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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 8 of 9 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
promotion of wisdom and virtue , and the moral cultivation of mankind ; and in order to obtain these objects , and at the same time to provide security from outward oppression of every description . In this spirit Weishaupt devised the statutes for the members , whom before he fell upon the name llluminati , he called Perfeeti-bilisten . On the 3 d Blay , 1776 , the order was consecrated . It consisted of the following parts or degrees : —
First class . Plant school , a ; preparatory maxims , b : noviciate , c ; minervalis , d : Illuminatus minor , e ; consecration of a magistratus . Second class . Freemasonry , 1 ; Symbolical , a ; ritual of an apprentice ; craft and M , b ; constitution book , 2 ; Scottish a ; Illuminatus major , or Scottish novice , 6 ; Illuminatus dirigens , or Scottish knight . Third class . Mysteries , I ; lesser , a ; presbyter or priests' degree , b ; princeps or the regent ' s degreeII ; larger mysteriesa ; magusb . Rex .
, , , But this constitution was never properly carried out . The good of which the llluminati boasted was counterbalanced by the following evil : Weishaupt had at the formation of the society taken the order of Jesuits as a model , changing what was evil in one society into good in the other . Weishaupt required , what for want of compulsory means and the position of the members , he could not obtain , blind obedience from the subordinates to their chiefs ; a sort of Catholic confession
ivas introduced ; the members were to exert themselves everywhere to attach respectable men of good connexions to them , and gain an influence in all public assemblies—to endeavour to obtain possession of all public posts and places , and not only to render a monthly account of their own progress in morality and knowledge , but also that of their neighbours .
Indische Mysterien . Indian Mysteries . The Indians have still their mysteries , which it is very probable they received from the ancient Egyptians . These mysteries are in the possession of the Brahmins , and their ancestors were the ancient Brachmen . It is only the sons of these priests who are eligible to be initiated . Had a grown up youth oi the Brachmen sufficiently hardened his body , learned to subdue his passions , and given the requisite proofs of his abilities at school , he must submit to an especial proof of his fortitude before he was admitted into
the mysteries , which proofs were given in a cavern . A second cavern in the middle of a high hill contained the statues of nature , which were neither made of gold , nor of silver , nor of earth , nor of stone , but of a very hard material resembling wood , the composition of which was unknown to any mortal . These statues are said to have been given by God to his Son to serve as models by which he might form all created beings . Upon the crown of one of those statues stood the likeness of Bruma , who was the same with them as Osiris was with the Egyptians . The inner part and the entrance also into this cavern was quite dark , and those who wished to enter into it were obliged to seek
the way with a lighted torch . A door led into the inner part , on the opening of which the water that surrounded the border of the cavern broke loose . If the candidate for initiation was worthy , he opened the door quite easily , and a spring of the purest water flowed gently upon him and purified him . Those , on the contrary , who were guilty of any crime , could not open the door ; and if they were candid they confessed their sins to the priest , and besought him to turn away the anger of the gods hy prayer and fasting . In this cavern on a certain day the Brachmen held their annual assembly . Some of them dwelt constantly there ; others came there only in the spring and harvest—conversed
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
promotion of wisdom and virtue , and the moral cultivation of mankind ; and in order to obtain these objects , and at the same time to provide security from outward oppression of every description . In this spirit Weishaupt devised the statutes for the members , whom before he fell upon the name llluminati , he called Perfeeti-bilisten . On the 3 d Blay , 1776 , the order was consecrated . It consisted of the following parts or degrees : —
First class . Plant school , a ; preparatory maxims , b : noviciate , c ; minervalis , d : Illuminatus minor , e ; consecration of a magistratus . Second class . Freemasonry , 1 ; Symbolical , a ; ritual of an apprentice ; craft and M , b ; constitution book , 2 ; Scottish a ; Illuminatus major , or Scottish novice , 6 ; Illuminatus dirigens , or Scottish knight . Third class . Mysteries , I ; lesser , a ; presbyter or priests' degree , b ; princeps or the regent ' s degreeII ; larger mysteriesa ; magusb . Rex .
, , , But this constitution was never properly carried out . The good of which the llluminati boasted was counterbalanced by the following evil : Weishaupt had at the formation of the society taken the order of Jesuits as a model , changing what was evil in one society into good in the other . Weishaupt required , what for want of compulsory means and the position of the members , he could not obtain , blind obedience from the subordinates to their chiefs ; a sort of Catholic confession
ivas introduced ; the members were to exert themselves everywhere to attach respectable men of good connexions to them , and gain an influence in all public assemblies—to endeavour to obtain possession of all public posts and places , and not only to render a monthly account of their own progress in morality and knowledge , but also that of their neighbours .
Indische Mysterien . Indian Mysteries . The Indians have still their mysteries , which it is very probable they received from the ancient Egyptians . These mysteries are in the possession of the Brahmins , and their ancestors were the ancient Brachmen . It is only the sons of these priests who are eligible to be initiated . Had a grown up youth oi the Brachmen sufficiently hardened his body , learned to subdue his passions , and given the requisite proofs of his abilities at school , he must submit to an especial proof of his fortitude before he was admitted into
the mysteries , which proofs were given in a cavern . A second cavern in the middle of a high hill contained the statues of nature , which were neither made of gold , nor of silver , nor of earth , nor of stone , but of a very hard material resembling wood , the composition of which was unknown to any mortal . These statues are said to have been given by God to his Son to serve as models by which he might form all created beings . Upon the crown of one of those statues stood the likeness of Bruma , who was the same with them as Osiris was with the Egyptians . The inner part and the entrance also into this cavern was quite dark , and those who wished to enter into it were obliged to seek
the way with a lighted torch . A door led into the inner part , on the opening of which the water that surrounded the border of the cavern broke loose . If the candidate for initiation was worthy , he opened the door quite easily , and a spring of the purest water flowed gently upon him and purified him . Those , on the contrary , who were guilty of any crime , could not open the door ; and if they were candid they confessed their sins to the priest , and besought him to turn away the anger of the gods hy prayer and fasting . In this cavern on a certain day the Brachmen held their annual assembly . Some of them dwelt constantly there ; others came there only in the spring and harvest—conversed