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Wisdom within the chapters of lectures on Ancient philosophy written by manly P hall chapter 19 rosac crucian and Masonic Origins Freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity an outer a organization concealing an inner Brotherhood of the elect before it is possible to intelligently discuss the origin of the
Craft it is necessary to establish the existence of these two separate yet interdependent orders the one visible and the other invisible the visible Society is a splendid camaraderie of free and accept Ed men enjoying to devote themselves to ethical educational fraternal patriotic and humanitarian concerns the invisible
Society is a secret and most August fraternity whose members are dedicated to the service of a mysterious Arcanum arcanorum those Brethren who have essayed to write the history of their craft have not included in their disquisitions the story of that truly secret inner society which is to the
Body freemasonic what the heart is to the body human in each generation only a few are accepted into the inner sanctuary of the work but these are veritable princes of Truth and their sainted names shall be remembered in future ages together with the seers and Prophets of the Elder
World though the great initiate philosophers of Freemasonry can be counted upon one’s fingers yet their power is not to be measured by the achievements of ordinary men they are dwellers upon the threshold of the innermost masters of that secret Doctrine which forms the invisible Foundation of every great theological and rational
Institution the outer history of the Masonic order is one of noble Endeavor altruism and Splendid Enterprise the inner history one of Silent Conquest persecution and heroic martyrdom the body of masonry Rose from the Guilds of workmen who wandered the face of medieval Europe but the spirit of masonry walked walked with God before
The universe was spread out or the scroll of the heavens unrolled the enthusiasm of the young mason is the effervescence of a pardonable pride let him exall the merits of his craft reciting its steady growth its fraternal spirit and its worthy undertakings let him boast of Splendid buildings and an ever
Increasing sphere of influence these are the tangible evidence of power and should rightly set a flutter the heart of the Apprentice who does not fully comprehend as yet that great strength which abides in silence or that unutterable dignity to be sensed only by those who have been raised into the contemplation of the
Inner mystery an obstacle well nigh insurmountable is to convinced the Mason that the secrets of his craft are worthy of his profound consideration as Street Paul so we are told kicked against the Pricks of conversion so the rank and file of present day Masons strenuously oppose any effort put forth to interpret
Masonic symbols in the light of philosophy they are seemingly obsessed by the fear that from their ritualism may be extracted a meaning more profound than is actually contained therein for years it has been a moot question whether Freemasonry is actually a religious organization masonry writes Pike in the
Legenda for the 19th degree hasn’t always had a religious Creed it teaches what it deems to be the true truth in respect to the nature and attributes of God the more studious minded Mason regards the craft as an aggregation of thinkers concerned with the deeper mysteries of Life the all two prominent
Younger members of the fraternity however if not openly skeptical are at least indifferent to these weigher issues the champions of philosophic masonry alas are a weak Small Voice which grows weaker and smaller as time goes goes by in fact there are actual blocks among the Brethren who would
Divorce masonry from both philosophy and religion at any and all cost if however we search the writings of eminent Masons we find an unanimity of viewpoint namely that masonry is a religious and philosophic body every effort initiated to elevate Masonic thought to its true position has thus invariably emphasized the
Metaphysical and ethical aspects of The Craft but a superficial perusal of available documents will demonstrate that the modern Masonic order is not United respecting the true purpose for its own existence nor will this factor of doubt be dispelled until the origin of the craft is established beyond all quibbling the elements of masonic
History are strangely elusive there are gaps which apparently cannot be bridged who the early Freeman Masons really were state schooled in a concise history of Freemasonry and whence they came May afford a tempting theme for inquiry to the speculative antiquary but it is enveloped in obscurity and lies far outside the
Domain of authentic history between modern Freemasonry with its vast body of ancient symbolism and those original Mysteries which first employed these symbols there is a dark interval of centuries to the conservative Masonic historian in the deductions of such writers as Higgins churchward Veil and weight though ingenious and fascinating
Actually prove nothing that masonry is a body of ancient lore is self-evident but the tangible link necessary to convince the recalcitrant Brethren that their order is the direct successor of the Pagan Mysteries has unfortunately not been adduced to date of such problems as these is composed the angel with which
The Masonic Jacob must wrestle throughout the night it is possible to trace masonry back a few Centuries with comparative ease but then the thread suddenly vanishes from sight in a maze of secret societies and political Enterprises dimly silhouetted in The Mists that belcloud these Tangled issues
Are such figures as costro K Dy Germaine and St Martin but even the connection between these individuals and the craft has never been clearly defined the writings of early Masonic history is involved in such obvious Hazard as to provoke the widespread conclusion that further search is feudal the average Masonic student is
Content therefore to trace his craft back to the workmen who chipped and chiseled the cathedrals and public buildings of medieval Europe while such men as Albert Pike have realized this attitude to be ridiculous it is one thing to declare it insufficient and quite another to prove the fallacy to an adamant in mind
So much has been lost and forgotten so much ruled in and out by those unfitted for such legislative revision that the modern rituals do not in every case represent the original rights of the craft in his symbolism Pike who spent a lifetime in the Quest for Masonic Secrets declares that few of the
Original meanings of the symbols are known to the modern order nearly all the so-called interpretations now given being superficial Pike confessed that the original meanings of the very symbols he himself was attempting to interpret were irretrievably lost that even such familiar emblems as the apron and the pillars were locked Mysteries whose Keys
Had been thrown away by the uninformed the initiated rights John fellows as well as those without the pale of the order are equally ignorant of their derivation and import see the mysteries of Freemasonry Preston Gould Macky Oliver and Pike in fact nearly every great historian of Freemasonry have all
Admitted the possibility of the modern society being connected indirectly at least with the ancient Mysteries and their descriptions of the modern society are prefaced by excerpts from ancient writings descriptive of primitive ceremonials these eminent msonic Scholars have recognized in the legend of hyam abff an adaptation of the Osiris
Myth nor do they deny that the major part of the symbolism of The Craft is derived from the Pagan institutions of antiquity when the gods were venerated in secret places with strange figures and appropriate rituals though cognizant of the exalted origin of their order these historians either through fear or uncertainty have
Failed to drive home the one point necessary to establish the true purpose of Freemasonry they did not realize that the Mysteries whose rituals Freemasonry perpetuates were the custodians of a secret philosophy of Life of such Transcendent nature that it can be entrusted to only an individual tested and proved Beyond any possibility of
Human frailty the secret schools of Greece and Egypt were neither fraternal nor political fundamentally nor were their ideals similar to those of the modern craft they were essentially philosophic and religious institutions and all admitted into them were consecrated to the service of The Sovereign good modern Freemasons however regard their
Craft as neither primarily philosophic nor religious but rather as ethical strange as it may seem the majority openly ridicule the very Supernatural powers and agencies for which their symbols stand the secret doctrine that flows through freemasonic symbols and to whose perpetuation the invisible Masonic body is consecrated
Has its source in three ancient and exalted Ord ERS the first is the dionisia artificers the second the Roman collegia and the third the Arabian rosac crucians the dionan S were the Master Builders of the ancient world originally founded to design and erect the theaters of dionis wherein
Were enacted the tragic dramas of the rituals this order was repeatedly elevated by popular Acclaim to Greater dignity until at last it was entrusted with the planning and construction of all public edifices concerned with the Commonwealth or the worship of the Gods and heroes hyam king of Ty was the patron of
The dians who flourished in Ty and siden and hyam abith if we may believe the sacred account was himself a Grandmaster of this most noble order Earth Pagan Builders King Solomon in his wisdom accepted the services of this famous Craftsman and thus at the instigation of
Hyam king of of Ty hyam abff though himself a member of a different Faith journeyed from his own country to design and supervise the erection of the Everlasting house to the true God on Mount Mariah the tools of the Builder’s craft were first employed by the dionan as
Symbols under which to conceal the mysteries of the soul and the secrets of human regeneration the dionan also first liken man to a rough ashler which Tred into a finished block through the instrument of Reason could be fitted into the structure of that living and eternal temple built without the sound of hammer
The voice of workman or any tool of contention the Roman collegia was a branch of the dionysiac and to it belonged those initiated Artisans who fashioned the impressive monuments whose ruins still lend their Immortal glory to the Eternal City in his 10 books on architecture Vitruvius the initiate of
The collegia has revealed that which was was permissible concerning the secrets of his holy order of the inner Mysteries however he could not write for these were reserved for such as had dawned the leather apron of the craft in his consideration of the books now available concerning the Mysteries the thoughtful reader should
Note the following words appearing in a 12th century volume entitled aril liar srus is not this an art full of secrets and believest thou oh fool that we plainly teach this Secret Of Secrets taking our words according to their literal interpretation c sephar h dearam into the stones they Tred the
Adepts of the collegia deeply carved their gnostic symbols from earliest times the initiated Stone Cutters mark their perfected works with the secret emblems of their crafts and degrees that unborn Generations might realize that the Master Builders of the First Ages also labored for the same ends sought by men today
The mysteries of Egypt and Persia that had found a Haven in the Arabian Desert reached Europe by way of the Knights Templars and the rosac crucians the Temple of the Rose cross at Damascus had preserved the secret philosophy of the rose of Sheron the drwes of the Lebanon mountains still
Retain the mysticism of ancient Syria and the dervishes as they lean on their carved and Crotched sticks still meditate upon the secret instruction perpetuated from the day of the four cffs from the far places of Iraq and the hidden Retreats of the Sufi Mystics the ancient wisdom found its way into Europe
Was Shak de mole burned by the holy Inquisition merely because he wore the Red Cross of the Templar what were those secrets to which he was true even in death did His companion Knights perish with him merely because they had amassed a fortune and exercised an unusual degree of temporal
Power to the thoughtless these May constitute ample grounds but to those who can pierce the film of the specious and The Superficial they are assuredly insufficient it was not the physical power of the Templars but the knowledge which they had brought with them from the East that the church
Feared the Templars had discovered part of the Great Arcanum they had become wise in those Mysteries which had been celebrated in Mecca thousands of years before the Advent of Muhammad they had read a few pages from the read book of the anthropos and for this knowledge
They were doomed to die what was the black magic of which the Templars were accused what was baffet the goat of Mendes whose Mysteries they were declared to have celebrated all these are questions worthy of thoughtful consideration by every studious Mason truth is eternal the so-called Revelations of truth that come in
Different religions are actually but a re-emphasis of an ever existing Doctrine Moses did not originate a new religion for Israel he simply adapted the mysteries of Egypt to the needs of Israel the ark triumphantly borne by the 12 tribes through the Wilderness was copied after the isak ark which may
Still be traced in faint bar Leaf upon the ruins of the Temple of filac even the two brooding cherubim over the mercy scat are visible in the Egyptian carving Furnishing indubitable evidence that the secret doctrine of Egypt was the Prototype of Israel’s mystery religion in his Reformation of Indian
Philosophy Buddha likewise did not reject the esotericism of the brahmans but rather adapted this esotericism to the needs of the masses in India the Mystic Secrets locked within the holy vadas were disclosed in order that all men irrespective of cast might partake of wisdom and share in a common Heritage of good
Jesus was a rabbi of the Jews a teacher of the Holy law who discoursed in the synagogue interpreting the Torah according to the teachings of his sect he brought no new message nor were his reformations radical he merely tore away the veil from the temple in order that not only
Pharisee and sadducee but also Publican and sinner might together Behold The Glory of an ageless faith in his Cavern on Mount Hira Muhammad prayed not for new truths but for old truths to be restated in their original Purity and simplicity in order that men might understand again the Primitive religion
God’s clear Revelation to the first Patriarchs the mysteries of Islam had been celebrated in the sanctuary of the cabba centuries before the holy pilgrimage the prophet was but the reformer of a decadent Pagan D the Smasher of Idols the purifier of defiled Mysteries the dervishes who patterned their garments after those of the
Prophet still preserve that inner teaching of the elect and for them the axis of the Earth the Supreme hierophant visible only to the faith still sits in meditation upon the flat roof of the cabba neither Carpenter nor camel driver as Abdul Baja might have said Can fashion a world religion from the
Substances of his own mind neither Prophet nor savior preached a Doctrine which was his own but in language suitable to his time and race retold that ancient wisdom which has been preserved within the Mysteries since the dawning of human consciousness so with the Masonic mysteries of
Today each Mason has at hand those lofty principles of universal order upon whose certainties the faiths of mankind have ever been established father c r c the master of the rosy cross was initiated into the great work at Damar later at Fez further information was given him relating to the sorcery of the
Arabians from these wizards of the desert he also secured the sacred book M which is declared to have contained the accumulated knowledge of the world he translated this volume into Latin for the edification of his order but only the initiates know the present hidden repository of the rosac crucian manuscripts Charters and
Manifestos from the Arabian Sea are SE also learned of the elemental peoples and how with their aid it was possible to gain admission to the Ethereal world where dwelt the genii and nature Spirits he thus discovered that the magical creatures of the Arabian Knights entertainment actually existed though invisible to the ordinary
Mortal from astrologers living in the desert far from The Concourse of the marketplace he was further instructed concerning the mysteries of the Stars the virtues resident in the astral light the rituals of magic and invocation the preparation of therapeutic talismans and The Binding of the genii he became an Adept in the
Gathering of medicinal herbs the transmutation of metals and the manufacture of precious gems by artificial means even the secret of the elixir of life and the universal Panacea were communicated to him enriched beyond the dreams of crus the Holy Master returned to Europe and there established a house
Of wisdom which he called domas sancti spirus this house he enveloped in clouds it is said so that men could not Discover it what are these clouds but the rituals and symbols under which is concealed the great Arcanum that unspeakable mystery which every true Mason must seek if he would become in
Reality a prince of the royal secret paracelsus the Swiss Hermes was initiated into the secrets of of alchemy in Constantinople and there beheld the consummation of the magnumopus he is consequently ended to be mentioned among those initiated by the Arabians into the rosac crucian work calostro was also initiated by the Arabians and
Because of the knowledge he had thus secured incurred the displeasure of the Holy Sea from the unprobed depths of Arabian Rosicrucianism issued the illustrious K dcst German over whose Masonic activities the veil of impenetrable mystery still hangs the exalted body of initiates whom he represented as well as the mission he
Came to accomplish have both been concealed from the members of The Craft at large and are apparent only to those few Discerning Masons who sense the superal philosophic destiny of their fraternity the modern Masonic order can be traced back to a period in European history famous for its Intrigue both political and
Sociological between the years 1600 and 1800 mysterious agents moved across the face of the continent the Forerunner of modern thought was beginning to make its appearance and all Europe was passing through the throws of internal dissension and reconstruction democracy was in its infancy yet its potential power was already being
Felt Thrones were beginning to totter the aristocracy of Europe was like the the old man on Sinbad’s back it was becoming more unbearable with every passing day although upon the surface National governments were seemingly able to cope with the situation there was a definite undercurrent of impending
Change out of the masses long patient under the Yoke oppression were rising up the champions of religious philosophic and political Liberty these led the factions of the dissatisfied people with legitimate grievances is against the intolerance of the church and the oppression of the crown out of this struggle for expression certain definite ideals
Materialized which have now come to be considered peculiarly Masonic the Divine prerogatives of humanity were being crushed out by the three great powers of ignorance Superstition and fear ignorance the power of the mob Superstition the power of the church and fear the power of the desperate between the Thinker and person
Personal Liberty loomed the three Ruffians or personifications of impediment the torch the crown and The Tiara Brute Force kingly Power and ecclesiastical persuasion became the Agents of a great oppression the motive of a deep unrest the deterrent to all progress it was unlawful to think well nigh fatal to philosophize rank heresy
To doubt to question the infallibility of the existing order was to invite the persecution of the church and the state together they incited the populace which thereupon played the role of executioner for these Archen enemies of human Liberty thus the ideal of democracy assumed a definite form during these
Stormy periods of European history this democracy was not only a vision but a retrospection not only a looking forward but a gazing backward upon better days and the effort to project those better days into The Unborn tomorrow the ethical political and philosophical institutions of antiquity with their constructive effect upon the
Whole structure of the state were Noble examples of possible conditions it became the dream of the oppressed to reestablish a golden age upon the Earth an age in which the Thinker could think in safety and the dreamer dream in peace when the wise should lead and the simple follow yet
All dwell together in fraternity and Industry during this period several books were in circulation which to a certain degree registered the pulse of the time one of these documents mors Utopia was the picture of a new age when Heavenly conditions should Prevail upon the Earth this ideal of establishing good in
The world savored of blasphemy for in that day it was assumed that heaven alone could be good men did not seek to establish heaven conditions upon Earth but rather Earthly conditions in heaven according to popular concept the more the individual suffered the torments of the Damned upon Earth the more he would
Enjoy the blessedness in heaven life was a period of chastisement and Earthly happiness and unattainable Mirage Mo’s Utopia thus came as a definite blow to autocratic pretentions and attitudes giving impulse to the material emphasis which was to follow in succeeding centuries another prominent figure of this period was Sir Walter righ who paid
With his life for high treason against the crown Raleigh was tried and though the charge was never proved he was executed before he went to trial it was known that he must die and that no defense could save him his treason against the crown was of a character
Very different however from that which history records Raley was a member of a secret society or body of men which was already moving irresistibly forward under the banner of democracy and for that affiliation he died a felon’s death the actual reason for his death sentence was his refusal to reveal the identity of
That great political organization of which he was a member or his confer who were fighting the dogma of faith and the divine right of kings on the title page of the first edition of ry’s History of the World We we accordingly find a mass of intricate emblems framed between two great
Columns when the Executioner sealed his lips forever ry’s silence while it added to the discomfort of his persecutors assured the safety of his colleagues one of the truly great minds of that secret Fraternity in fact the moving Spirit of the whole Enterprise was Sir Francis Bacon whose Prophecy of the coming age
Forms the theme in his new Atlantis and whose vision of the formation of knowledge finds expression in the Nova organum in the engraving at the beginning of the latter volume may be seen the little ship of progressivism sailing out between the pillars of galenic and aisian philosophy venturing
Forth beyond the imaginary pillars of church and state upon the unknown sea of human Liberty it is significant that bacon was appointed by the British crown to protect its interests in the new American colonies Beyond the Sea we find him writing of this new land dreaming of
The day when a new world and a new government of the philosophic elect should be established there in scheming to consumate that end when the right time Came Upon the title page of the 1640 edition of Bacon’s advancement of learning is a Latin motto to the effect
That he was the third great mind since Plato bacon was a member of the same group to which Sir Walter Ry belonged but Bacon’s position as Lord Chancellor protected him from ry’s fate every effort was made however to humiliate and discredit him at last in the 66th year
Of his life he completed the work which held him in England he famed death and passed over into Germany there to guide the Destinies of his philosophic and political fraternity for nearly 25 years before his actual demise other notable characters of the period are Montaine Ben Johnson Marlo
And the great France Joseph of Transylvania the latter one of the most important as well as active figures in all this drama a man who ceased fighting Austria and retired to a monastery in Transylvania from where he directed the activities of his secret society one political upheaval followed
Another the grand climax culminated in the French Revolution which was directly precipitated by the attacks upon the person of alesandro Kos the Divine calostro by far the most picturesque character of the time has the distinction of being more maligned than any other person of History Tried by the Inquisition for founding a
Masonic lodge in the city of Rome he was sentenced to die a sentence later commuted by the pope to life imprisonment in the old castle of San Leo shortly after his incarceration calostro disappeared and the story was circulated that he had been strangled in an attempt to escape from
Prison in reality he was liberated and returned to his Masters in the East but calostro the idol of France surnamed the father of the poor who never received anything from anyone and gave everything to everyone was most adequately revenged though the people little understood this inexhaustible picture of
Bounty which poured forth benefits and never required replenishment they remembered him in the day of their power calostro founded the Egyptian right of Freemasonry which received into its Mysteries many of the French nobility and was regarded favorably by the most learned minds of Europe having established the Egyptian right calostro
Declared himself to be an agent of the order of the Knights Templars and to have received initiation from them on the Isle of Malta see morals and Dogma in which Albert Pike quotes alifa Levi on calostro affiliation with the Templars called upon the carpet by the Supreme Council of France it was
Demanded of costro that he prove by what Authority he had founded a masonic lodge in Paris independent of the grand Orient of such surpassing mentality was calostro that the Supreme Council found it difficult to secure an advocate qualified to discuss with him philosophic masonry and the ancient Mysteries he claimed to
Represent Court de jebin the greatest egyptologist of his day and an authority on ancient philosophies was chosen as the outstanding scholar a time was set and the brethren convened attired in an oriental coat and a pair of violet colored britches costro was hailed before this Council of his
Peers Court did jebin asked three questions and then sat down admitting himself disqualified to interrogate a man so much his Superior in every branch of learning calostro then took the floor revealing to the assembled Masons not only his personal qualifications but prophesying the future of France he foretold the fall of the
French throne the reign of terror and the fall of the bastile at a later time he revealed the dates of the death of Marie Antoinette and the king and also the Advent of Napoleon having finished his address he made a spectacular exit leaving the French Masonic Lodge in consternation
And utterly incapable of coping with the profundity of his reasoning though no longer regarded as a ritual in Freemasonry the Egyptian right is available and all who read it will recognize its author to have been no more a charlatan than was Plato then appears that Charming first American gentleman Dr Benjamin Franklin
Who together with the Marquee delafayette played an important role in this drama of Empires while in France France Dr Franklin was privileged to receive definite esoteric instruction it is noteworthy that he was the first in America to reprint Anderson’s constitutions of the Freemasons which is a most prized work
On the subject though its accuracy is disputed through all this stormy period these impressive figures Come and Go part of a definite organization of political and religious thought a functioning body of philosophers represented in Spain by no less an individual J and Cervantes in France by calostro and EST Germaine in Germany by
Gal and anderi in England by bacon Moore and Raleigh and in America by Washington and Franklin coincident with the baconian agitation in England the varav vitus and confessio veritus appeared in Germany both of these Works being contributions to the establishment of a philosophic government upon the Earth one of the
Outstanding links between the rosac crucian mysteries of the Middle Ages and modern masonry is Elias ashm the historian of the order of the Garter and the first Englishman to compile the alchemical writings of the English chemists the foregoing may seem to be a useless recital of inanities but its
Purpose is to impress upon the reader mind the philosophical and political situation in Europe at the time of the Inception of the Masonic order a philosophic clan as it were which had moved across the face of Europe under such names as the Illuminati and the rosac crucians had undermined in a
Subtle manner the entire structure of Regal and sacerdotal Supremacy the founders of Freemasonry were all men who were more or less identified with the progressive Tendencies of their day Mystics philosophers and Alchemists were all bound together with a secret tie and dedicated to the emancipation of humanity from ignorance and oppression
In my researches among ancient books and manuscripts I have pieced together a little story of probabilities which has a direct bearing upon the subject long before the establishment of Freemasonry as a fraternity a group of Mystics founded in Europe what was called The Society of unknown philosophers prominent among the
Profound thinkers who formed the membership of this Society were the Alchemists who were engaged in transmuting the political and religious basis medal of Europe into ethical and spiritual gold The cabalists Who as investigators of the superior orders of nature sought to discover a stable foundation for human government and
Lastly The astrologers Who from a study of the procession of the heavenly bodies hope to find therein the rational archetype for all mundane procedure here and there is to be found a character who contacted this Society by some It is believed that both Martin Luther and that great Mystic
Philip Meenan were connected with it the first edition of the King James Bible which was edited by Francis Bacon and prepared under Masonic supervision Bears more Masons marks than the Cathedral of Strasburg the same is true respecting the Masonic symbolism found in the first English edition of flavus Josephus the Antiquities of the
Jews for some time the Society of unknown philosophers moved extrem I to the church among the fathers of the church however were a great number of scholarly and intelligent men who were keenly interested in philosophy and ethics prominent among them being the German Jesuit athanasius ker who is recognized
As one of the great Scholars of his day aose a crucian and also a member of the Society of unknown philosophers as revealed by the cryptograms in his writings ker was in harmony with the program of philosophic reconstruction since learning was largely limited to churchmen the body of philosophers soon
Developed an overwhelming preponderance of ecclesiastics in its membership the original antile siastical ideals of the society were speedily reduced to an innocuous State and the organization gradually became an actual auxiliary of the church a small portion of the membership however maintained an aloofness from the litera of the faith for it represented
An unorthodox class the Alchemists rosac crucians cabalists and magicians this latter group accordingly retired from the outer body of the society that had come to be known as the order of the golden and Rose cross and whose adepts were elevated to the Dignity of knights of the Golden
Stone upon the withdrawal of these initiated adeps a powerful clerical body remained which possessed considerable of the ancient lore but in many inst instances lacked the keys by which this symbolism could be interpreted as this body continued to increase in temporal power its philosophical power grew correspondingly
Less the smaller group of adepts that had withdrawn from the order apparently remained inactive having retired to what they termed The House of the Holy Spirit where they were enveloped by certain Mists impenetrable to the eyes of the profane among these reclusive adeps must be included such well-known rosac
Crucians as Robert Flood eugenius fils John Hayden Michael Meyer and hry krth these adepts in their retirement constituted a Loosely organized society which though lacking the solidarity of a definite fraternity occasionally initiated a candidate and met annually at a specified place it was the Conta chazal an initiate of this order who
Raised Dr sisman Backstrom while the latter was on the aisle of maius in due time the original members of the order passed on after first entrusting their secrets to carefully chosen successors in the meantime a group of men in England under the leadership of such Mystics as Ash Mo and flood had
Resolved upon repop poiz the ancient learning and reclassifying philosophy in accordance with Bacon’s plan for a World Encyclopedia these men had undertaken to rec construct ancient platonic and Gnostic mysticism but were unable to attain their objective for lack of information Elias ashal may have been a member of the European order of rosac
Crucians and as such evidently knew that in various parts of Europe there were isolated individuals who were in possession of the secret Doctrine handed down an unbroken line from the ancient Greeks and Egyptians through boethus the early Christian church and the Arabians the efforts of the the English
Group to contact such individuals were evidently successful several initiated rosac crucians were brought from the mainland to England where they remained for a considerable time designing the symbolism of Freemasonry and incorporating into the rituals of the order the same Divine principles and philosophy that had formed the inner
Doctrine of all great secret societies from the time of the elinia in Greece in fact the eleusinian Mysteries themselves continued in the custody of the Arabians as attested by the presence of masonic symbols and figures upon early muhammadan monuments the adepts who were brought over from the continent to sit in
Council with the English philosophers were initiates of the Arabian rights and through them the Mysteries were ultimately returned to Christendom upon completion of the bylaws of the new fraternity the initiates retired again to Central Europe leaving a group of disciples to develop the the outer organization which
Was to function as a sort of screen to conceal the activities of the esoteric order such in brief is the story which we are able to piece together from the fragmentary bits of evidence available the whole structure of Freemasonry is founded upon the activities of this secret society of
Central European adeps whom the studious Mason will find to be the definite link between the modern craft and the ancient wisdom the outer body of masonic philosophy was merely the veil of this cabalistic order whose members were the custodians of the true Arcanum does this inner and secret Brotherhood of initiates still exist
Independent of the freemasonic order evidence points to the fact that it does for these August adepts are the actual preservers of those secret operative processes of the Greeks whereby the illumination and completion of the individual is affected they are the veritable guardians of of the Lost word the
Keepers of the inner mystery and the Mason who searches for and discovers them is rewarded beyond all Mortal estimation in the preface to a book entitled long livers published in 1772 eugenius filth the rosac crucian initiate thus addresses his Brethren of the most ancient and most honorable fraternity of the Freemasons remember
That you are the salt of the earth the light of the world and the fire of the UN iverse you are living stones built upon a spiritual house who believe and rely on the chief lapis angularis which the refractory and disobedient Builders disallowed you are called from Darkness
To light you are a chosen generation a royal priesthood this makes you my dear Brethren fit companions for the greatest Kings and no wonder since the King of Kings hath condescended to make you so to himself himself compared to whom the mightiest and most hoty princess of the
Earth are but as worms and that not so much as we are all sons of the same one Eternal Father by whom all things were made but in as much as we do the will of his and Our Father which is in heaven you see now your high dignity you see
What you are act accordingly and show yourselves what you are men and walk worthy the high profession to which you are called Remember then what the great end we all aim at is is it not to be happy here and Hereafter for they both depend on each
Other the seeds of that Eternal peace and tranquility and everlasting Repose must be sown in this life and he that would glorify and enjoy the Sovereign good then must learn to do it now and from contemplating the creature gradually Ascend to adore the creator of all obstacles to surmount in
Matters of rationality the most difficult is that of prejudice even the Casual Observer must realize that the true wealth of Freemasonry lies in its mysticism the average Masonic scholar is fundamentally opposed to a mystical interpretation of his symbols for he shares the attitude of the modern mind in its General antipathy toward
Transcendentalism a most significant fact however is that those Masons who have won signal honors for their contributions to the craft have been transcendentalists almost without exception it is quite incredible that any initiated brother when presented with a copy of morals and Dogma upon the confirmant of his 14th degree can read
That volume and yet maintain that his order is not identical with the mystery schools of the First Ages much of the writings of Albert Pike are extracted from the books of the French magician alas Levi one of the greatest transcendentalists of modern times Levi was an cultist a metaphysician a platonic philosopher who
By the rituals of magic invoked even the spirit of apollonius of tyana and yet Pike has inserted in his morals and Dogma whole pages and even chapters practically verbatim to Pike the following remarkable tribute was paid by Sterling Kerr Jr 33 Infiniti Deputy Inspector General for the District of Colombia
Upon crowning with Laurel the bust of Pike in the house of the Temple Pike was an oracle greater than that of Deli he was truth’s Minister and priest his victories were those of Peace long may his memory live in the hearts of the Brethren affectionately termed albertis
Magnus by his admirers Pike wrote of hermeticism and Alchemy and hinted at the mysteries of the temple through his Zeal and unflagging energy American Freemasonry was raised from comparative obscurity to to become the most powerful organization in the land though Pike a transcendental thinker was the recipient of every honor that the freemasonic
Bodies of the world could confer the modern Mason is loath to admit that transcendentalism has any place in Freemasonry this is an attitude filled with embarrassment and inconsistency for whichever way the Mason turns he is confronted by these inescapable issues of philosophy and the Mysteries yet with all he dismisses the
Entire subject as being more or less a survival of primitive superstitions the Mason who would discover the Lost word must remember that in the first Ages Every maphite was a man of profound learning and unimpeachable character who for the sake of wisdom and virtue had faced death unafraid and had triumphed
Over those limitations of the flesh which bind most Mortals to the sphere of mediocrity in those days the rituals were not put on by degree teams who handled candidates as though they were perishable Commodities but by priests deeply versed in the lore of their Cults not one Freemason out of a thousand
Could have survived the initiations of the Pagan rights for the tests were given in those strenuous days when men were men and death the reward of failure the neopit of the Druid Mysteries was set a drift in a small boat to battle the stormy sea and unless
His knowledge of natural law enabled him to quell the storm as did Jesus upon the Sea of Galilee he returned no more in the Egyptian rights of carapus it was required of the neite that he cross an unbridged chasm in the temple floor in other words if unable by Magic
To sustain himself in the air without visible support he fell headlong into a volcanic crevice there to die of heat and Suffocation in one of the mithraic writes the candidate seeking admission to the inner Sanctuary was required ired to pass through a closed door by dematerialization the philosopher who
Has authenticated the reality of ordeal such as these no longer entertains the popular error that the performance of Miracles is confined solely to Biblical characters do you still ask rites Pike if it has its secrets and Mysteries it is certain that something in the ancient initiations was regarded as of immense
Value by such intellects as Herodotus plutar and S The Magicians of Egypt were able to imitate several of the Miracles wrought by Moses and the science of the hierophant of the Mysteries produced effects that to the initiated seemed mysterious and Supernatural C legenda for the 28th degree it is self-evident that he who
Passed successfully through these uous tests involving both natural and also Supernatural hazards Was A Man Apart in his community such an initiate was deemed to be more than human for he had achieved where countless ordinary Mortals having failed had returned no more let us hear the words of appus when
Admitted into the Temple of Isis as recorded in the metamorphosis or golden ass then also the priest all the profane being removed taking hold of me by the hand brought me to the penetralia of the temple clothed in a new linen garment perhaps inquisitive reader you will very anxiously asked me what was
Then said and done I would tell you if it could be lawfully told you should know it if it were lawful for you to hear it but both ears and the tongue are guilty of rash curiosity nevertheless I will not keep you in suspense with religious desire nor torment you with long continued
Anxiety here therefore but believe what is true I approach to the confines of death and having trod on the threshold of prer pine SL return from it being carried through all the elements at midnight elf saw the sun shining with a splendid light and I manifestly drew near to the gods beneath
And the gods above and proximately adored them behold I have narrated to you things of which though heard it is nevertheless necessary that you should be ignorant I will therefore only relate that which may be enunciated to the understanding of the profane without a crime thanks for watching the wisdom
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