Freemasonry

351 pages

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Openi...

  A Description of the Ceremonies used in opening a Lodge of Entered Apprentice Masons; which is the same in all upper degrees, with the…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Secon...

  *Illustrations of Masonry* (1827) by William Morgan is an exposé of Freemasonry's initiation rituals, presented as a catechism of questions…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Secon...

  I will now introduce the reader to the second degree of Masonry. It is generally called passing, as will be seen in the lecture. I shall…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Secon...

  *Illustrations of Masonry* (1827) by William Morgan is an exposé of Freemasonry presented primarily as a catechism — a series of ritual…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Secon...

  *Illustrations of Masonry* by William Morgan (1827) is a ritual exposé presented as a catechism — a series of questions and memorized…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Secon...

  *Illustrations of Masonry* by William Morgan (1827) is an exposé of Freemasonic ritual, presented in the form of verbatim catechetical…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Third...

  "We have been saying a good deal about a lodge; I want to know what constitutes a lodge?" Ans. "A certain number of Free and Accepted…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Illustrations of Masonry: Third...

  *Illustrations of Masonry* (1827) by William Morgan is a polemical exposé of Freemasonry, written by a former member who claims to present…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Introduction

  In the absence of the author, or rather compiler of the following work, who was kidnapped and carried away from the village of Batavia, on…

• Illustrations of Masonry: Title Page

  "God said, Let there be Light, and there was Light." Copyright Secured. Printed for the Proprietor, CAPT. WM.

• Illustrations of Masonry: Verso

  Northern District of New York to wit: "Illustrations of Masonry, by one of the fraternity who has devoted thirty years to the subject. 'God…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas Index

  This is the 'Monitor' of the Texas Masons. It describes ceremonies, including the those used for the three major initiations and the burial…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Addresses

  This is a Masonic initiation address — a piece of ritual oratory from the Freemasonry tradition, delivered to a newly initiated (or…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Approval of Revision

  This is an administrative and institutional document — specifically, meeting minutes and committee reports — from the Grand Lodge of Texas…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Ceremony At Laying Corner...

  This is a procedural/ritual text from Freemasonry — specifically a formal script and order of procession for a Masonic cornerstone-laying…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Consecration of a Subordi...

  This is a Masonic ritual text — specifically a procedural guide for the formal dedication ceremony of a new Masonic lodge hall. It belongs…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Dedication

  Believing that we should endeavor to perpetuate the memory of those zealous Craftsmen who, at an early day in the history of Texas Masonry…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Entered Apprentice

  This is an instructional ritual text from Freemasonry, specifically excerpts from a monitor or guide for the First Degree (Entered…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Errata

  page 57: 'thembling'->'trembling' page 72: 'eflugent'->'effulgent' page 134: 'Maarshal'->'Marshal' page 144: 'cetrain'->'certain' page 152…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Fellow-Craft's Degree

  [Masonry, like all other sciences, is progressive, and can only be acquired by degrees, and at intervals. When an Entered Apprentice has…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Index

  Addresses-- Soldier 73 Approval of Revision 3 Ceremonies-- Burial Service 138 Consecration, Subordinate Lodge 125 Constituting a Lodge 117…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Installation Ceremony for...

  This is a Masonic ritual text, specifically a lodge installation ceremony from the tradition of Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry. It…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Installation Ceremony of ...

  This is a 19th-century Masonic ceremonial text — specifically an installation ceremony script for the Grand Lodge of Texas, written by Past…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Masonic Burial Service

  This is an official Masonic burial liturgy — a ritual and procedural document issued by the Grand Lodge of Texas, governing how subordinate…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Master Mason

  [Freemasonry, as before stated, is progressive, and a knowledge of its philosophy and teachings can only be acquired by time, patience…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Opening a Lodge

  This is a procedural and liturgical text from a Freemasonry lodge manual, falling within the tradition of Masonic ritual literature. It…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Recitation

  [The following was composed by the compiler of this Revised Monitor, many years ago, to follow immediately after the delivery of "Morris'…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Rules For Masonic Process...

  The following General Rules to be observed in Masonic processions, are inserted as an appendix to the eight foregoing sections, which…

• Masonic Official Monitor Texas: Title Page

  NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION scanned, December 2004. John Bruno Hare, redactor. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it…

• Morals and Dogma Index

  | | Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike [1871] | This is Albert Pikes' 861 page volume of 'lectures' on the esoteric roots of Freemasonry…

• Morals and Dogma: Chapter of Rose Croix: XV. Knight of th...

  This is an excerpt from *Morals and Dogma* (1871) by Albert Pike, a lengthy philosophical and esoteric treatise interpreting the degrees of…

• Morals and Dogma: Chapter of Rose Croix: XVI. Prince of J...

  This is an excerpt from Albert Pike's *Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry* (1871), a philosophical…

• Morals and Dogma: Chapter of Rose Croix: XVII. Knight of ...

  THIS is the first of the Philosophical Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; and the beginning of a course of instruction…

• Morals and Dogma: Chapter of Rose Croix: XVIII. Knight Ro...

  This is a chapter from Albert Pike's *Morals and Dogma* (1871), a dense philosophical treatise written to accompany the degrees of the…

• Morals and Dogma: Consistory: XXI. Grand Inspector Inquis...

  This is an excerpt from *Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry* (1871) by Albert Pike — a lengthy…

• Morals and Dogma: Consistory: XXXII. Sublime Prince of th...

  *Morals and Dogma* (1871) by Albert Pike is a dense philosophical and esoteric treatise written as a commentary for the degrees of Scottish…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XIX. Grand Pontiff

  This is an excerpt from *Morals and Dogma* (1871) by Albert Pike, a philosophical treatise written as moral instruction for Freemasons…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XX. Grand Master of ...

  *Morals and Dogma* (1871) by Albert Pike is a philosophical and instructional treatise written as a guide for high-ranking officers of the…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXI. Noachite, or Pr...

  You are especially charged in this Degree to be modest and humble, and not vain-glorious nor filled with self-conceit. Be not wiser in your…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXII. Knight of the ...

  This is an excerpt from *Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry* (1871) by Albert Pike, a dense…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXIII. Chief of the ...

  AMONG most of the Ancient Nations there was, in addition to their public worship, a private one styled the Mysteries; to which those only…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXIV. Prince of the ...

  *Morals and Dogma* by Albert Pike (1871) is a treatise in the tradition of speculative Freemasonry and Western esoteric philosophy…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXV. Knight of the B...

  THIS Degree is both philosophical and moral. While it teaches the necessity of reformation as well as repentance, as a means of obtaining…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXVI. Prince of Merc...

  WHILE you were veiled in darkness, you heard repeated by the Voice of the Great Past its most ancient doctrines. None has the right to…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXVII. Knight Comman...

  THIS is the first of the really Chivalric Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. It occupies this place in the Calendar of the…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXVIII. Knight of th...

  *Morals and Dogma* (1871) by Albert Pike is a philosophical and theological treatise written as the official doctrinal text of Scottish…

• Morals and Dogma: Council of Kadosh: XXX. Knight Kadosh

  WE often profit more by our enemies than by our friends. "We support ourselves only on that which resists," and owe our success to…

• Morals and Dogma: Errata

  page 183: 'resepct'->'respect' page 206: 'coarest'->'coarsest' page 247: 'eargerly'->'eagerly' page 260: 'Hebrai cideas'->'Hebraic ideas'…

• Morals and Dogma: I. Apprentice

  This is an excerpt from Albert Pike's *Morals and Dogma* (1871), a philosophical and esoteric treatise written as a guide for Scottish Rite…

• Morals and Dogma: II. The Fellow-Craft

  *Morals and Dogma* (1871) by Albert Pike is a philosophical and doctrinal treatise written as a guide for Scottish Rite Freemasonry…

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