An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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Page xi
... brethren . They are shocking to the taste of the present age : their continuance was an enormous blunder in the revivers of the order in 1717. They were then no longer necessary . Masonry contains nothing which at that time rendered its ...
... brethren . They are shocking to the taste of the present age : their continuance was an enormous blunder in the revivers of the order in 1717. They were then no longer necessary . Masonry contains nothing which at that time rendered its ...
Page xii
... brethren , that operates injuriously to the public good , it may be answered , that the same objection may be urged against all associations of individuals , whatever may be their views and intentions . This partiality , by the way ...
... brethren , that operates injuriously to the public good , it may be answered , that the same objection may be urged against all associations of individuals , whatever may be their views and intentions . This partiality , by the way ...
Page 90
... brethren used to meet on the highest hills . " This declaration applies to tin predecessors of freemasons , but not to the craft ; whose assemblies were always held in a lodge - room , guarded by a member at the door , with a drawn ...
... brethren used to meet on the highest hills . " This declaration applies to tin predecessors of freemasons , but not to the craft ; whose assemblies were always held in a lodge - room , guarded by a member at the door , with a drawn ...
Page 187
... brethren proceeded through the city in pro- cession , without exposing any of the insignia of the order . " Smith . — Edit . The modern masomic degree of Rose - Oross seems to allude to this ridiculous con- ceit regarding the virtue of ...
... brethren proceeded through the city in pro- cession , without exposing any of the insignia of the order . " Smith . — Edit . The modern masomic degree of Rose - Oross seems to allude to this ridiculous con- ceit regarding the virtue of ...
Page 202
... brethren of the Pythagorean college at Crotona , called coniobion , coenobium , about six hundred in number , lived together as in one fam- ily , with their wives and children , and the whole business of the society was conducted with ...
... brethren of the Pythagorean college at Crotona , called coniobion , coenobium , about six hundred in number , lived together as in one fam- ily , with their wives and children , and the whole business of the society was conducted with ...
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