Symbolism of Freemasonry

by Albert Mackey

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Early Modern

32 chapters7h 45mEnglish1882

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Illustrating and explaining the science and philosophy, the legends, myths and symbols of the fraternity of Freemasons.(Summary by Brother Michael)

Chapters (31)

1Preliminary

1413

2The Noachidae

306

3The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity

505

4The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity

675

5The Ancient Mysteries

490

6The Dionysiac Artificers

1200

7The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon

321

8The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages

331

9Disseverance of the Operative Element

444

10The System of Symbolic Instruction

452

11The Speculative Science and the Operative Art

704

12The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple

1367

13The Form of a Lodge

370

14The Officers of a Lodge

314

15The Point within a Circle

437

16The Covering of the Lodge

570

17Ritualistic Symbolism

190

18The Rite of Discalceation

398

19The Rite of Investiture

594

20The Symbolism of the Gloves

540

21The Rite of Circumambulation

482

22The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light

990

23Symbolism of the Corner-stone

1483

24The Ineffable Name

1972

25The Legends of Freemasonry

1470

26The Legend of the Winding Stairs

1396

27The Legend of the Third Degree

1707

28The Sprig of Acacia

1390

29The Symbolism of Labor

1788

30The Stone Foundation

2005

31The Lost Word

1249

Symbolism of Freemasonry

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