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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 2 of 6 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
Musikalische Briider . Musical Brethren . —No Lodge is willingly held without songs and music , of a piano at least . If there are many Brethren belonging to a Lodge who can contribute to the musical entertainment , they form themselves into a musical society , and then , without any pecuniary motive , provide both social and sacred musical entertainments . In such Lodges as have no musical members , they generally initiate poor but respectable musicianswho are exempted from fees
, , Lodge dues , and contributions , for their music ; but the greatest number of musical Brethren find their reward in the gratitude of their Brethren . Mystericn . Mysteries . —The usages and customs of the ancients in their secret societies are called Mysteries . If by mysteries we merely understand a secret religion then in the civilized part of the globe , there can be no mysteries , for God may be openly worshipped everywhere ; but if by mysteries we understand secret ceremonies and doctrinesthen
, we may say that there are still mysteries among Freemasons . But we do not call our secrets mysteries , and we thereby prove that with us there can be no secret religion . No one among us is a mystagog , and our outward appearance has nothing mysterious about it . The ancients had both greater and lesser mysteries , the lesser mysteries were communicated unto nearly every believer , and if they were denied unto any one ,
it was only to increase their value in the eyes of the masses . Their forms were various , according to the necessity of the country , the genius of the people , or much more according to the dogmas of the prevailing superstition , and they consisted in ceremonies and pageantries . The greater mysteries everywhere contained an elevated reference unto the wonderful works of God and of nature . Mystisch , Mysticismus , Mystik . Mystic , Mysticism , Mystical . —
Denotes a secret doctrine which works especially upon the feelings of the heart , or of feelings which cannot be expressed by words . The mystic is a man who believes himself exalted above the material world , and feels himself united with the immaterial and spiritual . We may call mysticism the feeling of faith , or living and moving in supernatural and immortal life . Every man ought to be somewhat mystical , but ought to guard against that coarse mysticismwhich believes in intercourse with
, angels , and to be able to penetrate into the third heaven . Namcn der Logen . Names of the Lodges . —Every Lodge , as well St . John ' s as Scottish , has a name . The name is chosen at the formation of the Lodge , and has generally a reference in Freemasonry to some local circumstance . The first Lodges had either no name at all , were merely called Freemasons ' " Lodges , or were named after the house in which the Brethren assembled .
Neapel und Sicilien . Naples and Sicily . —In those two states there is at present no trace of Freemasonry to be found , and the members of the Order who go there as strangers , must not make an outward show of Freemasonry if they value their ease and welfare . The persecutions and oppressions which our Brethren have suffered there are horrible , especially from 1776 to 1783 . In the year 1731 the Lodges were prohibited from assembling , and this prohibition was renewed in 1775 . On the 26 th March 1776 a Lodge was surprised in Naplesand the
, , , members were thrown into prison ; but the queen , a daughter of Francis I ., who remembered that her father was a Freemason , interposed on behalf of the members with her husband , and the condition of those unfortunate men was made more endurable ; notwithstanding this , new disturbances were got up against the Brethren , much more by the bigotry and cabals
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
Musikalische Briider . Musical Brethren . —No Lodge is willingly held without songs and music , of a piano at least . If there are many Brethren belonging to a Lodge who can contribute to the musical entertainment , they form themselves into a musical society , and then , without any pecuniary motive , provide both social and sacred musical entertainments . In such Lodges as have no musical members , they generally initiate poor but respectable musicianswho are exempted from fees
, , Lodge dues , and contributions , for their music ; but the greatest number of musical Brethren find their reward in the gratitude of their Brethren . Mystericn . Mysteries . —The usages and customs of the ancients in their secret societies are called Mysteries . If by mysteries we merely understand a secret religion then in the civilized part of the globe , there can be no mysteries , for God may be openly worshipped everywhere ; but if by mysteries we understand secret ceremonies and doctrinesthen
, we may say that there are still mysteries among Freemasons . But we do not call our secrets mysteries , and we thereby prove that with us there can be no secret religion . No one among us is a mystagog , and our outward appearance has nothing mysterious about it . The ancients had both greater and lesser mysteries , the lesser mysteries were communicated unto nearly every believer , and if they were denied unto any one ,
it was only to increase their value in the eyes of the masses . Their forms were various , according to the necessity of the country , the genius of the people , or much more according to the dogmas of the prevailing superstition , and they consisted in ceremonies and pageantries . The greater mysteries everywhere contained an elevated reference unto the wonderful works of God and of nature . Mystisch , Mysticismus , Mystik . Mystic , Mysticism , Mystical . —
Denotes a secret doctrine which works especially upon the feelings of the heart , or of feelings which cannot be expressed by words . The mystic is a man who believes himself exalted above the material world , and feels himself united with the immaterial and spiritual . We may call mysticism the feeling of faith , or living and moving in supernatural and immortal life . Every man ought to be somewhat mystical , but ought to guard against that coarse mysticismwhich believes in intercourse with
, angels , and to be able to penetrate into the third heaven . Namcn der Logen . Names of the Lodges . —Every Lodge , as well St . John ' s as Scottish , has a name . The name is chosen at the formation of the Lodge , and has generally a reference in Freemasonry to some local circumstance . The first Lodges had either no name at all , were merely called Freemasons ' " Lodges , or were named after the house in which the Brethren assembled .
Neapel und Sicilien . Naples and Sicily . —In those two states there is at present no trace of Freemasonry to be found , and the members of the Order who go there as strangers , must not make an outward show of Freemasonry if they value their ease and welfare . The persecutions and oppressions which our Brethren have suffered there are horrible , especially from 1776 to 1783 . In the year 1731 the Lodges were prohibited from assembling , and this prohibition was renewed in 1775 . On the 26 th March 1776 a Lodge was surprised in Naplesand the
, , , members were thrown into prison ; but the queen , a daughter of Francis I ., who remembered that her father was a Freemason , interposed on behalf of the members with her husband , and the condition of those unfortunate men was made more endurable ; notwithstanding this , new disturbances were got up against the Brethren , much more by the bigotry and cabals