Brotherhood, Is A Widely-extended And Influential Society. Its Motto • Is "friendship, Love, And Truth." It First Appeared In England, Near The Close Of The Last Century, And At That Time Was A Social And Mutual Relief ...
Ireland
Ireland. Of The Early History Of Masonry In Ireland So Little Is Known That It Would Be Folly To Attempt, In This Late Day, To Discover The Footprints Of Its Existence Upon That Ancient Soil Bro. Michael Furriell, Than Whom No Living Ma Sonic Writer Is Better Acquainted With The ...
Italy
Italy. Freemasonry Was First Established In This Country, At Flor Ence, In 1733, By Lord Charles Sackville, But By What Authority Is At Present Unknown. At First The Fraternity Was Known Under The Name Of The "company Of The Trowel," And, Afterward, By The Appellation Of "franchi Muratori." In 1735 ...
Jehovah
Jehovah The Name Of God, Ineffable And Mysterious, Which God Declared To Moses, From The Burning Bush On Mount Horeb. Its Ancient Pronunciation Was Yah Veh; Its Meaning Is He Is, The Same As I Am, The Person Only Being Changed. In Reply To The Request Of Moses That God ...
Jerusalem
Jerusalem. Habitation Or Foundation Of Peace. The Most Famous And Important City Of Palestine. The Old Traditions And Natural Prepossessions Both Of Jews And Christians Connect It With That Salem Of Which Melchizedek Was King. It Is Situated On Elevated Ground South Of The Center Of The Country, About 37 ...
Kentucky
Kentucky. The First Regular Lodges In Kentucky Derived Their Authority From The Grand Lodge Of Virginia. In The Year 1800 There Were Under That Authority Five Regu Lar Lodges. But, From Their Remote Situation From Their Parent Grand Lodge, They Were Induced To Proceed To The Establishment Of A Grand ...
Knight Of The East
Knight Of The East Or Sword. The 15th Degree Of The Ancient And Accepted Rite. It Refers To Those Valiant Masons Who, With Trowels In Hand And Swords By Their Sides, Were Ever Ready To Construct And Defend The Holy City And Sanctuary. It Is Founded On The Circumstance Of ...
Knight Of The Mediterranean
Knight Of The Mediterranean Pass, Some Times Called Knight Of St. Paul. An Honorary Degree, Con Ferred On Knights Templar And Knights Of Malta. Its Cere Monies Are Very Impressive, And Its Organization Into Councils, Governed By Appropriate Officers, Assimilates Its Forms To That Of One Of The Regular Degrees ...
Knight Of The Sun
Knight Of The Sun, On Pluxce Adept. Sometimes Known By The Names "the Philosophical Lodge," "prince Or The Su.n," "k W To It Is The 28th Degree Of The Ancient And Accepted Rite, And Is Strictly Philosophical And Scientific. The Ceremonies And Lecture, Which Are Of Great Length,. Furnish A ...
Knight Of The Triple
Knight Of The Triple Cross. This Order Was Founded In 1080. It Is Held In A Sovereign Council. The Master Is Styled Grand Commander; The Wardens Sublime Knights; The Master Of Ceremonies Grand Esquire, And The Other Members Knights. The Jewel Is Three Crosses Arranged In A Square. History—in 1080, ...
Knights Templar
Knights Templar. The Natural Desire Of Visiting Those Holy Places Which Have Been Sanctified By The Presence, And Rendered Memorable By The Sufferings Of The Founder Of The Christian Religion, Drew, During The Early Ages Of Christianity, Crowds Of Devout Worshipers And Pilgrims To Jerusalem. To Such A Height Did ...
Knights And Nymphs Of
Knights And Nymphs Of The Rose. An Order Of Adoptive Or Androgynous Masonry, Established In Paris Toward The Close Of The Eighteenth Century; But Its Ex Istence Was Brief. A Full History Of The Ceremonies Are Furnished For The Benefit Of The Curious. The Place Of Meeting Was Called " ...
Knights Of Malta
Knights Of Malta. The Knights Of St. John Of Jerusalem, Afterward Known As Knights Of Rhodes, And Finally Called Knights Of Malta. This Society Was Organized As A Military Order About The Year 1048, For The Protection Of Pilgrims Who Visited Jerusalem. They Became Eminent For Their Devotion To The ...
Labyrinth
Labyrinth. A Place Full Of Inextricable Windings. In The Ancient Mysteries The Passages Through Which The Initiate Made His Mystical Pilgrimage. *dr. Oliver, In His "historical Landmarks," (am. Ed., P. 89,) Furnisher The Following Illustration And Explanation Of The Vision Of Constantine. "the Red Cross Of Constantine Commemorates The Following ...
Lie Mysteries Of Adonis
Adonis, 'lie Mysteries Of. Adonis Is Supposed By Some To Be Identified With Osiris, The Grand Figure In The Egyptian Mysteries; And The Mystical Rites, Celebrated By His Priests, And Performed At Initiations, Are Thought To Be The Same As, Or A Reproduction Of, The Mysteries Of Isis. There Are, ...
Lodge Of Trinosophists
Trinosophists, Lodge Of. A Body Of Masons Once, If Not At Present, Very Popular And Influential In Paris. It Was At One Time The Most Intelligent Society Of Freemasons Ever Known. It Adhered To The Ancient Landmarks, But Gave Clearer And More Satisfactory Interpretations Of The Symbols Of Freemasonry Than ...
Made
Made. This Solemn Ceremony Should Never In Any Lodge Be Considered As The Most Important Part Of A Freemason's Work (although It Is Always A Thing Of Importance To Initiate A New Member Into The Order.) Instruction And Charity Are The Chief Works Of A Free Mason. Initiations Are Only ...
Magians
Magians. The Name Of The Members Of The Priestly Order Among The Ancient Medes And Persians. The Word Is Of Indian Origin, Being Derived From Mag, Which, In The Pehlvi Language, Signifies Priest. In The Last Half . Of The Seventh Century Before Christ, Zoroaster Reformed And Reorganized The Order, ...
Mark
Mark. The Mark-master's Medal, Or The Tyrian Signet, Which Hiram Is Said To Have Sent To King Solomon. It Is In The Form Of A Keystone, And Has Engraved Upon It A Circle—the Emblem Of An Eternal Compact Of Friendship— And A Mark Or Device Chosen By The Possessor. A ...
Martinists
Martinists. The Members Of A Philosophical And Mys Tical Form Of Freemasonry Were Called By This Name, From The Founder Of The Rite, The Marquis De Saint Martin.* The Adepts Of This Order Were Earnest, Pious, And Remarkably Modest Men, And, Although They Promulgated Ideas, Startling In That Material And ...
Masonic Knighthood
Knighthood, Masonic. There Is Much Difference Of Opinion As To The Origin Of This Branch Of The Masonic Insti Tution, And Without Attempting To Show That The Form Of Conferring The Order Is Identical With That Of The Gallant And Devoted Soldier-monks Of The Crusades, It Cannot Be Controverted That ...
Masonic Landmarks
Landmarks, Masonic. Literally, And In A General Sense, Anything By Which The Boundary Of A Property Is Defined. In Ancient Times The Correct Division Of Lands Was An Object Of Great Importance. Stones, Trees, And Hillocks Were The Usual Landmarks. The Removal Of A Landmark Was Considered A Heinous Crime ...
Massachusetts
Massachusetts. The Intro Duction Of Freemasonry Into This Country, Through •warranted Lodges, Established Upon The Basis Of Legal Masonic Authority, Dates From July 30, 1733. Upon The Application Of Several Brethren, Free And Accepted Masons, Residing In The Town Of Boston, Province Of Massachusetts, For Authority To Establish A Provin ...
Master Of A Lodge
Master Of A Lodge. The Presiding Officer Of A Lodge Of Freemasons, Whose Style Is "worshipful." In The Whole Series Of Offices Recognized By The Masonic Institution, There Is Not One More Important Than That Of The Master. Upon The Skill, Integrity And Prudence Of The Presiding Officer, Depend The ...
Medals
Medals, Masonc. This Term Is Applied To Pieces Of Metal, Of Various Forms, But Generally Similar To Coins, Not Intended For Circulation As Money, Or Means Of Exchange, Struck And Distributed In Commemoration Of Some Important Event. The Study And A Thorough Knowledge Of Medals Recognized By The Craft, Especially ...
Missouri
Missouri. The First Lodge Established In The Territory Of Up Per Louisiana, As This State Was Originally Called, Was By Authority Of A Warrant From The Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania, In 1807, In The Town Of St. Genevieve. This Lodge Flourished Until 1816, When, Owing To The Unsettled Condition Of ...
Mysteries
Mysteries. Since The Establishment Of The Christian Church Among All Civilized Nations The Moral And Religions Instruction Of The People Has Been Confided To Its Care. The Church, Although One, Yet Among Different Nations Exists In A Great Variety Of Forms—forms Adapted To The Peculiar Wants And Genius Of The ...
Mysteries Of India
India, Mysteries Of. The Leading Idea Of The India Philosophy Is That A State Of Absolute Quiescence Or Rest Constitutes The Most Perfect Bliss, And That It Can Be Attained Only By The Most Complete Self-abnegation. This Idea Natu Rally Grows Out Of The Pantheistic Nature Of Their Religion. They ...
New Hampshire
New Hampshire. The Ear Liest Record Of The Introduction Of Masonry Into This State Will Be Found Upon The Books Of St. John's Grand Lodge, Boston, And In These Words, To Wit: "a Petition From The Brethren Residing In Portsmouth, In New Hampshire, For The Erection Of A Lodge There ...
New Jersey
New Jersey.' Of The Exact Date Of The First Existence Of Masonry In This State We Are Compelled, As In Several Other Cases, To Say That The Truth Of History Must For A Little Longer Remain In The Bidden And Undeveloped Record Of The Past. But That It Had A ...
New York
New York. The First Recorded Knowledge We Have Of The Establish Ment Of, Or The Attempt To Establish, Freemasonry In The Colonies Of North America Is The Deputation Granted By The Grand Lodge Of England, In 1730, Duke Of Norfolk, Grand Master, To Samuel Core, For The Provinces Of New ...
North Carolina
North Carolina. Of The Existence, Or Supposed Existence, Of Freemasonry In This State The Earliest Record Is To Be Found Among The Transactions Of St. John's Grand Lodge, At Boston, October 2, 1767, To Wit: "a Dispensation Was Made Out For The Right Worshipful Thos. Cooper, Master Of Pitt County ...
Obelisk
Obelisk. From The Greek Obeliskos And Obelos. Schaal Berg, In His Handbuch Der Symbol& Die Freimaure, Ei, Says: "it Was A Frequent Custom In Egypt To Place Before The Main Entrance To A Temple Two High Obelisks, Which Obelisks Were Called 'the Rays Of The Sun.'" This Species Of Temple ...
Odinic Mysteries
Odinic Mysteries. The Northern Mythology, In The Systematic Condition In Which We Now Possess It, Is The Work Of Scalds—that Is, Of The Ancient Minstrels Of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, And Iceland. Religion And Civilization Here, As Is Often The Case, Sprang From Poetry, And Were Propagated And Nourished, And Improved ...
Ohio
Ohio. For The Introduction Of Freemasonry Into Ohio We Can Give No Better Or More Reliable History Than That Found In The Introduction To The Republished Transactions Of The Grand Lodge. "at The Con Vention Which Organized The Grand Lodge Delegates From Six Chartered Lodges (the Delegate From One Lodge ...
Olive Trees
Olive Trees. There Are Some Who Compare The Symbol Of A Point Within A Circle To The Golden Candle Stick Flanked By Two Olive Trees, Mentioned By Zechariah ; The Candidate Representing The Circle, The Oil The Point, And The Trees The Two Perpendicular Parallel Lines. The Former Was An ...
Opening Of The Lodge
Opening Of The Lodge. All Rites And Ceremonies Should Have For Their Aim The Instruction And Improvement Of Those Concerned. They Should Be Simple In Character, Adapted To The Purposes Designed, And Easy Of Performance; They Should Be Performed With Earnestness, Precision, Cor Rectness, And In Proper Time. The Ceremony ...
Operative Masonry
Operative Masonry. The Physical Wants Of Man Originally Compelled The Establishment Of Operative Masonry. When By Transgression Man Forfeited His Primeval Home And Was Obliged To Seek Shelter From The Storms And From The Winds, From The • Cold And From The Heat, In Winter, The Caves Of The Earth—in ...
Order
Order. Lexicographers Thus Define This Word, "a Regular Government; A Society Of Dignified Perrons, Distinguished By Marks Of Honor; A Religions Fraternity." The Military Orders Are Societies, The Members Of Which Are Bound By Certain Vows And Rules, And Distinguished By Particular Badges. They Originated From The Institutions Of Chivalry ...
Order Jesuits
Jesuits, Order Of. This Celebrated Society Was Founded In 1534, By Ignatius Loyola, A Spaniard Of Ardent Imagination And Earnest Spirit, And Was Confirmed By Pius Iii. In 1540. There Can Be But Little Doubt That He Intended It To Be A Mystical And Contemplative Association, Resembling, In Many Things, ...
Past Master
Past Master. The Name Of -a Degree Conferred On Mas• Ters Of Lodges Before They Can Assume The Duties Of The Chair. The Same Degree Is Also The Second Of The Series Known As The Royal Arch Degrees. This Somewhat Anomalous Arrangement Has Led To A Confusion Of Ideas, And ...
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania. The First Lodge Of Which We Have Any Au Thentic Historical Record Was Estab Lished In Philadelphia, In 1734. The Deputation Granted To Daniel Coxe As Provincial Grand Master For New Jersey, New York, And Pennsylvania, Iu 1730, Naturally Leads Us To The Belief, And Particu Larly When Our ...
Perfect And Sublime Mason
Grand Elect, Perfect And Sublime Mason. The 14th Degree Of The Ancient And Accepted Rite, Sometimes Called The "degree Of Perfection." In France It Is Called "grand Scotch Mason Of Perfection Of The Sacred Vault Of James Vi." The Degree Is Considered To Be The Ultimate Rite Of Ancient Masonry, ...
Persecution
Persecution. No Society Or Order Of Men Has Been The Object Of Greater Abuse Or More Malicious Misrepre Sentation And Unreasonable Persecution Than That Of Free Masonry. Even Among The Jews, Not Many Years After The Building Of The Temple, Freemasons Were Accused Of Idolatry, The Temples Where They Practiced ...
Peru
Peru. As Long As The Spaniards Held An Exclusive And Undisputed Possession Of The Country (1536 1782), And The Inquisition Lent Its Aid To A Fanatical Priesthood, It Cannot Be A Matter Of Surprise That Masonry Was Unknown In Peru. The Introduction Of The Royal Art, Or Even The Fact ...
Philosophic Scotch Rite
Philosophic Scotch Rite. This System Was Estab Lished In Paris, And Adopted By The Grand Lodge In 177g. Some Few Years Previously A Mason Named Pernetti Founded A Rite, To Which He Gave The Name Of "hermetic, Or Sublime Masters Of The Luminous Ring," The Object Of The Oontriver Being ...
Of The Royal Axe
Knight, Of The Royal Axe, On Prince Of Libanus. The 22d Degree Of The Ancient And Accepted Rite. The Legend Of This Degree Informs Us That It Was Instituted To Record The Memorable Services Rendered To Masonry By The Mighty Cedars Of Lebanon, As The Sidonian Architects Cut Down The ...
Or Lewis
Lewis, Or Louvrrnau. The Words Lewis And Louveteau, Which, In Their Original Meanings, Import Two Very Different Things, Have In Masonry An Equivalent Signification—the Former Being Used In English, And The Latter In French, To Designate The Son Of A Mason. The English Word Lewis Is A Term Belonging To ...
Or The Enlightened Illuminati
Illuminati, Or The Enlightened. During The Second Half Of The Eighteenth Century, Among The Numerous Secret Societies Which Were More Or Less Connected With Freemasonry There Was Not One That Attracted So Much Attention, Received The Support Of So Many Distinguished Men, And Created So Rich A Literature, As This. ...
Or The Noble Sanctuary
Mosque Of Omar, Or The Noble Sanctuary. This Splendid Edifice On Mount Moriah, Covers A Portion Of The Space Once Occupied By The More Brilliant Temple Of Solomon. It Is Believed To Have Been Commenced By The Caliph Omar, The First Of That Name, And Father-in-law Of Mahomet, . Between ...