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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 4 of 9 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
tain and explain the laws according to which the calumniator of the gods and the mocker of their mysteries were punished . At the lesser mysteries he had to introduce the candidate into the Eleusinian temple , and to initiate those who had gone through the last trials into the greater mysteries . At those mysteries he represented the Demiurg or Creator of the World , clothed in appropriate attributes . He explained
to the candidate the various things which were presented to his view in a powerful and impressive voice . At the greater mysteries he was also the sole interpreter of the secret which was preserved in the most sacred place , viz ., that secret instruction whicli was the chief object of the whole institution . It was for this reason that he was called Mystagog , conductor of the candidates , or also prophet ; and no one was allowed to pronounce his name in the presence of an uninitiated person . Iioehere Grade . High degrees . —Ancient Freemasonry only ordained
three degrees ; but in modern times more have been discovered , made , or become necessary , and those which are numbered from the fourth are called high degrees . The fourth degree is the Scotch , which was originated in the year 1664 . Many German Lodges work to the seventh degree ; none , however , but very select brethren can receive them . The French , partly from these seven degrees and from other sources , have no less than thirty-three degrees , and it is not in the least difficult to obtain them ; but it is difficult , and very much so indeed , to perceive the utility of them * Until about the year 1740 , the high degrees had not come out of France and England . Soon after , and
especially through the seven years' war , they were known in Germany ; and since that time have been in use . Many Lodges which formerly wrought in the high degrees have abandoned them , and substituted in their places degrees of knowledge or further instructions for Master Masons , which may also be called Scientific Freemasonry . Horns or Horapollo . —An Egyptian philosopher of unknown antiquity , who wrote in the Egyptian language a work with the title Hieroglyphica , in which was explained the sacred pictures which the
Egyptians used to represent things . We have a Greek edition by T . C . van Pauw . Utrecht , 1727 . We have also by Professor Wunsch , in Frankfort on the Oder , a work with the title— " Horus , or Astrognostical or Final Judgment of the Revelation of St . John , and on the Prophecies of the Messias , as also on Jesus and his Disciples . With an Appendix of Europen ' s new Explanation of the Destination of Mankind by God . A Reading Book , " & c , & c . Ebenezer ( Leipsig ) , 1783 . Hospitalieur . f—An office which is commonly given to a physician or a surgeon who is a member of the Lodge , having charge of the sick
who are supported by the Lodge . To support sick Brethren whose pecuniary means are not sufficient to enable them to procure proper medical attendance is a most important duty . Humanitaet . Humanity . —What it is and how variously it can be explained , is not necessary to be stated here . To the Freemason it must be a thing of the heart . All Lodges must exercise it towards each other , as also must every Brother , not merely in , but also out of the Lodge .
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
tain and explain the laws according to which the calumniator of the gods and the mocker of their mysteries were punished . At the lesser mysteries he had to introduce the candidate into the Eleusinian temple , and to initiate those who had gone through the last trials into the greater mysteries . At those mysteries he represented the Demiurg or Creator of the World , clothed in appropriate attributes . He explained
to the candidate the various things which were presented to his view in a powerful and impressive voice . At the greater mysteries he was also the sole interpreter of the secret which was preserved in the most sacred place , viz ., that secret instruction whicli was the chief object of the whole institution . It was for this reason that he was called Mystagog , conductor of the candidates , or also prophet ; and no one was allowed to pronounce his name in the presence of an uninitiated person . Iioehere Grade . High degrees . —Ancient Freemasonry only ordained
three degrees ; but in modern times more have been discovered , made , or become necessary , and those which are numbered from the fourth are called high degrees . The fourth degree is the Scotch , which was originated in the year 1664 . Many German Lodges work to the seventh degree ; none , however , but very select brethren can receive them . The French , partly from these seven degrees and from other sources , have no less than thirty-three degrees , and it is not in the least difficult to obtain them ; but it is difficult , and very much so indeed , to perceive the utility of them * Until about the year 1740 , the high degrees had not come out of France and England . Soon after , and
especially through the seven years' war , they were known in Germany ; and since that time have been in use . Many Lodges which formerly wrought in the high degrees have abandoned them , and substituted in their places degrees of knowledge or further instructions for Master Masons , which may also be called Scientific Freemasonry . Horns or Horapollo . —An Egyptian philosopher of unknown antiquity , who wrote in the Egyptian language a work with the title Hieroglyphica , in which was explained the sacred pictures which the
Egyptians used to represent things . We have a Greek edition by T . C . van Pauw . Utrecht , 1727 . We have also by Professor Wunsch , in Frankfort on the Oder , a work with the title— " Horus , or Astrognostical or Final Judgment of the Revelation of St . John , and on the Prophecies of the Messias , as also on Jesus and his Disciples . With an Appendix of Europen ' s new Explanation of the Destination of Mankind by God . A Reading Book , " & c , & c . Ebenezer ( Leipsig ) , 1783 . Hospitalieur . f—An office which is commonly given to a physician or a surgeon who is a member of the Lodge , having charge of the sick
who are supported by the Lodge . To support sick Brethren whose pecuniary means are not sufficient to enable them to procure proper medical attendance is a most important duty . Humanitaet . Humanity . —What it is and how variously it can be explained , is not necessary to be stated here . To the Freemason it must be a thing of the heart . All Lodges must exercise it towards each other , as also must every Brother , not merely in , but also out of the Lodge .