The Symbolism of Freemasonry, by Albert G. Mackey, M.D

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Author

Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881

Title

The symbolism of Freemasonry : Illustrating and explaining its science and philosophy, its legends, myths and symbols

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Produced by Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

HS: Social sciences: Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

Subject

Freemasonry -- Symbolism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11937

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11937

Release Date

April 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Symbolism of Freemasonry: — Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, its Legends, Myths and Symbols. — Albert G. Mackey, M.D., — 1882. — To General John C. Fremont. — Preface. — Contents.
2. 2.I. — Preliminary. — The Origin and Progress of Freemasonry.
3. 3.II. — The Noachidæ.
4. 4.III. — The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity.
5. 5.IV. — The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity.
6. 6.V. — The Ancient Mysteries.
7. 7.VI. — The Dionysiac Artificers.
8. 8.VII. — The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon.
9. 9.VIII. — The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages.
10. 10.IX. — Disseverance of the Operative Element.
11. 11.X. — The System of Symbolic Instuction.
12. 12.XI. — The Speculative Science and the Operative Art.
13. 13.XII. — He Symbolism of Solomon'S Temple.
14. 14.XIII. — The Form of the Lodge.
15. 15.XIV. — The Officers of a Lodge.
16. 16.XV. — The Point Within a Circle.
17. 17.XVI. — The Covering of the Lodge.
18. 18.XVII. — Ritualistic Symbolism.
19. 19.XVIII. — The Rite of Discalceation.
20. 20.XIX. — The Rite of Investiture.
21. 21.XX. — The Symbolism of the Gloves.
22. 22.XXI. — The Rite of Circumambulation.
23. 23.XXII. — The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light.
24. 24.XXIII. — Symbolism of the Corner-Stone.
25. 25.XXIV. — The Ineffable Name.
26. 26.XXV. — The Legends of Freemasonry.
27. 27.XXVI. — The Legend of the Winding Stairs.
28. 28.XXVII. — The Legend of the Third Degree.
29. 29.XXVIII. — The Sprig of Acacia.
30. 30.XXIX. — The Symbolism of Labor.
31. 31.XXX. — The Stone of Foundation. 216
32. 32.XXXI. — The Lost Word.
33. 33.Synoptical Index. — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — L — M — N — O — P — R — S — T — U — W — Y — Z
34. 34.Footnotes

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