The symbolism of Freemasonry
by Albert Gallatin Mackey
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Contents
- To General John C. Fremont
- Preface
- I. Preliminary. The Origin and Progress of Freemasonry
- II. The Noachidæ
- III. The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity
- IV. The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity
- V. The Ancient Mysteries
- VI. The Dionysiac Artificers
- VII. The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon
- VIII. The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages
- IX. Disseverance of the Operative Element
- X. The System of Symbolic Instuction
- XI. The Speculative Science and the Operative Art
- XII. He Symbolism of Solomon'S Temple
- XIII. The Form of the Lodge
- XIV. The Officers of a Lodge
- XV. The Point Within a Circle
- XVI. The Covering of the Lodge
- XVII. Ritualistic Symbolism
- XVIII. The Rite of Discalceation
- XIX. The Rite of Investiture
- XX. The Symbolism of the Gloves
- XXI. The Rite of Circumambulation
- XXII. The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light
- XXIII. Symbolism of the Corner-Stone
- XXIV. The Ineffable Name
- XXV. The Legends of Freemasonry
- XXVI. The Legend of the Winding Stairs
- XXVII. The Legend of the Third Degree
- XXVIII. The Sprig of Acacia
- XXIX. The Symbolism of Labor
- XXX. The Stone of Foundation
- XXXI. The Lost Word
- Synoptical Index